Listen

”Good morning darling.” Remus wiggled to snuggle closer to Broken. He opened his eyes at the suspicious lack of a lump in the bed and immediately closed them at the blinding light stabbing through the window. “Broken?” He sat up. There was rustling from the window and Broken’s face peeked over the edge of the roof. “Mornin’…”

He heavily considered rolling right back over and going to sleep. “What are you doing up there?” “Couldn’t sleep, came up to watch the sunrise…” he said. Remus sighed and scooted to the edge of the bed. “Help me up.” He purred and slipped back inside, helping Remus up to the roof. They got settled on the blanket and watched the sun slowly creep further over the trees.

Broken played with his tail absently. Remus held his hand and kissed his knuckles. “Why couldn’t you sleep last night?” He shrugged. “Got a lot to think about is all..” he looked up at Broken. “Is everything alright? You don’t stay up late very often anymore.” “What do you mean by that…?” He teased. “I just mean you’re getting old and you usually go to bed early.” Remus smiled.

”Hey..” he tickled Remus gently. He laughed and squirmed around. “Stop that! I’m trying to worry about you!” Broken purred and hugged him. “Don’t gotta worry about me.. just had to think about stuff..” “I hope you didn’t hurt yourself thinking too hard.” He teased. “You know I’ll always listen if you want to talk, about anything.”

He hid his face in Remus’ hair. “I know.. I just gotta figure it out meself first..” he put his hands over Broken’s. “I’ll listen even if it’s all rambling.” He sighed into his hair. He couldn’t stand making other people worry about him, surprisingly. “It’s just Eve.. ‘nd the kids ‘nd stuff..” “well Eve is gone, you don’t have to spend much more time worrying about anything she does.” Remus pat his hand.

”Wish it was easy like that..” he laughed sadly. “Gonna have to put up with her for the next six months at least..” “then you can worry about her when she’s around, she doesn’t deserve to give you grey hair.” Remus said. “Only you’re allowed to do that…?” He purred. “Yes.” He leaned back to kiss Broken’s cheek. “What else has you so worried? I’ll help you if I can.”