The comment brought a soft smile to Sirius’ lips, not sensing any malice in Remus’ tone, even if he would definitely understand if the fact that he was ahead would make his flatmate a little bitter. To Sirius, they felt so much like equals that he regularly managed to forget that they weren’t actually at the same place.<br/>He smiled over at Remus as he took a bite of his own scone, feeling comfortable in their interactions.<br/>He had sincerely feared that Remus actually seeing him at work would have changed their way in being around each other, and while it<span style="font-style: italic">had</span>done that, Sirius found that it was in a positive direction. They had way less to hide from each other and that kind of openness did something so very good for them.<br/>“I have a lot of sleepless nights to make up for.”