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The Soho restaurant buzzed with murmured conversations and the chime of crystal, a realm of gilt-edged menus and performative sophistication that felt alien to Remus's ordinary existence. He sat surrounded by his lively, disheveled friends—Lily nursing a glass of rosé, James looking thoroughly disheveled—trying to dismiss the persistent throb in his knee. The atmosphere shifted when a voice, smooth and disinterested, cut through the ambient noise. Remus glanced up, the dry remark on his lips vanishing into silence. The waiter stood there, shirtsleeves rolled to his elbows, a pen tucked casually behind one ear, exuding a tragically attractive aura of boredom. Dark hair, a hint of tattoo ink, and a smirk that seemed etched from marble. It was Sirius Black, and for a suspended moment, a…