While Sirius had enthusiastically agreed when Mulligan had suggested he present his thesis for the class, he had found that the reality of actually doing had been quite daunting. It didn’t matter to Sirius that the students in Mulligan’s class were a couple of years behind him, because he still had to make his thesis understandable and, most importantly, be able to defend it.<br/>To his own relief, he found that the presentation was running smoothly, feeling confident in his topic in a way that was still new to him and finding that he got a good response for the class. He has been so focused on making a good effort on the presentation that he only noticed how Remus’ gaze seemed to linger on him towards the end.<br/>At first he felt certain that he imagined it, that Remus was simply following along in his presentation, but it didn’t take long for Sirius to realise that Remus’ gaze did indeed fall on him rather than the blackboard. It wasn’t something that Sirius had thought he would find as thrilling as he did, even if he was slowly coming to yearns with the fact that he found his flatmate attractive.<br/>He told himself that he wasn’t going to linger on it, but he already knew that this was going to be something that was going to be difficult for him to let go.<br/>“Thank you, gentlemen,” Sirius stated as he was through with the round of questions that he had allowed.<br/>“As always, you’re free to come find me if you have any further questions or require assistance,” he explained, knowing that they likely wouldn’t, but he still liked to offer.<br/>As Mulligan again took his place in front of the blackboard, Sirius made his way to sit among the students, sending his flatmate a friendly smile as he took the seat next to him.