look at you | remus lupin
request: Hiiii! I have a request - I would absolutely love to see a young Remus Lupin corny crush/pining/getting together imagine!! ❤️
A/N: you have absolutely come to the right place for cheesy fluffy shy remus. also im sorry this took a little while to get posted it took me minute to think of an idea! i hope you guys like this!!
warnings: nothing here except teeth rotting sunshine & unicorns style fluff :)
word count: 1411
remus’s pov
“For God’s sake will you just go talk to her already?” Sirius exclaimed, eliciting a laugh from James and a harsh glare from Madam Pince.
I quickly snapped out of my gaze and turned around to face him. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“Oh come on Moony. You’ve been staring at her like a lovesick puppy for months now.” James piped up. At this I sighed and closed the textbook I was reading.
“If I had even the faintest clue of what you’re talking about, I would tell you that I have not.”
“Fine then. Guess that just means I have a new date to Hogsmeade this week.” Sirius said with a shrug.
“Go on Sirius!” Peter laughed.
“You lot are insufferable.” I replied.
“So you’re saying you wouldn’t be mad if I asked (y/n) on a date?” Sirius continued. “Because she is really nice to look at-”
“Shut it!” I said in a firm voice.
“Mr Lupin, please keep it down.” I heard not even a moment later.
“Sorry.” I muttered, turning to face Madam Pince’s desk. Clearly the four of us don’t spend much time in the library together.
James, Sirius, and Peter started laughing but their conversation soon moved on. I opened my transfiguration textbook again and started rereading the chapter this week’s upcoming exam was on. I got through about half of it before I was distracted by the reason I came here today in the first place. It’s Thursday afternoon, and she’s always in the library on Thursday afternoons. Usually I come alone, but that wasn’t the case today. Sirius was “bored” and James surprisingly actually wanted to study, and Peter just followed. So now I had to balance studying, getting distracted by her, and trying to keep my best friends quiet when they realized I was getting distracted by her.
The more I sat here in thought the more I realized that they were right though. It’s been months of me pathetically staring at her, awkward “hi’s” and “nice jobs” in the hallway before and after classes, and running away like a fool on those occasional times she catches my gaze and smiles. I think this has become one of those, “now or never” situations, as muggles say.
I abruptly started packing up my things. That’s it. I’m going to talk to (y/n) today.
“Going somewhere?” Sirius asked with an eyebrow raised.
“Yes actually.” I responded, slinging my bag over my shoulder and pushing in my chair.
“Care to tell us where?” James pried.
“I’m going to do it.” Was all I said before I started walking away towards her table. I wanted to give them more details, but I felt like if I opened my mouth I would somehow talk myself out of this.
“Blimey…I think he’s actually going to talk to her!” I faintly heard James exclaim. I shook my head and took a breath before continuing on my path towards the table where she was sitting, lazily doing what looked like ancient runes work. Her hair was a little messed up from going through the school day, and she had one leg tucked under the other in her position on her chair. Suddenly I was torn on whether or not I should disturb her. She looked so adorably focused. I awkwardly waited by a bookshelf, picking up the random history book on display and reading the title page but not registering a word of it. I finally looked back over to her and saw her shuffling around some papers, hopefully finished with whatever the assignment was.
I tried to place the book back on its shelf but my hands were so shaky it fell, knocking over a few others. I shook my head in embarrassment when I felt the stares of some other people at nearby tables as I clumsily stood the books up again. That whole ordeal only made me more nervous, but I continued to tell myself that I couldn’t keep this up for any longer. I need to do something about these feelings I have. Even if she rejects me, which she probably will, at least I know I tried.
I made my way up to her table. I stood there silently for a second as she put a book away in her bag before finally speaking up “Hi (y/n).”
“Remus! Hi, how are you?” She smiled. My heart was pounding. Between her beautiful face smiling up at me, and the fact that I was actually having a conversation with her, I didn’t know if I would make it through this.
“I’m, uh great! How- how are you?” I stuttered out back.
“I’m good as well.” She said. “Just in the middle of this dreadful ancient runes homework which puts a damper on things though.” She let out a small laugh.
I nodded. “I bet! There’s a reason I decided not to take that class.”
She shook her head. “I’m sure you’d have been fine either way. You’re much smarter than me.”
“Nonsense.” I said, and she laughed again.
“So is there something you needed?”
“Well…I mean there was, but you’re busy so, it can wait.” I got more and more angry at myself with every word of that sentence that exited my mouth, but she’s busy now. I should’ve known this would never work.
“No no don’t worry. I’d love a distraction from this paper.” She said. A second chance.
“Oh! Well in that case…I was wondering if, maybe you wanted to come on a walk with me?” I asked slowly.
Her face seemed to light up at the question and I swallowed hard. “I’d love to.” She replied. “It would be such a shame to waste this beautiful day tucked away in here wouldn’t it.”
“You’re right.” I nodded.
“Alright. Just give me a second to pack up here.”
“Of course.”
Once she was done, the two of us made our way down the hallway and out the doors. The warm spring air collided with my senses and I felt less nervous than I had been a few minutes prior. The two of us fell into easy conversation. (y/n) was everything I knew she would be; intelligent and funny and courteous and so damn beautiful. It was one thing staring at her from far away, but being with her up close and being able to take in her bright eyes, small freckles and the faintest scent of something tropical was another. She was mesmerizing.
After a while we both decided to stop by the Black Lake. She sat down against a tree and I followed suit. We sat in silence in the presence of the about to set sun, and listened to the small waves against the shoreline.
“I look at you too, you know.” She spoke softly, breaking the silence.
“What do you mean?” I asked, having a clue but hoping I was wrong.
“I’ve seen you staring at me. But don’t worry, I stare back when you aren’t looking.” She continued, she wasn’t facing me but I could tell her face was curling into a smile.
“Oh…I didn’t realize…I’m sorry if it ever made you uncomfortable. I just…think that you’re really beautiful.” I spit out, holding my breath while waiting on her response.
She turned her head to look at me. Her hand moved to rest on mine and I felt my throat go dry just from that small touch.
“Thank you.” She whispered. I finally took the initiative and moved in slightly closer to her. We sat there admiring each other until I was sure I had all the specks of color in her eyes memorized.
“Remus?” She questioned.
“Hm?” I asked, still lost in her features.
“Will you kiss me?”
My eyes widened at her words. This was everything I’ve wanted for months, and everything I expected to positively never happen. I couldn’t even begin to describe the feeling I got in my stomach and my heart when those words rolled off of her tongue.
I gently placed my hand on her cheek and leaned in close. She closed her eyes as our lips hovered over each other for a second before I closed the space. I felt a soft hand place itself on my side. We melted into each other before we finally pulled away to breathe. My forehead rested on hers before I whispered,
“Yes sweetheart, I’ll kiss you. And I plan to do it more than once.”
