_______<br/><br/>The bed had never been entirely wide enough for the both of them, but as they said on their sides, facing each other, it was a tangle of limbs to keep either of them from toppling over the edge. Their legs were intertwined, Remus’ knee still lazily between Sirius’, and as they lay facing one another, Remus could feel Sirius’ breath against his cheeks. It had been ages since Remus last laid like this, but here with Sirius, Remus barely dared to move.<br/>The inherent vulnerability of sleeping together wasn’t lost on Remus, having to allow lines to blur to be that close to someone else; even Remus himself had to take a few moments to settle back in his own skin, feeling those boundaries being redrawn. Having witnessed first hand the effort Sirius had had to put into letting his guard down, Remus hesitated in leaving his bed, unsure if he had pieced himself together enough that Remus’ departure wouldn’t feel like rejection.<br/>Not knowing how to put that into words, Remus shifted the arm that was folded between them, letting his knuckles fall back against Sirius’ forearm, a question.