Another fun Eclipse animation, voiced by the wonderful @Jack_The_Catx3 Doctor Eclipse is here to administer "treatment." ~ I'd listen to him...he's a professional.~
“Yes, I did,” Remus said, not even looking over at Sirius. He knew that he meant well. Remus’ eyes just stayed on the pitch in front of them.
“And water. Have you hydrated enough?”
Remus looked over and glared at him. James was laughing next to him, but fondly.
“I’ve flown on a broom before, I’m not going to be so weak I fall off,” Remus argued.
Sirius just looked at him with pleading eyes.
“Well it’s a lot of exertion and I don’t want you to be exhausted. I want it to be fun for you.”
Remus sighed. Sirius was right, he wasn’t used to flying and perhaps wasn’t taking it as seriously as Sirius and James were.
He grabbed his water bottle out of his bag and took a few quick sips.
“Happy?” He asked, trying to placate his friends.
Sirius nodded, pleased.
It was the first chance James and Sirius had had to play in a quidditch match since graduating, so they were taking it very seriously. They’d managed to convince Regulus to get a team of former Slytherins together to play against the Gryffindors. It was meant to be a friendly match rather than a competitive one, but Remus had his doubts.
And, wonder of wonders, they had begged Remus to play. They hadn’t been able to find a second beater, and had convinced him to play if only so that they didn’t have to forfeit the match that had been their idea.
Remus had practiced for weeks, and he didn’t think he would be useless anymore.
But it was a testament to how much he loved Sirius that he had been able to be talked into it.
It would have crushed Sirius not to get to play, and Remus never could have been the cause of that pain.
So here he was, a 22 year old man in an old Gryffindor quidditch kit, standing with a borrowed broom and waiting for the first match of his life.