Red Roses,White Chocolate, and Wanton Wizards

A/N: If the end section looks remotely familiar to you it is because the original version that was a response to a challenge called “ Strawberries, Cream or Me”. I have since rewritten it to fit this story. Only the strawberries, cream and fire remain from this challenge. Ok I know I said the characters where written from the movies, but the fire in hand thing that Remus did on the train was just too cool. There is a mild slash Like moment in the middle of the story. If this bothers you then I recommend you skip down to the end.


The wild haired dark eyed witch that was known as Hermione Granger was pacing the headmaster’s office of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was owled concerning her test to qualify as a professor, and whether or not it was good enough to apply at a post here. She had put on her purple business suit, one that she considered lucky and put her hair in a knot. Her pumps matched with the outfit perfectly.

The office was as it was when she was a student there; a desk surrounded by long and high bookcases. The walls where covered in paintings of those headmasters that have gone before. There was an old cabinet in the corner where the pensive was kept. In back of the desk there was a hallway to the private sitting room where the most sensitive matters of the school would take place.

She had left that morning quite abruptly, no doubt concerning her friends and roommates at Grimmauld Place. She did not want to upset Remus, Sirius, or Harry but she did not want to say anything in the even that it would turn out badly.

And there was the matter that she was desperately longing for Remus and Sirius for nearly two years. Harry would not want to hear that considering that he wanted her for himself.

The dreams of Sirius and Remus fucking her every which way where nearly driving her mad. She would probably let something slip and he would know and she did not want to hurt him.

As she paced she heard a kind familiar voice drifting from up above.

“Hello Miss Granger. It had been a long time.”

She looked up to see the kind blue eyes of the late Headmaster Albus Dumbledore and smiled.

“Hello sir, yes it has been a long time. Two years in fact.”

“How are things shaping up for everyone Hermione?”

“Harry is fine, being he was tutored for the last year by Remus to know what he needed for the Auror’s exam in two months. It is a bold move considering Harry dropped out before he could take his N.E.W.Ts. But since Kingsley is the Minister of Magic and Tonks is the Head of Magical Law Enforcement, and they have no objection then it should not be a problem. Fred, George and Ron are still at their store making gallons left and right. Ginny is in training to be a professional seeker for the Hollyhead Harpies. Charlie is still a dragon tamer, but he has come back home to be near his parents. It was hard losing Percy in that explosion that could have killed Fred if Percy did not step forward to protect him. Mr. Weasley is still at the Ministry, and Mrs. Weasley spends most of her time caring for her grandchild Violet her grandchild by Bill. Bill is still at Gringotts, but now head of his department.”

“Remus well, you know how it is for Remus he has no job at the moment. He is living with harry and I. Sirius come back out of nowhere not sure exactly how. He was studied like a rat for a while before he was let go and was allowed to return home. Draco has taken over for as governor of the school. No doubt at Snape request who is still Headmaster. Hogwarts is so different now Professor with every employee lost protecting the children from the attack. Transfiguration went to Cho, who is also head of house of Ravenclaw. Divination was taken over by Parvati Patil, Care of Magical Creatures was taken by Lavender Brown. Terry Boot took Astronomy, Justin Finch-Flechery took Muggle Studies. Potions was taken over by Seamus Finnigan. Herbology was take over by Neville, as well as duties of head of house for Griffindor. Hestia Jones has taken the position of Ancient Runes. I never thought I would see the day Professor Binns finally moved on but he did so Sturgis Podmore took over the job. Flying and refereeing the Quiddich matches was taken over by Oliver Wood, Arithmancy was taken over by Dean Thomas. Alicia Spinnet took over as librarian, and Luna took over the groundskeeper job, no doubt searching for another odd creature. Padma Patil took over as head nurse.

Hannah Abbot took over as head as Hufflepuff house while Daphne Greengrass took over Slytherin.” There was not need to say more, there where was no one else that survived to speak about. She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment trying hard not to cry over the brave that fell in their cause.

Things never go the way you expected in life that was something her grandmother had always told her. She and Harry where so sure that Snape was a traitor and murder, that should be stopped at all costs. Nothing was further from the truth. Snape was Dubledore’s man from the beginning. Even though he killed Dumbledore it was out of mercy. Dumbledore was dying from a terrible curse for over a year that would have kill him anyway. This act insured his place with the Death Eaters where he was able to gather enough information that helped Harry end the war and kill Voldemort.

Hermione was thankful that Harry sensed the danger to Snape in time to save him otherwise they would have lost and she would not have the time to try to make it up to Snape somehow. Harry knowing he was wrong, fought for Snape to keep the headmaster’s job that he had before the war ended. There was too much animosity between them to ever be friends but they had a respect for each other and they where civil which made her choice to apply to the school that much easier. Hermione on the other hand wanted to be true friends with him. She knew that there were a lot of issues that lay in between them that made it very difficult but she gave it her best try. He never said it out loud but she got the feeling that he was warming up to her. The last month she finally sensed that they have come to the point of friends.

Her musings where interrupted by the man himself walking in with papers under his arm.
He looked the same as he always did, black pants, white shirt under a black knee length waistcoat with black robes over. “Ah Miss Granger. Please forgive my lateness. There was an issue at the Sytherin house that needed to be addressed right away.”

“No problem at all Professor. I was just chatting with Professor Dumbledore.” She smiled her goodbye to the portrait. He in turn winked at her.

“I see. Please sit down.” She did as instructed and waited as calmly as possible for the answer to the question that has been haunting her for months.

“Well congratulations Miss Granger, or shall I say Professor? You passed with flying colors. I of course had no doubt of it. I always knew you were a know it all.” He said with a smirk.

“We have filled most of the positions that where left by the unfortunate deaths of our Professors and Madame Pomfrey. The only one left that has not been filled is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. A position that you have experience in and no doubt excel, that is if you consent to it.”

Hermione sat in shock for a moment. She was still trying to process what he just said.
“Yes sir I would be honored,” she replied hoping that her voice was as calm as possible.
Inside her mind however she was screaming and jumping for joy.

“Very well Hermione I will see you in three months time.”

She knew that tone from the years she had known him. The one that said “conversation over, I have work to do.”

She stood up and said “Thank you sir for giving me this opportunity.”

“You may address me as Severus. We are coworkers now after all.” He replied with a smirk the closest she had ever seen to a smile.

“Thank you Severus. Good Day to you”

“Good Day Hermione”

She got up and left the office, and when she was far enough away she jumped up and down with joy.

***
On the way home Hermione stopped at a Muggle shop and bought strawberries and cream in a can. Her parents where gone now sent away for their protection. At the height of the war Hermione was forced to make the heartbreaking choice to alter their memories to forget her and Harry to save them from being a target of the Death Eaters. As a cautionary measure she also changed her name and made them think it was their life’s ambition to go to Spain. She missed them dearly but did not have the heart to break the spell.

When she was little and she accomplished a great achievement her mum would make a strawberry and cream desert to congratulate her. Her whip cream was the home made variety, with not a lot of sweetness. Her mother as well as her father where dentists and it would not help their business promoting tooth decay. It was these simple acts of affection that she missed the most about her parents being gone. She needed that celebrate now and it was the closest thing to have them there when she broke the good news to Harry, Remus and Sirius.
***
Remus Lupin and his best friend and sometimes lover Sirius Black where lying in the drawing room of Grimmauld Place. They where commiserating as they always seem to do these days about past loves, frustration, and grief in their lives. Which almost always ended in hot comfort sex.

Since Remus was 15 he always had taken comfort in Sirius. The early years where hard on them, so they did what friends would do, give comfort. Somehow along the line in grew into something more. All the werewolf knew was that he and Sirius were “together” by the time their other best friend married his childhood sweetheart Lily. They joined the Order of the Phoenix together with their other “friend” Peter Pettigrew. It seemed as though nothing could separate them until that dark day that Voldemort struck.
Killing James and Lily, Peter appeared to have died by Sirius’s hand. Remus’s whole world was shattered without his three best friends.

He wanted to die without Sirius, but he remembered the devotion James gave him and Remus figured that he owed his son the same.

He had the honor of meeting Harry twelve long years later. He also had the honor of meeting his two best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Two of the bravest and loyal thirteen -year –olds he had ever had the privilege to meet. It was they that showed him the error of his ways and engineered the bittersweet reunion with his friend Sirius. He lost him again until a year later when they meet for the common cause of the Order.

Then things got complicated. The fates decided that he did not deserve anything good it seemed. First he lost Sirius, to his cousin Bellatrix LeStrange. He had gone to the only living family that Sirius cared anything for,The Tonks and fell for their daughter Nymphadora. He did not know for sure anymore if he truly loved Tonks or if it was a way to capture a piece of Sirius that was still breathing. They started a relationship that ended up producing a child. He was both terrified to death and excited at becoming a father. But in the end, the joy was short lived. Her parents where murdered, the grief on top of everything else caused her to miscarry the baby. Tonks left him after that. He did not blame her at all wished her well. After some rough times they became friends again something that he would be always thankful for.

He left their home and went to Sirius who had returned from the dead. Again the reunion was bittersweet. Hermione Granger had moved in with him and Harry. He ended up falling in love with her against all rational judgment. If it was not bad enough to fall in love with someone that is nearly twenty years his junior, he fell in love with Harry’s best friend who he was in love with and his own best friend was in love with. On top of everything his animal instincts that have been in controllable all this time was coming out again. Urging him to take her, mark her even if she was unwilling. The intensity of it was terrifying. She most likely must have seen and was disgusted and frightened out of her mind.

“Moony?”

“Hmm?”

“Stop obsessing. We don’t know if it is you that Hermione is having trouble with I told you that this morning.”

“Sorry. I just care for her so much Padfoot. I just don’t want to hurt her”

“Of course you won’t hurt her. It is not in you,” He added as he rubbed Remus’s hardening cock.

“Padfoot…”

“Enough apologizing Moony. You can’t choose who you fall in love with. I never want to hurt you or Harry yet I fall in love with the person the two of you love.”

Sirius took Remus’s wand and Apparated them to bed, where he continued to give him comfort the only way Sirius could.

***

Hermione got home slower that normal that day. She decided to walk and take in the June air. There would not be a lot of opportunities now that she had accepted the job. Perhaps it would be better that way, she would be living on grounds and away from her two obsessions, assuring that she would not ruin her friendship with Harry, Remus and Sirius.

She entered the main hallway, waiting for any sign of life from the house. She still hated this part of the house even after she finally got Mrs. Black down. She could still hear her sleep at night, screaming obscenities at them all.

She went upstairs and she could hear Remus and Sirius talking about fire. As she approached she saw that Remus had a handful of fire in his hand like he did that night on the Hogworts express. Sirius on the other hand was not having as much success. “Hello Hermione. Strawberries and cream?” Remus asked without even turning around. Damn it all sometimes his senses where the most annoying things.

“Hello Remus, Hello Sirius. And yes, strawberries and cream.”


Remus was wearing gray slacks with a white button down shirt open three buttons and no socks and shoes. Sirius was wearing black jeans and a blue denim shirt that was open he was also barefoot. The tattoos on his chest and stomach where as visible as the ones on his fingers and neck. Their hair and facial hair where damp like they had just stepped out of the shower…

Hermione had to shake herself from that pleasant yet angsty image.

“I bought it out of impulse to celebrate me getting the job.” They both got up and each gave her a warm hug.

“I am so proud of you Mione” Remus said with red eyes from what she was not sure of.

“Well Done Mione, Love” Sirius said with a smile that did not completely reach his eyes.

“This calls for some champagne” Sirius exclaimed suddenly and hurried to get it.

Remus put the fire that he was holding on a candlestick holder and set it on the floor where he was sitting with Remus earlier.

“Is there something wrong with me accepting the position Remus?” she asked rather puzzled at their reactions.

“Not at all love. It is just that we are going to miss you,” replied Remus in a tone that she could not identify.

Hermione looked at the fire on the floor and said “Some day you have to tell me how you do that”

He just grinned and went the fireplace for his wand. He then summoned a picnic blanket, a dozen long stem white roses in a red vase, melted milk chocolate, and three dishes and spoons. He then put the flaming candlestick in the middle.

“Where is Harry, Remus? I wanted to tell him the good news as well.” Hermione said as she removed her shoes and sat down on her blanket. She then proceeded to divide the strawberries into three and add a touch of cream for the three of them.

“Out with Tonks, some sort of Auror thing that needed to be sorted out”. Replied Remus while Sirius returned with the bottle of champagne and glasses.

“That is too bad, I know that he would have wanted to know at the same time as you did.”

Sirius opened the champagne and gave them all a glass, while Hermione handed the men the strawberry desert she loved so much and they began to eat. When they where done Hermione could not hold her curiosity any longer.

“Remus what is the melted chocolate for?”

Sirius was in mid sip when he spit it out spraying Hermione completely.

She jumped up startled at his reaction.

“Padfoot! What has gotten into you?”

“Last time you had melted chocolate was the time you tried to seduce Lily! You are trying to seduce her!” He exclaimed.

Then realizing what he just let slipped he looked horrified at Hermione and Remus’s wide eyes, one with shock the other by hurt.

Hermione’s mind was racing. Remus wanted her. Did Sirius’s outburst mean that he wanted her too? Hermione remove her business jacket leaving her in a white blouse, and sat down again. There was only one way to find out. She looked Remus dead in the eye and asked“Remus what does he mean by that?” His lightly scared face was contorted in thought that appeared to be troubling to him.

At his hesitation she added, “You know that you can tell me anything. Nothing you say can make me end our friendship.”

Looking at his hands he said, “Yes. Chocolate is a kink of mine. I really did not make a conscious choice though. I was just thinking of what would go with strawberries and cream. All I think about is you now. It’s wrong, my best friend’s son is in love with you including my best friend. I know it’s not right and you will never love me back but I can’t help it.”

“What if I ask you both to show me what it is exactly Sirius was talking about would you?” They both looked at her surprised, it was the last thing they expected her to say.

“You mean it?” Remus asked still confused at how to react.

“Have you ever known me to lie to you?”

Remus could only shake his head. Sirius however got over the shock quicker. He leaned in and kissed her passionately. He tasted like mint and cigars, a peculiar mix that both surprised at aroused her. She ran her fingers through his dark curly black hair something that she had wanted to do for ages as he explored her mouth with his tongue. The witch could feel his goatee and mustache as he kissed her face cheeks and forehead like he wanted to know all of her face by heart before he kissed her deeply again. Removed the dishes and flowers leaving one rose, strawberries, cream, and chocolate.

The wild haired witch was so involved with the Animagus’s talented tongue that she barely noticed Remus unbuttoning her blouse and removing it. Sirius pulled her hair from her bun when she broke off the kiss in her surprise.

He grinned and said, “He gets a little exited at times love. No need to worry”.

In the werewolf’s excitement he accidentally ripped her camisole removing it to get to her breasts. He smiled apologetically before he kisses each nipple and puts the white rose behind her ear.

“Can’t do mine without adding one of Sirius’s” he replied to her confused look.

He then sprays the whip cream on her breasts and added the chocolate on top of it.

As Remus was creating his masterpiece Sirius removed her skirt slip and underwear, leaving her only in her lace purple thigh highs. Remus repeated the action for her lower half.

“She looks delicious Moony” remarked Padfoot as he produced something similar to handcuffs and tied her hands to her back. Then handed Moony some more strawberries.

The werewolf and Aniamagus sweetly tormented Hermione for what appeared to be centuries as they ate off her in a slow sensuous way. She truly never felt something so erotic in her life. She was at the point of screaming in her frustration when they both decided to have mercy on her.

Remus smiled down at her almost evilly as he licked the remainder of the cream and chocolate off her pussy. She could feel his mustache tickling her as he explored every inch of that area expertly. “Fuck FUCK yes” Hermione screamed as Remus gave licked and bit her to an earth shattering orgasm.

Sirius did not want to waste any more time so he used Remus’s wand to remove them both of their clothing.

Sirius then positioned her on all fours her mouth on his rather large and thick erection, almost identical to what Remus appeared to have. But she could not see him well in the position that she was in.

It did not take an oracle to see what he was asking for and Hermione happily complied as Remus positioned himself behind her, thrusting into her endlessly trying to get his own release. Sirius grabbed her hair as he bucked under her less than expert mouth. It did not seem to bother him it seemed. " FUCK YES. Like that babe, just like that” They all where driven to the peak of orgasm easily and they all came together, falling on top of each other in a messy, sweaty heap.

Hermione could feel Remus gently pull out of her and remove the cuffs from her wrists before rolling her on her back in between him and his best friend. She could fell him look at he wrists perhaps accessing for damage before kissing each one. He then leaned down and kissed her, using his tongue to remove the excess cum from her previous exercise. She moaned into his mouth surprised and aroused at the exchange he tasted like chocolate and champagne mixed with the cum was intoxicating.

She could feel Sirius put his arm around her and put his head on her shoulder. He appeared as exhausted as she felt. Remus copied the motion on her other shoulder, caress her breasts and sigh.

“You are so beautiful, more so than I ever imagined. I don’t deserve you.” she heard him say barely above a whisper.

She heard Sirius mumble, “Fucking bloody hell Moony. You are going to scare her off if you don’t stop obsessing over your worthiness” in a tired, teasing tone.

“I guess I am going to have to prove your worthiness more often, after I get some rest that is. The two of you wore me out”, Hermione said tiredly.

Sirius smirked at this as if to say, “I told you so”. He then reached for Remus’s wand to Apparate them to his bed.

***
Tonks was walking down stairs when she heard a moan that sounded like Hermione coming from the drawing room. Concerned she went to investigate forgetting her reason to come down from her room in the first place.

She saw that she was fine but asleep with a bag next to her and having what appeared to be a rather erotic dream. Then she heard her say “Remus, Sirius”.

The Auror could not help but lift an eyebrow at the names of her ex- husband and cousin.
That was certainly an interesting development. Poor Hermione was exhausted all the time, working so hard for her goal for being a professor, therefore she was not at all surprised that she would fall asleep during the day lately. The subject of her dreams was something that she was not expecting.

She looked down at the bag and carefully opened it. Strawberries and cream, she must have gotten the job. Remus and Sirius would be proud, that is when they where finished “comforting” each other over what was presumed to be a dead end love for Hermione.
It was rather interesting that all three had the same feelings for each other and did not know it.
Tonks smiled down at her friend. She too was proud so would Harry when he came back from drinking with Hannah Abbot. She did not think Hermione would mind if she borrowed some of this. She would buy more to replace what she used. She then returned to her room to identical young men laying in her bed in her bed waiting for her. She smiled at her red haired angels and produced the bag. “strawberries and cream?”