The sound of the bathroom door was what woke Sirius up. He did get a pang of sadness upon realising that he was alone in bed, already missing the feeling of Remus next to him. However, he also realised that Remus probably had been in a desperate need of a shower or a bath, so he couldn’t really blame him for leaving when Sirius was still sleeping.<br/>He had a cheeky comment prepared, but seeing Remus’ beaten and battered chest left him speechless. It made perfect sense that Remus would not be in good shape after his mission, but seeing the confirmation on the skin like that made Sirius’ heart ache in a way that he couldn’t even describe. He wanted to pull Remus in close and never allow harm to come to him ever again.<br/>“Moony,” he said in a soft voice, tears pressing in his eyes, even if he tried to push them down. It was stupid and made no sense for him to cry about it, but it just hurt him so bad to see Remus in such a way. It wasn’t exactly new to see him with wounds and scars, but this time was worse than anything he had ever seen before.<br/>“What happened?” He asked in a soft voice, already knowing that he did not want to know the answer, but he felt like he had to. Desperate hands reaching out for Remus to come closer.