FIC: Ruined Surprises; Remus/Lily; PG13
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thewlisian_aferTitle: Ruined Surprises
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Remus/Lily
Word Count: 655 -- so says Word.
Warnings/Kinks: Er... chocolate cake batter is involved.
Challenge: Written for the Lusty Month of May at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
pervy_werewolf. Day Twenty-nine.
Disclaimer: Not my characters. I make no profit from this. Or anything else, actually. Any copyright infringement is not intended.
Lily started slightly as the front door slammed shut. James shouldn't be home for hours yet! The cake she was baking was supposed to be a surprise, and that insufferable berk had ruined it by coming home early!
"Lil! Hey, Lil, guess what!" came a voice that definitely wasn't James'.
Remus Lupin all but bounded into the kitchen, bright-eyed and grinning and looking immeasurably more like Sirius Black than like himself. Normally Remus moved gracefully and thoughtfully and with purpose, and his smiles and the twinkle in his eye when they were present at all were subtle and charming. But right now he was just bursting.
"I take it you've got good news," Lily chuckled. "I hate guessing games, Remus, just tell me."
"My favourite cousin in France is having a baby, and she wrote to me to tell me she wants me to be its godfather," Remus said, beaming proudly.
"Congratulations!" Lily stopped her mixing long enough to stand on her tiptoes and give Remus a kiss on the cheek. "She beat me to it; I was going to ask you when James and I get around to having kids."
Remus leaned against the counter out of Lily's way and shook his head a little. "Bad idea. You ought to ask Sirius. He's James' best friend, and he'd be terribly offended if you asked me first. He'd be mad at you because he'd know you suggested it, he'd be mad at James for giving in, he'd be mad at me for accepting, and he'd probably find a reason to be mad at Peter, too, just for good measure."
Laughing, Lily nodded. "You're right, of course. But can you imagine Sirius trying to take care of a child?"
"Can you really imagine me?" Remus asked. "I take care of myself well enough, but I can't even keep plants alive."
"Plants don't smell badly or cry when you neglect them," Lily pointed out.
"A fair point. But Sirius can be responsible when he needs to, and you don't have to be thinking about your future children right now anyway." Remus peered around Lily at the bowl of cake batter. "What're you making?"
"Chocolate cake. It's a surprise for James because we had a bit of a fight yesterday." Lily dipped a finger into the batter and held it out to Remus. "Here, taste. You're the chocolate connoisseur. Is it any good?"
The little wolfish grin that never failed to make Lily giggle flickered across Remus' face. He leaned forward, taking Lily's finger in his mouth and sucking the chocolate from it slowly. "Mmm," he hummed as he pulled back. "Perfect, Lil."
Lily blushed a little and bit the inside of her cheek as she turned back to the bowl. "Thanks. Er... Here, you can lick the spoon if you want," she murmured, handing it to him before busying herself with pouring the batter into the cake pan evenly and putting it in the oven.
It only took a minute, but by the time she turned around the spoon was licked clean and there was a smudge of chocolate near the corner of Remus' cheek. She laughed and nodded toward the smudge. "You've got some on your face, Remus. You're worse than a child."
Now it was his turn to blush. "Where?" he asked, rubbing the wrong side of his mouth. "Help, will you?"
Lily stepped close to him, rising onto her tiptoes again. She was certain this wasn't quite the sort of help Remus expected, but he slouched just slightly and leaned into her as her tongue darted out to lick the batter from his cheek.
Just as Remus' hand came to rest on her waist, the front door opened again. "Lily, I'm home early!" James called.
Remus and Lily broke apart quickly, and Remus cleared his throat. "I guess your surprise is ruined," he said quietly.
Lily gave him a grim smile. "Definitely," she muttered.
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Remus/Lily
Word Count: 655 -- so says Word.
Warnings/Kinks: Er... chocolate cake batter is involved.
Challenge: Written for the Lusty Month of May at
pervy_werewolf. Day Twenty-nine.Disclaimer: Not my characters. I make no profit from this. Or anything else, actually. Any copyright infringement is not intended.
Lily started slightly as the front door slammed shut. James shouldn't be home for hours yet! The cake she was baking was supposed to be a surprise, and that insufferable berk had ruined it by coming home early!
"Lil! Hey, Lil, guess what!" came a voice that definitely wasn't James'.
Remus Lupin all but bounded into the kitchen, bright-eyed and grinning and looking immeasurably more like Sirius Black than like himself. Normally Remus moved gracefully and thoughtfully and with purpose, and his smiles and the twinkle in his eye when they were present at all were subtle and charming. But right now he was just bursting.
"I take it you've got good news," Lily chuckled. "I hate guessing games, Remus, just tell me."
"My favourite cousin in France is having a baby, and she wrote to me to tell me she wants me to be its godfather," Remus said, beaming proudly.
"Congratulations!" Lily stopped her mixing long enough to stand on her tiptoes and give Remus a kiss on the cheek. "She beat me to it; I was going to ask you when James and I get around to having kids."
Remus leaned against the counter out of Lily's way and shook his head a little. "Bad idea. You ought to ask Sirius. He's James' best friend, and he'd be terribly offended if you asked me first. He'd be mad at you because he'd know you suggested it, he'd be mad at James for giving in, he'd be mad at me for accepting, and he'd probably find a reason to be mad at Peter, too, just for good measure."
Laughing, Lily nodded. "You're right, of course. But can you imagine Sirius trying to take care of a child?"
"Can you really imagine me?" Remus asked. "I take care of myself well enough, but I can't even keep plants alive."
"Plants don't smell badly or cry when you neglect them," Lily pointed out.
"A fair point. But Sirius can be responsible when he needs to, and you don't have to be thinking about your future children right now anyway." Remus peered around Lily at the bowl of cake batter. "What're you making?"
"Chocolate cake. It's a surprise for James because we had a bit of a fight yesterday." Lily dipped a finger into the batter and held it out to Remus. "Here, taste. You're the chocolate connoisseur. Is it any good?"
The little wolfish grin that never failed to make Lily giggle flickered across Remus' face. He leaned forward, taking Lily's finger in his mouth and sucking the chocolate from it slowly. "Mmm," he hummed as he pulled back. "Perfect, Lil."
Lily blushed a little and bit the inside of her cheek as she turned back to the bowl. "Thanks. Er... Here, you can lick the spoon if you want," she murmured, handing it to him before busying herself with pouring the batter into the cake pan evenly and putting it in the oven.
It only took a minute, but by the time she turned around the spoon was licked clean and there was a smudge of chocolate near the corner of Remus' cheek. She laughed and nodded toward the smudge. "You've got some on your face, Remus. You're worse than a child."
Now it was his turn to blush. "Where?" he asked, rubbing the wrong side of his mouth. "Help, will you?"
Lily stepped close to him, rising onto her tiptoes again. She was certain this wasn't quite the sort of help Remus expected, but he slouched just slightly and leaned into her as her tongue darted out to lick the batter from his cheek.
Just as Remus' hand came to rest on her waist, the front door opened again. "Lily, I'm home early!" James called.
Remus and Lily broke apart quickly, and Remus cleared his throat. "I guess your surprise is ruined," he said quietly.
Lily gave him a grim smile. "Definitely," she muttered.
