Second Chances

TITLE: Second Chances

AUTHOR: Lady Sirius

PAIRING: SB/RL

RATING: NC17

FEEDBACK: darklove_zorg@yahoo.com

DISCLAIMER: Of course all rights to Harry Potter belong to JK Rowling - I would claim Sirius if I could (but alas this is not meant to be!)


DEDICATION: To my glorious, talented, wondrous and everlastingly sexy inspiration - Gary Oldman
And it is also dedicated to my good friend Kitty - she is the Remus to my Sirius in our rpgs, and has inspired me to write about their love.


Chapter Two - Good Hygiene Can Be Fun!

The early morning sun streaming in through his window woke Sirius. He stretched, yawning, his head still a bit muzzy from the night before - the direct effect of too much cheap wine - before he realized that last night wasn\'t a dream after all. He looked down to see Remus right where he was when they fell asleep. Neither had apparently moved a muscle, Sirius laying contentedly on his lover\'s chest, his arm draped across him. He smiled and kissed Remus\' chest softly.

Remus opened his eyes, gazed at his lover, and smiled. \"Morning, love,\" he greeted him in his low-pitched sensuous wolf voice.

\"Morning, Remy.\" Sirius smiled back, before leaning in for a kiss. Which was returned with interest. This was the way it should always have been.

\"Sleep well?\"

\"Like a baby,\" Sirius answered, licking Remus\' nipple.

Remus smiled at his lover\'s ministrations, but he wasn\'t so easily distracted as Sirius. \"That is all well and good, my love, but I did promise you something last night.\"

\"To love me forever and to never leave me?\" Sirius teased.

\"No, to clean you up,\" was Remus\' honest and sincere answer. \"You know if I weren\'t so ... well, so hot for you last night, I might have insisted on it first. I have a very sensitive nose, you know.\"

Sirius arched an eyebrow at his lover, leaning on him with both elbows and gazing into his soulful eyes. \"And what exactly does that mean?\" he wanted to know.

\"It means that I am going to give you a bath, that\'s what that means. And don\'t bother pouting, I\'m on to all your tricks, remember?\"

Sure enough, Sirius\' lower lip was thrust out, and he looked like nothing more than an overgrown little boy. Remus couldn\'t help but laugh at the sight. He was always a sucker for that pout.

\"Yes, you\'re very cute. Now get off of me and let\'s get going.\" He gave Sirius a helpful push in the right direction. Sirius rolled his eyes and pretended to collapse on Remus\' chest. \"Drama queen!\" Remus mumbled under his breath.

Sirius came back to \"life\" and starting coughing dramatically for Remus\' benefit. The patient werewolf rolled his eyes. \"Okay, he who smells like a cheap winery, cut the dramatics and haul your lovely ass!\" For added emphasis, he lightly slapped that lovely ass. Sirius grumbled but he obeyed, climbing over Remus in the process. He started to pad toward the door, but stopped when he heard Remus\' \"Ahem, ahem!\" behind him. He looked over his shoulder inquisitively.

\"Don\'t you think we should be dressed before venturing out into your hallway, love?\" Lupin asked.

\"Why?\" Sirius asked. \"Who else are you expecting?\"

\"Expecting? No one. But I\'ve noticed that people waltz in and out of here like it was a train station. One can never be too careful, can one? Besides, your house elf is always about, and I don\'t care to give him anything else to complain about.\"

\"Kreacher? Damn him anyway!\" But Sirius came back and grabbed one of the blankets off the bed, throwing it about him. \"Does this satisfy propriety, Professor Lupin?\" he asked mischievously. \"You can use the sheet, if you like.\"

\"Yes, Mr. Black, I do believe it does,\" Remus replied, rising from the bed himself, stretching languorously, a result of having lain in the same spot all right, with Sirius on top of him. Sirius eyed him lustfully, and when he would make a move back toward him, Remus forestalled him with a wave of his hand. \"That way, Sirius!\" he growled playfully. \"No wonder you spent so much time in detention! You really are a disobedient pup!\" But his warm smile belied his words, as he pushed Sirius toward the door once more, taking the sheet and winding it about himself.

Sure enough, as they stepped into the hallway, there was a slight movement, and Sirius spotted Kreacher pretending to dust some non-existent thing on the wall. The surly house elf looked up at their approach, scowled to see them both emerging from Sirius\' room, and in a half-dressed state. He mumbled under his breath, but loud enough for them to conveniently hear, \"Disgrace to the name of Black he is. No better than he ought to be. Trafficking with lowlifes and werewolfs, he is. Lordy, lordy, help us.\" He only desisted when Sirius threatened him with a dark look, scowling all the way down the hallway to who knows where.

\"Never mind him, love,\" Remus reassured him. \"In you go!\" And he playfully pushed him into the bathroom.

All of the rooms at #12 Grimmauld Place were on the dark and strange side, and this one was no exception. But it had the distinction of being dominated by a large claw tub which, although black, was at least clean. Remus turned the spigots, keeping his hand beneath the faucet so that he could adjust the water temperature, and when he was satisified at its warmth, he allowed it to fill. Reaching into the small vanity, he drew forth various items which he had stashed there for his own use during his visits to this house, which were becoming more and more frequent. One bottle was small and heartshaped, and from it he poured a thick liquid into the running water. Immediately the room was filled with a familiar scent. Sirius wrinkled his nose, sniffing. \"Wild rose?\" he asked. \"Why?\"

\"Because it smells nice, silly. Which is more than I can say for you,\" Remus replied easily, as he set the rest of his items to where they would be within reach. \"Be a good boy and get into the tub, Sirius.\"

Sirius grumbled but he obeyed, as he always did, tossing his blanket carelessly onto the floor, and splashing Remus thoroughly in the process. \"Thank you, Sirius,\" the wolf said drily, removing the drenched sheet and setting it aside. \"You\'ll share that blanket with me when we go back to your room, you know that, don\'t you?\"

\"Uh huh,\" Sirius grinned, not in the least abashed. \"And it\'s our room now, not mine. So get used to the idea.\" He flashed a triumphant grin at his wolf, and Remus couldn\'t help but smile indulgently at him. \"Yes, love, it\'s our room now.\"

He walked around the tub, turned off the spigots, dipped his fingers into the faintly scented water. \"There. Just right.\"

Sirius beckoned to Remus with one thin finger. \"Come on in, the water\'s fine.\"

Remus shook his head. \"We\'re not here for fun and games, love, but for the sake of your hygiene, which you have obviously been neglecting in your pursuit of bad wine.\"

\"Can\'t we do both?\" Sirius persisted, looking hopefully at his lover.

\"First things first, love.\" Remus was not to be so easily distracted. He took a little stool from the corner and sat it next to the tub, behind Sirius, sitting on it. He clucked as he took a good hard look at Sirius\' seriously tangled hair. \"Have you seen your brush lately?\" he asked.

Sirius didn\'t respond, moving around in the tub so that the water flowed around and over his thin legs. He hated to admit it, but it did feel good. And it was long overdue.

Deciding that a surprise attack was his best means of accomplishing his ends, Remus took a ceramic pitcher and, filling it with water from the tub, proceeded to dowse Sirius\' head with it. Sirius spluttered angrily as the warm water flowed over his face and into his open mouth. For good measure, Remus repeated this treatment, to make sure that his lover\'s hair was good and wet. Sirius shook his dark curls, spraying Remy in the process, and spitting water. \"Damnation! You could warn a person, you know!\"

Remus only laughed as he reached for the bottle of shampoo. \"You smell like wet dog,\" he chuckled as he brought the bottle up to his sensitive nose, popping the top and taking a whiff of the contents. Ah, this was good, he decided. It had a pleasant citrus scent, and the citrus oils would also be good for his lover\'s normally beautiful hair. He poured some into his hand, and began to rub it into Sirius\' tangled mess.

\"Wet dog, am I?\" Sirius muttered, as he ungraciously gave in to his lover\'s ministrations. \"Don\'t be so rough, Remy!\" he whined, as he felt the wolf\'s sharp fingernails digging into his scalp. Remus paid him no heed, continuing to work the shampoo through the tangled masses of dark hair. When he was satisfied with his work, he slapped him lightly on the side of his head.

\"It\'s your fault, so quit complaining! Now close your eyes, AND your mouth, and don\'t say I didn\'t warn you this time!\" So saying he filled the pitcher with more water and dumped it over Sirius\' head once more. This time Sirius kept his mouth closed, feeling the soapy water run down his face. \"Good boy!\" Remus praised him, chucking him under the chin amusedly.

Sirius squinted at Remus through the remnants of the water. \"I deserve a reward for that, then, don\'t I?\" he asked mischievously.

Remus shook his head. \"You always did have a one track mind, didn\'t you, love?\" He smiled and reached for the bottle of conditioner, pouring it directly onto Sirius\' head, and catching up all the hair so that it was covered by the citrusy concoction. \"Leave that sit for a minute so that it gets in,\" he advised his lover.

\"Yes, love,\" Sirius replied meekly. Too meekly, for Remus\' taste. He eyed him sharply, waiting for something. He didn\'t know what. Sure enough, Sirius pretended to stretch, reaching back with one arm, his hand feeling about for Remus. But Remus was too smart for that, and easily evaded his grasp.

\"Keep your mind on what we\'re doing, love!\" he chided him gently. The minute had passed so he took the pitcher and filled it with fresh water from the tap, being careful to make sure it was warm, and poured it in stages over Sirius\' head, until he was satisified that his hair was entirely rinsed. \"There!\" he exclaimed with satisfaction. \"And when it dries I shall brush it until it shines again, and is as beautiful as it should be!\" He leaned into Sirius and kissed his lover tenderly on the cheek.

\"Good!\" Sirius made a motion as if to rise.

Remus arched an eyebrow. \"And where do you think you\'re going, young man? Park that lovely ass right there. We\'re not done yet!\"

\"But, Remus...\"Sirius began to protest, but one stern look from the former DADA professor was all it took and he remained seated.

Remus brought out a large sponge and a freshly scented bar of soap. \"That was just your hair, love, there ARE other parts of you, you know.\"

\"I know,\" Sirius smirked. \"Let\'s wash those parts first, shall we?\"

Remus only shook his head and smiled, as he rubbed the soap onto the sponge and began to apply it to Sirius\' back. As he scrubbed, he couldn\'t refrain from tenderly kissing the sharply defined shoulder blades beneath his hands, and to himself he vowed to put some flesh back on his lover\'s thin frame.

Sirius loved the feel of Remus\' hands on his back. But he wanted more. \"Reeee-mussssssss,\" he began in a soft sing-song voice.

\"Yes, love?\" Remus asked, a look of amusement coming on to his careworn face, as he tried to anticipate what Sirius might be up to now.

\"Come into the tub, love, and take a bath with me,\" he answered, arching his neck backwards so he could look up into his lover\'s face.

\"This bath is for cleanliness, not shenanigans,\" Remus reminded him.

\"Of course,\" Sirius agreed. \"I know how you are about bathing, Remy. That\'s all I\'m thinking of, honestly.\" And he looked up at Remus with the most sincere expression he could muster.

Remus leaned down and kissed Sirius, at the same time pushing him back up into a sitting position. \"Yes, you\'re right, and only for cleanliness. Scooch forward some so I can still reach your back,\" he motioned to him, and Sirius obediently moved. Remus climbed into the water, sitting down behind his lover, and resumed his bathing. Sirius sighed happily, resting his hands on his lover\'s legs and enjoying his gentle touch.

When he had finished, Sirius said, \"Now turn around so I can do your back, Remy.\"

Remus agreed to this and they managed to switch positions with a minimum of splashing. Sirius took the sponge, stroking his lover\'s back gently.

\"Sirius, you need to press harder if you\'re going to do any good,\" Remus chided him gently.

\"Think so? Maybe I\'m not close enough.\" Sirius scooted closer to Remus, so close that the werewolf couldn\'t help but feel something pressing up against him. He moaned, knowing full well what it was, even as Sirius began to breathe in his ear, \"Close enough, love? Or should I get closer?\" He began to kiss Remus\' neck and shoulder, even as he reached around with one hand and began to stroke his cock.

\"Sirius,\" Remus half-heartedly protested, but it was no use and he knew it. He supposed he had known it from the moment he had agreed to get into the blasted tub. He had no one to blame but himself, and at this moment in time he didn\'t particularly care. He turned his head as he spoke, and Sirius took the opportunity to begin kissing him, licking at the moisture which still clung about his lower lip. \"Gods, I love you, Remy,\" he moaned.

\"And I love you, Sirius,\" his lover replied, as he gave in to the kiss, to the demands of those sensual lips, feeling himself get hard at Sirius\' touch.

Sirius took the sponge and massaged his lover\'s cock with it with firm hard strokes. \"You see we can do both - take a bath, AND have fun,\" he murmured into Remus\' ear as he nipped at his earlobe, catching it up in his teeth and tugging at it.

\"Yes, I guess we can.\" Remus closed his eyes, as he relaxed into Sirius. He didn\'t blame him, of course. They had fifteen years worth of lost time to make up for. He felt his senses inflame at Sirius\' very presence - it had always amazed him that he had ever won the heart of this beautiful man - and he felt the wolf inside stir at the touch of its mate. He could always cast a scourgify spell later for expediency\'s sake. The wolf began to softly growl as Remus bent his head to lick at the mark which he had made only last night - his mark of ownership. \"Mine!\"

\"Turn around to face me so that I can reach you better,\" Sirius urged his lover. Remus swung around, heedless of the water which splashed out of the tub at his sudden movement, and now they sat face to face in the confines of the claw tub. \"Now c\'mere,\" Sirius whispered and the two lovers moved closer together, as Sirius claimed his wolf\'s lips more, and now their hard cocks were pressed close together. Sirius wrapped his fingers around both cocks, rubbing their hardnesses together, as he pushed his insistent tongue between Remus\' lips and down his throat. Remus moaned into his tongue, grabbed it with his own and sucked as hard on it as he could. The fragrance of the rose-scented water stirred his delicate olfactory sense, and he could feel the pressure of the wolf within.

\"Sirius,\" Remus growled. The big bad wolf wants to eat you up!\" He kissed Sirius hard, harder than before, pushing his lover backwards until his back rested on the edge of the tub. He grabbed both of his hands, and pushed them over his head, pinioning them so that Sirius could not move, and his lips were hot and demanding as he ravaged Sirius\' mouth. His lover had always had the power to drive him crazy, but the wolf inside was getting anxious to claim its mate once more. All the years of missing Sirius and being without him came rushing at him, and he ground his hardness mercilessly against Sirius\'. \"Mine!\" he growled fiercely, \"mine!\"

Sirius gave in to the wild nature of the wolf, as he melded his lips against the other man\'s. He knew that they were approaching the time of the full moon, and it was best not to cross the wolf within his lover. Besides which, he loved to feel the dominance of the wolf in their lovemaking.

Remus pulled back from the kiss, breathing hard, releasing Sirius\' hands as he did so. He peppered Sirius\' cheek with kisses, alternating each kiss with a lick, running in a trail down and across his lover\'s jawline, his firm neck. When he reached the spot of his mark, he licked it for good measure, before continuing his journey down his lover\'s wet body - he was so hot for him that he fairly burned with desire. He moved his hands behind Sirius\' body, grasping his delightful arse, and pushing his hips up so that his erect cock was within reach of his waiting maw, and he proceeded to take it in one bite within his heated mouth.

Sirius gasped as he felt himself being devoured so fully. He grasped Remus\' hair within his fists, pressing down on the wolf\'s head, digging into the surface of the tub as well as he could with his heels so as not to slide from his precarious perch. Hungrily, Remus sucked at his delicious cock, already oozing precum from the tip. He grazed his teeth across the firm skin, pulling out far enough to lick at the precum. He closed his eyes and rubbed Sirius\' hardness against his cheeks, taking his balls into his mouth and devouring those as well, which produced a tremor of delight from the other wizard.

\"More, more!\" the impatient one urged, and this time Remus did not berate him for he was every bit as eager as his lover, if not more so. He took his hardness into his mouth once more and sucked on it in earnest, as if his very life depended upon it. He squeezed the cheeks of that lovely ass more tightly, before sliding one wet digit into Sirius\' opening. Sirius gasped at the unexpectedness of that. He arched his back and thrust himself further into Remus\' talented mouth. Remus rewarded him by sliding his finger in until he hit Sirius\' prostrate. When he knew he had hit the spot, he pushed it in harder, again and again and again.

Sirius threw back his wet head and began to howl, as Remus pushed him over the edge. \"REMUSSSSSSSSSSS!\" he screamed, as his orgasm washed over him, and he ejaculated into his lover\'s eager mouth. His scream degenerated into a wordless moan as he spasmed in waves of pure delight, which Remus wasted no time in claiming, taking it all in and swallowing his lover\'s cum greedily, hungrily, lapping up every little bit which proceeded from Sirius\' cock.

Remus pulled his finger out of his lover\'s ass, pulling him back into the half-warm water, and reached for his lips, kissing him, and licking his full lips. Sirius tasted his own cum in the kiss, and he moaned into Remus\' mouth. But Remus was not done yet. \"I want that ass,\" he growled into Sirius\'s, \"and I want it now.\"

\"What do you want me to do, Remy?\" Sirius asked.

\"Stand up and bend over,\" the wolf commanded, and Sirius hastened to obey, turning around and bending down, clutching at the sides of the tub to keep his balance, waiting for his wolf\'s next move. Which was not long in coming. Parting his lover\'s cheeks, Remus lapped at his entrance with his tongue, before diving in and licking inside of him, thrusting with his tongue as if it were his prick. Sirius quivered at his lover\'s touch, grasping the tub so tightly that his knuckles turned white with the effort. But this was only the prelude to something else....

Feeling confident that Sirius was prepared for him now, the wolf stood up and thrust himself suddenly into his willing mate. Sirius gasped, continuing to white-knuckle the tub. Remus pulled back almost complete before throwing himself forward once more, thrusting deeper and deeper inside of Sirius. He felt the tight inner walls of his lover\'s channel surrounding his lust-laden cock, and the wolf was less than gentle in his demands. Harder and harder he moved inside of him, as Sirius moaned his approval to anyone within hearing. \"Yes, Remy, yes!\"

\'My mate, mine\' the wolf inside Remus\' head howled, as he became more urgent in his lust. He dug his fingernails into Sirius\' back for balance digging until he could see little crescent moons form, which went from white to a pale red the harder he dug. His hips were machine-like in their utter relentlessness, as for the moment the wolf controlled his movements - harder, and harder he thrust inside of Sirius, who responded by pushing back against him, matching him thrust for thrust, howling with pleasure.

The sound of Sirius\' howl sent Remus over the edge himself, and he plunged forward, grasping Sirius\' neck within his teeth, and biting down as he took possession, coming hard and furiously into his lover\'s ass, feeling the release of all his passions into his lover\'s tight hole. \'Yes, yes!\' the wolf inside felt satisfied, before Remus regained control of himself once more. Panting fiercely, he kissed the bite mark on Sirius\' neck tenderly, pulling his lover back against him, and cooing into his ear softly, hoping that he had not hurt him unthinkingly.

Trembling, he felt his way down to the tub, seating himself and bringing Sirius down with him, until he reclined between Remus\' legs, his head cradled against his chest. Neither one seemed to notice that the water was growing cold. Remus stroked his head gently, kissing him, as he let his breathing come under control once more. \"Sirius, I didn\'t mean to be so rough, forgive me,\" he apologized softly.

Sirius only laughed, hugging Remus\' legs about him. \"You were outstanding, my love! Don\'t apologize.\"

They lay together in a comfortable silence, until Remus noticed Sirius begin to shiver. \"Let\'s get you dressed,\" he suggested. The two men stood, stepping out of the tub, and Remus reached for the towel he had set aside for his lover\'s use. He wrapped it around Sirius, toweling the well-known body of his lover until it was dry to his satisfaction, then using it for himself. He took Sirius into his arms and kissed him gently. \"You are a bad influence on me, Mr. Black,\" he chided gently.

\"How so, Professor Lupin?\" Sirius grinned.

\"We only came in to clean you up, you know.\"

\"Yes, well you did that rather well - inside and out.\"

Remus tapped the end of Sirius\' nose lightly, growling softly, \"Insolent whelp!\" He picked up the blanket which they had brought in originally with them. \"I still want to brush out your hair, my love, when it is dry.\"

\"Of course you can, Remy,\" Sirius agreed. \"Just as soon as we get breakfast.\"

\"Breakfast later, hair first,\" Remus insisted, bundling the blanket about both of them, and opening the door into the hallway once more.

\"Food first, then more love, then hair,\" Sirius disagreed. They made their way carefully through the hall to their room. They could hear the disapproving voice of Kreacher, from who knew where, \"Howling and screaming and unnatural goingson - it\'s a disgrace it is - if the master had known, killed it he would,\" which died away as soon as they regained the privacy of the bedroom, and shut the door once more.

Remus pulled Sirius into his arms, dropping the blanket onto the floor, and kissed him thoroughly. \"What am I going to do with you?\" he laughed.

\"You\'ll think of something, Remy,\" came the smart reply. \"You always do.\"