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Remus hadn’t planned on streaming tonight.
His last cozy reading stream had wrapped up two nights ago with a soft “goodnight,” and he’d promised himself a quiet weekend off—no pressure, no schedule, just rest. But at 8:12 p.m., his phone started buzzing with a string of Discord messages.
RatKingPete: yo u busy?
RatKingPete: repo run w me, PanPapiProngs & SiriuslyNotChill
RatKingPete: we’re live rn if u wanna hop in
RatKingPete: <invite link>
Remus stared at the screen longer than he intended. He liked Pete. He was calm and patient without ever feeling boring. Still, joining a group call meant going live. It meant interacting with strangers in real time, not just chat, but real people. Being anonymous had always felt easier. Safer.
His cursor hovered over the invite.
Then he typed back:
TheMoonyVerse: sure, gimme 5
He exhaled, rolled his shoulders once, and ran through his usual setup: mic check, levels steady, Discord open, OBS already humming in the background. His finger lingered over the Go Live button a moment longer than necessary.
Then he clicked it.
The viewer count jumped almost instantly, even before the game loaded. His regulars were nothing if not loyal—always quick to show up, like they're waiting for the notification to go out.
“Hey, everyone,” Remus said, his voice settling into its familiar low, even tone as he leaned back in his chair. “Bit of a change of plans tonight. Pete invited me to play with some friends, so… here we are.” He paused, a small smile tugging at his lips. “I have no idea what I’m walking into. Pray for me. Or don’t.”
MOONY STREAM ON A FRIDAY??
NEW PEOPLE?? 👀
who’s he playing with
pete said panpapiprongs and siriuslynotchill
😭 he said repo i fear for my eardrums
A soft laugh escaped him as he glanced at the scrolling messages. “Yeah. Apparently I’ve been lured into a trap.”
He clicked the Discord invite. The join tone had barely finished when—
“CHAT!” Pete’s voice blasted through his headphones. “LOOK WHO SHOWED UP. THE MOONY VERSE IN THE FLESH—well… the waveform.”
Remus smiled, automatically reaching to nudge his mic down a notch. “Hey. Thanks for having me.”
pete’s friends are dead rn
sirius is LOSING IT 😭😭
“What’s going on?” Remus asked, already laughing.
SIRIUSLYNOTCHILL MUTED FOR A FULL TEN SECONDS 😭
james is WHEEZING
padfoot’s already down bad
Remus covered his mouth, trying to stifle his amusement. “Okay, no. Don’t bully them. I haven’t even met them yet.”
“Mate,” James wheezed through the call, “that voice.”
“Told you,” Pete said, sounding far too smug.
Another mic clicked on, then off, then on again.
“Hold on—that’s him?” The new voice sounded genuinely stunned. “The MoonyVerse guy? Holy sh—”
“SHARK,” Pete snapped.
“…Sorry,” Sirius muttered.
Remus cleared his throat, the corner of his mouth twitching with amusement. “Uh. Hi.”
padfoot said ‘i’m in danger’ 😂
HE BLUSHED MOONY
he’s hiding off cam rn
“You’re all gossiping,” Remus said dryly. “This is unhinged.”
“Welcome to the circus,” James replied. “Ignore Sirius.”
“Guess I fit right in,” Remus said easily.
“No, seriously,” Sirius blurted. “Is that your real mic? You sound—”
“Like I own a mic?” Remus offered, voice light.
“N-no,” Sirius said. “Like an audiobook. Chat’s losing it.”
HE’S STUTTERING 😭
audiobook bf voice confirmed
this crossover is the best decision pete’s ever made
The game finally loaded before Remus could respond, dropping them into McJannek Station.
“Okay,” Remus said calmly. “What’s the objective?”
“Grab loot, meet quota, don’t die,” Pete answered.
“We split up,” Sirius announced.
“That’s how people die,” Remus replied without hesitation.
“You don’t trust me?”
“I don’t know you.”
“Oh, give it five minutes,” James muttered. “You’ll be inseparable.”
Remus bit back a smile.
NOT THEM FLIRTING ALREADY 😭
NOT THE ‘I DON’T KNOW YOU’
moony’s got claws
sirius is trying so hard to be cool rn
“So,” Remus said, “stealth, teamwork, and financial responsibility. Horrifying.”
“Exactly,” James laughed. “Capitalism: the horror game.”
Sirius screamed almost immediately.
“OKAY—WHAT WAS THAT?!”
“You good?” Remus asked, amused.
“I hate this game.”
“You stream horror,” Remus pointed out.
James lost it. “He’s got you there.”
“You invited the calmest man alive just to expose me,” Sirius complained.
“You screamed like you saw God,” Remus replied smoothly.
“I DID. And apparently He’s in this call!”
“Oh, that’s a clip,” James said.
THE SCREAM 😭
already a classic
* * *
They moved on to Headman Manor next.
“New plan,” Sirius announced. “I’m sticking with Moony.”
“You just want me as bait.”
“No, I want you as my—uh—guide.”
“Nice save,” James said.
“Barely,” Pete added.
“Just don’t scream into the mic,” Remus warned.
“No promises.”
“NO PROMISES” SIR 😳
he’s flirting so bad help
A sharp click echoed through the game.
“What was that?” Sirius whispered.
“Huntsman,” Remus said quietly. “He’s blind. Shoots at sound.”
“He shoots at—wait—”
BANG.
“He heard you,” Remus said.
“HE CAN HEAR ME?!”
“Oh, this’ll be good,” James chuckled.
“HOW DO I—”
BANG.
“OH COME ON!”
Remus laughed. “I literally told you.”
“I PANICKED,” Sirius shot back.
HUNTSMAN GOT HIM MID SENTENCE 😭😭😭
best collab ever
SAD TROMBONE
“You know what, Pete,” Sirius grumbled after respawning, “I don’t need this negativity.”
“You absolutely do,” James said.
“Don’t leave me behind, Moony. I’m still useful!”
“Define useful.”
“Comic relief.”
Remus sighed, the sound fond. “Guess I’m doing another head run.”
He picked up Sirius’s semibot head and carried it cleanly to extraction.
“That’s friendship,” Pete declared.
“Thanks, hero,” Sirius said once he was back in.
Remus’s voice dipped lower. “Try not to die before we finish the quota next time.”
RIP SIRIUS 😭
moony ride or die confirmed
A roar echoed and Sirius immediately started running.
“Wrong way,” Remus said.
“How can you tell?!”
“Because we came from there.”
“Oh.”
Remus laughed, low and warm.
James muttered, “Yeah. I get it now.”
moony’s laugh saved my week
james finally understands omg
The night continued like that—full of screams, laughter, and easy banter. By the time they cleared the level, Sirius was already declaring, “Moony, you’re hired.”
“For what?”
“Emotional support and occasional resurrection.”
“The pay’s terrible,” James said.
“But the hearing damage is free,” Pete added.
‘occasional resurrection’ I CAN’T 💀
Eventually Pete and James logged off. Remus leaned closer to his mic as chat continued to fly by.
“Alright,” he said softly. “That’s enough chaos for one night. Go be nice to Sirius. Tell him he owes me hazard pay.”
RAID SIRIUS RAID SIRIUS
hazard pay 😭
He smiled. “Yeah. We’ll raid him.”
/raid SiriuslyNotChill
TheMoonyVerse is raiding SiriuslyNotChill
“Good luck,” Remus murmured. “You’ll need it.”
The stream faded to black.
The grin on his face, however, stayed.
Two thousand viewers. His highest yet.
* * *
On Sirius’s stream, the raid alert detonated. The sound blasted straight through his headphones, and his viewer counter spiked so fast the numbers blurred.
He flinched back in his chair. “Oh—what—” His eyes darted to the corner of his screen, widening. “Moony raid? Hi—hi, Moony’s chat!”
RAID RAID RAID 😭😭😭
MOONY SENT US
PADFOOT FLUSTERED LMFAOOO
Laughter bubbled out of him, high and breathless, as he raised both hands in surrender. “Okay, okay—welcome in, everyone, hello. Please do not bite me. I’m fragile.”
Emotes flooded the screen faster than he could read them. Alerts stacked on top of each other. His mods scrambled to keep up. He tried to gather his thoughts, only to lose them completely when another alert pinged.
TheMoonyVerse has gifted 20 subs to SiriuslyNotChill’s community!
Sirius froze.
“…Wait. What?” He leaned closer to the screen, as if that would somehow explain it. “Moony?!”
HE GIFTED TWENTY 😭😭😭
MOONY’S SPOILING HIM
PADFOOT CAN’T BREATHE 💀
He covered his face with both hands, laughter muffled against his palms. When he finally dropped them, he pointed helplessly at the camera. “You can’t just—you can’t just do that. Moony, stop flexing in front of my chat!”
When he looked back at the lens, his grin was wide, helpless, and completely unguarded. “Alright.” He shook his head, still smiling. “You win. I owe you, yeah? Hazard pay. Obviously.”
A glowing gold message appeared at the very top of chat:
TheMoonyVerse: goodnight, sirius 😉
Sirius’s laugh cut off mid-breath.
For a second, he simply stared.
Then color crept up his neck, his ears turning a very obvious pink that the ring light made no effort to hide.
HE’S BLUSHINGGGG
this duo is unreal
WINK EMOJI. WINK. EMOJI.
moony pls ur killing him LIVE
He dragged a hand down his face, failing miserably to hide the smile breaking through. “…Yeah.” The word came out softer than he meant it to. “Goodnight, Moony.”
A shaky laugh slipped out—the kind that always gave him away. “Chat, don’t clip that.” He paused, then added with a groan, “I’m never living this down.”
Even as the alerts slowed and chat finally settled, the smile lingered on his face, warm and flustered, caught in the blue glow of his monitor like something he wasn’t quite ready to name yet.
* * *
Later that night, a Discord ping lit up Remus’s phone.
SiriuslyNotChill: ggs moony that was wild
TheMoonyVerse: u only scream professionally or recreationally too?
SiriuslyNotChill: rude
TheMoonyVerse: it’s a solid question
SiriuslyNotChill: huntsman had beef w me personally
TheMoonyVerse: bc u talked
SiriuslyNotChill: I PANICKED
TheMoonyVerse: i noticed
SiriuslyNotChill: we’re playing again tho
TheMoonyVerse: maybe
SiriuslyNotChill: definitely
Remus leaned back in his chair, a soft smile playing on his lips in the quiet glow of his monitor.
* * *
Sirius was still live, his voice rough and laugh-worn at the edges in the best possible way. He slouched back in his chair, controller long abandoned, and ran a hand through his hair.
“Okay,” he exhaled. “Can we talk about Moony for a second?”
He didn’t wait for an answer.
“That man just roasted me with the voice of a bedtime story. Gentle. Calm. Lethal. I’m filing emotional-damage claims. There will be paperwork.”
U LIKE HIM ADMIT IT 😭
PADFOOT HAS IT BAD
Laughter burst out of him, sharp and embarrassed. He hid his grin behind his hand. “Shut up, chat.”
It didn’t help. The smile stayed as he reached over and ended the stream.
* * *
That night, they lay awake in separate beds, in separate cities.
Remus stared at the ceiling, replaying the chaos with a quiet smile.
Sirius kept rewatching the same clip on loop.
“You yelled ‘how do I be quiet.’”
“I panicked!”
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