Prompt 12 - Bombardo
@wolfstarmicrofic March 12, word count 266
“I don’t like this wall.” Sirius mused, running his hands across the wall dividing the kitchen from the dining room. “If we knock it down, it’ll open up the space, and we can get a larger dining table. Remus glanced up at him from the book he was taking notes from.
“If that’s what you want to do, it’s your house.”
“Our house.” Sirius corrected. “But what do you think? Good idea or not?” He went back to running his hands over the cream-painted wall.
“If you want to open the kitchen up, do it. I don’t mind either way.”
“Very helpful. Thank you, Remus.” Sirius rolled his eyes at his boyfriend. “Hmm, I think I’m gonna do it.” He pulled out his wand. “Bombardo!” The wall exploded, firing chunks of plaster and concrete at them.
“Merlin, Sirius!” Remus yelled. “You could have brought the whole house down!” Sirius turned around grimacing, covered from head to foot in dust.
“Sorry. Probably should have used a more delicate spell.”
“No, you think?” It was Remus’s turn to roll his eyes. With a flick of his wand, he tidied up the room. He walked over to the wall, surveying it. He bit his lip and waved his wand in complicated little movements that eventually vanished the wall.
Sunlight poured into the space from the dining room’s window. Remus put his arm around Sirius’s shoulders.
“You were right, sweetheart. This room is better opened up.” He kissed the top of Sirius’s head and returned to his book, enjoying the sun’s warmth that was now shining across the kitchen table.
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Prompt 24 - Modern AU
@wolfstarmicrofic April 23, word count 937
Sirius gripped his coffee as though it were a lifeline. It was the biggest, strongest coffee he could find, watered down with copious amounts of milk. He took little sips as he logged into his computer at work, brought up his list of tasks for the day and slowly began muddling his way through.
He’d gone out last night with James, against his better judgement, not that it took much persuasion on James’s part. All he had to do was bat his hazels at him, and Sirius was putty in his hands.
He’d been having a great time, downing drinks, shaking his arse to the vintage jukebox and then woken up in some fit lad’s bed, hence the massive coffee and the mind-numbing hangover. He’d crept quietly out of the little flat and stumbled his way down the harsh concrete steps that smelled like weed, piss and, for some bizarre reason, hairspray. Sirius had rushed home, hopped in the shower, changed his clothes and hurried to the coffee shop on the corner. He couldn’t even remember the man’s name. He put it out of his mind, reasoning that he’d never see him again anyway.
It took an age for the little digital clock on his computer screen to blink to 12:00 and signal lunchtime.
Feeling the need for greasy food, he went to pull out his mobile to order a McDonald’s when he realised he didn’t have it. He checked all his pockets and his bag. It wasn’t there. The panic had just set in that it had been stolen at the bar last night when his computer alerted him to a new email on his personal account.
‘Hi, erm, I guess Sirius. Sorry, I didn’t get your name last night 😬.
So anyway, I have your phone. You must have left it here when you snuck out this morning. (You are not sneaky, by the way! Like an elephant in size nines!) But yeah, anytime you want to come by and get it is fine. I’ll be in all day. Crap, I hope you get this email, or I’ve just got myself a new phone. It’s actually a big upgrade to mine. On second thoughts, it’s mine now, mwahaha 😈!
Thanks
Remus Lupin.’
Sirius stared at the words for a few minutes, taking them in, before picking up the work phone from his desk and phoning himself.
“Hello?” A voice on the other end answered. “Hi, I’m not Sirius. He left his phone at mine last night.”
“Hi, Remus. It’s me. Sirius.” He added in case he hadn’t realised.
Well, I guessed when you used my name. I highly doubt anyone in your phone book knows who I am. Especially ginger toss pot number 1. There’s more than one ginger toss pot?” Remus snickered.
“Wait, how do you know that, and how did you get my email address? Have you hacked into my phone?!” He felt outraged. How had he even gotten in, though? It was password-protected.
“Sirius, 6969 is not a strong password. Plus, I could see where you’d jabbed at the screen to unlock it. You really need to clean your phone.” Remus went on.
“Yeah, I’ll get right on that.” He paused for a second, trying to rein in the snarkiness. “I don’t finish work until 5. Is it alright to come over after that?”
“Sure,” Remus answered. “I’ll be in.”
“Great, thanks.” Sirius forced a smile on his face so Remus could hear his sincerity.
“Who’s Specky Dick Nuts? Because they’ve been blowing up your phone all morning before I woke up and found it. They seem to have stopped now, though.”
“Oh, that’s my best mate James. Oh shit, if he’s gone quiet, he’s probably tracking my phone. Er, be prepared. He probably thinks I need rescuing.” There was a loud thudding on the other end of the line.
“Er, I think your friend might be here,” Remus whispered into the phone.
“Put me on speaker so I can talk to him.” He heard the faint click as he was put on speaker and the sound of Remus unlocking the four locks on his door.
“Hi, you must be James,” Remus said.
“Where is he?!” James’s voice was stern and full of concern.
“James, mate. I’m fine. I’m at work. I just forgot to pick up my phone this morning. This is Remus, by the way. He kindly let me know he had it.” He prayed that was enough to call off the Potter inquisition.
“Oh, cool. Hi, Remus.”
“Hi, James.”
“Sorry, I thought you were some lunatic. And you were keeping him prisoner.”
“Oh, don’t worry. Happens all the time.” The phone line was filled with laughter, and Sirius had to hold his receiver away from his head.
“Hey, James, can you take my phone, seeing as you’re there?”
“Sure thing.”
“Thanks, Remus.” He managed to say before James hung him up. He felt oddly dejected for some reason but brushed it off.
When he came back from lunch, he found a new email, this time from Remus’s actual address.
‘Can I take you out on a date?’
It said. Sirius felt a surge of joy and so replied.
‘What do you have in mind?’
‘Dinner? Movie? Massive shagathon?’
Sirius choked on his own spit at Remus’s reply. He coughed as he typed back.
‘Jesus, Remus. Are you always so forward?’
‘What can I say? You made an impression 😉.’
‘Yeah, go on then.’
And that was how Sirius found himself for the second morning in a row in Remus Lupin’s bed. But this time, he didn’t sneak out.
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