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Title: Naughty Pictures
Author: Woldy
Written for: nk aoede
Rating: NC-17 (barely)
Prompt: "naughty fun with cameras"
Summary: Harry finds a collection of pictures in Remus' trunk, but who is the anonymous man that Remus is consorting with?
Any other notes, warnings etc: Warning for sexually explicit content. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] fullmoon_dreams  for betaing & to nk_aoede for the delicious prompt - I hope you like it!


Remus' trunk looked the same as the day Harry had met him, years ago on the Hogwart's Express. Perhaps the trunk was a little more battered, the words Property of R J Lupin just a bit more faded, but it was quintessentially Remus. Harry didn't want to open it.

No matter how reluctant Harry felt, the task couldn't be put off forever. The funerals were finished and the Ministry of Magic was functioning under Kingsley's temporary leadership; he couldn't justify delaying this task any longer

Harry knew that it was important to sort through Remus' belongings and select the things Teddy might want one day, and that it was something Remus would have wanted him to do. It still felt weird, though, to be going through Remus' stuff.

"Take anything you wish," Andromeda said that morning, blinking back tears as Teddy gurgled on the floor at her feet.

Harry unfastened the clasps, took a deep breath and opened the lid of the trunk.

It looked pretty boring on the surface, a jumble of books, papers, clothes, the detritus from an ordinary life. He removed some old socks and a jumper with a hole in the elbow, throwing them into the rubbish bag Hermione had left beside him. Next was a cloak, too long for Remus, and Harry wondered whose it had been as he added it to the sack.

Underneath the cloak lay a pile of photo albums and Harry's spirits soared upon seeing them. He still only had a handful of pictures of his parents, so finding all these new photos was like stumbling across buried treasure.

He opened the top album, which was labelled Christmas 1979 in Remus' neat script. The first picture was of his mum, dad and Wormtail standing in front of a large, garishly decorated Christmas tree. In the photo his dad embraced his mum in a bear-hug, and Harry smiled at the sight. Even Wormtail looked happy in the picture, completely different from the pale, frightened man who died in the Malfoys' dungeon - which was one more thing Harry didn't want to think about.

As Harry closed the photo album and piled the albums to one side, a plain brown envelope slipped out from between the pages. Instinct told him to open it.

He tipped out the contents onto the floor and saw a small pile of photographs, on the top of which lay… Well, it was a picture of a man licking another man's cock. The face of the man being sucked was outside the picture, but his companion was undeniably a young Remus.

The shock must have been visible on Harry's face, because Hermione said, "What is it?"

"Er, nothing," Harry said quickly, shoving the photos back into the envelope and tossing it onto the floor with the photo albums. "It's just…they look so young in the pictures."

Hermione's face softened. "Photos of your parents? Oh, Harry…"

The pictures of his parents weren't what was bothering him, but Harry didn't tell that to Hermione. It didn't seem fair to share this knowledge, not without knowing the identity of the other man, and whether either of them would have wanted other people to know about their activities.

Harry turned back to Remus' trunk, but the photographs had piqued his curiosity, as if this was one last mystery to solve. The identity of this man might be important, perhaps part of the reason Sirius had believed Remus was a spy. This man could be a bad influence, a shameful secret like Dumbledore's history with Grindelwald. Or it might be nothing, but he couldn't know that without identifying the other man.

He almost hurried through the remainder of Remus' belongings, waiting for the moment when he could look through the pictures and try to puzzle out the answers.


"Put that damned camera down."

"I'm preserving your beauty for posterity."

"Bugger posterity, come here and-"

"What? Like that?"

"Oh, yes, fuck…"

"I thought you wanted me to put the camera down."

"Nononono, don't stop."



The pictures inside the envelope were all of the same type: explicit images of Remus that were clearly taken by his unidentified partner. In the first picture Remus was licking the man's cock, tracing the veins and ridges with slow, thorough tongue strokes and then barely taking the head of the cock between his lips. The next picture was similar, but Remus' mouth was wrapped around him, head moving up and down as he gave what was clearly an expert blowjob. Harry had never thought about blokes that way, but even so he thought the image was pretty hot. He felt himself blush and put the picture aside, turning to the next.

The following photo was less explicit: a shot of the line of Remus' back as he leaned on his knees and elbows. It took Harry several seconds to register what the photographer must be doing, that he was fucking Remus. As Harry watched, Remus arched and swayed inside the image, sweat pooling in the hollow of his spine.

The subsequent picture was blurred, a little out of focus as if the man holding the camera were becoming too aroused to concentrate. Looking closely, Harry could make out their frantic movements and the fact that an arm which was curled around Remus' hip, suggesting that the anonymous man's hand was on Remus' cock. He wondered whether the moving people in the picture would come if he watched long enough.

In the final image Remus was just sprawled nakedly on a bed, his eyes fixed intently on the camera as if willing the person holding it to come closer.


"What are you doing with that thing?"

"Looking at you, of course."

"Should I smile?"

"Just think about what you want to do to me, tell that to the camera. Smoulder at me. Hell, yeah, just like that."



Harry's first port of call was Minerva, who as head of Gryffindor should know what Remus' youth was like if anyone did. Unfortunately, Minerva refused to tell him what she knew: It would be a betrayal of his trust to reveal any confidential information to which I had access as a teacher, colleague or friend, her letter stated. Her final words were a warning not to ask questions to which he might not want to know the answer, but that sort of veiled threat only made his curiosity worse.

Harry folded up the letter and set it on the windowsill, staring out into Grimmauld Place. He'd searched the house, of course, but anything left by Sirius had been destroyed when Snape and the Death Eaters were here.

Harry had scoured the photo albums for clues, but all he found were pictures of the Marauders and his mum and occasionally other Order members, or what looked like school friends. These were much like the pictures in the album Hagrid had given him, a mixture of big occasions and casual, everyday moments. The only hint about Remus' relationships that he could find in the pictures was one wedding photograph, where Sirius stood beside Remus with his arm slung around the shorter man's shoulders. Harry couldn't be sure, but he thought that Sirius' fingers were curled around the nape of Remus' neck.


"What are you going to do with the pictures anyway?"

"I'm planning to send copies to all our friends, see if I can start up a werewolf porn – ouch! Okay, I'll wank over them in the loo at work. Or spread them out on the kitchen table and think about how you whimper when I fuck you hard. You might just come home to find me lying there naked on the bed, thinking about how needy you get, how you sound when you come for me…"



It wasn't hard to corner Mr Weasley after dinner one evening, but Harry felt a little guilty about Arthur's discomfort when he said, "Mr Weasley? I was wondering if you would tell me about Remus."

Mr Weasley gazed down at his shoes, and when he looked up his face was a mixture of pity and embarrassment.

"I'm not really the right person, Harry. I think you probably knew him as well as I did."

"When he was younger, I mean," Harry persisted. "I don't know who else to ask."

Mr Weasley frowned for a moment. "Your parents and their friends were a lot younger than me. Anything I know is just common knowledge or rumour, so I don't know that it's right for me to tell you that."

"I reckon Teddy will want to hear about his dad's life," Harry said, frustration welling up inside him. "I wish I knew more about my parents and Sirius. It's better to hear about it even if there's stuff that they wouldn't have been proud of, 'cos other people's memories are all we've got."

"You're certain you would want to know?"

"Yes! I do want to know," Harry insisted. "There's things people aren't telling me about Remus. I'm not sure who he was involved with, but… Please tell me."

There was a pause.

"You may have already suspected this, Harry," Mr Weasley said slowly, "but there was more than friendship between your godfather and Remus. Those sort of relationships weren't socially accepted at the time, even among Muggles, so it wasn't... From what I've heard, they might be best described as lovers."

"They loved each other?"

"Yes," Mr Weasley said without hesitation. "Whatever else passed between them, nobody doubted that."


"My grandchildren could lay their hands on those pictures one day, and then what will they think?"

"They'll think 'my, our granddad was a strapping fellow, lucky we were born at all given all that gay sex he was having."

"I'm serious."

"Don't you think any descendants of yours will be troublemakers and not prudes who object to naughty pictures? Besides, this talk of grandchildren is a bit presumptuous."

"Well, Harry's children then. My point is-"

"Harry's seen us kiss a dozen times, it doesn't bother him. Any kid would love to have a pair of gay godparents, just think of all the great presents he'll get. I'm going to buy him a big, shiny, phallic broom and see if the homoerotic subtext gives Prongs a seizure."

"You are such a pervert."

"Want a hands on demonstration?"



Harry looked through the photos one final time before putting them away, imagining Sirius just outside the frame with his hand on the camera, probably grinning. Now that he knew about Remus and Sirius, he could see glimpses of their relationship in the clothed photographs: in the body language between them and their expressions which hinted of words unspoken, but nonetheless understood.

He supposed that the same dynamic was present in the way they had embraced in the Shack, in the Christmas card he'd received from them jointly, their behaviour at Grimmauld Place and Remus' conflicted emotions towards Tonks. Harry didn't regret shouting at Remus, because what sort of man would abandon his wife and kid, but he found it easier to sympathise.

Harry slid the pictures back into the brown envelope, sealed it and then slid it between two of the obscure texts in the bookcase. Eventually, he felt, Teddy would ask about his dad and this would be part of Harry's knowledge of the man, something playful and intimate to supplement the memories of Remus as a teacher or absurd descriptions of him as a monster. Perhaps Teddy would guess from the clues in what other people said or didn't say, or maybe he wouldn't. Harry decided firmly that he would tell Teddy if the boy ever asked him directly about Remus' past relationships.

With a sudden sense of purpose, Harry opened the three photo albums and paged through them looking for pictures of Remus. He collected a handful of really nice ones and set them aside to be delivered later to Andromeda. Teddy, he thought, should grow up knowing what his dad looked like.


"You're paying more attention to the pictures than you are to me."

"Trust me, I'm not."

" Well, the clicking is rather distracting. It's messing up my rhythm."

"Think of the clicks as my commentary on how sexy you look, how much I love the feel of your mouth – fuck, careful! Ok, I'm stopping."


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Date: 2008-12-11 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leafyaki.livejournal.com
Ohhhh, hilarious AND sad at the same time, how do you do that! Especially with the ending coming full circle to the first photo, nnnnngh. I really like this:

"Harry's seen us kiss a dozen times, it doesn't bother him. Any kid would love to have a pair of gay godparents, just think of all the great presents he'll get. I'm going to buy him a big, shiny, phallic broom and see if the homoerotic subtext gives Prongs a seizure."

Prongs should have been scarred for life long, long ago already anyway X)

Brilliant fic, I love it!

Date: 2008-12-11 03:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-morland.livejournal.com
Awesome! There's nothing like a good 'Harry-finds-out' fic.

Really enjoyed the small snippets of conversation - they were so cute and funny, and they made a rather poignant contrast to the post-DH setting. Well done.

Date: 2008-12-11 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beeinmybonnet.livejournal.com
Oh. Oh.

Lovely. ♥

Date: 2008-12-11 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brighty18.livejournal.com
Oh, that was sweet and hot and funny and just... wonderful! I needed that today!

"They loved each other?"

"Yes," Mr Weasley said without hesitation. "Whatever else passed between them, nobody doubted that."


Yes, Arthur, they did!! Thank you for being honest!

I've always been intrigued by this scenario and you did it very, very well.

Lovely!

Date: 2008-12-11 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lanenk.livejournal.com
The lttle flashback bits were really wonderful... like the photos were actually talking.

"Harry's seen us kiss a dozen times, it doesn't bother him. Any kid would love to have a pair of gay godparents, just think of all the great presents he'll get. I'm going to buy him a big, shiny, phallic broom and see if the homoerotic subtext gives Prongs a seizure."

That bit made me laugh like a loon. It was so in character.

Date: 2008-12-11 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mysecretashes.livejournal.com
Oh...

So very, very lovely.

I love the fact that it didn't bother Harry at all to find the pictures and discover the truth about Remus and Sirius's relationship. The flashbacks were poingnant and a bit sad, but really showed the tone of the story. I love it.

Date: 2008-12-11 07:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sablier-bloque.livejournal.com
Oh hot and funny and nostalgic. Perfect!!

Date: 2008-12-11 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rhye.livejournal.com
Aw, man, sad and sexy. I found everyone's reluctance to talk about anything with Harry so true to life AND frustrating myself :)

Date: 2008-12-11 08:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] littlemissgg.livejournal.com
"Want a hands on demonstration?" - awww you made me happy, hot and sad - what a combo!
This was such a lovely view of life after the war and of R&S and even of Harry. Just - lovely!

Date: 2008-12-11 09:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marauderthesn.livejournal.com
This is the first HP fanfic I've read in a few months (busy with law school), and I really like it and I'm saving it to my memories. McGonagall's answer was perfect; that was exactly what McGonagall would say. The dialogue in italics really adds a lot. Very nice job. :D

Date: 2008-12-11 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laroseminuit.livejournal.com
I find it interesting that Harry went to Arthur for information. Then I realized that was pretty much it for people who might have know them as youths. I love that Arthur is so forthright.
I love that Harry is not shocked, and fully intends to tell Teddy about it someday.
Great fic.

Date: 2008-12-11 10:51 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] remuslives23.livejournal.com
Fantastic. A little bittersweet and beautifully written. I saw that prompt and swore when I saw you'd claimed it, but this was so much better than anything I would have done for it. :-) Lovely job!

Date: 2008-12-11 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hpuckle.livejournal.com
This is brilliant - sort of sad but completely brilliant at the same time. The little snippets were the perfect touch and you got Sirius completely spot on, I think! x

Date: 2008-12-11 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lyras.livejournal.com
Lovely! While this is obviously a Remus/Sirius fic, my favourite parts are the peripheral details: Harry collecting photos so that Teddy can know what his dad looked like; Minerva and Arthur's reactions to his questions; his thought processes (like, was this lover why Sirius thought Remus was a spy?). A slow and realistic look at the penny dropping. :)

Date: 2008-12-12 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lotrwariorgodss.livejournal.com
Loved it! I love stories when Harry discovers their relationship, and it adds such a bittersweet angle when he finds out after they've both died. The little asides between Remus and Sirius were perfect - lovely story!!

Date: 2008-12-12 12:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] secretsolitaire.livejournal.com
Funny, hot and bittersweet -- really enjoyed this! The little snippets of dialogue cracked me up. :-)

Date: 2008-12-12 01:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spacefragments.livejournal.com
oh, thank you so much!! i love the "discovering r/s through photos" style of fic. :] there are so many things to love about this, harry's "quest for the truth", wanting to keep photos for teddy (being an orphan himself, he's the one who truly understands the need for them) and the fact that he wanted to find out not only for himself, but for teddy as well. and the descriptions of the actual photos (and why not the image of sirius locking himself in the toilet to wank over them too) are just... mmm yes. :D

Date: 2008-12-12 03:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] werewolfsfan.livejournal.com
I really enjoyed this! In particular, the boys dialog in italics was great punctuation to Harry's thoughts but I also love the way McGonagall and then Arthur handle Harry's queries. So in character. I hope you do follow up with the Teddy asks Harry to talk about Remus fic!

Date: 2008-12-12 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cackling-madly.livejournal.com
This was so lovely and humourous and sad. The dialogue added so much to the story and really brought the pictures to life. Just perfect:D

Date: 2008-12-12 07:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mindabbles.livejournal.com
Well, yes. Teddy should know what his Dad looked like, but maybe not to that extent! :). This was sweet and hot and sad. Nicely done!

Date: 2008-12-12 09:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anothersaturday.livejournal.com
Oh, I loved this! It struck such a perfect bittersweet, nostalgic tone, and the dialogue in italics was wonderful.

Also:
I'm going to buy him a big, shiny, phallic broom and see if the homoerotic subtext gives Prongs a seizure.
Bwahaha! Yeah, Sirius WOULD. :D

Date: 2008-12-12 10:27 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] roterhimmel.livejournal.com
SNIFF. I want to cry now:

"They loved each other?"

"Yes," Mr Weasley said without hesitation. "Whatever else passed between them, nobody doubted that."


Very lovely!

Date: 2008-12-13 08:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aquila-star.livejournal.com
ahh, lovely. I quite enjoy Harry finding out like that, and this version is twinged with a achy sweetness. :D

Date: 2008-12-13 06:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] remeciel.livejournal.com
What a great fic - and nostalgic at the same time. And I really like the way you ended the story. Reminiscences always mean angst most of the time, and I really enjoyed reading a fic that'd rather imply some fun instead. :)

Date: 2008-12-18 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aldehyde.livejournal.com
this was a beautiful read. i'm especially fond of the little flashbacks you included and how they paint such a wonderful picture of sirius and remus. the entire premise is very believable and touching too; i can totally see harry wanting to preserve something belonging to remus for his son, b/c he understands what it's like to grow up without parents.

great job!
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