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snippet of a marauders fic I'm working on

(6th year) Remus Potions class was going to kill him. Not literally, but maybe Snape would since he started partnering up with lilly, every now and then he would catch him staring at them with that annoying face of him showing jealousy all over it.   this was kind of funny to Remus actually, he could understand being jealous of James, he had never been shy about his unreciprocated feelings for Lilly, but him and Lilly had always been just friends and pretty much everyone knew that. Lilly was good at potions class (way better than Remus, who still couldn't bring himself to care about it as much as he did for the other subjects), and they had always been a great match when it came to academic stuff. Before they started working together she used to partner up with Mary, and Remus  with Peter, this itself was fine, Peter was decent enough at the subject and could maintain a certain level of concentration that the other two marauders lacked. The trouble arrived when the professor got fed up with James and Sirius' antics and decided they weren't allowed to work together anymore, this brought a series of different tryouts within the friend group to accommodate these new rules. The most chaotic one was when they tried to partnered up Remus and Sirius (who “accidentally” managed to exploit their cauldron into a series of fireworks), LIly  and James (the later one was too distracted to actually get any job done) and Mary and peter (who for reasons unknown to everyone ended  up in a huge fight and didn't talk to anyone for a propper week). At the end they settled to accommodate him and Lilly, James and Peter and Sirius and Mary. Remus had to admit that despite Severus' bitterness he was quite pleased with this arrangement. today's lesson was on Amortentia, they had been studying love potions for the last weeks, and Remus was quite honestly baffled by the fact they were actually going to teach them how to make one. it seemed like a terrible idea to teach a bunch of hormonal fucks how to make something that could trick someone into falling in love with you, but when he aired his concerns to the rest they all laughed at him and told him he was just bitter that now somebody may actually trick him into a romantic relationship (this comment annoyed remus so much that he decided to shut up about the subject). while they were making it, the professor explained that It had a different aroma for everyone who smelt it, reminding each person of the things that they found most attractive, even if the person did not acknowledge or was unaware of their fondness for the object of their affection themselves; this comment made so that every single student in the class payed more attention than ever into making this potion right, even Sirius and Mary where taking the job seriously, which was a miracle in it of itself. After some time of careful mixing and brewing, his and Lily's potion was almost complete, looking quite similar to the one that the professor had prepared as demonstration. -so?- Remus asked with a mischievous smile- what do you smell?- Lilly leaned in and took a deep breath closing her eyes to take it all in, after a few seconds her cheeks turned a shade of red of which the brightness Remus had never seen. -what?- he asked, smiling at her partner's reaction- does it smell like werewolf?- he teased in a lower voice. -you wish- she answered rolling her eyes, but still not giving further explication- what does it smell like to you?- she asked, changing the subject. -oh come on lils! What can be so embarrassing that not even I can know?- he asked -nothing!- she answered defensively - you tell me first and then I'll tell you-. Remus rolled his eyes at her and leaned in, convinced it would probably smell like the food from the dining room or something, as his only true love so far were books and food. He closed his eyes and waited for the smell to fill his senses, taking in the steam as it went up from the potion in spirals. The first scent hit him. -it smells like… woods?- he said hesitantly- like amber- he concluded without opening his eyes. he focused again, intrigued by what could come next… -leather- this was unmistakable. By this point Remus has forgotten where he was, completely absorbed by the sensations he was feeling. -smoke… like cigarette smoke, and …- then the final scent hit him. It was so distinctive that Remus had to stop himself from gasping. it was cologne… men's cologne… Sirius Black cologne.