{"id":932,"date":"2005-02-16T11:28:57","date_gmt":"2005-02-16T19:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/?p=932"},"modified":"2009-06-10T11:31:28","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T19:31:28","slug":"harry-potter-certain-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/2005\/harry-potter-certain-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter, Certain Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more Certain Expectations [Remus\/Sirius, PG-13] --><\/p>\n<p><b>Title<\/b>: Certain Expectations [Remus\/Sirius]<br \/>\n<B>Rating\/Warnings<\/b>: PG-13 for a trollops and noodley soup.<br \/>\n<b>Summary<\/b>: Sirius visits Remus at work and is disgruntled to find he isn&#8217;t the only one with this brilliant idea.<br \/>\n<b>AN<\/b>: I missed Lupercalia, but there&#8217;s never a bad time for R\/S, is there?<\/p>\n<p><B>Certain Expectations<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\tThere are certain things a bloke expects when he&#8217;s visiting a mate at work. That the mate will be happy to see him, for instance, that the mate will welcome the break in the tedium that is clerking at a dusty bookshop, that the mate will be effusively thankful for the lunch which is being brought to him, and if that mate happens to be a werewolf the day after the full moon, that he will admit that coming into work the very next day was a singularly stupid idea.<\/p>\n<p>\tWhat he does not expect is to find the mate carrying on with some girl, laughing and smiling, and leaning over the counter as though he has having a marvelous time, and having his forearms pawed by said strumpet. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;What&#8217;s all this then?&#8221; Sirius barks, advancing on the counter and jostling the girl aside so that her hand drops from the sleeve of Remus&#8217; sweater. Sirius casually elbows her stack of books off the counter while he&#8217;s at it, so that she&#8217;ll be forced to drop out of sight for a moment. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Sirius,&#8221; Remus seems unconcerned about the discovery of his illicit affair, &#8220;you remember Janie Higgs? Ravenclaw, two years behind us?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Black,&#8221; Janie greets unenthusiastically as she straightens up and sets her books as far away from Sirius as possible on the counter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve brought you lunch,&#8221; Sirius says, brandishing the lunch sack and suppressing a smirk at the huff of feminine irritation he hears beside him. &#8220;It&#8217;s chicken and noodles from that place you like round the corner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\tThat gets a smile out of Remus, for whom noodley soups are a guilty pleasure, and Sirius preens in the midst of Remus&#8217; full attention, forgetting all about the trollop for a moment. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;I&#8217;ll sit it in the back then\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8221; Remus is reaching up for the bag, and the cuff of his jumper slips off his hand and down his forearm, revealing two pale scars curling around Remus&#8217; wrist, and Janie lets out a sympathetic &#8220;oh!&#8221; that sets Sirius&#8217; teeth on edge. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Oh <i>Remus<\/i>,&#8221; she gushes, leaning on the counter so that her arm is pushing up her breasts in a highly scandalous manner, &#8220;however did you do that to yourself?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing really,&#8221; Remus eyes Sirius, making him squirm, &#8220;just got a bit of a nip from an overenthusiastic dog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;You poor dear! Are you sure the beast didn&#8217;t have rabies?&#8221; Janie exclaims, and Sirius goes stiff with indignation as Remus murmurs that no, he&#8217;s quite familiar with the dog, and he hasn&#8217;t had any diseases since that bout with the poodle in Liverpool. Something in Sirius&#8217; chest snaps when Janie&#8217;s fingers come up to brush the scars. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;That&#8217;s nothing,&#8221; he scoffs, too loudly, but it at least makes Janie turn her head a little. &#8220;You should see some of the scars I&#8217;ve got from my <i>flying motorbike<\/i>. Very dangerous, highly illegal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\tRemus gives a suspicious-sounding cough, because the only scar Sirius has is the barely existent one from an exploding inkwell, and you would&#8217;ve thought he was bound for the freak show the way he carried on when Pomfrey said it was too close to his eyes to heal the whole way. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see any scars,&#8221; Janie reports, and given how tight Sirius&#8217; t-shirt and jeans are, she probably would see them at that, if he had any. And really, there&#8217;s something very wrong with this bint if some of Remus&#8217; piffly scars turn her on more than a flying motorbike. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;They aren&#8217;t anyplace I can show in public,&#8221; Sirius leers. Janie narrows her eyes. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;You&#8217;re a dog, Black,&#8221; she sneers. Sirius leans over her menacingly. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;We&#8217;re a perfect match then, aren&#8217;t we?&#8221; he smiles with a lot of teeth, &#8220;because you are a bi\u00e2\u20ac\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;How about I wrap those up for you?&#8221; Remus interrupts smoothly, sliding Janie&#8217;s books off the counter and tucking them neatly into a paper bag. He hands them over the counter with a smile that is a little frayed at the edges. &#8220;Do come again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\tCheeks flushing at the abrupt dismissal, Janie snatches her books out of Remus&#8217; hands and flees the shop. The bell above the door tinkles cheerfully, and Sirius agrees whole-heartedly. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Just what do you\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8221; Remus starts to demand as the door swings shut, but Sirius is already vaulting the counter and twisting hands in Remus&#8217; robes and pushing him back against the shelves behind him. &#8220;Sirius, you can&#8217;t\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;The hell I can&#8217;t,&#8221; Sirius growls in between fierce kisses to Remus&#8217; lips and jaw, &#8220;if that bint can just come in here\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and just touch you any place she wants\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6&#8221; Sirius&#8217; hand slips down to grip Remus&#8217; wrist, fingers biting into the skin where Padfoot&#8217;s teeth had scored the night before, &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6then I jolly well <i>can<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \t&#8220;Someone&#8217;s going to see,&#8221; Remus reaches up to catch Sirius&#8217; face between his hands and holds him still for a firm kiss before pushing him back a step, &#8220;people do come into the shop, you know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Not if I can help it.&#8221; Sirius lets go of Remus long enough to draw his wand from his back pocket and flick the door locked with a click that brooked no opposition, then turned back to pull Remus up against his body. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;You&#8217;re going to get me fired,&#8221; Remus sighs, drawing his own wand to at least flip the &#8216;closed for lunch&#8217; sign the right way around. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;You&#8217;re going to get fired anyway,&#8221; Sirius retorts, plucking the wand out of Remus&#8217; hand and setting it on the counter with his own before bending his head to bury his nose in the crook of Remus&#8217; neck. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;I know.&#8221; Remus slides his arms around Sirius&#8217; waist and leans against him. &#8220;I liked this one, though. Hoped it might last a bit longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\tThe resignation in Remus&#8217; voice nettles Sirius in a way that Janie Higgs couldn&#8217;t&#8217;ve managed even if she had a million breasts and did a striptease for Remus in the cooking section. Sirius snatches up the bag with their lunch in it and begins to pull Remus out from behind the counter. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Where are we going?&#8221; Remus asks. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;To the back room,&#8221; Sirius announces, crinkling the bag enticingly, &#8220;where I am going to take off all your clothes and feed you noodley soup. And possibly if I am satisfied with the results, I will let you go back to work sometime this afternoon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;If <i>you&#8217;re<\/i> satisfied?&#8221; Remus asks, smiling, and Sirius is pleased to note he&#8217;s stopped dragging his feet on the carpet. <\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;Well you know,&#8221; Sirius can&#8217;t help but reach out to brush the corner of Remus&#8217; smile with his thumb, &#8220;a bloke has certain expectations when he visits a mate at work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-932'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(932);\" title='Like' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'><b>3<\/b> people like this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(932);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(932);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sirius visits Remus at work and is disgruntled to find he isn&#8217;t the only one with this brilliant idea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[161,84],"class_list":["post-932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harrypotter","tag-hp-remussirius","tag-rating-pg-13"],"blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"50":{"name":"Harry Potter","link":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/category\/harrypotter\/"}},"tags_names":{"161":{"name":"HP - Sirius Black\/Remus Lupin","link":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/tag\/hp-remussirius\/"},"84":{"name":"Rating: PG-13","link":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/tag\/rating-pg-13\/"}},"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kira-kira.net\/fanfiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}