ITS HERE!! i titled it: pretty voice, prettier face
i hope you like it its wolfstar remus pov :) got this idea from @starcroww !! thank you for letting me steal it <33
Another long night. Remus’ melatonin pills stopped working a while ago, so now it's another night of doomscrolling his tiktok feed in hopes he finds something to entertain him. He does this until his eyes start to feel heavy, usually around 4 am, just 3 hours before he has to get up for his shift at the library with Lily.
Finally his eyes start to droop and his hand feels heavy. But then he hears it, the most beautiful singing voice he's heard in a while, accompanied by what seems to be an acoustic guitar. His eyes are so heavy and his body is yearning for sleep but he can't resist the urge to open his eyes and put a face to the voice.
When he finally does, his jaw drops. The most beautiful face is shown to him and he cant help to let a squeal escape his mouth. @siriussings ,that's who's practically singing him to sleep right now. Immediately Remus scrolls through his page. The voice of Sirius filling his ears, and Sirius' face illuminating Remus’ in the dark room.
He scrolls for hours. He loses track of time and before he knows it his alarm is going off and he has to get up for work. Another day without sleep, but at this point he's used to it.
Getting up he feels his joints stiffening, begging him to get back into bed. Sitting on his bed, getting used to the soft pain which he knows will get worse later in the day he thinks about the man he spent 3 hours watching.
Remus starts his morning routine slowly, moving carefully between his room, the kitchen, drinking his morning tea and the bathroom to shower and brush his teeth.
It's now 7:45 and he has to leave for his shift. Remus goes back up the stairs towards his room and grabs his cane, its black and is engraved with his initials, R.J.L and the moon next to them on the bottom. Lily got it for him after she saw how much he struggled to walk on a daily basis. The two have been inseparable since Remus started working at The Book Garden last September. Lily knows everything about him and Remus knows everything about her, that's how they work. No secrets, no troubles.
He gets back downstairs and puts on his old brown converse that he's probably had for over 2 years at that point, the colours fading and there's holes all over each shoe but he can't seem to get himself to throw them out.
It's a brisk ten minute walk over to the Book Garden before he finally arrives.
Lily greets him at the desk like usual, noticing he looks like death reincarnated, but she's learned not to say anything.
The day starts off slow as its a monday, mondays are always slow. Much to Remus' luck.
He's distracted though, the irresistible face of the boy who sung Remus through the night replays in his head like a good movie.
Of course Lily notices. She sees everything.
“Whats got you in a trance?” Lily's voice snaps him back into reality, he didn't even notice he was daydreaming.
By now he knows not to lie to Lily, she'll find out eventually anyways.
“Just his boy I saw on tiktok last night.” He confesses to her.
Lily's face lights up instantly. Remus isn't one for dating and she knows that, so finally hearing that Remus has an interest in someone is like an early christmas present to her.
“Show me then you idiot,” Remus shakes his head instantly, he's already embarrassed enough
“Come on Remus please..” Lily looks up at him and clasps her hands together, dragging out the please, knowing he can't say no to her.
“Fine, since you want to see him so badly here,” Remus unlocks his phone and hands it to her, with it already being open on Sirius' page, custody of his doomscrolling just a few hours before.
She scrolls for a minute before looking at Remus with that look in her eyes, the one where Remus knows she's about to suggest something absurd.
“Message him.” She says finally
“Absolutely not Lily, are you insane.”
“What could go wrong, Remus, I mean the worst that could happen is he doesnt reply. At least try it before you say no.”
He's too tired to argue with her right now so he reluctantly agrees, knowing she's right and the worst thing that could happen is he doesn't reply.
He types out a short message to him on instagram, which was linked to Sirus’ tiktok.
“Hey, sorry if this is weird but I found your page last night and thought you were really beautiful.”
He shows Lily to confirm it's good before he presses send. Once he does he immediately closes the app and throws his phone on the counter, not daring to look at the message longer than he needs to.
The shift drags on for ages, Remus checks his phone for a reply every few minutes until he realises how desperate he looks and turns his phone off completely.
His shift ends and he's finally back home making lunch. He's not focusing on the world around him, lost in thought while he's waiting for his pasta to finish boiling.
He's brought back when he hears his phone buzz on the counter. Only then he remembers the message he sent to Sirius earlier that day and his stomach drops.
He picks up his phone, half hoping it is sirius that has messaged him back, and the other half hoping that it's Lily or his mum checking in on him.
The phone turns on and the notification reads:
@siriuslysirius has sent a new message.
His stomach drops down to his ass as he presses the notification, expecting a subtle rejection from the other boy.
He braces himself before he reads and much to his surprise the message says,
“Hi Remus! I took a little look at your account and i have to say you are incredibly handsome ;)”
Of course he uses those silly emojis.
He types back instantly
“Where are you located? I'd love to take you on a date sometime”
The message is read instantly and he sees those three dots come up on his screen.
“I’d love that! I'm in Yorkshire, what about you?”
Yorkshire.. That's where Remus lives too. Maybe luck is finally on his side for once in his life.
“Thats where I live too! Would Saturday work for you? Around 2pm?”
“Yeah that works perfectly! Cant wait pretty boy ;)”
Maroon rises up Remus' cheeks at the message, his heart beating faster than ever and a smile rising upon his lips. 5 days. 5 days and Remus goes on a date with the most charming boy he's ever met.
Those 5 days feel longer than they actually are. Remus is counting down the days like a lovesick school girl. Every shift with Lily he can't help but talk about what Sirius texted him the night before or what Sirius posted on tiktok. Sirius has become his whole world and he can't help but feel better than he ever has.
Saturday finally rolls around and Remus is on his way to meet Sirius. The flowers in his bag suddenly feel like a huge boulder dragging him down.
He starts to approach the park where they agreed to meet and there he sees him. “Fuck, hes more beautiful in person” Remus head spirals with thoughts on how ethereal the boy standing a mere 5 feet away from him is.
Sirius’ hair is in two neat braids on each side and hes wearing a beautiful, short, black satin slip dress with black heeled mary janes to match.
Their eyes meet and Remus freezes. He doesn't understand how he could miss someone so beautiful just walking around town.
Sirius walks up to him with a cheeky grin on his face,
“Hi handsome, are you ready to go?”
Remus stumbles over his words, embarrassing himself, because how could he not when someone so beautiful is stood in front of his face.
“Uh- yeah, yeah lets go, oh and these are for you” he holds the flowers out to sirius and the shorter boy takes them before saying "They're beautiful, thank you”
Remus smiles before saying “Should we get going then?” and holding his hand out, waiting for sirius to take it, which he does with no hesitation
“You look absolutely beautiful today sirius, any special occasion?” Remus asks him while they walk, knowing he's the special occasion but he wants to hear Sirius himself say it.
“Hm well there's a very handsome man taking me on a date today.” Sirius grins up at Remus and they both let out a short laugh.
After talking about how their days have gone so far and walking in a comfortable silence Sirius asks, “So are you planning on telling me where you're taking me or are you going to kidnap me?”
“Its a surprise, gorgeous, you're just going to have to trust me on this one, okay?”
Remus smiles as he notices Sirius blushing and looking away at being called gorgeous.
They walk for about 15 minutes, conversation flowing naturally between books, songs, flowers and friends, as if they've known each other for ages.
They arrive outside an old building with a sign outside that says “Art exhibition opens February 7th- March 1st!” in bold colourful letters.
Sirius turns to look up at Remus, mouth slightly agape, “Remus…” he pauses before continuing. “Oh remus this is perfect, thank you”
“Anything for you sirius. Should we go inside?”
Sirius instantly turns back around and starts pulling Remus towards the entrance.
Their tickets get scanned by the security waiting and they head towards each painting and sculpture, reading and talking about each one. What Sirius doesn't know is while he's looking at the art, the only art piece Remus is looking at is Sirius himself. He did start to catch on after Remus' third “yeah, what else?” while they were looking at their 3rd painting of the day.
As they walk towards the next Sirius turns around and says “Are you planning on looking at the art works or will you keep staring at me all day?”
“Well why would I need to look at art when the best one is right in front of me right now?” Remus replies with a sort of wonky grin splattered across his face.
The date carries on for hours, with them talking about every art work before moving on to the next, with filler conversations and talking about anything that comes to mind while taking a short break from walking.
Finally they make their way over to the exit of the building, hand in hand and Remus laughing at a stupid comment Sirius made.
They make it outside and turn to face each other,
“I had a lot of fun today remus, thank you” Sirius says first
“Yeah me too, you really are something special, you know?”
They both look at each other for a few seconds, eye to eye before Sirius starts to stand on his toes and leans into Remus. The taller boy does the same, except he bends down slightly to reach Sirius in the middle before their lips meet in a kiss. It starts slow, careful before turning into something more passionate. Sirius wraps his arms around Remus' neck and Remus’ hands hind their way to Sirius' waist.
They finally pull apart and both take a gasp for air before laughing.
“So does that mean i get a second date?” Remus looks down at Sirius, hoping deep inside for a yes.
“You better be already planning the third.” Sirius looks up at Remus before leaning in and giving him another quick peck on the lips.
“Thank you again Remus, I had a lot of fun.”
“Me too, ill text you, okay”
“Yeah, that's more than okay.”
They look at each other one last time before embracing each other in a short hug and making their separate ways home.
Remus is on cloud nine and doesn't want it to end. He can still feel Sirius' lips on his as he puts two fingers to them, smiling and walking the rest of the way home.
someone else who wanted to be tagged :@regulusagated
