LMOM 2011 Day #18
Title: Getting Dirty or Getting Clean? Author: littleblackbow Rating: R Pairing: Remus/Severus Kink(s): Challenge: LMOM 2011 Word count: 544 Summary: Eavesdropping can be productive sometimes... and then sometimes not.
“Do not misunderstand me, but I wish to express...” Severus combed his fingers through his wet hair. “No, that’s not right, either.”
He cleared his throat and straightened himself up, looking at himself in the mirror. “You see, it isn’t that I even like Black. I have no fondness toward him whatsoever. However, I cannot deny that he has--”
“That he has what?” Remus asked, leaning against the door jamb.
Severus scowled. “I am in my own bathroom, Lupin. It is generally accepted that a man may have a modicum of privacy in this place.”
“It’s also generally accepted that a lover may be in the bathroom at the same time if that man was in the shower and --”
“I am no longer in the shower. Besides, weren’t you supposed to be out talking to Potter right now?”
Remus went up to him and kissed him on the shoulder. “He’s doing something with his friends. As much as I like our conversations, I don’t necessarily want to keep him from socializing with others his own age.” He wrapped his arms around Severus’s waist. “Now, what was it you were talking about? Something about Sirius, but I didn’t hear everything.”
“That is just as well, seeing as how it wasn’t any of your business.”
“Oh, I do think it’s my business, Severus.” Remus kissed the back of his neck. “Sirius is now and has always been my business in one way or another. And I suspect that after all of this, he’ll scarcely be able to defend himself against--”
“I was not considering harming the sod.”
Remus sighed. “I do wish you’d stop calling him a sod. I’ve never been keen on that expression, myself, and as far as Sirius is concerned, he can’t help being who he is. Who he was. Who he... no, nevermind. He can’t help it.”
“I am not going to participate in this argument, Lupin. There is no sense in us thinking about the past.” He turned around and leaned against the sink, holding his towel in place with his left hand.
Remus ran a hand down his chest, then rested it on his hip. “You’re right. So, let’s talk about the future.”
“There is no point in talking about a future that might not even exist for you and I. For all we know, the dark lord may return and we’d get caught up in a war and killed.”
“Don’t even joke about that,” Remus said solemnly.
“I am not joking.” Severus sighed. “Fine, then we can talk about what is happening now.”
At that, Remus smiled. “Now this sounds promising.” He hooked his thumb inside the towel and gave it a sharp tug, pulling it down from around Severus’s waist and onto the floor.
“I believe you’re over-dressed for this occasion, Professor Lupin,” Severus said with a smile. Severus pointed over to the shower and started it again. “I want you undressed with your hands against the wall.”
Remus was already unbuttoning his shirt. “You just took your shower.”
Severus smirked. “This shower is intended to get us filthy dirty, not clean,” he said. Remus pushed off his trousers and turned to go into the shower. Severus slapped his ass. “Get in, you.”