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Sirius O. Black (pad_foot) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-11-21 16:07:00

Entry tags:

lily potter, remus lupin, sirius black

Who: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Lily Potter. (Cameo from Luke)
What: Collecting Remus from the library.
When: Sunday night, shortly after Remus’ network post.
Where: Starting outside the library, then to Lily's flat.
Rating: Medium-ish, probably. For discussions of violence and language.
Status: Closed. In progress.

Sirius had apparated to a spot just around the corner from the library, and for a moment he seriously considered just leaving and hiding in one of the rather downmarket places he’d taken to frequenting these days, if only because they decreased the chance of him running into someone he knew. But then there was a part of him, the part that happened to be making the decisions, that really, really wanted to see Remus. Even if he wasn’t the one Sirius had spent the best part of a year sharing a bed with, but some slightly older, more broken version who would probably rather Sirius got run over by the Hogwarts express. At least it was Remus. At least he was alive and here and…

Sirius’ legs had carried him off and around the corner towards the library, and that first moment when he saw him on the steps was like a punch to the gut. Sirius hesitated for a moment, his step faltering. Godric, he looked so miserable. If this had been a month ago, Sirius would have just bounded towards the other man and attempted to rugby tackle him to the ground, just to try and lighten the mood. But even socially-inappropriate Sirius Black realised that probably wouldn’t be the best course of action. As much as he might wish it to be.

He took a breath, curled his hands into empty fists at his side and then released them again, wishing he could lose the tension across his shoulders as easily as he called hesitantly across to the figure stood by the library.

“Remus?”

At that second there was another noise of someone arriving, and Sirius turned to meet Lily, breathtakingly glad once again that she was here. For once Sirius was capable of seeing he was in way over his head here.

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goodatcharms
2011-11-27 12:54 am UTC (link)

She smiled at the squeeze and felt happiness run right the way through her. He seemed so willing to accept them now and that surely had to be better than the way he was when she first said hello. She much preferred this. When his eyes met hers she continued to keep looking at him just to make sure he saw whatever it was he was looking for.

But then Sirius had to go and ruin the moment.

"Always the charmer, Black," she replied with a laugh as she looked over at him before smiling back at Remus. "We'll take you back to our flat."

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pad_foot
2011-11-27 10:44 pm UTC (link)

Sirius wriggled his eyebrows in Lily's direction, grin still splashed over his face before he nodded in agreement. There was, of course, going to be the issue of who was staying where - there would have been room for them all once, but now there was another bedroom needed. Sirius supposed he'd just transform and sleep on the sofa. It was comfy enough, he supposed.

"You take Luke," he told Lily. Sirius hesitated for a moment, trying to pause initial reaction when it came to taking hold of Remus, then reached out to grasp the other man's familiarly bony elbow. After all, Remus didn't know where he was apparating to, and knowing their luck he'd end up in the lake with the squid. "I'll take Moony. Alright?" he glanced across at the fair-haired man, forcing the twist of his stomach down.

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answertoten
2011-11-29 07:53 am UTC (link)

Our flat? As in Lily and Sirius? But what about James? Remus didn't have long to dwell on these questions because then Sirius spoke and took hold of his arm, causing him to jerk away, which he regretted almost instantly. Remus hadn't exactly been touched by anyone in sometime with the exception of Lily having taken his hand only a few moments ago.

"I apologize...."He He said sheepishly as he glanced at Sirius and what the other had said sunk in and he turned to Lily, obviously confused, "Luke? Don't you mean Harry?"

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goodatcharms
2011-11-29 10:56 am UTC (link)

She nodded at Sirius' suggestion for getting there but when Remus jerked away from him she instantly looked to Sirius. She knew this wouldn't be easy for him and even more so given what had happened. Biting her lip for a second, she tried to think if there was anything she could subtly say to help him, to comfort him in a way, but all she could think of was a look of sympathy. But then Remus was addressing her and she had to put on a little smile.

"That's the way of this place. I was here as a teenager then the next thing I new I was an adult and pregnant. But Harry had been here for a period of time and when the baby was born we decided, even though he was Harry it would be easier to give him another first name just to stop any confusion. So he became Luke Harry Potter and...well you were here for a time and you were made his godfather, because Sirius had...the other Harry."

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pad_foot
2011-11-29 04:09 pm UTC (link)

Sirius blinked across at Remus, doing a rather good job of not letting raw hurt splash plainly across his face. Instead he pulled his arms in, crossing them defensively across his chest as if that might protect him from anything else. Quite frankly, Remus could have smacked him one and Sirius was quite sure it wouldn’t have affected him as much as that one tiny gesture. All of a sudden he was feeling completely miserable, and he wanted nothing more but to turn away and leave them both to it. But he couldn’t, because it was Remus and Lily, so he had to shove what this was doing to him right down and carry on.

Sirius pulled himself together to listen to the conversation at the end of Lily’s explanation about Luke. There were so many bits and pieces for Remus to get his head around – Sirius couldn’t blame him for being a bit overwhelmed. So he stood to the side for a moment, his arms still crossed over his chest, head ducked down so he was examining his feet on the pavement.

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answertoten
2011-11-29 06:20 pm UTC (link)

Remus listened to Lily's explanation as he watched Sirius out of the corner of his eye; it was quite obvious that the animagus wasn't happy and Remus was fairly certain it was because of him. The last time he had shrugged Sirius off like that had been when after he'd almost succeeded in getting Severus killed. "I'm...I mean to say, I was his Godfather?" He couldn't help but smile slightly as he looked from Lily to Luke and then back; it would take some getting used to that this baby wasn't actually Harry, but then again, this entire place would take some getting used to.

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goodatcharms
2011-11-29 11:38 pm UTC (link)

"Yes. Sirius got Harry back home, why can't you get Harry, or Luke as he is here, in this place?"

She gave him a gentle smile before bouncing Luke slightly as he snuffled in his sleep. It was like he knew who was there, or maybe he just hadn't completely gotten over the apparating earlier. And now she would have to upset him once more to get home but at least in the flat she had things readily available to soothe him.

"Why don't we go back now? I can get you something warm to drink then the three of us can talk more. Sirius will take you, I need to keep a firm hold on Luke. If that's okay?"

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pad_foot
2011-12-04 11:59 am UTC (link)

Sirius drummed his fingers against his sides, resisting the urge to fidget too much as they discussed Luke. Of course, in Sirius' head there wasn't that much distinction between the baby Harry and the one currently in Lily's arms. Then there was the adult Harry, who had been here for so long until he too had been taken away.

Fucking hell, he really needed to smoke.

Sirius glanced up when he heard his name, pulled from his own looping thoughts and back into a conversation he really wasn't enjoying. He was conflicted. There was a part of him that didn't want to let Remus out of his sight ever again, and there was a part of him that couldn't bear the way thr other man was looking at him. Sirius glanced over at Lily, as if trying to draw some kind of reassurance from her, then nodded once and offered Remus his arm.

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