"It's so stupid. Everyone I've heard bitching about it is delusional, as if Sirius would have ever gone for any of those idiots." Hartley felt that was pretty obvious. He knew a little bit about Sirius's dating history. For one thing, it had always been less extensive than some claimed, for another, he was clearly looking for someone special. And here he was now, with Remus. "Apparently Sirius hasn't told his best friend who's like a brother to him about Remus yet. Not properly. Not the HIV part. And that bloke's straight, so I wonder how that is going to go."

Speaking of gossip. "Don't think I could be friends with anyone straight." He could barely be friends with anyone anyway. "I'm no good at friendship though, men just tolerate me when they learn I'm good at sucking dick." Perhaps an exaggeration, but Harry liked raunchy humour.