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James Potter & Sirius Black are twin flames. Platonic soulmates. Two halves of the same whole. Brothers, best friends. If you bought one of them on eBay chances are you'd get the other. They met on the train on the first day and wham insta-friendship. They are so heavily intertwined with eachother, 'you never saw one without the other'.

James Potter & Sirius Black.

Remus Lupin doesn't fit into that. Neither does Peter, as much as he tries. Remus met Peter on the boats the first years take to see Hogwarts. They might not have what James & Sirius do, but they have something worth just as much if different. Remus and Peter aren't each other's halves, they aren't platonic soulmates, they have fights and they disagree and they don't have the same views as the other does. They have lived different lives and were raised by different people and they turned out different in almost every way.

But yet they are one of the closest friends you'll ever meet.

Remus met Peter on the boats to Hogwarts. Peter was struggling to get onto the boat that kept wobbling because it was a bit too far out. Remus in his infinite kindness helped him. That was the start for Peter. Peter and James were friends as children, as well as Marlene. But he never fit in to their group, no matter how much he tried. They bonded and left him out. Remus was the first ever person to show him true kindness that he was not expected to return as a debt. James cared a lot about his friends, and would stand up for whoever was in need. But he wasn't kind. Not yet anyways. He was a boy and he was a spoiled only child and he may care and love with all of his heart but he hadn't learnt the act of kindness yet. He'd learn that off of Remus. Marlene cared aswell, and she may be kind but only to those she considered close friends. Peter may have been her friend, but not close enough to witness her soft side.

Remus showed Peter kindness, and Peter was gone for.

Remus had never had a friend before. He'd been isolated, moved and told off whenever he so much as looked at anybody other than his parents. Remus was slightly weird, he hadn't grown into his features yet (and wouldn't until 3rd-4th year). He was cute, he was adorable in the way you'd think a puppy was. But he wasn't something spectacular to look at. Nobody wanted to be Remus' friend even if he was allowed them. Peter offered him that. Peter offered him that as soon as he sat down with Remus on that boat and asked 'what's your name?'.

Peter offered Remus friendship, and Remus was gone for.

In later years they'd find friends who just got them way more than anybody else did. More than anybody could. But Remus and Peter were insanely close, and they never forgot the months before James & Sirius intergrated themselves with the duo. They were best friends always, but in those few months at the start of first year they were each others only friends. And they never forgot that.

Peter told Remus everything and anything. Remus listened in a way that nobody else had.

Peter was the one to figure out what Remus was, in first year before James & Sirius clued in. Peter accepted Remus in a way not even his parents had.

They never forgot the kindess, the friendship, that they gave to eachother.