20 Random Facts About Peter Pettigrew | Marauders, LE, HP, SS, OFC | PG-13 TITLE: 20 Random Facts About Peter Pettigrew AUTHOR:soberloki, duh. DISCLAIMER: Not mine! Never was or will be. NOTES: Because I can? I felt a weird sympathy for the little rat bastard. And yeah, I can't resist a meme. Especially in my favorite fandom.
1. In his third year, Peter fears nothing more than James and Sirius being displeased with him.
2. In fourth year, Peter fancies a Hufflepuff who thinks he's a complete idiot, and he knows it, but can't stop watching her whenever she's about.
3. Second year Potions is a blur of pranks and failed work, except for the last class of the summer term, when Peter managed to brew a successful Babbling Beverage, then spill it on Snape, who later had to be physically restrained against the possibility of violent revenge.
4. Blood pudding makes him retch. Sirius thinks it's funny, and always makes sure to leave it near his plate whenever it's served.
5. He eats his Chocolate Frogs one leg at a time, and finds it delightful when they kick on his tongue.
6. Under his fawning, Peter despises Sirius, and always has. Sirius made fun of his home life once, and Peter never forgets the important things. Ever.
7. James gets a broken nose in a fifth-year Hufflepuff-Gryffindor Quidditch match, and Peter faints when he sees the red splashes down his friend's face.
8. Remus sometimes watches Peter as if he knows something. Peter is always shaky with relief when the other boy shakes his head and looks away again.
9. He loves James more than he thinks he should, until Lily finally accepts a date with him. Then he hates them both, and resolves never to forgive.
10. He likes the feel of leather on his bare skin, but not worn over other clothing.
11. He first thinks his life would be easier without the other Marauders in fifth year, when Sirius and James leave him behind to go out doing pranks, but he's blamed by association anyway.
12. Peter wanks to separate mental images of James and the Hufflepuff girl, Melanie Cross, all throughout sixth year.
13. When little Harry is born, Peter wants to smash his eggshell skull against the bricks of the fireplace. Instead, he cradles the boy as instructed, and pretends he isn't the inevitability that stole James away.
14. Secretly, Peter wishes he were a combination of his friends: James for his athleticism and power, Sirius for his bloodline and influence, Remus for his brains and the unsubtle menace of werewolfism, but without having to be one.
15. His work in Charms could have been much better, but he had a place in his clique, and it wasn't as the smart one.
16. Voldemort touches Peter's face like his mother used to, and laughs when he shivers.
17. He is a virgin, despite having had two girlfriends, because he has seen what the Dark Lord does to Death Eaters who displease him, and the images won't leave him when he thinks of sex.
18. Peter tells James that Moony might be the spy in their midst, and cries real tears of remorse. The tears are the thing that convince James and Lily to accept him as their Secret-Keeper.
19. After the Potters' deaths are confirmed to him by Lucius Malfoy, Pettigrew spends twenty minutes in the loo throwing up.
20. He has to have Macnair cut off his finger for him.