There was something completely intoxicating about the way that Remus seemed to be caught in his orbit, almost as if Sirius was the most interesting person in the room. Sirius knew himself to thrive on positive attention, especially when it came with praise, but there was something different about the attention he was getting from Remus,<span style="font-style: italic">his Moony</span>.<br/>“Yeah, I really do,” he said, almost feeling a little shy about it all. He never really had thought too much of his doctorate, which also was why he brought it up so rarely. In fact, he rarely even connected his nickname at the garage with all the studying that he had been doing, so suddenly having to make the connection himself was a little odd.<br/>“Thanks Moony,” he said, grinning from getting to use his nickname again. There was something cathartic about it, getting to feel that part of his childhood that he was certain was lost forever.