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It was still only afternoon, but winter had set in to a point that the sky was starting to get dark even before Sirius finished his shift and apparated up to the roof of the building for a quick cigarette before he went back down to the flat. There really wasn't room for the number of people currently rammed into that limited amount of space - Sirius was starting to think it'd be easier if he just moved back into the few rooms he'd been in before James and Remus had been sent home and brought back. After all, that'd stop him running into Remus at every turn and doing his best to act as if things were normal (Which he didn't think he was doing a very good job of.). But then again, that also meant being on his own, and if there was one thing Sirius couldn't stand - besides cats, bruised bananas and that blue drink Juno guzzled - it was being left on his own.

Those were the thoughts whizzing chaotically around the animagus' head as he leant against the barrier at the edge of the roof. He was just considering the options, taking a drag from the almost-forgotten cigarette, when he heard the faint sound of someone joining him in the chilly night air. Sirius didn't need to look round to know it was James. Once you'd seen someone disappear under an invisibility cloak enough times, you started to recognise the sound of their footsteps. Still, Sirius turned his head to watch the other man approach him out of the corner of his eye. Once James was at his shoulder, Sirius allowed a vaguely teasing grin to ease across his face.

"Still in the doghouse?"