hi, so the burnt toast theory but with wolfstar? like the universe conspiring for them to meet?
I love this yes. I tend to swing between wolfstar being Brought Together By Cosmic Forces type love and Fuck The Universe I Fought Tooth And Nail For This love, and this feels like a really happy middle between the two, their meeting was fate but everything else was all them.
Remus' morning could not have gone more wrong; his alarm was turned off by a hungover roomate before it could wake him up, then all the hot water had been used up, then he burns his toast. Fuck early morning lectures. He's rushing down the streetâ hungry, grumpy, and with a headache because after all that he managed to forget to make himself a coffeeâ and just as he's just caught sight of the bus stop, his bus is pulling away.
Sirius could not be having a worse morning; he'd been on the phone arguing with his brother almost all night and got nearly no sleep, when he managed to pull himself out of bed for a leisurely morning, he remembered that he booked a last minute job playing for some debut single and was now nearly late. as he was rushing about trying to tame his hair and brush his teeth, his toast burnt. He's running down the street with a guitar case in one hand and sheet music in the other when he sees his bus leaving without him.
When the bus drives away is when Sirius sees a man who quite frankly looks as if he's about to collapse, he's bent double panting and is he dry heaving?
When Remus manages to straighten up slightly, still feeling like he's going to die from that running, he sees someone standing right in front of him, a bottle of water outstretched. He tries to wheeze out a 'thanks' before chugging from it.
"Late for the bus. Smokers lungs" he tries to explain between gasps and sipping at the water. Sirius finds this ridiculously cute. And of course Remus is then deeply embarrassed for this display.
They both just accept that they will be late for their respective destinations, and sit on the bus stops bench.
"What're you late for, then?" Sirius aks Remus, that leads Remus to explaining his entire uni degree and why he's doing it because sirius keeps shamelessly asking probably slightly personal questions. Remus has never had someone actually ask why he's majoring in library sciences. No one had ever listened to Remus explain that, when he was young and dyslexic and behind on all his mandatory reading, it was the schools librarian who found him nearly crying in the corner becasue the words wouldn't stop moving. It was the school librarian who sat with him every lunch and explained all he tips and tricks for reading the big words.
Remus then asks Sirius about his instrument and where he's going with it, Sirius starts to talk about his les Paul like its his child. Or lover. Or pet. Its unclear really. Its one of the first times that when sirius mentions he dropped out of uni despite having excellent grades to become a freelance musician, the person didn't scoff or judge or roll their eyes, in fact Remus asked how he learnt music and what have been his favourite gigs and projects.
They talk until the bus comes, then they talk more on the drive though the city. It's only when Sirius hops off the bus that Remus yells "wait, I dont know your name!" As he's walking away. Sirius doesnt hear him so he runs off the bus, hoping and praying it wont drive off, to ask for Sirius' number, sirius scribbles it on remus' hand along with his name and a call me â âĄ
Its only when Remus is sitting down in the lecture hall and Sirius is taking a 5 when they both realise that, if not for their burnt toast and missed busses, they would've been sitting on opposite ends of the same bus and never would've said a word to eachother.