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Sirius and Remus are both friends with James, who introduces them to each other during a party. They chat a bit and drink a bit and Sirius takes Remus to his place and they have sex
The next morning, Sirius wakes up to find Remus in his kitchen drinking tea. It makes him grumpy because he doesn’t like it when his one-night stands stay in the morning
Sirius’s grumpiness increases when he realises that Remus wants to start a relationship. Sirius doesn’t want to date Remus, and he tells Remus this
Much to Sirius’s horror, Remus tears up as his expression turns dejected. Sirius doesn’t deal well with crying people, so he panics and suggests that they could go for coffee in the hopes that a good coffee and a pastry will distract Remus from the disappointment, and it works; Remus is significantly cheered up by the suggestion
They go to a café, Sirius buys Remus a hot chocolate and a slice of cheese cake, and they sit at a table by the window, and it’s a bit awkward, but Sirius knows how to deal with awkward, and chats to Remus who eventually starts chatting back
Remus is actually pretty interesting, and the longer Sirius looks at him the clearer he realises that Remus is also pretty cute
After they've spent two hours chatting Sirius suddenly has a horrifying thought: he's on a date with Remus. He gets the immediate urge to leave, but first he must have closure on the story Remus is telling him, and then the topic shifts and Sirius has to hear what Remus wanted to say, and then Sirius needs to contribute to the conversation, but after that he's definitely out of there!
Another two hours go by before Remus says that he needs to go home. They exchange numbers because Sirius can’t stand the idea of seeing Remus so sad again. He'll just ghost Remus afterwards. Not his finest moment, but better than watching Remus get sad again
Remus texts Sirius that evening sounding really excited, and Sirius can’t bear to ghost him, so he texts with him for a bit. They agree on another date. Sirius will definitely let Remus down gently after the date
They go on a date. Sirius enjoys it. He thinks that maybe it won’t be so bad to go on another date with Remus before turning him down, it would be such a shame to ruin such a nice evening
Of course Sirius then realises he actually enjoys Remus’s company so much that there’s no reason to turn him down any longer, and then they kiss a lot and have a happy relationship