"Sirius, come back here now. I am a prefect and I'm not afraid to take house points," Remus Lupin was chasing Sirius Black down a long corridor in the early hours of the morning. 

"Not until you catch me first, Moony," Sirius smirks as he runs into the clock tower courtyard, stopping by the water fountain. 

"Padfoot, was it really necessary for me to chase you down three flights of steps?" Lupin snaps at Padfoot's remark, slowing down.

"When are you ever going to answer my question? Don't you love me, Remus?" Sirius's face softens and he slowly walks toward Remus. 

"Sirius, you know what I said. We're better off as friends. We tried the friends with benefits thing. We tried to tell everyone, which resulted in you getting detention. We..." But Remus was cut off with arms being thrown around him. 

"Where ever you are is where I want to be. Sure, we're only seventeen and we have our whole lives ahead of us. Sure, we're gangly teenagers. But if we love each other, what's so wrong with that?" Sirius whispers into Remus' ear and slowly their bodies ease at each other's touch.

"S-Sirius, y-you know I can't. I love you. You know I do. But we won't be accepted. Not here or anywhere," Remus trembles and stutters.

"Fine, come on its bloody two in the morning. I'm hungry," Sirius and Remus break their embrace. 

Remus holds on to Sirius' hand as they walk back into their home, together.