Tattoos together [a wolfstar au]
Chapter 1
The crowd erupted in a roar of whoops and cheers as Sirius strummed the final chord of their song, raising his hands in the same smooth motion.
Sirius grinned as he dipped his head down to the mic
“You guys were such a great audience! Thank you so much for coming out tonight! We love you and goodnight!”
The howl of the crowd was laced with a few shrieks as some teenage girls passed out at the sight of Sirius’ famous smile. The sound only made Sirius smile wider, fist-bumping James as he threw a guitar pick into the audience.
The four of them walked off stage during the commotion that ensued, James’ face splitting into an enormous grin as he saw Lily waiting for him in the wings. As soon as they were out of sight, James ran to her, picking her up and kissing her as she laughed, throwing her arms around him.
Sirius just grinned, ruffling James’ hair as he walked off to his dressing room. As per tradition, Peter went off to get himself a coffee and doughnut, while Remus immediately changed, and got himself a cup of earl grey.
When Remus was finally comfortable with his enormous hoodie and hot cup, he walked over to Sirius’ dressing room, knocking twice before he walked in at Sirius’ request.
Remus’ cup almost slipped out of his grasp, as he caught it just in time.
Sirius was leaning against his dresser naked from the waist up, his toned torso shiny with sweat, what with the forty-five minutes of jumping around and singing his heart out. Remus’ throat closed up at the sight as his eyes traced a leisurely path up Sirus’ torso before meeting his eyes and immediately looking away.
Sirius just smirked, “Like what you see Loops?”
“I-I, Shut up!” Remus stammered, hastily sipping from his tea.
Sirius just smirked, “Relax moons, I was just kidding.”
Remus blushed a fiery red, sipping deeply from his cup to hide his face mumbling,” Yeah I know.”
Fuck, he was being so damn obvious, Sirius was going to notice.
“So? How’re the tattoos coming along” he said, quickly changing the subject to safer grounds.
Sirius had so many tattoos, and he had designed almost all of them himself, all except for the small pawprint he and James had on their wrists. The two of them had done those back in high school, stick and poke at midnight.
“It’s pretty good, I think I might get it when we get home day after. Why? Wanna get one with me?”
Sirius had been begging Remus to get a tattoo with him for years but Remus had always turned him down. It would’ve been too much, a constant reminder of what he couldn’t have.
“Keep dreaming pads, keep dreaming”
Soon enough, Sirius was done changing and the two of them lounged on the couch, laughing and joking about nothing in particular.
Sirius was in the middle of a joke when he jumped, his hand going to his pocket. “Mon Dieu, that scared the shit out of me. Sorry Re, I’ll just take this”
Remus just nodded, pulling his own phone out of his pocket, letting Sirius attend to his call. It took him five seconds to guess who Sirius was talking to as he snapped in rapid-fire French, ending the call in less than a minute.
“That bad huh?” The marauders were the only people who knew of Sirius’ family. Needless to say, the three had never told a soul, offering him comfort in whatever ways they could.
“Yeah,” Sirius sighed, flopping down next to Remus. He sighed, rubbing circles into Sirius’ back.
“It’s gonna be okay pads, you’ll see. Reg will come around, and then maybe we can him to join the band too, ‘s gonna work out.”
“Thanks, loops” Sirius smiled, throwing an arm around Remus’ waist, hugging him. Maybe if he had been paying attention, he would have noticed the slight hitch in Remus’s breath.
“I need popcorn and icecream stat!” James barged in an arm around Lily’s waist, the latter laughing at his antics.
Remus and Sirius immediately jumped apart, whipping their heads to look at the interruption. Sirius grinned at James, a mischievous glint in his eye.
“Movie Night!!!” Sirius shouted, jumping up and grabbing his trademark leather jacket, tossing his keys in the air before catching them behind his back.
“Your place?” Remus asked James, walking out to grab his own things after receiving a confirming nod from James.
“Hey Re, wait up, I’ll come with you,” Sirius said, kissing Lily on the cheek, before running out the room behind Remus.
Remus walked into Peter’s room, telling him about the invite, only to find the room empty.
“Wormy?” Remus gently pushed the door open further, and finding no sign of his friend, he walked over to the centre table. Remus picked up an envelope, addressed to ‘Moony’
Remus’ fingers shook as he read the scrawled note.
“Hey, Remus,
I’m sorry it had to happen this way, by the time you read this, you’ll probably already know. I have no other words, I’m so sorry.
-Wormy”
Know what? Know what?
The sound of running footsteps behind him pulled his attention away to the face of a smiling Sirius, plodding to a stop in the doorway.
At the sight of Remus’ pale face, Sirius’ grin fell off his face.
“Re, Rem, what is it?”
Sirius’ voice snapped him into action. He switched on the TV and promptly the remote in shock
“Marauders’ guitarist, James Potter accused of breaking up engagement between snakes keyboard player Severus Snape, by sleeping with fiancee, Lily Evans”
Sirius’ jaw dropped in horror as he picked up the discarded remote and changed the channel.
Big mistake
“Hit singer Sirius Black was reportedly raised in an abusive home, as told by fellow band member Peter Pettigrew.”
“Marauders’ lead singer Sirius black has reportedly forced band member to leak sordid past to improve sales of newest album ‘Five’”
“Singer Regulus black accuses brother of sabotaging music career.”
Sirius’ knees gave out as he slumped to the floor, a hand over his mouth. Remus knelt down next to him as the lights flickered over them in the dark. The sound of James and Lily coming to find them were so so far away.
Like they were drowning.
And they didn’t know which way was up.
