Re: Peter/Remus
"Don't think they count as exceptions if they're the rule." Remus chuckled. "Well, to be fair, the others had before then as well...mostly to tell me they already knew what I was and didn't care. I think it was more the idea that there had been a true change in the world and that I'd somehow had something to do with it. But, yes, we can set out the groundwork because we will survive. I mean, we're half of the infamous Marauders. Are we really going to let some prehistoric chickens take us out?" he added with the best wink he could muster.
Thinking about it, he wondered if this was -- again -- an example of how different their experiences had been. "While that's true, I've been in battle with people I couldn't trust. I couldn't always stay out of the fight while I was with the packs. Still having that between us, despite everything that happens means something, Peter. It has to. I'm not saying it doesn't require work in the rest of our lives. But, it means something that, when it counts the most and the lives of people we care about are on the line, we can still trust each other."
He squeezed Peter's fingers back softly. "Maybe you're right," he admitted after a moment. "Maybe I should tell him next time he visits. I don't know what to do, really. I don't want to be a burden on him, or a distraction. Not when so many people are depending on him." Taking a deep breath and letting it out on a huff, he turned back to Peter. "But, you didn't come over here to play Agony Aunt to my love life and I'm probably just overthinking things because I have nothing else to think about just lying here."