"Sirius, please." Remus’ voice cracks, and Sirius falls silent. He watches Remus’ jaw work, not speaking, because the anguish in Remus’ voice seems to have scared away the boiling anger in his veins. Remus, Sirius knows, is still angry, but while Sirius has always had a short and quick temper, always blowing up at the drop of a hat and calming down just as fast, Remus’ fury burns slow and bright and vicious, and tends to turn inward. A Remus truly furious is a Remus unspeakably angry, literally, so Sirius watches and waits to see if Remus will speak, a part of him afraid that he’s the one who pushed Remus to silence.