long sleeves | poly! wolfstar
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summary: remus and sirius have only ever seen you in long sleeves.
contains: flufffff, I know what it sounds like but this is just fluff I promise, fem reader, reader has tattoos (like a lot), no use of 'y/n', reader is anxious?, remus and sirius being adorable, cursing (mild), poorly written dialogue, not proof read, my first time writing poly!wolfstar so please be kind ;-;
i do not, in any way, support or endorse jk rowling.
word count: 1k
You were a nervous wreck. Staring at yourself too closely in your vanity mirror, messing with your hair for the millionth time. Despite the somewhat frequent dates you had been on with Remus and Sirius, there was something that was just so… domestic… about a lunch. It wasn’t any special kind of day, just a day you and the two men happened to have off of work at the same time. So here you were, fiddling with whatever jewelry you threw on in a hurry before huffing and stepping back. You opted for a plain t-shirt and loose jeans with a jacket for the cool spring day.
You hurried out of your flat before you could think to change anything else and caught a bus to a stop near a small strip of cafes and restaurants. The sun showed high in the sky, minimal wispy clouds surrounding it. You head towards the restaurant you were meant to meet Remus and Sirius at and spot them sitting at a small table on the patio outside. The butterflies return to the pit of your stomach as they stand up to greet you, offering a hug and a kiss on the cheek each.
“Hey guys sorry I was running late-”
“No worries at all, lovey, Rem and I got here absurdly early.” Sirius brushes you off and takes his seat once more before you could feel too guilty. Remus sits down next to him and smiles.
“You look nice, I like that jacket.” You grin and thank him then take your own seat across from the two men.
The conversation is light, each of you chatting about your work week, and anything upcoming. The butterflies soon settled and you found yourself in a comfortable rhythm with them. You had no idea how they were so comfortable- you were still thinking twice about every response to one of their darling questions.
All at once the sun became too bright, the breeze not enough to cool your wracked nerves.
“Alright dove?” Remus’s brows pinched together slightly, as if he could read your mind. Of course, he could, the perfect man he is.
“You look like you’re about to pass out.” With slightly less tact but just as much care, Sirius tucked a bit of his hair behind his ear and tilted his head in your direction. You nodded, not wanting them to think you were some sweaty, nervous freak.
“Yeah- yeah just a bit hot.” Remus nodded, Sirius relaxing back into his chair. You took a sip of your water but it wasn’t enough. The jacket had to come off.
You shimmied your arms out of the sleeves one after the other and turned to place it on the back of your seat. Across from you, Sirius’s jaw becomes slack and Remus chokes slightly on his own water. Their eyes raked up and down your arms, covered in intricate lines of ink, forming all kinds of different shapes and pictures. It wasn’t like they had never seen tattoos before, Sirius was covered in them after all. They had just never seen them on you.
Looking back, you credit it to the fact that it was still early April and you had only started seeing the boys in March when jackets and long sleeves were still necessary for every outing. You weren’t hiding your tattoos per-say, you just didn’t think too much about them. You had gotten them a while ago so they were as familiar to you as your name.
“Bloody fucking hell.”
You turn back around to find the boys seemingly in a state of shock. Your eyes widen in fear-
Did you sweat through your shirt? Is this a bad color on you? Should you have put on more perfume before you left?
Your mind was racing until you recognized that the boys weren’t looking at you, but at your arms. You look down at the inked sleeves and a lightbulb seems to go off in your head.
“Have you always had those?” Remus asks softly, dragging his eyes back up to meet yours. You nod slowly.
“Yeah I started getting them while in uni, and then had a bit of a problem spending every paycheck on them for a couple years and now there’s hardly any room anymore so I slowed down a bit.” You look down at your own arms, rotating them a bit to inspect the patterns.
Neither boy speaks for a moment and a whole new fear hits you like a brick.
What if they didn’t like your tattoos?
You look back up at each of them then turn again to put your jacket back on.
“Woah- woah what are you doing?” Sirius stops you, leaning across the table to grab your arm. Not harshly, just enough to get your attention.
“I can put my jacket back on if you’re uncomfortable, I know they’re,,, a lot.” Sirius’s eyes widen and Remus’s eyebrows draw together once more, both looking at you like you’d suddenly grown a second and third head.
“Not at all, they’re beautiful, we’re just a bit- shocked.”
You turn back in your seat to face them again, Sirius still holding one of your arms, inspecting it with such attention to detail. He looks up for a moment,
“Yeah- I mean, no offense doll, but you don’t exactly look like you’d have two complete sleeves. Holy shit, Moony, look at this one!” Remus leans over and begins to inspect your arm as well, eventually requesting the other to look over- to admire as they would say- as well.
They trace some of the more abstract shapes, and ask you questions about why, where, who, when- and you told them. The butterflies eventually disappeared, and you were no longer so concerned about how warm the back of your neck was or how the sun was still too bright. The conversation flowed, never a dull moment or an awkward silence. It took nearly two hours and several coffees, but eventually they were satisfied and very much looking forward to the oncoming warm months if it meant they would see more of them.
a/n: hey everyone ! i know what you're thinking; 'gen, don't you still have to write the last chapter of a fic that was supposed to come out in february?' and i will say- yes yes i do. but i just needed to get past that mental block that has come with being in an incredible state of depression. but i'm baaaack! i think. idk we'll find out, enjoy!