Sirius sighed, giving himself a moment to absorb all that. "I'm sorry. And I'm sure Remus does see you the way Sam did...he's just that sort of bloke. But I trust you not to muck things up as far as his heart's concerned." He couldn't stop a bit of jealously seeping through, from the selfish part of him that wasn't feeling supportive at all.

"Mind you, he's generally fairly oblivious when it comes to this sort of thing," he added wryly. "I doubt he could tell someone was interested if they were dancing in front of him naked."