Just Causes

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"Just Causes"
Who:  Severus Snape & Remus Lupin
When: 6th Year
Chapter One:  Here
Chapter Two: Here


Tomorrow night, this place would be filled with a beast tearing at itself until his friends could arrive to keep it calm and keep it company.  Tonight, there was a beast of a different sort in the room, one unnamed but just as fearful.  Swallowing, it was all that Severus could do to clean up as bit before Remus's mouth was on him again.

He laughed.  Laughed.  Mostly this was directed at himself for being so pathetically stupid.  All this time he could have been with Remus and instead, they had left each other feeling miserable over misunderstandings.

Severus was quiet.  Where they were going to do, he wasn't quite sure but he wanted to find out!

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"Oooh, yes, it is indeed stressful," the Headmaster said, popping a sweet and offering Remus a piece of chocolate. "Shh, don't tell the boss I'm giving you candy," he said with a wink, ducking out of sight from the witch that patrolled the infirmary like a hawk.

They were silent for a moment before Dumbledore patted young werewolf on the shoulder and left behind a rather obvious looking handkerchief that smelled rather obviously of Severus.

"My theory is that if you are surrounded by things that calm you, you yourself might be calmer."

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Remus held it in his hands for a very long time. He even fell asleep with it. He kept Dumbedore's words at the forefront of his mind, but he didn't know what to do with them. He fell asleep in the Infirmary and was allowed to leave the next morning, though restricted to bed rest for the weekend.

But what sort of Marauder would he be if he listened to that. He knew he may have a few hours with Severus that morning, if the other would cut class with him. The Marauders wouldn't know he was released until after lunch when they had a free period, so it gave them some time.

Remus ducked behind a tapestry near the Slytherin Common Room and waited until he saw the familiar face. He suddenly pulled the other boy under it with him and kissed him softly, not daring to say a word, yet.

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Severus almost yelped. Luckily, Remus's mouth was in the way a second later and he only pushed him off so that he could breathe without passing out. "Damn it, warn a person!"

That didn't mean that he was not pleased to see Remus. Oh, he was. He was so very much. There were a few new scars on his face, but he looked all right. In one pieces.

"Don't you have one more night?"

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"Not this month. The axis of the horizon and the speed of the moon fluctuated enough to not count the third night." Remus said as he clutched his ribs. There was a reason he was supposed to still be in bed.

Remus grinned though and pressed his head into the crook of Severus' neck. He was still sore and the amount of potions in his body right now. He half held on to the other for support and because he missed him.

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Severus's arms wrapped around the wolf, pulling him closer than usual. The weight of his head against his shoulder was comforting and Severus closed his eyes, nuzzling the tip of his ungainly nose against the other boy's hair.

He did not miss the wince, but he was selfish. Selfish to keep Remus with him for just a little longer.

"You should be in the infirmary," Severus said quietly. He'd spent the morning outside of it, actually, until Dumbledore found his hiding spot and asked for his handkerchief of all things. Severus had complied and allowed the headmaster to shoo him away with news that Remus was all right.

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He nuzzled against Severus again, shaking his head. "I was let out. I'm just supposed to be in bed. But I just needed to see you." Remus said.

And that handkerchief was staying in his pocket, next to his wand. It was a kind of solace for him to have it. To know that he was close, even when he wasn't. Although having Severus in his arms was far better than a handkerchief.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go to that room." Of course he was talking about the Room of Requirement. He knew he was asking Severus to skip, but he didn't want to lay by himself. Even if he needed to.

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Severus was tactful enough to lift an eyebrow. Skip class? It was like Remus was asking him to chop off his hand, but only because the very idea of the werewolf wanting to skip class as well just seemed foreign.

Slowly, Severus nodded. "All right." For some reason, he was fairly sure that they wouldn't get into trouble. And even if they did? Well, the detention would be worth it. "Meet me there in ten minutes."

Traversing the halls to slip into a secret room together would be impossibly suspicious.

True to his word, Severus was there, jumper off, tie undone, when Remus arrived. He was doing homework, but set it aside when he heard the door open.

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It was not like Remus to ever skive off class, but then it was also not like him to have time away from the Marauders and classes and solely want the companionship of Severus Snape. Although the last part was happening more and more frequently.

Remus entered the room and coughed again. Normally, he would attempt to hang around the couch or table first, but he was awfully lightheaded. Heading over to the bed, he kicked off his shoes and robe. He wasn't wearing the school uniform as he had an excuse not to attend classes that day. He was wearing a polo shirt and trousers, both worn.

He offered his greeting then. "Hello." Remus said, gesturing for him to join him.

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Severus stood up at once, well, almost at once. He needed to finish his sentence. Afterward, he set his things aside and crawled into bed with Remus, laying on his stomach with his chin propped up on the palm of his hand.

He watched Remus for a few moments before reaching out to brush a bit of hair from his forehead.

He wouldn't bring up the pain that the boy was obviously in. "I have my notes with me. You can borrow them."

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He laid next to Severus and smiled sheepishly. He liked when the other touched him. Even something has light as moving some hair out of face. It was the little things like that. "Thank you." Remus looked down again. "For everything, really."

It pained him to smile, but he did his best. The past few days had him thinking. First about Sirius, but while that still left a sore spot, he was slowly being able to move on. He didn't want to bring up the theory about his emotions with Severus. Remus didn't want to think about what if all of this was fake, even if the other didn't realize it.

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"It's just notes," Severus remarked, naive to an almost unreasonable degree. He continued to lightly touch Remus's face, tracing scars old and new. Should Remus bring up his theory, Severus would probably have just laughed and told him it was ridiculous.

He stretched an arm over his shoulders and settled in against him, sighing quietly against his ear.

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Remus shifted slightly and leaned into him. He pressed his lips to Severus' lightly. He didn't just mean the notes. He meant for being there. For always being there. He'd be there even more if it weren't for Remus. If Remus wasn't so afraid of losing his friends.

He wrapped an arm slowly around the other, flinching from the movement. But he didn't mind the pain. It was his own fault he kept beating himself up every month, though luckily this month was not as nearly bad as the previous month. A few days in the Infirmary was nothing compared to almost two weeks in St. Mungo's.

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Murmuring something not quite audible against Remus's lips, Severus found himself smiling. Having his mouth curve upwards was still foreign to him, but when he did it, his entire face just lit up. He sighed lightly, fingers curling around the bits of hair that framed his face and his ears.

He did rather like to kiss him. Perhaps too much? Trying to be very, very careful of his injuries, the slowly waning moon having less of an effect on Remus's libido, Severus lightly nibbled on the werewolf's lower lip before returning just to stroke his hair.

Each day brought them closer. Each moment reinforced whatever they was turning out to be. Severus loved it.

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Even if the moon had little affect on his libido, the fact was Remus was still a teenage boy. It didn't take much to get him in the mood. It was just the moon made it so that those around him were also affected.

Remus pushed himself closer to Severus, kissing him back again. For as much as Severus liked kissing him, Remus was probably equal in that. It was nice. Even when the kisses were needy and full of lust, there was this other side to them - something he didn't get when Sirius had kissed him, not even when he did the latest time.

He was tired and sore, but that didn't stop him. He was used to this. But he'd never had someone to be there with him. Sure, the Marauders cared. He knew that. They were still close friends, but Remus never shared the pain with them. Not like this.

Remus blinked slowly, a hand going through Severus' hair as he kissed him slowly again. There was longing there, longing and contentment. While everything else was going on, they had this moment in this room and Remus was okay with that.

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When each kiss brought a whimper from Remus, Severus drew back, hand to his chest, and hushed him. He sat up, fingers moving to the wolf's chest. He knew he would not like the marks he found once the buttons at the neck of his polo shirt were undone, but why lay with such barriers between them?

Severus, despite his own scars and terribly pale body, loved feeling Remus's skin to his.

He did not look up as he undid Remus's belt, tugging down his Khakis as he pushed up the shirt until Remus removed it for him, revealing long scars and even more bandages.

His thighs were scratched up too, and for whatever reason, Severus was possessed to kiss them. Upon release of his erection from his underwear, Severus found the need to place another kiss on the underside of his cock.

This act ought to give him pause, but it didn't. He could figure out what to do as he went.

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Remus didn't mind undressing with Severus. He knew the fresh scars were always hard to swallow and he was ashamed of them, but he knew that Severus felt the same way. They had the same scars, even if they got them from different means. The only difference was that Remus was now determined that Severus would never get another one - at least at the hands of his father who gave them to him in the first place.

He continually flinched while undressing, but Severus' soft kisses soothed the pain. Even if he was still partially shocked at the kisses below the belt. That was something new. New and definitely amazing.

Remus swallowed hard, that much more turned on by Severus. He still remembered what Sirius threatened though. "Y-you don't have to do that." He said, breathlessly.

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