Sirius grinned at that as he accepted the spliff and immediately took a drag. He knew that Mulligan was exceedingly fond of him, the two of them bonding rather early in Sirius’ first year of his Phd. However, no matter how much he enjoyed sharing with Remus, he found that that particular insight should probably be kept between himself and their professor, unsure how much Mulligan would appreciate it being common knowledge just how close they were.<br/>He exhaled the puff of smoke, still leant back and just taking Remus in. He really was very handsome, but now that realisation didn’t come with any follow up thoughts.<br/>“I’ve had more years to butter him up,” he said with a shrug, fully aware that that wasn’t entirely the truth either, but it seemed true enough for the purpose of their conversation. “Don’t fool yourself, you are a very close second.”