As Remus unlocked the front door to his apartment, he was half expecting to find Moody's non-corporeal patronus ominously glowing in the living room, awaiting their return with new Order coordinates. When the door swung open, however, the flat was as dark and dingy as when they had left it, and Remus knew he could spend another few hours healing.<br/>The sheer feeling of relief made Remus' bones ache, fully aware of the fact that he was recuperating on borrowed time. It was coming up 24 hours after his return from the werewolf camps, and Remus was surprised the Order had even allowed him to rest for that long.<br/>Letting Sirius enter the flat ahead of him, Remus closed the door behind them, abandoning the plastic bag on top of he entry way dresser. This was usually scattered with a layer of muggle advertisements, Remus realized Sirius must've cleared out in his absence.<br/>Toeing off his boots, Remus had yet to remove his coat when his attention once again found Sirius.<br/>Here, he paused. With such visible exhaustion, the pause seemed almost justified. His voice, however, reflected none of it.<br/>"Will you marry me?"<br/>The sound of his own voice felt harsh after such a prolonged silence, though there was nothing harsh about his tone. Remus' voice was too casual, too matter-of-factly in a way that made it appear almost thoughtless; yet, while it had an air of impulsiveness, the question was far from ill-considered.<br/>Remus realized they had barely spent two days together - like<span style="font-style: italic">this</span>, at least - and yet he couldn't get himself to care. No trace of hesitation bled through to his voice, having spend weeks worth of sleepless nights at the camps thinking of just this. There, he had already made up his mind, even though, at that point, he had barely spent a day in Sirius' arms.<br/>"I know I've just asked you to move in," Remus continued, speaking clearly, as if part of him needed to solidify that he hadn't lost neither his mind nor sense of time.<br/>In fact, Remus' sense of time was working better than ever. These last few hours had already felt like more than they deserved, and Remus didn't dare expect they'd get any more time together.<br/>"I don't care; I don't want to wait."