Now, Sirius had had three days to cool off from that encounter and remind himself—yet again and in no uncertain terms this time—that Remus was merely doing the thing that Sirius had asked him to do: Pretend to be his boyfriend in front of his neighbors. It’s not like Remus stroked his cheek or held his hand during their playdates. In fact, Remus was following the terms of their little deception much better than Sirius was, and it was wildly unfair for Sirius to be having any impure thoughts, considering Remus had entered into this agreement with the express understanding that real dating would not be happening.