#Sirius Black x OFC

[wingedhallows]

my choice; sirius black

pairing: sirius black x reader | 2.3k words plot: nothing was ever choice, so helping the order and and finding your way back to the love of your life is finally your choice. authors note: hi hi, so this was requested by my dear scarlett @arwensloanebarnes & I'm so happy to have finally written it. I hope you like it, even if i've put my own little twist on it. love u & thank you for always throwing ideas and words of motivation towards me <3

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“I want to break up.” His kind, lovely eyes now glared at her in disbelief. His arm slacked off the doorframe. His demeanor changed, his coolness gone. You watched him crumble, watched him break. His mouth opened and he didn’t say a word, your gaze wandered to his feet.

The shame washed over you like a cold shower. “Break up?” You couldn’t look at him, the man you loved to the moon and back, the man you would die for. That’s exactly why you were doing this, why you had to push him away.

“What the fuck do you mean?” He barked as he took a step towards you.

“I want to end our relationship.” You spoke, voice without emotion. He stared you down, hands in fists.

“End? What-what the fuck, you can’t just end our relationship like this, we’re Bonny & Clyde, we’re ride or die, we’re made for each other… we belong with each other.” He tried, his arms flailing around in anguish. You bit the inside of your cheek in hopes of stopping yourself from bursting out in tears.

“Not anymore, Black. I don’t date blood traitors.”

He stumbled back, his face in an expression you never hoped to see. It tore you apart, your chest felt tight as you watched him. “What?” You took a breath and grabbed your bag.

“Take care, Sirius.” Before you could turn back and tell him why you acted this way, why you had to hurt him in such a horrific way and take everything back, you dragged yourself through the door and left him behind.

You stood hidden behind a trash container, sparks flying and grunts audible. Damario and Vincius, two fellow Death Eaters, gleamed with confidence as they had cornered Albus Dumbledore in an alleyway. Their wands were held high, smirks on their faces.

“The Dark Lord will award us dearly, Vincius.” Damario spat, yellow teeth faced your way.

“I don’t think he will, Damario.” Albus tried as he popped a lemon drop in his mouth. He fished his wand from his long clothing and without a word spoken, his wand unleashed a spell so powerful that the both of them flew several feet. Damario grabbed Vincius’ arm and in a flash they were gone. 

Albus didn’t put his wand away as he turned towards you, eyes set on your frame.

“You can come out now.” He said and you cursed yourself, of course he would feel your presence. You tucked your wand away and raised your arms.

“You’re more guarded with me?” You tried, his face didn’t change though, your joke fell through.

“Of course, Damario and Vincius aren’t remotely as skilled as you are, Y/N.” You gave him a smile and stepped further towards him.

“Thank you, Headmaster.” He frowned and took a step towards you, wand still raised. “What brings you here, Y/N?” He paused to eye you.

“Do you wish to murder me as well?” The smile vanished from your face and you shook your head. “No, I do not wish to murder you.” You paused as well as you let your arms fall to your side.

“Then what is it?” You sighed and fished a small container from your jacked, and pulled your wand from your other.

“I wish to help you.” He frowned and cocked his head. “You mean betray your master?” You chuckled and shook your head.

“I do not have a master, nothing of what happened with me or my friends was my choice. I wish to help you, help you defeat Voldemort and make decisions of my own.” He lowered his wand and took a step towards you.

“I’ll show you.”

Without hesitation you raised your wand to your temple and pulled the desired memory from your mind and bottled it up for Albus to take. He took the bottle from you and left you behind, his form vanished with a worp of his surroundings.

You pulled the pack of cigarettes from your pocket and lit it with the lighter Sirius had gifted you on your sixteenth birthday. You eyed the small object and sighed, you’d make everything right.

Starting with this, with your memories. Would Albus believe you? He needed to, those memories were reason enough, right?

“We gave you so much freedom, so much space to become a respectable young woman, a great witch but what do you do?” Your mother paused, wand raised at you.

“We feed you, we provide you with education and a roof over your head and you go around whoring yourself out to a blood traitor!?” A woman, you didn’t know, held you by your neck, wand pressed into your flesh.

“You think you can go against us? Against the ways of the noble Devereux household? Every member of this family will serve the Dark Lord and his ways, my dear daughter.” Her fingers crawled into your arm as you tried to get away, desperately.

Another man and your father came to your mothers side. You stared at your father, tears in your eyes as he watched you.

“Stop fighting.” He tried to calm you down. You didn’t listen, your body twisted and wound with as much effort as you could manage. Screams and tears left your face, desperate to set an end to this madness.

Your mothers cold fingers grabbed your cheeks, nothing but hatred visible in her old face.

“Stop fighting it, dear. It was never your decision to make.”

Without wasting another minute, she placed her wand on the soft flesh of your lower arm and branded you, damned you.

Albus had sent his phoenix with a letter. It had said to invite you to a meeting, to announce your plans of being a double agent and to apologize for having thought ill of you.

You had learnt the hard way to not take others' words personally.

“They’ll insult you, take your appearance as an insult.” He spoke as he tapped his wand on the door of Sirius’ parents house.

His parents were arrested not too long ago, the house was now empty. You sighed as you watched the house appear through rumbles. Why exactly this damned house?

“I’d be disappointed if not.” You sighed as you flipped the cigarette away. Your hair moved in the subtle cold wind and your heart beat like it’ll break down any minute from all the effort.

Albus didn’t answer and stepped inside, you followed him. Your coat found its way onto the overflowing coat hanger. The dark hallway seemed too familiar, making your heart skip a beat. The old wizard walked forward, he was greeted with bright hello’s and smiles.

You kept your head high, hands shoved in your jeans as you followed Albus into the kitchen. Lily threw her hand to her mouth and James shoved her behind himself. Remus watched you, body motionless. You didn’t look his way, you couldn’t.

“Albus, what is the meaning behind this?” Minerva questioned, hand propped on the dark wooden table.

“Why would you bring a Death Eater in our midst? What the fuck are you doing here?” James threw your way. You stood behind the headmaster as your mouth shifted into a grin.

“Lovely to see as well, James.” You paused, fingers playing with your lighter inside your jacket.

“How’s Harry?” James' face contorted into hatred as Sirius raised his wand. “Don’t you take his name in your filthy mouth.” Your eyes wandered to the man you missed the most. He looked good, tired, broken but strangely enough, good.

“My bad.” You stopped as Albus eyed you, demanding you to finish whatever this was.

Albus sat down, you did as well. “Y/N offered to act as a double agent.” He paused and took a sip from his cup.

“After careful consideration, she has proven herself to be trustworthy.” Sirius huffed in disbelief, his wand still tightly clasped in his right hand.

“How are you so sure?” Sirius spoke, eyes in slits. You couldn’t fight the urge to smirk. He still had it, the fire.

“I saw Y/N’s memories.” The room stilled of all motion, attention once again on you.

“What memories?” Albus shook his head at Sirius' question. “Not my place to tell, Sirius.” He eyed you down and left it at that.

You closed the room to the restroom, turning off the light. Someone’s hand on your elbow as he dragged you towards the living room. The back of his head gave him away.

“What do you want, Sirius?” He closed the door and turned around. “What do I want?” He spat, his hand on the cabinet by the door.

“What do you want?” You crossed your arms, face in an emotionless mask. “I want to help you.” He shook his head, his lips formed in a cruel snarl.

“Don’t give me this crap, help us? You turned your back on us, you became one of them.” Your eyes left his face, shame crawling up your back.

“I’m sorry.” You simply stated. He swallowed, eyes leaving your face. You were never good at arguing when you were at fault, especially not with Sirius.

“You’re sorry? Alice and Frank were tortured into insanity, Y/N!” He yelled, face turning red.

“Marlene was murdered, her whole family wiped out!” He threw his fist on the couch.

“Our friends died, butchered like animals and you’re sorry? Sorry doesn’t cut it, Y/N.” He came towards you.

“You ripped my heart out and became one of those, those disgusting vile creatures, like it was nothing to you!” He was now yelling in your face.

“You disgust me.” He spat. You swallowed and watched him walk away from you. His hand was on the handle as you spoke.

“It wasn’t my choice.” 

He turned around, face hard and mad. You looked away, eyes already collecting tears.

“Nothing ever was my choice.” His eyebrows furrowed.

“What do you mean?” You let your hands fall to your side as you looked at him once again.

“I didn’t become one of them.” You paused to take a breath.

“They made me one of them.”

He watched you, his eyebrows still furrowed.

“Made you?” You tried to fight the tears but one of them left your eyes either way.

“My mother had me pinned to the ground.” He held onto the couch as his eyes widened.

“To brand me as one of their own.” You pushed some hair behind your ear as you took a deep breath.

“I had no choice but to belong to one side. Reaching out to Albus was my choice, betraying Voldemort was my choice and being a double agent was my choice, this is for once my choice and I’ll take responsibility for it.” 

You wiped the tears off your face. “I understand that you hate me, that I broke your heart and that I destroyed our friends lifes and I’ll take that guilt of not having saved Alice, Frank or Marlene but I’ll do my best to save Harry, Lily and James. To save Remus and You. I’ll do whatever it takes, so please, let me make this right.” You spoke, voice strained.

He watched you, eyes glossy.

“Why’d you have to push me away?” You gave him a sad smile.

“I had to keep you safe.” He nodded and turned to leave. Just as he opened the door he spoke again.

“I won’t stand in your way.” You didn’t answer.

“Oh fuck, don’t you die on me, Nicolai.” You cursed as you dragged the man with you, his blood made it impossible to keep a good grip on him.

“Fuck, fuck.” You cursed over and over again, his body almost limp. With the last strength you could muster, you aparated to a place you knew.

Street was dimly lit, the air was cold and the blood stuck to you like a second skin.

With a huff you sat Nicolai down next to the stairs leading up to the front stairs. You smashed your hand against the dark door and waited, hands hanging limb at your sides.

The door opened and before you stood a half smiling Sirius. His eyes widened as he took your appearance in. His hands flew to your shoulders, your waist, arms.

“Are you hurt?” He threw at you as he inspected you. “Not mine.” You managed as you pointed your finger at the unconscious form on the ground. “Good.”

“James, Remus!” Sirius yelled as he pushed himself past you. You leaned against the door frame, the pain in your shoulder slowly fading in again.

“Come in.” Lily spoke, her hand held out for you. You looked at her and reluctantly gave in. She guided you inside, sat you on Sirius’ sofa and brought you a cup of water.

“Sirius told us everything.” You nodded but kept your gaze on the ground. “We understand.” She said before she left you alone.

You downed the water and tried to get rid of the blood on your hands which had already stained your nails. Sirius made his way into the living room as he sat down on the chair which you had given him as a christmas present three years ago.

“He’ll make it.” He said as he pushed a cigarette between his lips. He held the pack out for you and without much thinking you took one.

He lit it for you and just like nothing of the past years had happened, you sat there.

“I didn’t know where else to go.” You spoke. “It’s fine.” He paused to take a drag.

“I’m glad you came to me.” You looked at him, a sad smile on your lips.

“I never stopped loving you.”

It had left your lips without much thought.

“Neither have I.”

He said, his lips in a small smile.

“Thank you for keeping me safe.” He spoke again and you chuckled, trying to keep as much ash in the ashtray as possible.

“Always.”

His hand found yours as his thumb brushed the back of yours.

This was your choice and it felt like the right one.

[howlyourmelancholy]

Like A Virgin

summary: she was a virgin. and he wasn't. sirius have a reputation. oh, merlin, did he had a reputation.

pairing: young!sirius x ofc (Emalia)

warnings: loss of virginity. fingering. oral (fem receiving). heavy making-out. unprotected sex. multiple orgasms.

words: 7.8k

a/n: emalia is my own original character. please keep in mind that these characters are portrayed at sixteen years old, the age of consent in my country. this got away from me and ended up a bit longer than intended. i hope you enjoy!

It was just past midday when the rumble of a motorcycle disturbed the peace of the day. It was an out-of-the-ordinary sound for the neighbourhood, one that enticed people to open their doors or peek through windows to investigate with judgmental stares. Emalia smiled to herself, knowing precisely who it was that had come visiting, and made her way downstairs.

Sirius Black.

He knocked, and she opened the door without hesitation. With a single brow lofted and arms crossed against her chest, she leaned against the door frame, preventing him from entering. Emalia peered up at him with a patient and playful gleam in her soft blue eyes.

"Hey, Ema." He had a voice like melted chocolate, all smooth, deep, and delectable, even when he wasn't intending it to be. His charisma was effortless and magnetic. But if she wasn't mistaken, he sounded a little bit sheepish, almost as though he was apologetic for not having called ahead. It hadn't bothered her. His presence was unexpected, but not unwelcome.

"Get this: James and Lily are on a date." She nodded, indicating she had already known. There wasn't much she and Lily didn't share given that they were best friends, and it was to be expected that the redhead had told her about their upcoming date. "And Peter and Remus are busy with 'family affairs', whatever that means."

She cracked a smile but didn't say anything. She just continued smiling sweetly and patiently up at him, still not making a move to allow him inside. He either didn't notice or didn't care because he went on.

"I am bored out of my skull at home, and I figured you were free and that I'd come around. So, can I come in?"

There it was, the reason for his out-of-the-blue visit—he was bored.

This wasn't surprising to hear. Sirius was a social creature; he liked being around others and was only alone when it suited him. It hadn't even bothered her that he would assume she was free and come over unannounced. After what happened last year, when her mother passed away and she struggled to come to terms with it, she and Sirius had grown closer.

He had become a constant presence in her life, where once he had just been Remus' friend. But he had been there, impulsive and reckless, when she pushed everyone away. He helped drive away her sorrows with his silly jokes and ridiculous behaviour, and he was there to comfort her when it became too much to handle. She'd lost count of how many times he had held her as she cried.

"Of course you can, Sirius. I just wanted to see how long you'd wait to ask," she said with a laugh. The sound was light and carefree, unlike anything she had done a year ago. She stepped aside to make room for him to pass, and she closed the door when he had done so. Her father, Alberic, wasn't home, but he knew Sirius well enough that she didn't think he would be bothered by the visit.

"I was just getting ready, actually. Lily and I are going to a high tea after their date." Emalia made certain the door was locked before turning back to him and motioning for him to follow her.

"So, a tea party." Sirius joked as he followed her upstairs. She could hear the smile in his voice and imagined the way his eyes crinkled at the corners as he teased her.

"No. It's a high tea. You know what that is, Sirius."

"A fancy tea party then." He went on as he took a seat at the end of her bed. Emalia was seated in front of a vanity; it was matte black with a large mirror and looked out of place in her bedroom. He wondered, just for a moment, if it had belonged to her mother. "Besides, you look pretty much ready to me."

"I need to finish my hair, then put on my heels, and I haven't decided what perfume to wear, so I'm not really. You'll just have to sit and watch, won't you?"

He laughed at her playful banter and watched her reflection in the mirror. Her expression was serious as she pulled a brush through her raven-black hair without too much difficulty. Every now and then, he saw the corner of her mouth twist in discomfort as she worked a knot loose.

After a few minutes, maybe five or so, he started counting the strokes, and when he reached thirty, he chuckled. It was a deep sound, reverberating from the middle of his chest. Emalia stopped and was staring towards the mirror, brush still held in hand, brows drawn together in confusion.

"What?"

"Nothing. It's just that I've watched you brush your hair about thirty times now. I think you're done, Ema."

He saw the worried expression soften in the mirror and cracked a small smile.

"I'll only be a few more minutes, then I'll give you some attention, Pads."

"You know, I'm pretty sure I could run my fingers through your hair and it wouldn't get tangled; you've brushed it that much."

It was this comment that made her thoughts pause as she looked over her shoulder at him. If it had been any other woman, he would have thought the look she gave him was purposely seductive, but not Ema; no, she wasn't that kind of person. But maybe he was mistaken because the way she was smiling at him made him swallow hard.

"If I didn't know any better, I would think you're flirting with me, Mister Black. Maybe even trying to seduce me." Her tone was soft, like a whisper, as she gave him a playful wink. It wasn't unusual for them to poke fun at each other; the occasional flirty comment or sarcastic remark that might have led to hurt feelings if they hadn't been so close. Emalia wasn't a flirt like him, though he knew she had had boyfriends in the past.

But knowing that didn't stop his thoughts from racing to a hundred different scenarios.

"And if I was?" He replied with a sudden seriousness in his deep voice.

Emalia didn't need to see him to hear the challenge in his words. Her face flushed a soft pink, and she quickly looked away, but he saw it in the mirror's reflection.

"Is it working?"

She didn't answer; she couldn't find her voice to do so.

Sure, she had thought about him that way; she had fantasised about how his hands would feel on her body, touching her and pleasuring her, his fingers wrapped in the heat of her core. She had even touched herself on more than one occasion, imagining it was him. His name was often a heaven's prayer on her lips as pleasure swept through her body, leaving her breathless and wanting more. But those thoughts had been buried deep down, hidden alongside the ones about Remus.

He was her friend; they all were—as thick as thieves, James would always say. Emalia had never been willing to risk their incredible friendship for anything. Not love, not sex, not anything. But she would have been lying if she said she wasn't tempted.

With a gentle sigh, she placed the brush down and tucked a few loose strands of hair behind her ear. She laughed softly and shook her head. He was teasing her again. He always did this.

"You are a dork, Sirius." The words came out halfheartedly as she stood and took a step towards the wardrobe. But he caught her by the wrist before she had taken even two steps and pulled her back towards him.

Surprised by this, she stumbled around, only to have him catch her.

It all happened so fast.

One moment she was standing, and the next she was practically straddling his lap. Her hands were on his shoulders now, clutching at him for balance, a knee resting on the mattress beside his thigh. His hands had settled on the swell of her hips, firm, warm, and strong. And then, without warning, he shifted, pulled her down onto the mattress, and held her there.

Emalia made a startled squeak but otherwise didn't resist him. She was too surprised by his bold behaviour to protest. And, if she were to be honest with herself, she had fantasised about situations exactly like this a few too many times before. She had imagined how his body would feel nestled between her thighs, what he would do when she was naked beneath him, and how he would kiss her, touch her, and love her.

One of his arms was around the small of her back, the other propping him up on an elbow. She was staring up at him with wide eyes, her lips slightly parted, and her fingertips digging into his shoulders as he hovered over her like some falling shadow.

Sirius was between her legs, making her skirt ride up her thighs, and he was breathing deeply, evenly, and calmly. His breath was washing over her mouth and nose like sickly sweet rum—it made her head swim.

"Is it working?" He repeated the question, his voice dropping an octave so that a shiver ran down her spine. Emalia still couldn't find her voice to answer him; she couldn't stop her heart from going into overdrive or the moisture pooling at her core.

His denim trousers rubbed against the sensitive skin of her inner thighs as she shifted beneath him. The ends of his long, inky black hair tickled her cheeks as he stared down at her. She could feel him staring at her, watching her, waiting for an answer.

Her tongue slipped out from behind her teeth to slowly lick her lips. He watched this with a smirk and enjoyed when she chewed nervously on her lower lip. Her chest was rising and falling, brushing against his each time, and her ebony hair was sprawled around her on the bed like the night sky.

"That depends." Emalia finally answered, her voice barely a whisper.

She couldn't deny her feelings. She wanted this—she wanted him.

Sirius leaned closer, pressing more firmly against her, stroking his nose softly against hers.

"Hrm?"

"Are you going to kiss me or not?"

He didn't answer, not verbally.

Instead, he kissed her, as was requested of him. His lips touched hers gently at first, soft and warm, moving slowly and testing the waters, but when she released the breath she had been holding and kissed him back, it was game on.

Sirius deepened the kiss, chasing her taste. Vanilla. He could taste it on her lips. Her lip gloss tasted like vanilla and sweet almonds. It was a delicious combination, and he found that he couldn't get enough of it.

He had plenty of experience in these situations and was deep in his element, so he took the lead without question. He parted his lips and swept his tongue against her plump lower lip, requesting permission. This made her head swim and made her moan softly into the kiss. Emalia parted her lips, then his tongue delved into her mouth without hesitation. He tasted like cigarette smoke and danger, pure rebellion, drowning her senses in him.

She moaned again, louder this time. Emalia shifted beneath him to wrap an arm around the back of his neck and pull him closer. His fingers trailed fire across her back as he pulled his arm from beneath her and spread it along her ribs. Sirius pushed against her, rolling his hips against hers, his arousal evident, straining against his jeans.

His mouth was making her delirious, and her head was swimming with pleasure because of it. Sirius was like fire, scorching her skin with his touch and searing her mind with his gentleness. And she was like putty in his hands—inexperienced, innocent, and all too willing to learn.

His hand trailed up her body, from her hip to her ribs, before settling over a breast that was just a little bit too big to fit in his palm. He could feel her nipple through her clothes, hardening as he ran his thumb against it. It was begging to be freed, begging to be sucked.

Emalia said his name in a quiet plea when the kiss was broken for a much-needed breath. He kissed her from her chin to her neck, stopping to suck here and there, leaving little red marks in his wake. She was writhing beneath him, pushing her hips against his, pushing her breast into his hand.

She still had an arm around his neck, and now the other had a fistful of his hair. Her fingers were buried deep in his thick locks, and she tugged on them roughly, making him growl as she dragged his mouth back to hers. Emalia was breathing heavier now, faster and harder, and her knickers were wet with excitement as their tongues touched and twirled together.

Sirius drew her lip between his teeth, biting it gently, and gave her breast a firm squeeze before moving his hand down her body. He enjoyed the way she writhed beneath him, how she kissed him with urgency, and how she moaned his name each time he did something new.

His hand reached her thigh, which was now curled against his hip. And then it drifted back up, beneath her skirt this time. Her skin was soft and warm to the touch and prickled with goosebumps. His fingers found the band of her knickers, curled around the cotton fabric, and tugged them down.

It was then that Emalia made a noise. The sound was somewhere between protest and panic. Her hand left his hair and found his beneath her skirt. Small fingers encircled his wrist and held tightly to halt his explorations. He could have kept going—he knew that, she knew that, but he was as still as stone.

She was panting and staring up with lust-filled eyes that were wide with uncertainty once again. The last virgin of their group—even Peter had finally gotten some now that he was dating that pretty Ravenclaw girl he was so keen on. This thought made him smile. She was so eager but so unsure.

"We should go out first. To dinner or something."

Her words were like a sledgehammer shattering a panel of glass—sudden and unexpected. Sirius was struck silent for a moment before the corner of his mouth pulled into a smirk. So she wanted to be wooed first. He could do that.

He kissed her without warning. Hard, slowly, thoroughly, just because he could. It made her moan and made her toes curl.

"Yeah, let's do that."

"Sirius."

"Emalia."

The warning in her tone had him grinning from ear to ear—not that she could see it, but she could certainly hear it in the sound of his laugh. Emalia shuffled along with an arm outstretched, feeling the way while he crowded behind her, his chest brushing against her back as he kept her eyes hidden behind his hands.

"I’m serious," she warned him again, this time trying to escape him. He'd blindfolded her the moment they arrived, his large hands covering her eyes, intent on not letting her ruin the surprise. Sirius hadn't told her when he would take her on a date, where he'd take her, or any other details.

And then one night he sent her a message, instructing her to dress nice and be ready by seven. Normally, she would have resisted his dominance and rebelled against his authority. But this time it made butterflies fill her stomach, making her nervous and excited, so that she had to squeeze her thighs shut to fight the ache between them.

He’d dressed nice—casual but nice. Dark denim jeans and big black combat boots. He had a leather jacket over a simple white tee and rings on at least half a dozen of his fingers. Emalia hadn't been able to hide the way her eyes moved up and down his body, taking in every detail of him, or the flush that had crept into her face when he caught her staring.

He had been equally transfixed when she opened the door. Her long ebony hair hung in loose curls down her shoulders, falling over a black blouse that was tucked into a red floral skirt, but his gaze remained on her feet. Six-inch heels, studded and strappy, towering, impossible to walk in, or so he thought.

Escaping him proved to be impossible. Sirius wrapped an arm around her waist—a tight band of muscles—as he lifted her, making her shriek in surprise. "No, you’re Ema. I’m Sirius." He chortled in response, and she could hear the tease in his words and feel the laughter vibrating through his chest and against her back. "Now behave; we’re almost there."

She was laughing in spite of how he carried her as though she weighed nothing, unhindered by the way she wriggled in his grasp. "Put me down, you buffoon!"

He didn't, not until they reached the entrance. He held onto her as her heels sank into the snow, keeping a hand on her hip and her back pressed against his chest.

He watched her face as she stared in awe at the winter wonderland before them. The ice rink had been decorated with wreaths of twinkling lights and fresh snow, and the ice was beautifully illuminated by those very same lights along with the moonlight glow. There were a couple of booths selling snow cones, hot chocolate, and other treats. There was a distinct chill in the air.

Emalia looked at him over her shoulder with a sweet smile on her lips. The lights reflected in her soft blue eyes in a way that stole the breath from his lungs. "Sirius, this is so lovely."

He frowned. "But?"

"I can’t skate very well," she admitted quietly, not wanting to ruin his surprise. "Or at all, actually."

He grinned in response, his shoulders dropping as the tension bled out of them, and suddenly he could breathe again. Sirius narrowed his eyes playfully. "It’s alright, angel. I’ll show you." His arm snaked around her waist again, his palm pressing firmly against her stomach, fingers splayed possessively, the warmth of his palm penetrating straight to her core as he pulled her tight against him. "Besides, it gives me a reason to hold you like this."

"Oh, you need an excuse for that, hrm?"

"A reason. You give me plenty of those," he mused with a hum, his mouth ghosting over hers, swallowing the little gasp of surprise. She tasted like vanilla again, her soft pink lips parting under the dominance of his. Her eyes, his eyes, drifted shut. Her tongue slipped past her own lips to lick his lower one, softly and shyly, asking for or giving permission; he couldn't figure out which because his head was swimming.

It was only the shriek of someone falling on the ice that pulled them from the moment and reminded her that they were standing somewhere very public. Sirius noticed that her eyes were glossy when they opened, but she smiled at him sweetly and innocently, as though she had no idea what effect she had on him. Emalia tangled her fingers with his, enjoying the warmth of them wrapped around hers, which were cold as ice.

Sirius had always run hot like a furnace, the heat of him seemingly clinging to the air, chasing away the cold. She noticed that his fingers were calloused, just a little bit, probably from years of holding a bat and beating bludgers away from his teammates.

He didn’t object as she tugged him to the booth where they could rent their skates. He enjoyed the way she acted so bossy, calm, and confident while making small talk with the man attending the booth. Sirius laughed when she got her skates, a size seven, and Emalia retaliated by smacking the back of her hand against his chest.

Her shoe size shouldn’t have been surprising, and really, it wasn’t. It amused him that she wore such a small size in comparison to his ten and a half. Sirius was taller than her, which was an understatement, to say the least. If Emalia hadn’t been wearing those heels, he’d have been a foot taller than her, maybe more.

She was small, delicate, and fucking smart-mouthed.

Emalia watched how Sirius laced his skates, his fingers plucking at the laces with practised movements, no doubt from how often he’d had to lace up those combat boots. She followed his movements, pulling them tight around her ankles, making sure they were supported and that she wasn’t about to end up with a broken bone. And then she was following him to the rink, leaving behind her heels beside his boots, the sight of them drawing a chuckle from him that had her shooting him a warning glare.

Sirius marvelled at how she could walk in the skates with utter confidence, perched on them like a ballerina, until she stepped onto the ice. Then she was the polar opposite. Emaila stumbled and shivered from both the cold and nervousness, her expression one of tight-lipped concentration. She clutched at the railing, her arms shaking as she managed to catch herself when she slipped.

She didn’t talk to him. Didn’t even look at him. Instead, she was staring at her feet as she edged her way around the rink once, twice, and a third time.

Sirius was the complete opposite.

He moved with confidence and a natural swagger. The wind whipped at his hair as he whizzed past her, weaving in and out of the crowd, somehow avoiding colliding with them even though his attention was entirely on her. At times, he wasn’t even watching where he was going. After a while, he grew tired of watching.

Sirius skated towards her quickly, turning his skates at the last minute and finishing with a hockey stop, covering her legs in a spray of ice flakes. "You dog!" Emalia shouted with a glare, which only made the young man grin.

"What?" he barked out with a laugh, watching as she brushed the ice from her skirt, almost falling while doing so. "I needed to get your attention somehow. You seem pretty intent on that railing; should I be jealous?"

Emalia sneered at him. "That’s because someone took me to an ice skating rink. And as I recall, I've already told you I don't know how to skate."

"Here, let me show you," Sirius said, holding out a hand.

"I’m quite happy right here," she replied indignantly.

"Don’t you trust me?"

"Not on your life!"

That wasn’t entirely true. Emalia did trust him. She trusted that he would hold her close, that his hands would wander her body, and that his lips would steal the breath from her lungs. She trusted that he would tease her and keep her safe, but she didn’t trust him not to let her fall and be covered in snow and ice shavings as a joke.

Sirius drifted closer, not taking no for an answer. He caged her between his arms, his chest pressing firmly into her back, forcing her against the railing to prevent an escape. The warmth of him was immediate; it made her head spin and made her dizzy. She found herself leaning into him to chase away the cold.

He pried her small fingers from the railing one at a time, laughing against her shoulder, his warm breath wafting against her neck, making her shiver and squeeze her thighs together. She swatted at his hands, huffed out warnings and threats between laughs, and pushed against the rail and into his chest to create space for an escape. It was only as she moved to turn, stumbling as a skate slipped out from beneath her, that she gave up the fight.

Sirius caught her around the waist, an arm around the small of her back, the opposite hand grabbing her hip. He was laughing, and so was she, as he hauled her back to her feet. "Trust me, angel. I won’t let you fall."

She made a sound that was unladylike, indignant, and very unbelieving. Emalia held his forearms tightly, her manicured nails digging in, so he felt the pressure through the sleeves of his jacket. Sirius just grinned through it.

"Don’t look down," he instructed, his tone gentle as he moved slowly backward with just a little bit of momentum. "Watch me, Ema, and keep your back straight. If you tilt forward, your balance will be off." Sirius held her forearms firmly, staying about a foot away to avoid their skates coming together.

He towed her along slowly, encouraging her to match his stride and move with the opposite foot each time he moved. He praised her when she got it right, earning himself a coy little smile and her cheeks flushing a pretty pale pink. And when she stumbled, he caught her, soothing her and telling her it was alright.

They were both silent for a while. Emalia concentrated on her footwork, her hold on him tightening a few times when she stumbled before finding a rhythm that worked for her.

"You know," she said softly, still staring down at her feet while struggling to keep her balance. Sirius captured her chin between his thumb and forefinger and tilted her face up. For a moment, she stared at him with pretty doe eyes, curious, nervous, and wanting. She licked her lips. "I don’t think I ever thanked you."

His brow furrowed. "For what?"

And he generally couldn’t think of what she might be thanking him for. He thought it was plain as day that he was enjoying himself on this date. Emalia was pleasant company—polite and sweet, undeniably sassy and smart-mouthed, which he found amusing.

It wasn't that he'd never considered dating her. She was an attractive young woman and had had her fair share of boyfriends and would-be suitors. But Sirius had made it a general rule to steer clear of his friends', the important ones anyway.

"I don't know," she laughed, her gaze wavering from his for a second before returning. The smile on her mouth was sweet but sad, and it plucked at the strings of his heart. He hadn’t seen that smile in a while, not since her mother had passed away and she’d tried to put on a brave face for the world. He hated it as much now as he did then.

"For everything you do. I don’t think I ever thanked you, Sirius. You stuck around even after I said those terrible things. Even when I pushed all of you away. Everything was so heavy, and you shouldered so much for me, and I don’t remember saying thank you. Or apologising."

"You were grieving, angel. You've got a free pass to be a little bitchy," he said, his hand moving to her hair and stroked it. He let the silken strands run through his fingers, marvelling over how, as he predicted, he could run them through her hair without it getting tangled. He smiled at her, gentle and reassuring. "Besides, that’s what friends are for, right? Staying around when things go to hell."

His words warmed her heart and plunged a knife into it at the same time.

Emalia was grateful to have him as a dear friend. She was so completely appreciative of everything he had done for her, how he had helped her and her family. He’d been so kind to her mother while she was confined to the hospital, lifting her spirits and making her laugh every time the doctors had bad news. But in that moment, she didn’t want a friend; she wanted more.

She was the one who moved first.

Her hands moved to his shoulders, and her lips melded against his, plump and warm, clumsy and desperate. The sound of their skates clacking together erupted between them as he hauled her closer to deepen the kiss.

His fingers burrowed deep in her hair, his cold nose gliding against hers as he tilted her head back, giving himself better access to her parting lips. The other hand held her hip, fingers pressing in firmly, feeling her curves. They were warm, spreading fire through her blood as it rushed through her veins, igniting an ache that spread from her belly and down into her hips.

The world had fallen away until it was just the two of them, clinging together like star-crossed lovers. They drifted gently on the ice, carried by his confident skill. Sirius felt her tremble against him, leaning desperately into his kiss. Her hands glided up his body, burrowing into the thicket of tresses at the back of his neck, drawing him in deeper, and he was lost in her—the smell of her shampoo, the taste of her chapstick—utterly and hopelessly lost.

He pressed his palm into the small of her back, bringing her flush against him, the other clutching at the back of her head to control their kiss. His teeth nipped at her lower lip and sucked it between his lips, and she couldn’t help but whimper.

It was that sound that brought the night careening back to reality.

Sirius pulled away, his chest heaving with heavy breaths. He kept her close, kept his hand in her hair, and kept his lips brushing against her. Their eyes half-opened and met. His hand stroked down her back, feeling her shivering, hearing her whimper, and feeling her lips open against his mouth for another needy kiss that he happily obliged in giving her.

"Sirius." Her voice was shaking, barely a whisper above the conversations around them. He felt her words rather than heard them. He bit back a groan when she bit his lip. "Take me home."

The two of them arrived on the porch of her family’s estate in record time. Her back slammed against the mahogany door as he pinned her to it, the force enough to make the hinges rattle. Emalia gasped into his mouth, caught off guard as a whisper of pain shot up her spine, only to be forgotten a second later when his hands splayed possessively at her hips.

She buried her fingers in his hair, taking a fistful to hold his mouth to hers, making him growl as his scalp was tinged with a pleasurable sort of pain. Sirius felt her nails scraping at his shirt, clawing their way down his chest before curling around his belt. With his hand hooked under the bend of her knee, he hitched her leg over the curve of his hip, allowing himself to paint his body firmly against hers.

His hips trudged against hers, strong, dominant, and rough; his cock was already hard and straining in his jeans, and she couldn’t help but use the hold of his belt to pull him closer. Emalia kissed him desperately and deliriously, her lips parting to welcome his tongue into the warmth of her mouth as he started to work his hands beneath her skirt.

Her legs turned to jelly when he took her arse in his hands, squeezing it as he ground his hips against hers so that she could feel his erection through the layers of their clothes. And then she was pushing his hands away so that she could turn towards the door.

Sirius did not stop as she fumbled with the doorknob.

"You taste so sweet," he said, his voice gravelly with lust. Sirius’ lips were warm as he kissed her neck, leaving little wisps of fire licking at her skin as he sank his pearly whites into the junction of her shoulder just hard enough to elicit a little gasp.

"Inside," she managed to gasp out, her voice trembling, "we need to get inside." Sirius silenced her with a kiss, their teeth knocking awkwardly together because of the angle, but neither minded. Emalia arched her back instinctively to allow their lips better contact, desperate to taste more of him, her arse pressing hard against his aching cock.

His hands found their way beneath her blouse, palms rough and like molten lava against her skin. He was pleasantly surprised to discover her bra unclasped at the front. He made quick work of it, her breasts freed to his wandering hands. Sirius cupped the weight of them in his palms, enjoying their soft warmth and the way her nipples hardened into peaks when he rolled them between his fingers.

It was a miracle Emalia got the door opened before they started stripping. Together, they tumbled inside—a tangle of limbs, heavy breaths, and hot kisses. It was followed by fumbling up the stairs when the kissing didn’t stop, and then they were naked on her bed and the nervousness was bleeding back into her veins.

Emalia watched him undress and, for a moment, was utterly terrified of how badly this was going to hurt. Especially with how... big he was.

And it all came racing back to her.

She was a virgin.

And he wasn’t.

Sirius had a reputation. Oh, Merlin, did he have a reputation.

Emalia had heard their schoolmates whispering about him in the back of the library. The girls talked about the delicious stretch of his fingers when he was fingering them. Or the wickedness of his mouth and how they could taste themselves on his tongue after he had gone down on them.

And it was those same girls who talked about his size—how he was above average with an impressive girth that sometimes made it uncomfortable for a few days after being with him.

She had heard the rumours; some nights he was soft and sweet, gently rocking his hips until his lover climaxed with a soft moan. Other nights, he was wild and untamed, rutting into them from behind until they couldn’t think straight.

And knowing all of this made her incredibly nervous. It made her heart stammer in her chest so hard that it might break through her breastbone, but it did not make her stop him when he started to move down her body.

"Is this okay?" Sirius whispered against her neck, his breath balmy against her sweat-slicked skin. His stormy eyes had closed, and his lips skimmed over her racing pulse and to the hollow of her throat. He took her hips into his hands, his fingertips biting into her skin just a little too much as he waited for her answer. She could feel his cock pressing against her thigh, feel how hard and big he was, and shuddered with anticipation. 

Emalia whimpered in response and nodded in approval. Sirius was magnetic, and she found she could not deny him. He was fire—chaotic and beautiful—and she was a moth to his flame.

Sirius nipped at her racing pulse, making her gasp out loud. He immediately laved his tongue over the hickey to take the sting from it. The delicious combination of pleasure and pain had her mind blurry with lust and her core clenching.

She felt so vulnerable, like he was going to eat her alive.

And she wanted desperately to satisfy his hunger.

Sirius took his time, as though he had all night for the young woman beneath him. He took one of her hardened nipples into his warm, wet mouth and sucked on it, swirling his tongue around it.

"Sirius," she whined his name when he switched breasts, this time taking her nipple between his teeth and tugging on it just enough to entice her to arch her back from the mattress.

He chuckled when she whined again. "Patience, baby." He hummed while kissing a trail of fire down her belly. He took the time to admire the rise and fall of her chest as her breath came faster, how she moved restlessly beneath his mouth, and how her pussy glistened with obvious arousal.

Sirius placed a kiss against her hips and then on the inside of her thigh, so close and yet still so far from her core, making her breath hitch. He kissed and nibbled until she was writhing beneath his mouth, trying desperately to get him where she wanted.

And then he smeared his tongue against her pussy, tasting the sweet nectar of her essence and letting it slide down the back of his throat like a fine wine. Her body quivered beneath him, and his name escaped her in a breathless moan.

Sirius couldn’t explain what it was—either inexperience or curiosity—but virgins were so quick to get wet. They tasted different on his tongue—innocent and sweet. And she was no exception. 

Her nerves cracked and popped like lightning as his tongue circled her clit, making her hips buck up. He could feel her heart racing beneath his palms; her nipples hard beneath the touch of his fingers as he caressed them down her body, memorising the feel of her skin until he found her wet heat.

She made this sound—a little gasp of pleasure—that sent arousal rocketing through his veins and straight to his cock when he pushed a finger into her tight pussy. His fingers were thicker than hers, larger and longer, reaching deep and rubbing against all of her nerves.

Emalia grabbed a fistful of his hair to hold his mouth against her when her hips bucked, pushing her pussy against his mouth when he began moving his finger. The stubble on his jaw scratched beautifully at the inside of her thighs as they tightened around his head, trapping him there when he added a second finger, stretching her more.

She came without warning, her walls clamping tight around him and her hips rising from the mattress as the world shattered into sweet oblivion. Sirius kept his lips encircled around her clit, sucking and fingering her through the climax as crystal shards of pleasure shot through her entire being. It felt like a bolt of white-hot lightning had scored her soul and set her world ablaze.

Emalia had touched herself before. She was no stranger to pleasure; she had kissed young men other than Sirius and gotten handsy with them. She’d had cum countless times with her fingers or the toys in her nightstand. But this was like nothing else.

Sirius was the son of the devil, with the face of an angel.

Her walls continued to flutter as she came back to earth with her head swimming and her thighs trembling. He withdrew his fingers to lick them clean. Sirius climbed the length of her body slowly, his lips leaving a trail of hot, wet kisses from her clit, up her belly, and between the valley of her breasts until she was tasting herself on his tongue.

She stroked his dark locks as he positioned himself between her thighs, their tongues twisting and twirling together in a delicious dance of dominance. He won, of course, and she lost gleefully. Sirius groaned against her lips as he rubbed his cock along her slick folds, her arousal lubricating him as the tip nudged her sensitive clit.

"Sirius," she moaned softly, her eyes pleading for more.

"Are you sure?"

"Please."

He did not need to be told twice. He bent his head to kiss her, his lips gliding over hers and swallowing the little gasp she made when he entered her. He moved slowly, trying to give her time to adjust to the stretch, but even so, her fingers tightened around the muscles of his shoulders when he buried himself completely, leaving little crescent moons in their wake.

The sound she made was strangled, her body tensing beneath his as she tried to will herself to relax. Pain blossomed through her core and radiated through her hips. Her eyes were scrunched shut, tears dancing on her lashline, but she didn’t tell him to stop.

Sirius knew that it was uncomfortable for her. He was not a small man, and he knew that he was above average. Emalia was so slick with arousal that if she hadn’t been a virgin, it might not have been so demanding to accommodate him.

His mouth skimmed over her chin, her cheeks, and her forehead, leaving a trail of sweet kisses behind. "Doing okay?" He asked, his voice straining as he held himself perfectly still. Emalia peeled her eyes open to stare into his stormy gaze, her breath shaking as it escaped.

"Yeah," she said in a whisper, her voice trembling.

"Try to relax," he encouraged, "it will feel good."

Sirius groaned when she loosened her grip on his shoulders, her nails leaving a sting in his heated skin. She made a sound in response, an apologetic whimper, "S - sorry!" The pitch of her voice rose as he slowly withdrew, her lips trembling against his, her expression somewhere between wanting him to devour her and wanting him to stop.

"S’okay, angel," he said, his eyes dark with desire as he looked down at her. Sirius teased his lips against hers, plunged his tongue into her mouth, and devoured her moans. He pulled out until the crown of his cock was nestled in her snug walls, and then sank back in.

He kept a slow rhythm, stretching her and giving her plenty of time. And then it happened. Emalia wound her legs around his waist to pull him in deeper while she clawed at the sheets, grasping fistfuls of the Egyptian cotton while tossing her head back and arching her back. Fresh waves of arousal washed over his cock.

She moved with him, her hips rising to welcome the piston of his, her movements delicate and desperate—in contrast to his. Sirius moved with control, dominating her with each thrust and fucking her into the mattress until she was clawing at his back and moaning in his ear. He was a little bit rough, holding her so tight that her skin was sure to bruise in the shape of his fingers, his teeth nipping at her lips until they were slightly swollen, devouring every sound that was torn from her throat.

"Sirius!" She screeched his name, her voice high-pitched and strained, when he adjusted his position to thrust deeper, hauling her legs higher on his hips. The tip of his cock crashed into a spot that sent her suddenly skyrocketing.

"Oh."

There was nothing that could have prevented the smug smirk that found its way onto his lips or the surge of pride that welled in his chest. If she had seen it, she might have smacked him. He thrust again, deeper and harder, to hear her scream again. He moved his mouth to her ear, his breath hot, his teeth tugging on her earlobe.

"That’s it, isn’t it? The spot."

Her thighs were quivering as she arched off the mattress, her head thrown back, and her lips parted in a silent scream. She couldn’t seem to catch her breath. Sirius fucked her at a merciless pace, his cock catching on every mind-maddening spot along the way, crashing into her repeatedly, but it was the rough pad of his thumb swiping over the fantastic bundle of nerves that made her pussy spasm around him. Emalia screamed as her world was struck by lightning again, set on fire, shattered, and changed.

The sound of the headboard against the wall was a constant thump, thump, thump. Some part of him thought he should feel bad for being rough, especially given that this was her first time. He should have held her and loved her softly, as a gentleman would have. But he could tell from the way her pussy was squeezing him, how she was grabbing at his back to pull him closer, and how she trembled and shuddered beneath him that she was enjoying this.

"That’s it." He growled against her ear, sending shivers down her spine. He rubbed harder at her sensitive clit, fingers slick in her arousal, gliding, circling, rubbing. "Cum for me, baby."

"I-I-" She stuttered and stopped. Her mind was screaming that the pleasure would kill her, break her, and ruin her. She would have said it if her throat wasn’t constricted with breathless gasps and moans, tears leaking from the corners of her eyes, because it felt so fucking amazing.

"You can," he replied, knowing what she was going to say, once again not accepting no for an answer. "Cum for me, angel, I wanna feel you cum on my cock."

The third orgasm came from nowhere, ripped through her without warning, and crashed into the second. Emalia couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see straight, and couldn’t think through the haze he invoked. She clung to him as the storm swept her away; her nails dug so deeply into his skin that Sirius was certain to be bleeding.

She came undone beneath him, shuddering, panting, and moaning, her hips bucking into his as he fucked her with deep strokes. Her walls clamped so tightly around him that he groaned against her ear. His name spilled from her lips like a prayer to heaven, over and over again, like it was the only thing she could remember.

Sirius buried his face against her neck, biting and sucking, leaving behind hickeys that were sure to embarrass her later. His thrusts became wilder and less controlled as he chased his own release. He fisted the pillow beneath her head, grunting against her neck as his abdomen tightened, white dots decorating his vision. He kept going, moving on primal desire, until something snapped. His mind went blank and fogged as his body shuddered, his nerves cracking like they’d turned into life wires.

He reached his high and tumbled over the edge while kissing her, his fingers curling into fists around duck feather pillows, his knuckles white under the pressure. With a final thrust and a deep groan, he buried himself in her, his hips nestling tightly against hers. Ivory ribbons decorated her walls and filled her, and his tongue wrestled with hers.

Sirius waited until his vision cleared and her nails had lessened their hold before pulling out, leaving her feeling empty, sore, and satisfied. He fell onto his side, thankful for the cool sheets against his heated skin. With an arm wrangled around her waist, he dragged her against him, making her squeak and stare wide-eyed at him.

His fingers were buried in her hair again, dragging her mouth to his so he could kiss her with the fire of a thousand suns. Emalia couldn’t explain what it invoked; she couldn’t have imagined this moment.

They lay in a tangle of limbs, one of his arms around her, strong, pinning her to the wall of his chest, the other buried in her hair and refusing to release her lips. She cradled his face with one hand, nails of the opposite hand pressing into his chest. Their lips were inseparable.

It was comfortable.

And she wanted more.

[whatstruthgottodowithit]

The Boy Who Broke His Own Heart

Fandom: Harry Potter [Marauders Era]

Pairing: Sirius Black x Original Female Character

Characters: Sirius Black, Original Female Character, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Jasmine Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Marlene McKinnon, Lily Evans, Mary MacDonald, Euphemia Potter, Filius Flitwick, Fleamont Potter,

Rating: Mature

Word Count: 26,543

Summary: Sirius would rather break his own heart than hers.

Tags/Warnings: James Potter has a sister, Self Loathing, Commitment Issues, Friends to Lovers, Kissing, Smut, Angst, Fluff, Smoking, Accidents, Harm, Marauders Era, The War is Not Happening in this, Cheating, Jealousy

Notes: This is gonna be a short lil series planned eight shortish chapters <3

PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR PART FIVEPART SIXPART SEVENPART EIGHT

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@caitlin1996 @imthebadguyyy

[lilwnet]

To all the brilliant writers out there…

please please please can you write a Sirius Black x Auror!reader who didn’t really know Sirius personally at Hogwarts (probably due to a slight age difference, like 3-5 years), but upon seeing his case as an Auror, realises that he’s wrongfully convicted and works on overturning his verdict for him to finally get out much earlier than it happened canonically. It’s up to you what’ll happen next, like they’ll meet up regularly and slowly grow on to each other with a nice friends-to-lovers trope, or they’ll see each other years later, like Prison of Azkaban or Order of Phoenix time periods, with a slow burn kind of moment (like they weren’t romantically attracted initially, however, seeing each other for the first time in ages,they realise they actually have something for one another)

If you know similar fanfics/oneshots/anything else, please, let me know!

I’d be forever grateful and love you to bits xx

[sinsiriuslyemo]

Chapter Seventeen: Somber Histories and Hopeful Futures

The scent of maplewood and peaches was one of the most pleasant smells he had ever encountered, and it was right under his nose at that very moment. Stirring gently against the warmth that was pressed against his side, he realized it was hair. Silky, smooth, long hair that tickled his nose with each breath. As pleasant as that was, it paled in comparison to the soft, warm skin wrapped around his arm. The corner of his lips curled upward as a sleepy sigh reached his ears, and the head tucked against his shoulder moved to snuggle closer to him. Rain pounded the ground outside and… was that a violin?

He must’ve been dreaming again.

Inhaling deeply, he tucked his nose into the soft hair as the lovely scent washed over him again. For a moment, he imagined that the last twelve years had been nothing more than a terrible nightmare, one which he was finally waking up from.

“But what about us?”

“We’ll always have Paris.”

Knitting his brows, Sirius slowly opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. Penny’s blonde hair was just below his eyeline, and something was moving on the TV in front of them. He turned his head toward it.

Right. They’d been watching a movie, and must have fallen asleep. Looking down at Penny, he realized that she was snuggled up to his side, their arms intertwined, and her head resting against his shoulder. Not wanting to wake her just yet, Sirius did his best not to move even as the pins and needles in his arm swelled.

“Here’s lookin’ at you, kid,” the black and white man in the box said.

Penny stirred against him, lifting her head to look at the TV first, then up at him. “Sorry, didn’t mean to fall asleep.” Much to his dismay, she slowly sat up, a chill hitting the side she had been leaning against as her warmth moved away from him. “What time is it?” she asked no one in particular as she looked at the clock mounted on the wall above the TV.

7:15pm.

“Did you at least like the movie?” she asked, looking back at him.

“Actually, I fell asleep as well,” he replied. It was the first time he had done so and not had his usual nightmare in fact.

“Aw, that’s too bad,” she said, her voice straining a bit as she stretched. “It’s a good one.”

“What I saw of it, I liked,” he said. If there was one thing he took from it, it was that in a time of war, just as in love, there is always a choice to be made, and it is neither clean nor painless.

“Hey can I ask you a question?”

He looked back at her. “Sure.”

“What do wizards do when they go on dates?” She brought her legs up, tucking them slightly under her bottom and turned more toward him.

Sirius arched a brow in amusement. “The same things muggles do, I imagine. Go to a restaurant, or to the cinema —”

“You guys have cinemas?”

“In this country, just one.”

“That’s it?”

“They’re not exactly in high demand,” he answered. “Besides, our community is much smaller than the muggle community.”

Penny hummed thoughtfully.

“What made you think of that?”

“Oh it’s nothing, just…” She gestured to the TV. “The first time I watched this movie was on a date.” She gently bobbed her shoulders. “I guess I was just curious.”

“You? On a date? I thought you had a strict policy about dating,” he teased.

“I do now, this was in high school,” she answered, turning slightly toward him. “I guess here, you’d call it secondary school.”

“You haven’t been on a date since secondary school?”

“I have,” she replied a bit defensively, her brows furrowed. “Not very many, but I have.”

Sirius smirked softly, and propped an elbow on the back of the sofa. “What’s the best date you’ve ever been on?”

Just when he thought he couldn’t find her more adorable, she twisted her lips and tilted her head pensively. “There was this one guy who took me to a street fair. We played some games, ate good food. It was fun.” She shrugged. “I’m a pretty cheap date.”

Sirius hummed thoughtfully, nodding once. Perhaps if all went well with Wormtail — and assuming he could clear his name — he could come back and take Penny out as thanks for her kindness. “Cheap dates are often the best dates.”

“What about you?” she asked, a light pink blooming on her cheeks. “Best date you’ve ever been on.”

“Merlin, that was so long ago,” he replied, almost to himself. “I’ve only really ever been on two dates.”

“Seriously?”

“Mhm, one was to a place in Hogsmeade called Honeydukes. It’s a rather popular date destination for Hogwarts students. And the other was a Quidditch game,” he said. “I wasn’t exactly the kind of bloke who went on dates per se.”

“You were a player,” she replied, a hint of a smile on her lips.

“Was, and it isn’t something I’m terribly proud of.”

She hummed behind a coy smirk. “So which was the best date?”

Sirius pursed his lips. Part of him didn’t want to answer since it wouldn’t exactly make him look good, but the other part of him sensed that Penny wasn’t the sort to hold it against him, especially considering that he was 16 at the time.

“The Quidditch game.” He bobbed his shoulders. “Our house won, which she wasn’t terribly thrilled about. Especially since her house was the one playing against ours. We never went on a second date.”

“Gee, I wonder why?” she teased. “I guess you’re competitive then.”

“You could say that,” he replied. “I was a lot more wild back then than I am now… for the most part.”

“Well that’s good at least,” Penny said. ���So since you were apparently a ladies man —”

He let out a bark of laughter, one hand moving to cover his face.

“Does that mean you have someone waiting for you to come back?” Her eyes were down as she picked at the hem of her dress.

A soft smirk pulled at one corner of his lips. “If there was, I wouldn’t be here with you, love.”

Meeting his eyes again, she beamed at him, her lips parting as if to say something when the phone began to ring. Sirius smiled softly at her, moving to stand and stretch.

“I think I’ll have a shower if that’s alright.”

“You don’t have to ask me permission to take a shower,” she answered in a chuckle, scooting herself closer to the phone. “Hello? Hey! Did you get my email?”

Sirius pulled the wand out of his pocket and vanished their empty take out containers before he made his way to the bathroom.

“Wait, seriously?” Penny asked whoever was on the phone. “Oh my God, yes! Of course!”

As he started to close the door, he heard her say, “Oh, I don’t know if it’ll be possible,” and wondered for a moment what she might be referring to. Whatever it was, she sounded disappointed. Perhaps if he knew what it was, he might be able to help. She had done so much for him, and had offered to do so much more that he felt compelled to repay her as soon as he was able.

For now, his priority was to enjoy every last moment of luxury he could, starting with having a shower whenever he pleased. He would need to go without one for the foreseeable future while he put his plans into motion to expose Wormtail.

He stepped under the water and thoroughly wet his hair as his mind began formulating plans to come back to Penny after this whole business with Peter. Of course, that was assuming he wouldn’t be caught before that, and that he would be able to exonerate himself. It seemed foolish to think so far ahead, but after the conversation he had just had with Penny, he couldn’t help but imagine himself taking her out on a date. He wasn’t sure whether he would be able to top the street fair, but he was determined to try.

Making quick work of washing and conditioning his hair and scrubbing his skin, Sirius rinsed himself off and wrapped a towel around his hips. Carefully opening the door, he stepped out and walked across the hall to her bedroom. He hadn’t wanted to keep his clothes there, but she had insisted that he live like a human being while he still had the resources to do so. Apparently that meant keeping his clothes hung in a closet or folded in a drawer, and sleeping on the sofa with a blanket and pillow, though he had avoided the latter in favor of his dog bed.

Once dressed, Sirius pulled out his wand and cast a drying charm on his hair and a scourgify on the clothes he had been wearing before he put them away in the drawer she had cleared for him to use. Just as he was shutting the drawer, she knocked on her bedroom door.

“Are you decent?” she called out from the other side.

Snorting softly, Sirius opened the door. “Yes.”

“I just got off the phone with my friend, Bianca,” she said, clarifying, “The one that’s getting married.”

“Everything alright?”

“Yeah, she was just wanting to ask me to be her maid of honor, and also tell me that she wants to go to a musical festival next summer for their joint bachelor/bachelorette party,” she answered, wringing her hands in front of her.

“That sounds fun.”

“Yeah,” she replied, though her tone didn’t sound quite as enthused as he would’ve thought.

“Do you not want to go?” he asked.

“It’s not that,” she said with a long exhale. “I do, I just don’t know if I’ll be able to if I get the job on that expedition. Besides, I just know that if I go to Connecticut, my mom is gonna wanna see me, and that means having to hear all about so and so’s son is so star spangled awesome and don’t I want to meet him?”

“Don’t stress over what your mother thinks,” he replied. “If I had heeded even a quarter of what my mother told me I would probably be married with an heir and a spare and a respected position in the wizarding community.”

Penny arched her brow slightly. “Aren’t those good things?”

“No,” he answered. “I would’ve had to destroy my soul to have them. I’ve regretted very little in my life, but telling my parents to piss off is not one of them.”

“Even after everything that’s happened?” she asked.

“Especially after everything has happened,” he replied, flicking his wand at his towel and sending it to hang itself.

Penny leaned against the doorframe, absently kicking one foot in front of her. “Well, you know, if I can go… Bianca said I could invite someone since the rest of the wedding party are bringing their significant others, and… I know it might not be possible, but the only person I really want to invite is you, so… yeah.”

Sirius blinked, a bit taken aback by the invitation. He had already accepted that she enjoyed his company as much as he did hers, but he never expected for her to want him to meet the other people in her life. He also realized that her asking meant that she thought he would be successful in bringing Wormtail out of the shadows. She was much more optimistic than he was about whether he would be deemed innocent by the Ministry.

“I’m very flattered,” he said, one corner of his lips curled upward.

“I know it depends on whether or not you can get to Wormtail, and obviously you have to be able to prove you’re innocent,” she said, shifting her weight from one foot to the other. “I’m just saying if you’re able to do all that… would you wanna go with me?”

The curl in his lips deepened as he stepped toward her, his hands going up to the top of the doorframe. “Penelope Mitchell, are you asking me on a date?” he teased.

The pink that bloomed on her cheeks made his heartbeat quicken, and his skin grew hot as her lips stretched into a shy smile.

“As a matter of fact, I am.”

“Not quite a street fair, is it?”

She chuckled softly, bringing her eyes up to his. “I think it’ll be better.”

Snorting, Sirius nodded once. “I’d be honored.”

He couldn’t be sure that it was the most prudent to make plans when his future was so uncertain, but perhaps it would help him make better decisions if it meant he would get the opportunity to spend more time with Penny once it was all over. It seemed like a fool’s dream; that everything would work out so ideally in his favor, but perhaps hope was just what he needed to succeed.

Sirius clung to the moments of normalcy that he and Penny shared, where he could imagine that he was like any other wizard in Britain, living with his muggle flatmate, for whom he secretly pined for. Perhaps it wasn’t the wisest to linger on such fantasies, but he also couldn’t help but think that the memories would help sustain him when he would need to stay away from people again. Having someone show him compassion and friendship had given him strength when he hadn’t realized he needed it. It seemed cruel that in just three days he would have to say goodbye without knowing whether he would ever see her again. But for now, he would cherish every last second he could spend with her, even when they spent the majority of the time talking about Peter bloody Pettigrew.

“It won’t be easy,” he said, turning a page in The Dark Forces.

They had just finished breakfast and had been looking through the books that Uncle Jack had sent over for something that would help keep Penny well hidden from any Ministry officials. There was little reason for anyone to suspect that she’s been helping a wanted wizard, but he was erring on the side of caution, especially since Penny had been insistent that he let her help him when and how she could.

“By now he will have heard that I’ve escaped. He’ll be expecting me to come looking for him.”

Penny looked up from where she had been leafing through Olde and Forgotten Bewitchment and Charmes. “That’s why you have to be smart about this. You’ll have to catch him off guard.”

“That may be difficult.”

“Except he won't be expecting for you to have help,” she replied. “If Uncle Jack went to Hogwarts, then there’s a good chance he knows Dumbledore, right?”

“Likely, but that doesn't mean Dumbledore knows him,” he answered, shifting closer to her so that he could show her the page he’d just read. “This is what I was talking about.”

“Do you think it’s the best idea to be taking spells out of a book about Dark Forces?” she asked, leaning over slightly to look at the page he was trying to show her.

“All of the wards and protections my father put on our family home came from books like these, and our house is still protected till this day. The best spells to keep something hidden will come from books that dodgy people read,” he answered, sitting back against the cushions and he ran his finger over the ingredients.

Penny sighed softly. “Okay. I trust you.”

“Do you happen to have pixie sweets?”

Penny narrowed her eyes and deadpanned, “Fresh out of pixie sweets.”

“You call them cinnamon sticks.”

She blinked, looking surprised. “Oh, uhh… yeah, I think I do. I’m not much of a baker, but I made cinnamon buns a while back, so I should still —”

“What the bloody hell is a cinnamon bun?” he asked, arching a brow.

“You’ve never had a cinnamon bun?” Penny asked. “I take back what I said about the wizarding world sounding awesome. You guys don’t even have cinnamon buns.”

Trying to suppress a smile, Sirius looked over at her. “Well, perhaps you can show me what it is, and if it’s any good maybe I’ll take a recipe to Ambrosius and Mrs Flume for them to sell at Honeydukes.”

“It would be the best thing you’ve ever done,” she replied.

“I’ll, of course, take all credit for it,” he teased.

“Typical wizard, just straight up stealing muggle ideas to pass off as your own,” she teased back, earning a chuckle from him. “Hey, I never asked you… what was the war over? I mean, I know you told me that you, Remus, Peter, James and Lily fought in the resistance, but you never explain what started the war to begin with. That Volden guy, was he, like, wronged by the government or something?”

“Or something,” he mumbled, his eyes still on the book in front of him. “Voldemort. He believed that muggles and muggle born wizards were inferior. He wanted to eradicate them, turn them into slaves for all the pureblood families who supported him.”

“Is that why killed Harry’s parents? Because they weren’t pureblood?”

“No, James was a pureblood,” he replied, closing the book but keeping it on his lap. “My little brother — Regulus — he was a Death Eater, that’s what they called themselves. They were followers of Voldemort. Anyway, he — Voldemort — wanted as many pureblood families on side as he could get. He already had Reggie, my mum and dad weren’t Death Eaters themselves, but they supported him. And he wanted me as well. He likely knew how close I was with the Potters, and he knew I was a member of the Order. I think he believed if he could take James and Lily out of the equation, it would be much easier to get me on side.”

Reaching forward with a sigh, he set the book down on the coffee table, a grimace on his face.

“He was wrong. If anything it only made me want him dead all the more.”

“Your mom and dad were alright with innocent people being killed all because they weren’t pureblood?�� she asked.

He looked at her somberly. “Much more than just alright. They hated muggle born witches and wizards. They hated muggles even more. Reggie and I grew up listening to our mother go on and on about how pureblood wizards were the only true magic folk in the world. And that half bloods and muggle borns were corrupting that magic. It’s all bollocks. I knew that from the time I was five years old.”

“What about Reggie?” she asked softly.

“Reggie was always the soft one,” he mumbled. “He was their favorite, even if I was their heir. He was always much easier for them to manipulate.”

Penny frowned and reached to lay her hand in his. “That must’ve been really hard on you. Seeing your brother turn into someone like that.”

His fingers curled around hers as he gently bobbed his shoulders. “I accepted that he would never change.”

“Still, he’s your brother.”

“Was,” Sirius corrected grimly. “He’s dead. They’re all dead. My mother was the last to go, a few years after my arrest.”

She squeezed his hand gently. “I’m so sorry.”

He nodded once, offering a faint smile in her direction. “It was long ago.”

Sighing deeply, Sirius leaned back against the sofa and gestured to the book with the hand that wasn’t holding hers.

“You’ll need a sneakoscope for that spell to work, and there are only two places to get one I’m afraid,” he said.

Penny arched her brow.

“One is Dervish and Banges in Hogsmeade. But that’s in Scotland. So we’ll have to go to Diagon Alley.”

“What about the goblins?” she asked. “I thought you said —”

“As long as we keep you out of Gringotts, we should be alright,” he said. “The question is, are you up for a bit of adventure?”

“And get the chance to see a wizard mall? Yeah, I’m in,” she replied as a grin formed on her lips.

He smirked back at her, his eyes lowering to take in her clothes. She would need to look like a witch if there was any chance of them pulling this off. “Right then. We’ll need to make you look like a proper witch.”

[princesspuffle8]

What can’t the Black money buy

“So now that you’re an official Black… what do you want your uncle to buy,” Regulus asked a 3 month old Polaris who was cooing up at him from where he was perched in his baby rocker which Regulus had personally enchanted himself to play soft melodies for the sweet little bean.

“I know, I know it’s a sucky deal being apart of this family… but at least you have magic and money. Well you probably may have always been gifted with magic but money is a different story,” Regulus argued more to himself than to Polaris who just discovered he could blow spit bubbles and was fascinated by this fact. 

Cringing at the gross but oddly sweet sight, a light bulb went off in the younger black brothers mind just as the baby's spit bubble popped. A devious, almost cheshire like, grin appeared on his face as he took a quick glance behind to see that you were pre-occupied and probably not paying attention to the two of them, as currently you were eating a snack and pumping breast milk to store for later usage. 

“So… would you like uncle Reggie to buy you a condo in Paris… or a mansion in the countryside. There’s perks to both…”

“What was that,” you exclaimed, unbeknownst to Regulus you had been listening to his conversation with your baby. Mildly amused but super happy that Regulus was spending one on one time with his nephew. He had turned over a new leaf since leaving the death eaters and although he was still a bit aloof, the one person he adored more than anyone was his baby nephew… a little too much sometimes… like right now…

“I’m asking him what kind of mansion he wants in France,” Regulus replied rolling his eyes, before he went back to ignoring you. 

“Now Polaris, Paris has its perks but there’s a lot of muggles so not a lot of chances to use your magic secretly but the art and the bakeries are nice…”

“Regulus!”

“And the country side is nice too. I like the lavender fields believe it or not. And you can practice your magic without anyone seeing. Would you like a manor by the sea? Or more inland?”

“Regulus! He’s not even one yet,” you exasperated unhooking your breast from the pump, attempting to get up from your seated position so that you could rescue your sweet ignorant child from his uncles weird ploy to buy him land in France.

“He’s a Black. Being a French lord is in his blood. Isn’t that right Polaris,” Regulus scoffed picking up baby Poly as he did so, who only cooed happily at being lifted out of his rocking chair.

“See, you tell that witch that you want your loving uncle to buy you a mansion in France…”

“Merlin’s sagging tits you are not buying MY son a mansion when he’s not even a year old!”

Just as Regulus was about to retort, baby Poly was snatched from his grasp by none other than his older brother, Sirius, who immediately showered the little man with kisses and cheek to cheek rubs before turning his attention to his wife and baby brother. 

“Who’s not buying what now,” Sirius asked with a raised eyebrow. Truth to be told he caught onto some of the conversation but not all of it since he just got back from Auror training.

“Tell your brother that he is not buying our child a house somewhere in bloody France,” you plead with him hoping for some reason from your husband.

“She’s right Reg, a house is a bit much…”

“See!”

“At least wait until after I get him a motorcycle. I was thinking about getting one for him for his first birthday,” Sirius finished as both Black brothers shared satisfying smirks at the thought of spoiling their newest family member.

“Merlins sagging tits what is wrong with you both…”

“We’re Blacks,” the brothers replied in unison like it was the obvious answer to your question which was starting to give you a headache.

“I don’t care if you are the chancellor of magic himself. No means no! No houses. No manors! I know you’ll try to loophole your way out of this regulus but no property at all! And you,” you redirected your not so amused rant to Sirius who stood there innocently holding your son against his chest, “no motorcycles! He’s not even one yet. Buy him something reasonable like felt blocks or a pacifier.” 

“… so a golden paci…”

“You know what, im done. Im done. This is insane,” you stated as your turned away from them both and headed back to your pumping station. There was no reasoning with them when it came to spoiling your child with things he didn’t need or couldn’t even use yet. And while you secretly thought it was sweet, both your husband and his brother tended to go WAY overboard and turn things into a competition. Which was something you didn’t wanna have to deal with again. 

“alors quelle maison veux-tu acheter,” Sirius asked Regulus who gave him a full blown Cheshire grin.

“je n'aurais jamais pensé que tu demanderais. Nous allons devoir t'apprendre le français,” Regulus replied, directing the last sentence to Polaris who cooed at both of them cluelessly. As far as the little babe was concerned this was the best day ever as almost all his favorite people were in one place. What they were happily talking about he didn’t know, but he was just glad to be there and that’s all that mattered.

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All That We Shared. [Excerpt from my marauders era Sirius X OC fic]

They all jumped down after Remus, the trapdoor closing behind them with a creak and a thud, leaving them in temporary darkness until one by one they lit up their wands with the simple charm, 'Lumos.' "Who do you think made this?" Peter waved his wand, gesturing at the walls. "No idea. And leading right into Honeydukes? That's asking for trouble." "Well judging by the looks of it," James poked at a cobweb with his wand-immediately regretting it and wiping it hastily on his trousers. "Eurgh-No one's been down here in ages." He finally continued.  "It was probably a previous student. Someone who started working at Honeydukes?" Lily proposed. "What's the motive for that?" Remus called out from the front. "Motive? Like this is some murder?" Sirius chided. "Can we perhaps not talk about murder right now." Peter squeaked.

Eventually the long passage came to an end, with another trapdoor now above their heads.  When they made it through, lifting and pushing each other, they found themselves in what was evidently Honeydukes' storage room. Chocolate frogs, fudge flies, bottled butterbeer, exploding bon bons and everything else you could possibly imagine lined the walls from floor to ceiling, all illuminated by a single golden light bulb. It was as if the room had been put there, set up conveniently and oh so beautifully all for them. "Holy shit." "Fudge flies?" Lily eyed the orange and purple packet suspiciously. "Oh they're fine," Peter reached for one from the shelf. "What you have to have to careful about are the cockroach clusters." "The...What?" "Ugh" Remus seemed to be struck by a very unpleasant memory at the mention of cockroach clusters and he reached for a small bag of sherbet as if to soothe himself. "On the train ride, first day here. Some little bugger offered me some-" "And being the greedy gut you are you took them without a second thought." Peter teased, promptly dodging a swift slap to the back of the head. "Shut up. They looked like chocolate and peanuts." "What!?" Lily had been growing increasingly horrified by the minute. "They fed you cockroaches. I think I'm going to be sick." "I know what'll make you feel better." James searched the walls for a moment, before settling his eyes on bright pink plastic. Fizzing Whizzbees.  "James if you think after that story that I'm going to-" "Trust me Evans." Laurie was watching the interaction gleefully, taking the fudge fly Peter offered her without taking her eyes of Lily, who shot her a quick look, begging for help. Laurie nodded encouragingly. And slowly, Lily took the small, bright pink ball from James' palm. And before popping it in her mouth she glanced up at the ceiling as if in prayer.

"Oh! This is nice, it tastes like strawberr- ohmygod-" Lily had begun levitating. Only a few feet from the ground but levitating nonetheless. "James put me down!" She was looking at the ground frantically, kicking her feet. "I'm not doing anything!" He held up his hands nonchalantly but Lily just squealed, this time kicking in his direction. "Hey!" James held up a fizzing whizzbee, raising his eyebrows pointedly as he placed it on his tongue. "They're brilliant!" Soon enough James was up in the air with Lily, and her nerves subsided. "This is fun!"

[silverdoe]

if you'd like, I have just updated my almost-abandoned-but-not-quite Sirius Black/OC fic I started writing almost 3 years ago now, and stopped updating 2 years ago. the muse came back and she's here to stay! I think!

[choctawhyena]

Here’s To Us

A/N: Here is a little fanfic I wrote including my character Regina Holdestone. I truly hope that you all enjoy it as it’s a quick little Drabble. I may write more soon, or even add some stories from Regina’s years before and after Hogwarts.

Warnings: Mentions of drinking. This is a Sirius x OFC

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The group was gathered around the table in the inn. They were all holding their glasses high.

“To making it through our final year, by the skin of our teeth!” James proudly exclaimed holding the glass of Pure Malt Whisky and the others gently clinked their own glasses against each other’s.

Lily lowered her Nettle Wine to her lips and smirked in James’s lap. “Speak for yourself.” She teased to the amusement of everyone at the table.

“Yes Potter, it’s quite odd that some of us barely passed their transfiguration exam, perhaps you’d like to explain why that is?” The blonde in Sirius’s lap named Regina questions sipping her own glass of wine.

“It was a bloody difficult exam and you know it, right Moony?” Sirius asked turning to his friend with a look that said ‘help us out will you,’ however Remus simply shook his head.

“Actually I got an O on my exam.” Remus said grinning placing his drink on the table. “As did Lily and Reggie. Perhaps if you two had spent a bit more time studying for that instead of horsing around you would have gotten better than an A.”

There was chuckling at the table as the two dark haired men in question simply looked away from those laughing at them.

“However it happened, we all graduated!” Reggie grinned and looked to Peter. “Why the sour face, Petes?” The woman asked placing a hand on Peter’s shoulder.

“It’s a bit scary isn’t it, everything going on lately, and now we’re out of Hogwarts. What if something happens to the lot of us?” Peter said in his timid way. He looked to all of his friends worrying for their and his own well-being.

“Now isn’t the time to worry about it, Wormtail, we’re celebrating tonight, we can worry about that all tomorrow, or next week if I’m really honest.” His arm did however wrap tighter around the woman in his lap.

“However it comes, Petes, we have celebrating to do and it’s time to loosen up. Tonight nothing can happen to us. We have just graduated and the world is at our fingertips.” Reggie squeezed Peter’s shoulder and gave him one of her reassuring smiles letting him know everything would be alright.

“Speaking of celebrating, where is Ralphie, Reggie? Wasn’t he supposed to join us for some fun tonight?” James asked while placing his empty glass on the table. The blonde rolled her eyes.

“He’s already gone off to Norway to visit my grandparents for the next two weeks. He took McKenna right after graduation in order to introduce her to Bestemor, the old witch is likely to have an aneurysm given her favorite grandchildren have decided to stay here and fight whatever’s coming.” Reggie looked at Sirius. “Best behavior when we go next week.”

“Have I anything other than best behavior?” The grey eyed man asked with a smirk.

“Pads has the most exemplary behavior I have ever seen from a man.” James said quick to have his best mates back.

“Enough of this talk of plans for the future, let’s just enjoy the time we are having right now, shall we?” Remus asked raising his hand to order another round of drinks.

“You read my mind, Moony.” James grinned and took out a pocket of galleons. “Let’s drink until we’re bent over the table, lads.”

There was a large cheer from the group just as their drinks levitated over everyone grabbing one and cheering.

“Here’s to us!” They all chanted as they sipped their drinks, unaware of the figure who stood outside the window watching them all enjoy themselves. The jealousy radiating off of the figure was immense, but couldn’t hold a candle to those who sat inside and their pure joyfulness.

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wonderful commission I made for @lexithwrites ♡

[adharastarlight]

The Marauders on a road trip:

Sirius driving at 90

James: slow down, mate

Sirius speeds up

Reg: slow down.

Sirius ignores him

Remus: Slow. Down.

Sirius immediately slows down to 50

[wingedhallows]

i got my eye on you - two; marauders

pairing: marauders (sirius black x reader) | 4.2k words plot: albus reaches out to you to keep the marauders save, to not have them die, so you join them in their seventh year. authors note: I've been on a roll while writing this, i hope you like it as much as i do :) leave a comment if you want to be added to the taglist :)

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„Suki has retrieved the cigarettes, Miss Y/N.“ The giddy creature smiled your way and you took the pack with a smile on your face.

„Thank you a lot, Suki.“ You patted her head and she nodded at you.

„Take a cookie, as a reward.“ She smiled back at you, hands clasped in front of her stomach.

„Thank you, Miss. Suki is happy to help herself to a tasty cookie, you‘re too kind, Miss.“

You swatted your hand and pushed a stick between your lips, with a swift move Suki held a lighter for you to take. „Thanks.“ She waved you goodbye and vanished with a kiss she blew your way.

„She delivers cigarettes to you? Kreacher only ever hissed at me.“ You turned around to catch a sight of the approaching boy. You nodded and held the pack out for him.

„It‘s all I make her do.“ You paused to light his cigarette. “My parents sent her to me in my third year of school, as a present.” He huffed some smoke and nodded.

“There’s not really any need for an elf but she’s been with me through thick and thin, so she keeps the house clean and I send for her once in a while.” You took another drag of the cigarette.

“Keeps her happy, I think.” 

Sirius sat himself down on the stone bench next to the both of you and without a word you joined him.

“There was something I wanted to talk to you about.” He started, cigarette between his plump lips once more. Your shoulders connected as you crossed your legs, the dim light illuminated his face just the right amount.

“Sounds serious, no pun intended.” He chuckled before he brought the can of soda he had brought with himself to his lips. After his swig, he held it out for you and you took it without hesitation.

“Nothing serious, I swear.” He paused. “Pun intended.” He now faced you, his legs connected with yours as he watched you.

“Our match is tomorrow, Gryffindor against Hufflepuff.” You nodded and took another sip before you placed the can between you both.

“Of course I'll be there to cheer for you.” He smiled and took another drag from his cigarette.

“Afterwards there’ll be a party, to celebrate our win.” It was your turn to chuckle, you turned towards him, your leg rested on the bench, awfully close to his.

“You don’t know that yet.” He only shook his head, a smile on his face.

“It’s Hufflepuff, they have three second years on the team, plus, they’ve never been the best, come on.” You nodded and placed a hand on his knee.

“Of course, when you say so.” You cooed before you brushed his chin with your finger in a playful manner. His head lowered with a snicker. “Come to the party.” He said. Your eyes found his before you took another drag from your cigarette. You moved your head closer, awfully close before you blew the smoke in his face.

“No.” You whispered back. His head fell back with a dramatic sigh. “What do you mean, no?” You shook your head and took another sip of his soda. “I mean, I'm way too old for a house party full of drunk hormonal teens.” 

“Too old? Why do you make it sound like you’re fifty?” He rested his arm on the backrest of the bench before he took another drag. “You’re twentyfour for godric’s sake.” You nodded and threw the done cigarette on the ground.

“That means I’ve had my fair share of parties, I’m good, thanks.”

He nudged your shoulder with a pout on his lips.

“Come on, you haven’t had one like ours. It’ll be fun, I swear.” You took another sip of his soda, can in hand. “You’re like so cool, how can I celebrate a win without you?” He pouted, his done cigarette now on the ground.

“You can’t handle me at one of your parties, sweetheart.” You spoke, head tilted.

His eyebrows raised. “Is that a challenge?” You smirked at him. “It’s a promise.” He smirked back at you and nodded his head. You lifted yourself off the bench.

“So, you’ll come?” He stood in front of you, frame towering over yours. Your hands found his tie, his shirt, which you playfully fixed. 

“Bring me a trophy first.”

With hooded eyes he looked down on you, cheeks flushed as you tapped his cheek gently. “Yes m’am.”

You nodded with a small smile on your face. “Good boy.” You whispered back. He huffed a breath before you retreated.

“Fuckin’ hell.” He whispered more to himself as he watched you leave.

Breakfast the next morning was normal, the kids were cheerful. James and Sirius gloated their Quidditch uniforms like the buffoons they were. Sirius threw an arm over your shoulder with a wide smile on his face.

“Morning, love.” He spoke, his other hand grabbed for your cup. “Morning.” You responded before you shoved a piece of biscuit into your mouth.

“You’re in good spirits, I see.” You chuckled as James placed his gloves down. He nodded, taking a sip from his cup. “Of course, we’ve got nothing to worry about.” He said with a smile on his face. 

“You’ll join us in the stands, right?” Lily spoke as she placed her cup down on the wooden table. You gave her a nod, a cigarette between your lips now.

“Since Sirius asked me really nicely.” You lit the stick with a tap of your finger and blew the smoke with a grin on your face. 

“He asked nicely?” Marlene threw in. You lifted yourself off the bench, eager to make it to the lavatory on time. One hand on his shoulder, the other grasped the hair on the back of his head. You pulled his head back slightly as you threw Marlene a smirk. 

“On his knees and all.” You chuckled and walked off. His friends just stared in disbelief.  “Did not!” He yelled after you.

The stands were packed and loud. Lily sat to your right and Remus to your left. You had pushed your sunglasses up to hold your hair back, there was no need for them anyways.

The audience broke out in cheers as the teams made their way onto the field. Without much talking the teams mounted their brooms and shot up into the air.

The game started tame, both teams seemed relaxed. Relaxed enough for Sirius to hover by the Gryffindor stand and throw you a wink.

Your eyes wandered to the Slytherin stand over and over again. You hadn’t missed the way the Slytherin’s would eye the two marauders, the constant prank war between them and the fact that Severus Snape and his dear little friends were loyal dogs to one dark wizard in particular.

Snape seemed agitated by James’ taunting, his fists clenched as he watched Sirius stick his tongue out.

“What is it?” Remus spoke next to you, but you didn’t take your eyes off Snape. His face had grown crimson, his wand clasped tightly in his hand. You pushed yourself farther to the edge of your seat.

Just as Sirius slumped over on his broom with laughter, Nott mumbled something into Snapes ear. With joined forces they mumbled something, to not make it obvious, you thought.

Sirius’ broom seemed to suddenly have developed a mind of its own as it went rampage, trying to throw him off. His hand slipped and the broom took off without him.

His red ropes swooshed in the wind as he fell. Without much thought you jumped out of your seat, placed your feet on the railing and jumped off. You grabbed onto Sirius ropes and engulfed him in a bone crushing hug as you recited a spell, almost inaudible.

The earth beneath you seemed to become mushy, like rubber and your bodies didn’t crack into million little pieces but it had cushioned your fall like a trampoline.

You scrambled to your knees as the spell wore off and found Sirius huffing coughs next to you.

“Sirius, god, are you alright?” Your hands patted down his body to check for any kind of injury. “Are you hurt?” His hand found your arm, to stop you.

“I’m fine, love.” He cracked a smile and lifted his upper body to push a hand through his hair. “Thanks to you.” You nodded and brushed some dirt off his cheek.

“I’m glad you’re alright.” You whispered as you heard the incoming footsteps. You pushed a quick peck to his forehead and lifted yourself off the ground.

“Y/N-” He was cut off by the mass of people who checked for his well being. Without another chance to arouse your attention he watched you aparate away, you had someone to visit.

The corridor was dimly lit, cold. Your wand was twirling around between your fingertips as you waited for them to show up. The handy dandy map Sirius had showed you a few days ago folded to show you exactly where those worms lingered around.

Severus Snape’s tiny footsteps wandered just the way you wanted it to. Sirius and his friends have been pacing around in their dorms, probably distraught about your disappearance.

You were glad Sirius was fine, to fail your job after mere weeks would’ve wrecked your reputation and your weak besotted heart.

Their voices reached your ears. The map disappeared into your pocket as you gripped your wand tightly, a hand through your hair as you pushed yourself off the brick wall.

“What?” One of them spoke, voice quiet as Snape raised his hand, for him to shut up. You waved your fingers and reached for the handle of the empty classroom.

Without a word you waved your wand in the direction of the room. Severus gave you a snarl and followed you suit. His three friends followed him but didn’t miss out on eyeing you from head to toe.

With a quick movement from your hand the candles came to life, illuminating the classroom. With your wand you laced a concealment charm on the bricks around you, no noise would be able to be heard.

“What is the meaning of this?” You sat yourself down on a table while the four of them kept standing in front of the blackboard. Their hands held their wands tight, ready for an attack.

You had to chuckle, your pack of cigarettes already in your hands. As you pushed a stick between your lips and lit it with the tip of your finger, they tensed.

“You’re smart, Snape. I’m sure you know what the meaning of this is.” You blew some smoke in their direction as you tucked your wand into your pocket.

“I don’t kn-”Don’t lie to me.” You paused to take a drag. “I saw you, you four, today.” Snape slightly raised his wand, face tense as one of his buddies spat.

“You don’t know anything, you filthy mudblood!” Your face contorted into an unamused frown as you blew some more smoke.

“Very original, but I’m the furthest thing from a mudblood, dear.” You took another drag.

“The thing is, you tried to hurt Sirius Black, who stands under my protection.” Snape raised his wand, chin held high.

“No harm in that, he’s a filthy blood traitor, he is!” Snape spoke, voice confident.

“Wrong again.” You flicked the cigarette butt to their feet to which they flinched just the tiniest bit.

“I’m not here to play around with little cockroaches like you four, so you better leave them alone from now on or I'll have your head, alright?”

“You wouldn’t dare, we are more powerful-” He was cut off by your loud laugh, your head fell back as you wiped a non existing tear.

“Oh, how I love false confidence, it’s truly amusing.” You walked to them, Severus’ collar now in your hand as you got awfully close.

“You mean the power, Voldemort promises you?” He gulped as his eyes grew to slits.

“Let me tell you something, You’re nothing more than some rats who lavish in the thought of possessing as much power as he does, though I believe the man to be nothing more than a joke.” You paused to not to so gently pat his cheek.

“So keep that ego down as long as you’re as weak as the first years, you’re embarrassingly foolish and honestly a little bit annoying.” You let go of the angry young man and took a step back.

“Don’t make me angry again, for your own good.” You gave them a wink and turned to grab your pack of cigarettes as out of the corner of your eye you saw an object flying towards you.

Too slow to fend it off with magic it flew straight for your head. With a sharp pain it hit your forehead. With a hiss you raised your hand, ready to recite a curse. You caught yourself as you decided on something less physical harming.

Suddenly all the hair on their heads swayed to the ground. Your balance was off but you managed to eye them down.

“You know, as much as I love inflicting pain there’s something way better.” You held yourself on the table behind you, the boys furious and petrified as they looked at each other.

"Humiliation."

You almost whispered as a pained smile formed on your lips. “I’ll rid you of this well deserved punishment only when you apologize to Sirius Black in front of the whole school during breakfast.”

You took a few steps forward before you raised your hand and slapped Severus Snape across the cheek. “That’s for throwing something at me.’”

Before they could say anything else you aparted away, in front of the entrance to the Gryffindor dorms. The hot blood which seeped from your wound made its way past your eye and you had to squint out of instinct. The portrait opened without demanding a password from you, Dumbledore had made sure of that.

The dorm was still dimly lit as you heard shuffling and voices, which belonged to the teens you were assigned to. You walked forward, your head pounding before you grabbed your pack and pushed a cigarette between your lips.

“Y/N!” Lily almost yelled before Marlene hushed her.

“Isn’t there supposed to be a party?” You threw in before you lit the stick.

“Where the fuck were you?” Sirius threw in, his hands reaching for your elbows before he eyed your head, his eyes grew uncomfortably cold.

“Who did this to you?”

He spoke, eyes almost dark. You shook your head and just took another drag from your cigarette.

“I’m fine.” You said to him but he huffed a breath, frustrated. He guided you to the couch as James made space for you.

“Where were you?” Remus tried and you blew some smoke as you eyed the fire. Sirius urged Peter for a tissue and he started wiping the blood off your face, you let him.

“I met with some snakes.” You answered and Lily gasped as she leaned forward.

“You met Severus?” You had to smirk, another drag off the cigarette filled your lungs. Smart little witch.

“I seeked the little shits out.” Sirius was the one to frown now as he looked at you. “Why would you do that?” You held his hand, stopped him from wiping your skin off.

“I’m supposed to keep you safe, can’t have some Slytherin shitheads believe it’s alright to throw you off your broom on my watch.” 

James and Marlene had to stifle a laugh as Sirius didn’t budge. “Getting hurt for us is stupid though.” He said and you pushed yourself off the couch before you let the cigarette butt vanish in your palm.

“That’s literally my job, Sirius.” He stood as well, hands clasped in fists as he stared at you. “I’ve dealt with worse.” You walked up to him and planted a hand on his chest as you pushed some hair away from your face.

“Stop sulking, big boy, and get ready for your party.” His face was still in a frown. You grabbed his collar and yanked him down. “I said, stop sulking.” You petted his cheek and aparated to your room, desperately.

You had to steady yourself on the edge of your sink, the pounding in your head only growing worse. With a quick movement of your hand the wound disappeared and Suki appeared.

“Miss Y/N, the painkillers, Suki has them here.” You turned around and slumped down on your bed.

“Lay down with me Suki, please.” Suki didn’t hesitate and laid herself down with you. Her hand still held onto the pill which you took and swallowed without another thought. Her big ears flopped on her face as she watched you with big eyes.

“Suki urges Miss to be careful, don’t want Miss to get hurt again.” You laid a hand on her face and a small smile on your face.

“Thank you, for worrying about me, Suki.” She laid her small hand on yours as she gave you a toothy smile. “Always, Miss Y/N.” 

You opened your arms and without a word having to be said she scrambled into them and there you laid, tangled in a hug, just like you had all those years ago. Hugging Suki while being a student helped and it still did. 

She was more than a house elf, she was your friend.

Suki helped you pick out the outfit for tonight and you were satisfied as you finished up your makeup.

“Miss looks dashing.” You smiled at her and stroked her cheek lovingly.

“Be sure to treat yourself big time tonight, you helped me a lot, Suki.” She clasped her hands like a child and gave you a sheepish smile.

“Suki lives to serve Miss, Suki is happy she was of help.” You sprayed some perfume on yourself and gave her a big smile.

“You’re always of help to me, what would I do without you, Suki?” She rubbed your leg with a smile on her face and left with a poof.

You grabbed the bottle of alcohol, Suki had left behind and you made your way to the Gryffindor dorm. The noise thumbed through the halls and you were surprised that no teachers interfered with the ongoing celebration.

The portrait opened and you stepped inside, instantly greeted with heat, the smell of sweat, perfume and surprisingly, weed. People from all houses, except Slytherin, were present.

After a few more minutes of searching you found one of the Gryffindor boys, Peter. You greeted him with a hug and pushed the bottle of Bacardi into his hand.

He thanked you and placed it on the table next to you, where all the booze was sitting. He grabbed your hand and led you to his friends, who sat on the big couch, again. They were dressed nicer but still sat there like they did when you left.

“Who died?” You laughed before pushing a stick between your lips. Sirius’ friends looked at you, faces hopeful while he still sat, pouting. With a cock of your head you signaled the lot  to take off and have fun, you’d take care of Sirius.

James jumped off the couch first and engulfed you in a hug. “You’re a gem, Y/N.” You patted his arm.

“I brought some Bacardi.” He smiled at you and threw his arm over Remus’ shoulder. “She brought booze, too good for us.” He laughed before he squeezed your arm and took off.

You popped down next to Sirius who didn’t say a thing.

“What’s wrong with you, party pooper?” He eyed you and huffed like a child.

“I'm not talking to you.” He spat, arms crossed. You grinned at him.

“You are tough.” He frowned and turned his back towards you. You shook your head and turned around.

A kid behind you rolled himself a joint, you turned towards him and brushed some hair behind your ear. You took two cigarettes from your pack and held them out for him to take and with a shy smile on your face you held out your other hand.

With a grin he placed his joint in your hand and took the two cigarettes. You sent him a wink and mouthed a thank you. He nodded at you and gave you a smile.

You placed the joint between your lips and lit it, taking a drag. It has been a while, so you savored the hit.

You grabbed Sirius neck and pulled him back, he rested on your chest as you placed the stick in front of his lips. Without much thought he took a drag and closed his eyes. You brushed his cheek as you whispered in his ear.

“Relax, you’re being annoying.”

He turned around and gave you a shocked expression. You urged him to take another drag before he could say anything.

“I’m fine, so please, stop being like this.”

He didn’t answer but took the joint from your hand. A few moments later he pushed his arm over your shoulder and pulled you close. 

You took a drag as he held his hand out and he did as well.

“You scared me.” He said, his fingers played with your hair. “I know.” He paused.

“I was so worried.” He said and you answered. “I know.” He let go and looked at you.

“You can’t just disappear like that.” “Okay.” His hand found yours as he let you take another drag.

“You can’t get hurt on my behalf, I don’t care if it’s your job.” He said, face serious.

“Alright.” He didn’t say anymore and took the final drag. You stood and pulled him with you.

“How about some booze?” He nodded and followed you, finger intertwined. He towered over you as you pushed a cup of alcohol in his hands, which he drank without complaining.

You dragged him along and started dancing. Fame by David Bowie seemed like the perfect song to dance to right now, so you took a sip of your drink and started to dance, he followed with a smile on his face.

He bent down and threw his hand over your chest, your back to his front and fingers intertwined as you swayed along to the music. The world seemed to slow around you and the only thing that existed were Sirius, You and the music.

You turned around and downed your drink, discarding the cup on a table nearby. He did the same and threw his hands over your shoulders, his face in a big smile.

The fifth song or so stopped and you pulled apart. Sirius excused himself to use the loo and you took that as your cue to flee to the balcony. You desperately needed some fresh air.

You lit yourself a cigarette and slumped over the railing.

“Y/N, the moodmaker.” You heard next to you as Remus came into sight. His lips in a smile as he took a drag of his own cigarette. “You smoke?” He nodded, obviously intoxicated.

“I like you, Y/N.” He spoke as he took another drag from his cigarette. You smiled and spoke. “I like you too, Remus.” He gave you a smile, his arm now around your shoulders.

“You’re good for him.” You didn’t answer.

“He’s absolutely besotted, actually.” You had to laugh and turn towards him. “We were all pretty worried about you.” He confessed as he took a sip from a cup.

“Think about us the next time, will ‘ya?” You gave him a nod and patted the back of his head in a kind manner. He gave you a smile and flicked the cigarette butt off the balcony.

“You look beautiful, Y/N.” He stroked your cheek gently and left you alone. His wonky figure retreated inside, his steps swaying.

You loved these kids, more than you would like to admit. Remus was an absolute sweetheart, drunk or not.

“Here you are.”

Sirius's inebriated form came towards you, drink in hand. “How nice of you to bring booze.” He managed before he took your hand in his. “James told.” He said, brushing a hand through his hair.

“I see.” You held the cigarette out for him, he took a drag and gave you a smile.

“You’re so pretty.”

He said, taking a swig of his drink, holding it out for you shortly after. You took a sip and gave him a smile as well. “Thank you, Sirius.” 

He brushed some hair behind your ear and held your hand with the other. Slowly but surely he came closer, your noses now inches apart. You could feel his breath on your face.

“Sirius, Y/N!” You pulled apart as Lily stumbled onto the balcony, face distraught.

You stepped in front of Sirius, hands still intertwined.

“It’s Remus.”

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[howlyourmelancholy]

With a Wonder and a Wild Desire

summary: and try as she might not to fall into his eyes, she fell into the depths of them as though she were falling from the sky, tumbling through stars and galaxies until there was only him and her.

pairing: young!sirius x ofc (Emalia)

warnings: oral (fem & male receiving). heavy making-out, it's safe to assume if they're not moaning or talking, they're kissing. hints or hairpulling, dacryphilia, and biting. light spanking. little bit of dirty talk. tiny praise kink if you squint.

words: 7k

a/n: emalia is my own original character. please keep in mind these characters are portrayed at sixteen years old, the age of consent in my country. this would be set after like a virgin. i hope you enjoy.

The sun was barely starting to rise when the two of them woke the next morning. Pretty shades of purple and pink stained the awakening sky, and a ray of morning light shone through the opened curtains of her room. Emalia was quiet, even awkward.

It wasn’t that she regretted what they’d done; she felt quite the opposite. There was a dull ache that had settled in her pelvis and spread out through her hips and down her thighs. Her skin was still, hours later, goosepimpled with the feeling of his fingers holding her oh so tight and his tongue licking wet stripes here, there and everywhere.

She was happy, but she also felt different, and she assumed Sirius did as well.

The two of them having sex changed the entire dynamic of their friendship, and Emalia wasn’t certain where they went from here. So she sat on the stool in front of the vanity, towel drying her long, raven-black hair, watching him as though he were the most fascinating individual in the world, and to her he was.

His hair was still damp, hanging around his face like endless blackness in a starless sky. She caught a glimpse of the bruise along his neck where she had gotten carried away and blushed, remembering the taste of his skin as she had licked and sucked on it. She watched his fingers as he laced his boots, the silver rings contrasting with the colour of his skin. Emalia had never realised how erotic tying one's shoes could be until she found herself worrying her lower lip with her teeth.

She remembered the feeling of his hands on her body, how strong they felt, and the chill of his rings as he grabbed her hips, her thighs, and her breasts. She remembered the sting of his teeth biting into her neck again and again as she moaned and writhed beneath him. She remembered how he’d built the pressure in her core up and up until the dam broke and he released the storm that rolled through her veins.

Her thoughts paused.

The sting of his teeth biting into her neck.

Her head snapped towards the mirror. Her brows drew together as she craned her neck to get a better look. There was a trail of love bites along her collarbones. The imprint of his teeth was evident in the purpling bruise at the junction of her neck and shoulder. And there, on the side of her neck, was a big hickey that was going to be impossible to hide.

Emalia gasped, making his gaze jump to her.

"You dog!" She shouted, embarrassed, and threw the towel at him. Sirius caught it easily, tossing it onto the bed without breaking eye contact.

"What?"

"Look at me." She spun around to face him, her eyes wide and a hand clutching loosely at her throat, partially hiding the marks he’d left. A smirk split his face when he saw them, and she had to fight the urge to smack that smug expression right off his face. "I look like I’ve been attacked! You’re practically a vampire!"

Sirius chortled as he stood and moved towards her with a casual swagger that made her core clench with sudden and desperate desire. And then his hand replaced hers. His fingers curled loosely around her throat, the rough pad of his thumb stroking the bruise along the side of it with tender affection.

"I think they look good on you." He looked at her with dark eyes. "Like you’ve been thoroughly fucked and satisfied."

He forced her to look at him, holding her gaze with his own stormy hues when she tried to look away in embarrassment, her cheek flushing a pretty pale pink. And try as she might not to fall into his eyes, she fell into the depths of them as though she were falling from the sky, tumbling through stars and galaxies until there was only him and her.

His lips caught her before she could hit the ground.

Sirius kissed her soundly, without urgency. He flew through the sky with her; he felt the clouds against his skin, the sun shining on his face, and stars bursting to life in his veins. And then he was drawing away for a much-needed breath. Emalia blinked slowly to bring him into focus and to shake the haze of desire he’d invoked with something so simple as a kiss.

She held his wrist with shaking fingers, her face turned up towards him as he leant over her like some Grecian statue, perfect and marvellous. A whine tumbled past her lips; her thighs pressed tightly together to stifle the growing dampness. Her face burned beneath the intensity of his stare. "If you keep looking at me like that, I think I might die, Sirius."

Her lips moved against his as she spoke, and he felt compelled to kiss her again. His fingers stroked along the skin of her neck, feeling where it was warm to the touch, marked with the imprint of his teeth, before he buried his fingers into her hair. With the opposite hand, he stabilised himself by gripping the edge of the vanity, leaning closer and closer until her face was tipped sky-high to meet the demand of his mouth.

"And if you keep looking at me like that, Emalia," he said in a low voice, with a seriousness that made her shiver. His fingers tightened around her hair as he fought the urge to take her again then and there. "I might not leave." His words were soft—half a beautiful promise and a terrible threat—and she couldn’t decide which excited her more as she kissed him again.

Somehow she found herself on her bed again with him between her legs.

The two of them were clothed this time, though he’d worked her skirt up and bunched it at her waist so that he could shove a hand between their bodies and inside her knickers. The glide of his lips was rough, but it was his fingers drawing tight circles against her clit that had her lips parting in a moan and her hips bucking. Sirius clearly didn't need to breathe because his lips found her neck and his teeth found the already bruised flesh to suck and bite, deepening the colour of the mark that already embarrassed her.

Emalia whimpered; the sound was tinged with a pleasurable-pain as she pulled roughly on his hair, forcing him to let go with an obscene pop. One of his hands held her waist, his fingers hot and his rings cold, a whiplash of temperature that made moisture pool at her core and coat his fingers. "Sirius," she said his name in a breathless moan as her head tipped back, pleasure starting to build.

"I should go." His words were halfhearted as he circled her clenching hole, earning himself a mewling cry as she shuddered beneath him, trapped in the spell he weaved. Emalia clutched at him, gripping wildly at his wrist to stop him from pulling away as she rolled her hips to grind against his fingers after he pushed them inside. When she looked at him next, her eyes were blown wide, her thighs trembling— already so close to orgasm.

"W-why?" She gasped as he pumped his fingers in and out of her tight heat, feeling her walls start to flutter around them, the wet schlick a prelude to what was teetering on the horizon. He kept his pace slow, holding her at the edge. He found her neck again, despite the vice-like grip she held on his hair. Sirius sucked a new mark onto her skin, making her body jolt beneath him. The pleasure was starting to become too much. He licked a wet stripe up to her ear, where he nibbled at her earlobe.

"Because if I don't, we’re never going to leave this bed."

She made this little sound when he scissored his fingers inside her walls, her thighs squeezing his hips, her heels pressing hard into the mattress for purchase. She whimpered, her lips ripping into a little pout, before he kissed the expression away as she came for him. Every one of her muscles rippled, her body convulsed, and a white-static sound overcame her, placing itself behind her eyes as she threw her head back.

“Oh, oh, there, Sirius, f-fuck, don’t stop!”

Emalia sagged against the mattress; her bones turned to jelly, and her chest heaving with heavy pants. And he kissed her until, by the divine intervention of some cosmic force, he managed to separate from her long enough to make it to the front door. After goodbyes had been said, as he was stepping down the porch steps, she caught his wrist, whirling him around to face her once more.

And she kissed him so deeply that he thought he saw heaven.

The booming base of some muggle rock song was blaring from the speakers. Sirius could feel the beat of the bass guitar reverberating in his chest, his fingers tapping the beer can in his hand almost absentmindedly. His stormy eyes were narrowed, and his brows were pinched together as he watched the makeshift dancefloor across the room.

Emalia was there with Lily, dancing with Marlene and Docus, seemingly without a care in the world. He'd swear that someone was sitting on his chest because of how hard it was to breathe. The two of them had hung out with the group over the past few weeks, never alone, and while she was always her sweet, sassy self, things had been different.

Not bad, not worse, just different.

Each time he spoke to her, she seemed to be off with the fairies, soft-spoken and avoiding his gaze, entirely unlike herself. It was almost as though she were a shy, bumbling preteen again. He’d maybe have teased her about it if he wasn’t so… concerned? Worried? Frightened? He wasn't even sure what he was feeling.

But right now? Watching her across the room—the way her tight red dress was riding high on her thighs, how she laughed, how her arms were wrapped around Lily's neck, holding her close so that their bodies mashed together while they swung their hips and tossed their hair—he was completely distracted. Sirius held onto the memories of her: how her nails left little crescent moons on his shoulders; how her pussy felt wrapped so tightly around his cock; how she’d kissed him more than any girl ever had.

"Pads?"

They’d fallen asleep in her bed while kissing, arms wrapped around each other. And in the morning, he’d had her again, woken her with a kiss, and then trailed them down her stomach to the wetness between her thighs. She’d cum twice that morning, both times crying out his name as her thighs quivered around his waist. And when he finally left, she’d kissed him at the door, a hand fisted in his—

"Sirius!"

He jumped, startled from his thoughts, and his head whipped around to stare at James. "What?"

"You’ve been staring at them for, like, an hour, everything alright, mate?"

There was a hint of worry in James’ voice that had his gaze flicking back towards the girls. None of them seemed to have noticed his staring, though he was certain that more than once Emalia had sent a sweet little smile over her shoulder to him, a come-hither stare that was a far cry from sweet or innocent. He’d assumed she’d spoken to Lily about losing her virginity; he knew that it was important to her, as she’d said before in the past that she didn’t want to give it to just anyone.

He knew that had been a bone of contention with her last boyfriend. Sirius had overheard him one day talking about her; his words were vulgar and filled with all the licentious things he wanted to do to her, right up until the moment Sirius punched him square in the mouth. Just the thought of that git annoyed him. He assumed the redhead would have then told James about it.

Except as he looked at the girls once more, he thought otherwise. If Emalia had told Lily, and if Lily had told James, he'd have heard about it long before now. James had never been good at keeping secrets. "Nah, mate, nothing's wrong."

Sirius knew none of the trio were particularly stupid; if they were, none of them would be passing their classes. So when he met Remus' narrowed, speculating stare, he swallowed a mouthful of beer to keep from blurting out the truth.

It was a mess.

Emalia and Remus were good friends. Sirius and Remus were good friends. And then he and Emalia had started to grow closer, and he knew that some times Remus felt left out, and a little possessive. Emalia had been his friend first, after all, and neither of them wanted to hurt him.

"They just look like they're having fun, that's all."

"They also look completely drunk," James added with a laugh.

Thankfully, the boys left it at that and returned to their drinks.

Almost an hour later, the girls were still on the dance floor. Emalia had intended to move to the kitchen for another drink and to take a well-needed break to rest her aching feet, but then Lily dragged James to the dancefloor, and it was only natural that the other boys would join them, albeit reluctantly.

Sirius was behind her now. The moment was dangerously intimate. His mouth was at the nape of her neck, and an unmistakable heat was swelling in his chest as she swayed against him. He pressed a hand against her stomach to pull her tighter against him, the fingertips of the other hand biting into her hip to try and slow the movement of her hips.

Emalia leant her head back against his shoulder to stare up at him, her eyes shining with a myriad of emotions and desires, glassy from the drinks she'd had. Sirius might have thought the look on her face was innocent if she wasn't grinding her ass against him like she was purposely trying to get him hard.

He felt the drag of fabric against his aching cock with each sway. The first time she’d done it, he assumed it had been an accident. The second time he'd tucked them away at the back of the dance floor, where others wouldn't see them.

"You're killing me, sweet girl," he breathed against her temple, his expression hard as he tried to will his cock to soften. Emalia laughed, the sound teasing as she laid a hand over his, her nails teasing at the flesh of his wrist as she pressed harder against him, earning a groan as he hid his face against her neck.

She could feel the metal studs of his belt and dangling chains through the barrier of their clothing, could feel his cock straining through his black denim jeans, and wanted desperately to be naked with him again.

She smiled up at him. Sirius returned her smile, though it didn’t quite reach his stormy eyes. "Are we okay, Ema?" He asked quietly so that only she would hear the words. The smile dropped from her mouth and was replaced with something else.

"Are we not okay?"

He didn’t answer, causing her heart to kick into overdrive. Emalia turned in his arms and faced him. She stared up at him with those pretty blue eyes, so full of worry, and he wanted nothing more than to kiss her.

"Sirius, what’s wrong?"

"Nothings wrong. It's just that I've noticed that things have been different between us. You've been distant. I'm hoping it's not because we, well, had sex."

"Oh, no, no, it’s not like that," she answered quickly, ducking her head so he wouldn’t see the blush creeping up her neck and into her face or the look in her eyes. It wasn’t that she regretted things—certainly not what they’d done or how it had ended the morning after.

Rather, Emalia wanted it again; she wanted him again, and her emotions were intense and confusing. Until a few months ago, she’d never thought of him like this—of course, she’d always thought he was good-looking and charismatic. She’d even touched herself from time to time, imagining it was him, but he was Sirius.

He was the boy she’d known for years—the one who was one of Remus’s best friends, the one who had held her for days and weeks after her mother passed, and who held her again when they’d lowered the casket, holding her with strong arms as she sobbed. Sirius was the boy who’d made her get up in the morning and who'd made sure that she ate.

And then one day, he wasn’t that boy anymore.

One day, he was a young man with eyes that carried storms. A young man whose touch enticed shivers down her spine and electricity to ignite in her veins. His smile had her thinking about his lips for days and how they'd taste. Emalia was fascinated by the strength of his arms, the way he wore his rings, and how she felt safe in the shelter of his body.

And then she’d told him to kiss her, and he’d done it, and he’d ignited a fire in the pit of her stomach that she couldn’t seem to put out. It smouldered day and night, until thoughts of him consumed her.

"I’m sorry I’ve been acting strange, Sirius. It’s just that I didn’t… uh, well, I don’t know how to talk about it." Emalia said softly, refusing to look at him as she tripped over her words. She felt like a bumbling twit, unable to articulate her thoughts. "I don’t want things to be weird between us. Or with Remus, but I don’t regret it."

Sirius tapped a finger beneath her chin, tipping her face up to him. Her breath caught in her throat for just a moment as she imagined he might kiss her there in front of everyone. He didn't, and she couldn't decide whether to be relieved or disappointed.

"Yeah?" He asked, a lazy smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Yeah," Emalia replied, her voice barely above a whisper as she met his gaze. Sirius' hand returned to her hip, his touch both comforting and electrifying. "I'm glad to hear that," he said, his fingers tracing gentle circles against the fabric of her dress. "I was worried that things might have changed between us, that I was going to lose my best girl. I think the others were starting to pick up on all the mutual pining and sexual tension too."

Emalia took a deep breath, gathering her thoughts as the music continued to play in the background, his words making her brain momentarily short-circuit. His best girl - his, his, his. "It's not that things have changed, not exactly. Everything feels more… intensified. I keep thinking about it, about you. It was fun—a lot of fun. Too much fun."

"Too much? What do you mean?"

"Too much because I want it again. I want you again." She risked a peek up at him only to find him smirking smugly, his hands on her hips tightening, pulling her firmly against him. Sirius smiled at her, his expression positively wolfish, and she whimpered softly in response.

Sirius stood at the door to the Grace family estate once again; this time, however, there was a lump the size of a bludger lodged in his throat. The air had become trapped in his lungs when his knuckles rapped on the door, and his mind wildly raced from one thought to the next. This was a strange situation for him, not because he was a virgin or inexperienced, but because this wasn’t just any girl.

Emalia was different from all the others who'd taken him home. Unlike them, she'd taken the time to get to know him. During those long nights spent at St. Mungo's, her sitting in his lap when there was only one seat, her head on his shoulder when weariness took its toll, and the laughter shared with her and her mother, the two had formed a deeper connection. Emalia was special compared to the other flings and one-night stands.

She was one of his closest friends, and he thought that maybe that was why he felt like he couldn’t breathe when the doorknob jiggled and turned. There was a small part of him that was worried—perhaps even afraid—that their friendship might fall apart because they'd had sex.

But even with that thought beating at his brain, when the door opened, he calmed considerably. The bludger that had been in his throat fell through his body to settle in his groin, causing a dull, aching need as he took in the sight of her.

She looked surprised to see him, her soft blue eyes widening ever so slightly and a small smile crossing her lips. She was dressed simply; the inside of the house warm enough to not need layers to stave off the cold. A pair of denim shorts that fell to mid-thigh, a knitted sweater that was a few sizes too big, and a pair of pretty white socks. The neck of the sweater was falling askew to reveal a shoulder.

Her hair was still damp from a shower, falling in waves down her back. He could see the outline of her breasts against the knitted fabric, how she wasn’t wearing anything under it, and how her nipples pebbled beneath his attention. A lump of a different kind had found his throat.

"Hey, Ema," he began, his voice deep and his lips tipped into a lazy smirk, only to be silenced when her arms went around his neck. Emalia pulled him inside, letting the door slam shut with a heavy thud as she pushed up against him, letting him feel the swell of her breasts against his chest as she found his mouth for a desperate kiss.

Sirius, as awestruck as he was, was quick to respond. His hands brushed down her back and settled on the curve of her hips as he turned and pinned her to the door, just as he had done the last time. She gasped against his mouth, pain shooting up her spine in a pleasant way that had moisture pooling at her core.

Her hands moved, one to the back of his neck, one in his hair, holding his mouth to hers as he grabbed the back of her thighs, lifting her and pulling her legs around his hips. Sirius licked along the seam of her lips and pushed his tongue inside when they parted, chasing her own. "Missed me, angel?" He hummed while dragging his mouth down her neck, finding that spot at the junction of her shoulder and neck that had her heart racing and her legs turning to jelly just like the last time.

"Missed you," she echoed, her fingers tightening around his inky-black hair. Sirius pushed harder against her, pulling her hips to collide with his own, making the fabric of her shorts drag deliciously against her pussy. His cock was already hard and aching, and the sound she made in response raced through him to stoke his own desires. "I need you," she went on to say seconds before her lips crashed into his, desperate, needy, and fucking addictive.

His answering groan was equally desperate. He’d thought about her in the days since their last tryst: the sound of her voice when she’d repeated his name as though it was the only thing she could remember; the taste of her when she’d cum on his tongue; how she’d clawed at him and pulled him in; how her pussy felt stretched around his cock; how she’d looked beneath him; how she’d wanted more that morning; how she’d kissed him at the door when he left.

He moved his hands beneath her shirt, fingers of one hand splaying possessively along her ribs while he palmed a breast with the other. "You should have said something sooner, angel," he replied with a laugh, his words muffled as he ran his tongue over her racing pulse. "I’d have come over sooner."

"Upstairs."

Emalia had barely gotten the word out before her bedroom door was slammed shut with an awful bang. Sirius made her sit on the ledge of the black vanity, which he was so certain belonged to her mother, and then fell to his knees. He pulled her denim shorts and knickers down her legs, tossing them carelessly over his shoulder before memorising every inch of her thighs with his mouth, his lips finding every curve and dimple.

Emalia fisted a hand in his hair, her lips parting in a soft moan that morphed into a whine when he pulled back to admire how she was already glistening with arousal. "Such a pretty pussy," he teased with a smirk, making her face flush a wonderful shade of pastel pink.

“Sirius!”

She whispered his name in response, embarrassment creeping into her expression as she started to draw her thighs together to stop his staring. Sirius was quick to intervene, placing his hands on her thighs to spread them again as he scooted closer. His touch was electric, sending wisps of fire shooting through her veins.

"Don’t hide," he said, his fingertips gliding up her thighs until he spread her wet folds with his thumbs, exposing her clit and the damp curls. "It’s s’fucking pretty. Tastes amazing too." He didn’t give her time to recover from that. Sirius ducked his head and flicked the tip of his tongue against her clit, making her hips buck in his hands.

Emalia buried her fingers in his hair to anchor herself as pleasure swept through her. Sirius flattened his tongue, running it from her entrance to her clit, gathering her arousal, and letting it slide down the back of his throat. He hadn't been lying; to him, she tasted divine.

"So fucking good." Sirius licked and stroked her folds at first, his tongue wicked, snaking between them to taste the sweet-tangy wetness. And then he sucked hard on her clit, his lips closing around her sensitive button and drawing it between his wet, plump lips until it popped free with a pornographic sound.

The moan she made was pure perfection. Emalia let her head fall back, her fingers buried in his hair, holding him to her as he started to pull a tight knot in her stomach. Except he pulled back, his chin dripping with her arousal, her folds shiny with his saliva, and she looked at him with a pout, whining softly.

Sirius scooted closer after moving one of her legs over his shoulder so that her socked foot dangled in the air. He pulled her closer too, so that only his hands at her hips kept her from toppling to the ground. And then he ducked his head again to push his tongue between her folds and lapped at her entrance. She gasped and pulled roughly on his hair when he nibbled ever so gently at her clit.

"Stop teasing me," she said in a harsh whisper, making him laugh, the sound vibrating through her pussy and to her core. And then he feasted like a man possessed, as though he were dying and only the sweet nectar of her cum could quench his thirst. And when he knew that she was close, he pushed two fingers into her pussy, feeling her walls quiver around them while he spelled his name with the tip of his tongue.

S. He felt her tremble and heard her gasp. I. Her nails scraped at his scalp when she pulled his hair. R. Her hips bucked, pushing her pussy against his mouth. I. Her walls fluttered around his pumping digits as warmth spread through her hips. U. She gasped again, panting something he didn't hear when her thighs squeezed around his head. S. She came crying out his name, her entire body trembling.

He didn’t stop—not until she was whimpering and trying to get away from his wicked tongue. Only then did he stand. He grabbed her chin gently to encourage her to stand on shaking legs and kissed her hard, the sweet-tangy taste of her cum on his tongue as he pushed it between her lips.

Emaila’s hands were trembling as she shoved the jacket off his shoulders, desperate to feel his bare skin. His shirt followed, pulled over his head in a hurry, only to be thrown carelessly away. The rest of their clothes followed as they tumbled to the bed. Sirius lay on his back as she straddled his thighs, the tips of her manicured nails tracing the outline of one of the tattoos along his ribs, making him shudder.

Each time she found one of the scars left by his mother's abuse, she paused, and he'd tense. And then she would kiss him hard, pushing against him, making him focus on her and not the trauma of his past. She took her time exploring his body, kissing him slowly and deeply before wrapping her fingers around his shaft.

His girth filled her fingers easily. He groaned against her lips when she gave a few experimental tugs.

She’d already known that he was big, but that didn’t stop the way she worried at her lower lip with her teeth as she sat back, blue eyes falling to his cock in her hand. "Like this?" She asked, watching the way his eyelids fluttered and how he stared at her with dark eyes. Sirius wrapped his fingers around hers to strengthen her grip as he thrust into her palm.

"Like that," he instructed, letting his hand fall to his side when she found the right rhythm. His eyes closed when she ran her thumb over his sensitive head, gathering the pre-cum that was beading at the tip and using it to help her fingers glide up and down his shaft.

But then his eyes flew open, and he looked down at her. Sirius hadn’t felt her moving down the bed; it was only when those perfectly plump lips enveloped the head of his cock that he realised what she was doing. "You don't—shit."

But he fell silent when she bobbed up and down on his cock for the first time.

Emalia was clumsy and kept losing rhythm. More than once, his cock sprang from her mouth and slapped against her chin, which just made her blush and giggle before wrangling it back between her pretty lips. But despite her inexperience, he enjoyed the feeling, the clumsiness. Spit dribbled from the corners of her mouth, and she worked what she couldn't fit with her hand.

The first time he felt her teeth, he hissed, his hand flying to her hair, crushing the strands in his fingers to give it a rough tug. That was enough to get her to be more careful. Emalia adjusted her position and then redoubled her efforts, swallowing him down inch by inch with a throaty moan. Sirius couldn't stop his heels from digging into the mattress or his hips from snapping forward, driving his cock deeper into her mouth, until her nose was pressed against the wiry hair at the base.

He felt a pang of guilt as she gagged around him and didn’t stop her from pulling away. Her lips were kiss-bruised when he found them again. Emalia kissed him as though it kept her breathing, like it gave her life as she settled above him, her hands on his shoulders, ebony-black hair falling around them like a curtain veil as she bent down to suck a dark mark into his neck, making him groan.

"Now who's teasing?" He asked with a laugh, only for his breath to catch in his throat when she rolled her hips experimentally. His reaction amused her; he could tell as much from the small smile on her lips.

"Oh, it's definitely me," Emalia replied. She rubbed her pussy along the length of his erection, getting him slick with her arousal. Sirius held her thighs tightly, the rings on his fingers pressing into her soft skin as the head of his cock pressed against her entrance.

Emalia moved slowly, seating herself on him an inch at a time, her lips trembling against him while he swallowed her little gasps of pain. He knew that there would still be pain and discomfort, so he kept kissing her, fisting a hand in her hair to keep her mouth cemented to his, feeling her tits pressed against his chest, tongue twirling with hers until he felt her move above him.

Emalia kissed him one last time with bruising force, until he was lightheaded and desperate for air, before rising up and sitting back. She braced herself by putting her hands on his abdomen as she rocked her hips. Her tits bounced as she moved; her nails dug into his skin just a bit; and the heat of her palms burned a fire through his stomach. He could feel how wet she was and how fucking tight she was as she rode him.

And he liked watching her.

She was slowly gaining confidence. His deep groans encouraged her each time she tried something different, first rocking back and forth, then swirling her hips in a circle, and then grinding down on him. "Shit, just like that," he breathed out in a strained voice, his fingertips biting into her hips so that her skin bruised in the shape of them again. "You're so tight - fuck - feels so fucking good."

Sirius felt her walls tighten at his praise, a prelude to the building pleasure and the orgasm looming over the horizon. "I wish you’d said something earlier, baby." The way he said the words, with dark desire and possession, made her shiver. "I could have been taking care of you all this time."

His hands roamed as he spoke, the rough pads of his fingers trailing up her stomach to cup the weight of her tits in his palms. He rolled his thumbs over her nipples, amused by the way they seemed to harden beneath his touch. The movement of her hips stuttered as she laughed, losing the rhythm in her inexperience.

"I wasn’t sure you’d want to," she said. Sirius grabbed her hips roughly and pulled her down onto his cock as he thrust upwards, maintaining the pace for her. Except then he was sitting up, dark brows drawn together with confusion, as he grabbed a fistful of her hair when she tried to hide her face against his neck. He tugged on her hair, making her look at him. The new angle had him hitting deeper, with the head of his cock hitting that spot that made tears glisten on her lashline.

Emalia clung to him, arms around his shoulders, gasping between frantic kisses. She moaned into his mouth when he kissed her hard, his teeth tugging on her lower lip before he spoke. "Who says I wouldn’t want this?"

Despite the electricity sneaking through her veins and the full body spasms lurking beneath the surface of her skin, she laughed, her lips pulling into a blissful smile as she stared at him with lust-blown eyes. "What do you want then?" Her voice was shaking with trepidation, as well as the force of the orgasm he was holding her on the verge of.

Sirius ducked his head to spread open-mouth kisses along her neck before sucking a mark just below her ear. "I want to feel you cumming on my cock, angel." He knew that she was close—her pussy was squeezing him in an exquisite vice grip. Her arousal coated every inch of his shaft and dampened the dark curls at its base.

She cried out when he made a particularly deep thrust, his aim never having faltered during their conversation. Her thighs trembled. "Maybe you need to do a better job fucking me, and I will."

Her words surprised him.

Not the vulgarity of them, which Sirius thought was stupidly hot, but the challenge in her voice. Sirius had never imagined he’d hear such a comment from Emalia-fucking-Grace.

She was a picture-perfect pureblood with features cut from marble and a tongue of old-world elegance. She was a socialite who danced circles around their classmates with biting intelligence, yet here she was, wrapped around him in a lover's embrace, her pussy creaming around his cock and features twisted in a cock-drunk expression, and she still had the audacity to challenge him.

His hand came down on her arse without warning, open-palmed and hard enough to leave a handprint behind, making her jump in his embrace. Her walls clamped tightly on his cock, and she whined at him, desperate and needy, so he did it again, and again. On the fourth time, he kept his hand on her arse, fingers kneading the bright red print to lessen the sting. The pain seared through her veins alongside pleasure, leaving her melting in his arms.

Sirius could have played with her. He could have told her that only good girls were allowed to cum. He could have made her beg for it. He knew that she would if he told her to. But she was looking at him with those pretty blue eyes like he hung the stars in the sky, and he couldn't—he couldn't deny her a damn thing.

He couldn’t figure out when it happened, when she worked her way beneath his skin and into his heart with those pretty eyes and perfect smile. He’s wasn’t complaining, he just doesn’t know when it happened.

"If you want to cum that badly, baby, all you had to do was ask." His words were undeniably smug. Sirius pulled her down to the mattress so that she was sprawled beneath him. He spread her legs, pushing one of them into the mattress with a heavy palm, and pulled the other one to lay up on his chest, her knee bent over his shoulder.

And then he was fucking her harder, if that was even possible.

Each thrust was as deep as possible, so that his heavy balls slapped against her arse and her toes curled while she clawed at the sheets. "Sirius, Sirius, I'm gonna cum!" Emalia arched off the mattress as pleasure ruined her; the familiar warmth of orgasm ripped through her core and then every one of her muscles.

"Sirius!" She screamed his name as lightning engulfed her. And then he was kissing her, his tongue in her mouth, swallowing every shuddering cry she made. She was crying, the tears having finally fallen, and she couldn't stop shaking. Sirius grabbed her by the chin, his thumb and forefinger pressing into her cheeks so that she was pouting when he kissed her again.

"S'fucking pretty, angel." Emalia grabbed him by the hair, her fingers pulling tightly on the roots. She was still trembling beneath the unrelenting piston of his hips when she came again without warning, and the pleasure quickly turned into too much.

With a scream, she flung her head back, and Sirius attacked her throat just as he'd done last time, biting and sucking until she was marked with purpling hickeys. She would be angry; he knew that, but he didn't care because seeing her like this because of him hurtled him towards his own release.

He lost the rhythm as his orgasm hit him with the force of a train. He drove deep and stayed there, his hips nestling snugly against hers as he came. Her hands smoothed along the muscles of his back, feeling the tension in them as the warmth of his release coated her walls.

"I think you killed me," he panted against her neck, breath hot like lava and lips drawn into a lazy smirk. His stomach ached from how hard he'd cum, a layer of sweat shining on his skin. Sirius rolled away, once again grateful for the cold sheets against his sweat-slicked skin. He wrangled an arm around her waist and dragged her against his chest once she'd stretched her legs.

"That was—"

"Fucking incredible, I know."

"So, I'm your best girl." Emalia said. There was a hint of tease in her voice.

Their hearts had long since settled back into rhythm as the sunset. The room was washed in a warm white glow from the lamps on either bedside table. The bed was unmade; the sheet was on the floor at the foot of the bed, and the comforter was tucked around their waists where they lay together.

"What's that?" Sirius asked as he absentmindedly brushed his hand down her back, over the curve of her hips, and back up, enjoying the way she shivered beneath his touch. He touched her because he could and because he couldn't get enough of her. Sirius looked down to where she was curled into his side, her head resting on his chest, and her leg thrown over his hip.

She was staring up at him with those pretty eyes again, making his heart soar and a lazy smile stretch across his kiss-bitten lips. Her skin was marked with bruises; his teeth, his rings, and his fingers were all visible on her fair skin. He was in a similar state; her nails had left shallow scratches down his back, and her teeth had left their mark on his neck.

"That's what you said the other day at that party. That you were worried you'd lose your best girl," she elaborated, rising up to hover closer. Emalia cupped his face in her palm, her thumb teasing his lower lip. He opened them, his tongue swirling around the digit. "Does that mean I'm your best girl?"

A smirk broke across his face. Sirius pulled her into his lap so that she was straddling his waist again. He sat up and pulled her against his chest so that the soft swell of her breasts was pressing tightly against him, her nipples hardening beneath the stimulation. He wrapped his arms around her, marveling at how soft and utterly perfect she felt.

"You're my only girl."

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The Boy Who Broke His Own Heart [Part Two]

Fandom: Harry Potter [Marauders Era]

Pairing: Sirius Black x Original Female Character

Characters: Sirius Black, Original Female Character, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Jasmine Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Marlene McKinnon, Lily Evans, Mary MacDonald, Euphemia Potter, Filius Flitwick, Fleamont Potter,

Rating: Mature

Word Count: 1863

Summary: Sirius would rather break his own heart than hers.

Tags/Warnings: James Potter has a sister, Self Loathing, Commitment Issues, Friends to Lovers, Kissing, Smut, Angst, Fluff, Smoking, Accidents, Harm, Marauders Era, The War is Not Happening in this,

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Jasmine Potter loved Hogwarts. Granted she loved her home too but there was something about the old castle she adored. She used to reason it was because she loved to learn, absorbing every topic in every subject like a sponge as her teachers moulded her into an exceptional witch. Or it could have been her friends. She wasn’t like her brother, outgoing and friends with everyone, but she did have a circle of close friends who filled her days with happiness and laughter. Maybe it was just the castle itself, its scenic views and cosy atmosphere making it feel like a home away from home. There was nothing not to adore about Hogwarts even with the stresses and tensions of her final school year and the threat of the real-world looming.

And yet as she embarked upon the start of term she found the positive force that Hogwarts was not feeling the same way. Her classes didn’t spark her interest and though she was happy to see her friends she didn’t feel the urge to get too involved with them, preferring to stay in her dormitory or the library, her mind on a book. Not that she managed to keep her mind on whatever she was reading much. No, her mind was on Sirius as it had been the minute he’d put an end to their thing. It was consuming. Thinking of him, missing him, loving him.

Without him around everything just felt duller and it wasn’t as if she could explain that to her friends or her brother. In putting an end to it he’d buried the secret with her, doomed her to keep it inside whilst heartbreak made her insides rot. Today she tried to put it out of her mind, the aching inside her, and to her surprise she found her book on Troll Revolts somewhat engaging even if they did only take the edge off her restlessness.

Still she would’ve taken droning passages about troll on wizard violence any day if it got her out of whatever James wanted. He appeared out of nowhere, rolling over the back of the couch she was sitting on in the common room until he was sat beside her, his head on her shoulder as he read her book.

‘What?’ she said irritably, shifting away from his mop of messy dark hair which was obscuring her view of the page.

‘What you doing?’ James asked, unbothered by her standoffish demeanour as he pulled back and looked at her.

‘Reading,’ she said, ignoring him.

‘For a lesson?’ James asked.

‘Because I want to,’ she corrected.

‘Good then it’s optional,’ he smiled, ‘and you can hang out with me.’

‘No thanks,’ she muttered. That had been the other issue, in trying to put the whole thing out of her mind James had sort of become collateral damage. It wasn’t as though she intended to distance herself from him it was just that when it came to James, Sirius had the monopoly on his time. Where there was one there was the other and she couldn’t find it in her to be around him just even if staying friends had been one of his mantras for them no longer being together. 

‘Oh come on I feel like I hardly ever see you these days,’ James said grabbing the book from her hands which caused her to jump at him, snatching it back from his hands before she settled back into her seat and snapped, ‘we’re fraternal twins not conjoined ones.’

‘Alright touchy,’ he said rolling his eyes. Jasmine glanced up from her book, earning herself a kind smile from her brother though she was being nothing but awkward to his friendly advances.

‘I’ve just been busy,’ she said though that was a lie. She’d never been as on top of work or refused to hang out with as many friends as this term.

‘That’s what you get for being the studious one,’ James said.

‘One of us has to be,’ she replied.

‘And it isn’t going to be me,’ James said.

‘That’s no way for a head boy to talk,’ she mused, feeling a smile creep onto her face.

‘Maybe I need some guidance,’ James smiled before his face turned begging, ‘come on hang out with me.’

‘Can’t,’ she sighed. She’d been enjoying this bit, just the two of them but no doubt hanging out with him would turn into hanging out his friends which was something she wasn’t prepared for just yet.

‘Why not?’ James pouted, resting his head on the back of the couch.

‘Hang out with your friends if you’ve got nothing to do,’ she said, dodging the question as best she could.

‘Can’t,’ James said simply.

‘Why?’ she asked, not looking up from her book though her ears had pricked up with curiosity.

‘Moony has prefect duties,’ he said with an eyeroll that was unbecoming of the head boy, ‘Petes got some gobstones thing and Sirius has got a new girlfriend.’

‘Oh,’ Jasmine said, the rotten feeling in her gut washing all the way up to her stomach and making her feel sick. And yet she couldn’t stop herself from asking as if she needed to ensure it hurt just as much as she thought it would, ‘who?’

‘Maria Caldwell in the year below us,’ James said with a yawn.

‘That’s nice,’ Jasmine replied, trying to keep her voice steady. James didn’t seem to notice offering her a snort of derision.

‘Hardly,’ he said, ‘she follows him around like a lost puppy.’

‘Like you and Lil then,’ she said, though her quipping felt hollow.

‘I’ll have you know she loves lost puppy charm,’ James said.

‘Yeah she only thinks you’re a pillock instead of a prat these days,’ Jasmine replied earning a shove from her brother.

‘Oh go on Jas,’ he begged. Jasmine looked at him. He had a point, it had been weeks since they’d hung out properly and it wasn’t as though it was his fault not to mention it was just going to be the two of them though she wanted to make sure that was a certainty and so she said, ‘fine but we’re doing what I want to do.’

‘Deal,’ James said with a grin.

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Whilst she had enjoyed spending time with her brother Jasmine’s mood didn’t lighten much though she figured that had more to do with the fact that over the next few weeks she was relentlessly subjected to Sirius and his new girlfriend or rather girlfriends. She didn’t know if they were for her benefit, she couldn’t see how hey was given he never outright flaunted them in front of her rather his trysts existed in places she was, but they spoke volumes to her. As Maria turned into Pamela and Pamela into Nova and then Nova into Jane Jasmine got the picture he was trying to convey. He was not a relationship person.

And as she watched him strut out of the great hall, his arm slung around the shoulders of Calliope Clearwater she couldn’t help but wonder how she could’ve thought he was. How had she been so silly to let herself get so lost in her feelings for him. She had hoped he felt the same or she thought he had but evidently she’d been wrong. That only soured her mood more.

‘What’s up with you?’ Marlene said as she stabbed her piece of steak and angrily started cutting it with her knife.

‘Nothing,’ Jasmine muttered, finding her irritation not easing through the ferocious sawing of her dinner.

‘Oh come off it not even you’re this quiet,’ Mary said making her look up. It was just the three of them at the table, Lily who had been a tight knit member of her friend group now opting to sit with James and his friends. That was a tiny comfort, if she was going to bare her soul she didn’t need it being relayed to her brother.

‘It’s nothing,’ Jasmine lied.

‘Nothing but a little lovesickness,’ Mary asked raising an eyebrow.

‘How do you know that?’ Jasmine asked flummoxed.

‘I know that look,’ she said, with a smug smile that made her brown eyes twinkle, ‘so go on whose the lucky boy?’

‘Ooh is he in our year?’ Marlene asked excitedly.

‘It’s no one!’ Jasmine hissed, hoping they’d lower their voices as a couple of heads twitched their way before going back to their dinners unable to hear anything juicy.

‘Like hell it isn’t,’ Mary scoffed, folding her arms and resting them on the wooden table as she stared Jasmine down. She tried to ignore her, she didn’t exactly fancy getting into the details, not when they still made a dull ache form in her stomach. But Mary wasn’t exactly a tactful soul. If she wanted gossip she’d pry it from you one way or the other, the other usually being that she’;d fill in the gaps regardless of if they added up or not.

‘It’s a boy…from home,’ Jasmine said. It wasn’t technically a lie considering their relationship had began within her home and didn’t extend beyond them coming back to school.

‘Home?’ Marlene asked curiously.

‘Yeah, we er had this thing over summer,’ Jasmine said quietly as flashes of her and Sirius ran through her mind.

‘Ooh!’ Mary squealed.

‘Yeah but no one knows,’ Jasmine said hurriedly, ‘you can’t tell anyone.’

‘Ooh a secret romance! How exciting!’ Marlene said with a smile. Jasmine returned it weekly.

‘What’s he like?’ Mary pressed.

‘He’s…amazing. Funny and so sweet,’ Jasmine said honestly. The words stung her tongue as they came out but not because they were untrue it was that because even though he’d hurt her those things were still true.

‘Fit?’ Mary giggled.

‘Yeah,’ Jasmine said with a blush.

‘So what happened?’ Mary said excitedly, frowning as Jasmine’s smile dimmed.

‘We had to end it,’ she said quietly, her confidence ebbing as they got down to the bones of the matter and her friends faces went from excited to pity.

‘Aw, that’s a shame,’ Marlene said.

‘Yeah, how come?’ Mary asked, never one to hold off getting the scoop. Jasmine hesitated, realising that she hadn’t prepared for anything further than light questioning so instead of lying she decided to go down a route that was truth adjacent.

‘Our lifestyles don’t fit together,’ she shrugged as casually as she could muster.

‘Is he a muggle?’ Marlene asked immediately.

‘Yeah,’ Jasmine lied which fortunately her friends appeared to buy as Mary smiled and said, ‘well maybe one day and if not we can always help.’

‘How?’ Jasmine asked, unaware how they could make her foul mood improve.

‘Well we’ve been through a few heartbreaks,’ Mary said.

‘Though there’s not much time between Mary’s heartbreaks admittedly,’ Marlene teased making Jasmine laugh and Mary roll her eyes, ‘anyway, we have just the treatment. Listening to sad songs-’

‘Eating your feelings,’ Marlene countered.

‘Dating someone knew,’ Mary teased making them laugh.

‘Whatever you want,’ Marlene said.

‘Thanks guys,’ Jasmine said. And though admittedly it didn’t immediately wrench her from the depths of despair she felt a touch better.

 If Sirius could move on then so could she.

Sirius Tags

@caitlin1996 @imthebadguyyy

[outromoony]

I will never force my children to ship the same ships as me, they will have the total freedom to choose between shipping Wolfstar or leaving my house.

[sinsiriuslyemo]

Chapter Sixteen: Chocolate

The time it took the chocolate to freeze seemed like a century, but it might’ve felt that way because Penny was still cross with him after their squabble. She stayed in her office the entire time. Sirius had begun working on an antidote for the chocolate, while he waited for the ice box to do its job, and tried to work out in his mind how he would sneak onto the Hogwarts Express without notice. The answer he arrived at was the easiest — he would need to be at King’s Cross before any students arrived and hide himself on the train as soon as it pulled in. The cart all the way at the back of the train was least likely to be occupied, and it wouldn’t be a long trek to the Forbidden Forest from there once they reached Scotland. He could’ve sworn he remembered a cave they’d found in their sixth year somewhere near the creek in the heart of the forest. With any luck, he could live there while he put his ultimate plan into motion.

Standing from the sofa, he walked to Penny’s study and leaned against the door frame. She was at her desk, drafting something on her box, the clicks of her fingers the only sound in the room. Sirius glanced at the photo of her and her friends that hung beside the bookshelf, wishing yet again that he had met her under different circumstances.

“The chocolate ought to be ready by now,” he said, looking back at her. “I thought I could hide it somewhere in the flat and let you try to find it, but I think it might be best if you weren’t here when I did. Just so we can be sure it does actually work.”

Her fingers still moved over the letters on her rectangle as she answered. “Okay, just a second.”

Sirius nodded, turning to go back to the sitting room but pausing and turning back toward her. “For the record, I do trust you. I just don’t think you realize what you’re getting yourself involved with. If the wrong person from my world found out that you’ve been helping me, it could quite literally up-end your life. I couldn't live with that.”

“Did it ever occur to you that maybe I just wanna do what I can to make sure you don’t go back to prison?” she asked gently. “Not just because you’re innocent, and not just because of your godson.” She looked at him over her shoulder. “I like you, idiot.”

Sirius snorted, lowering his eyes as his cheeks grew warm. It had been years since he had felt anything for someone else, and given the atmosphere in his world, it frightened him more than he cared to recognize. His heart fluttered in his chest, making his ears thrum along as he looked back at her. “I like you, too.”

Her lips twitched with a smile that she seemed to be trying to temper as she rolled her chair back and stood, walking up to him. “Then let me try to help you. I may not be able to do much to try to keep you from getting caught, but I can at least try to help you prove that you didn’t murder all those people.”

“Penny —”

“I know how to do things under the radar, and I think I may have a few ideas that no wizard would ever think of. Muggle ideas.”

Sighing to himself, Sirius nodded once. “Alright. But you must promise me that if there’s any chance of someone realizing what you’re doing, you’ll stop immediately.”

Smiling in satisfaction, she went back to her box and shut it off. “I promise. I’ll be careful.”

“And I’d like for you to read A Guide to Self-Protection with me so that you can properly shield your flat from anyone who gets too curious.”

“How am I supposed to use magic? I’m a muggle,” she replied.

“Yes,” Sirius said. “But your uncle is not. And since you plan on enlisting his help anyway, it’s logical to ask him to help you stay hidden.”

“That’s fair,” she replied.

“Alright,” Sirius repeated. “Now, off you go. I’m going to hide the chocolate while you’re out. Give me about five minutes and then come back.”

“Sure. By the way, nothing’s gonna happen if I eat the chocolate, right? I mean I won’t, like… sprout wings or something, right?”

“Why do you insist on asking silly questions such as that?” he asked with a light smirk. “No, you won’t grow wings. The worst that’ll happen if you eat it is that you’ll feel as though you’re in love for a few hours. Don’t worry, I’ve made an antidote for you.”

“Oh, okay,” she replied. “Okay, I’ll just… go for a walk, I guess.”

Nodding once, Sirius moved to the side to let her pass him, and waited until he heard the front door close before he went to the ice box, and got out the chocolate. He pulled out his wand and used it to break the chocolate into quarters, hiding each piece in a different spot. Going back into the sitting room, he sat on the sofa with the antidote in hand and tried to mentally prepare himself for the inevitable if the chocolate worked.

Rubbing a hand over his face, he sighed as the door opened again and Penny walked in, her eyes darting around the room.

“God, that smells good,” she mumbled under her breath before looking at Sirius on the sofa. “Now what?”

Snorting softly, Sirius bobbed his shoulders. “Just follow your sense of smell. Try to find where I’ve hidden it.”

Her nostrils flared as she took a deep inhale, her eyes closing as she turned toward the bookcase by the window. She stood in front of it for a moment, looking at each shelf before she raised up on her tiptoes to reach above it.

“That was easy,” she mumbled as she pulled down the piece of chocolate he had stashed up there.

He expected her to find that one straight away and continued to watch her closely as she popped the chocolate in her mouth. Her eyes widened as she slowed her chewing, looking up at him.

“Holy shit, this is the best chocolate I’ve ever had,” she said, swallowing once. “Seriously, you should totally think about being a chocolate maker.”

He smirked softly. “I suspect you may think that due to the magic inside it.”

“Would magic make it taste different?”

“To you it would,” he answered. “What are you feeling?”

“Hm, like I could eat ten pounds of this,” she groaned, her eyes closed as she savored the chocolate.

Sirius’ eyes were drawn to her throat as she swallowed once, twice before letting out a soft breath. Her eyes opened, lips parting as though to say something when her brows suddenly furrowed. She turned her head toward the hall, sniffing the air again.

“You know, I bet…” She walked towards the scent she had no doubt picked up. “I bet it tastes great even without the magic.”

“Perhaps I’ll make you another batch sometime,” he called out. “Without the magic. Then you could decide if you truly think it’s the best you’ve ever had.”

“You promise?” The door to the hall closet opened. “Oh!”

Sirius smiled to himself at the sounds of her chewing another piece of chocolate. “Certainly.”

“Ca yu ake it wi nufs?” she asked, still chewing her second piece as she came back to stand at the end of the hall.

“I beg your pardon?”

Taking a few moments to chew and swallow what was in her mouth, Penny asked again, “Can you make it with nuts?”

“Oh… sure,” Sirius replied.

“Why’d you —” She sniffed the air, turning her head as she sniffed again. And again as she went back down the hall. And one more time before opening the door to her bedroom. There was a brief lull of silence, then more chewing. “Why are there so many?!”

Sirius smiled to himself. “There aren’t that many, are there?”

Once again she emerged from the deeper parts of the flat, standing closer to the coffee table.

“I’ve found three so far,” she replied around another bite of chocolate.

“Do you make a habit of speaking with your mouth full?” he asked playfully.

Penny’s eyes narrowed, squinting slightly as she continued to chew the chocolate in her mouth. Swallowing, she let out a breath, swaying just a bit as she slowly blinked. A rosy flush was creeping up her neck, and Penny used one hand to fan herself before she pulled off her jumper, tossing it toward the sofa.

Noting the small, circular shapes against the front of her shirt, Sirius lowered his eyes. “Alright, Penny?”

“Yeah,” she replied breathily, her blinks still slow. “I think it’s —” Her nostrils flared as she inhaled deeply again, exhaling with a soft moan.

The sound made prickles bloom along the length of his arms. Sirius closed his eyes in an effort to chase away the images forming in his mind of her bare skin pressed against his, his hands following the curve of her spine. Pushing his fingers through his hair, he tightened his fists around a few curls, using the sting in his scalp to distract himself from her more potent scent, lingering beneath his nose even as she turned back toward the hallway.

The scent of the final piece he’d hidden enticed her back down the hall toward her study. It took a bit longer than the other three — he had made sure to hide the final piece beneath quite a few layers, just to be certain of the tweaked spell’s strength. If she could find that final piece, he could easily lure Wormtail into the hidden passage at the base of the Whomping Willow.

Standing from the sofa, Sirius made his way down the hall and stood in the doorway of her study. Penny was sitting on the floor, chewing with her eyes closed with her hands balled into fists on either side of her. A gentle hum blew through her nose, her body becoming like liquid as she laid down on the floor. The rosy hue that had spread from her neck now painted her cheeks, a light sheen of sweat covering her face.

“Alright?” he asked, watching her closely.

“Mhm.”

Sirius’ tongue darted out to swipe over his bottom lip as he turned his head away. “Seems it works then, yeah?”

Softly humming, Penny swallowed the final bit of chocolate and let out a contented sigh.

“Yes, it works,” she said, her eyes still closed as her chest steadily rose and fell with each of her breaths. “It’s not as strong as when I smelled it.”

“It isn’t so concentrated.”

A barely audible hum was her only response as she opened her eyes and rolled her head to one side, looking up at him. “Will you come lay with me?”

Sirius remained perfectly still for a moment before taking a few steps toward her, the hammering of his heart rippling down his arms. Her scent was thicker, more sweet than it had been before as he sat on his heels beside her, and he wasn’t sure he would be able to resist the urge to press his nose against her hair to take it in. Biting his bottom lip, he held the antidote out to her.

“Here, take this. It’ll counteract the chocolate.”

She shook her head. “You should know how much time this whole chocolate plan will give you to expose him. Just lay with me for a minute.”

Deep down he knew she was right, and nodded once, moving to sit down before he set the antidote down beside him. Slowly, he shifted his bottom toward his feet and laid on his back beside her, staring up at the ceiling. If he stayed completely still, he could ignore the little voice in the back of his mind telling him how good it might feel to snuggle up to her. Instead he focused on the voice reminding him that she was under the influence of a spell that was derived from Amortentia, and therefore would likely cause some of the same symptoms. To take advantage of that would be unethical at best.

“At least I don’t feel a compulsion to make out with you,” she said in a gentle chuckle.

He snorted subconsciously, some of the tension in his shoulders easing. “To be honest, that is both a shame and a relief.”

Penny laughed breathily, one hand coming up to wipe at her forehead.

“Shall we watch another muggle film later?” he asked, trying to distract her from the symptoms as best he could.

“Sure,” she replied. “Let’s just order in tonight. I don’t feel like cooking.”

“Brilliant,” he mumbled, keeping his eyes on the ceiling when he felt her fingers tangle with his, sending a spark of electricity through him. Glancing at her from the corner of his eyes, Sirius fought the urge to curl his fingers around hers.

“There’s a Greek place down the street that has the best grilled octopus I think I’ve ever had.”

Swallowing thickly, he took a few deep, silent breaths before replying, “I don’t believe I’ve ever had Greek food. Grilled octopus you say?”

“Mhm,” she replied. “I can get you the menu in a minute. Can we just stay here for a second?”

Nodding, Sirius turned his head to look at her. “For as long as you like.”

From how the chocolate was affecting Penny, it seemed Wormtail might not be much trouble after all. It seemed too easy, and experience told Sirius that nothing was ever easy. The easier you thought something to be, the more devastating it was when or if something went wrong. Still, it was a small sliver of hope that perhaps, just this once, things would go his way.

Penny brought their hands up, seeming to examine his fingers and the tattoos that were etched on his knuckles.

“You have really long fingers,” she said, her own fingertips tracing the length of his. “Did you ever play the piano?”

One corner of his lips curled slightly as his mind filled with memories of him and Regulus sitting at the piano in the sitting room at Grimmauld Place, playing the Black family lullaby until their mother would call them for tea. It was one of the few memories of his youth before Hogwarts that didn’t make Sirius want to curl in on himself. Of course, Walburga had never seemed to want Sirius to have anything good, and playing the piano with his little brother eventually had been taken from him, along with anything else that brought him joy.

“I used to play a bit when I was very young,” he answered.

“You have the fingers for it.”

“Thank you.”

“Mhm,” she hummed. “How long does this stuff usually last?”

“Normally, up to twenty-four hours.”

For a moment, she was silent, but it didn’t last long. “Yeah, I’m not doing that.”

Penny propped herself up on an elbow and reached over him with her free hand to take the vial with the antidote. She tipped it back against her lips, swallowing it in one gulp before she handed the vial back. Almost immediately she was more alert, sitting up beside him as the pink in her cheeks slowly began to fade. A light sheen formed on her forehead and neck, her breaths heavy as though she had just run a mile.

“He’s gonna wanna cuddle you if you feed him that much chocolate,” she said, shifting to turn slightly toward him.

“Good,” he replied, sitting up beside her. He made no effort to pull his hand out of hers, instead curling his fingers slightly around hers. “The more pliant he is, the better.”

“What are you gonna do once you have him?” she asked.

Sirius glanced at her, silently wondering how she would react if she knew that what he wanted most was to take from Wormtail what he had taken from James and Lily. Something told him she wouldn’t be very fond of that plan, but Sirius could think of no better justice. Still, the last thing he wanted was to frighten Penny by telling her that he was fully intending to kill the man who had murdered his best friend.

“I’m not sure yet,” he replied.

Staring back at him, Penny tilted her head as though she could see right through his facade. “Don’t lie to me.”

Sirius lowered his eyes, grazing his thumb over a small scar on the back of her hand. “Perhaps it’s better if you don’t know.”

“Sirius…”

“Penny, don’t. You don’t understand, you weren’t there —”

“Then help me understand,” she said, pulling his hand onto her lap.

“Wormtail didn’t just betray us, he handed two people who had never been anything but good to him over to the man who wanted them dead. He made Harry an orphan. He deserves to pay for that.”

“So you’re gonna kill him,” she surmised.

“It’s what he deserves.”

“No, he doesn’t,” she replied. “He doesn’t deserve to rest after what he did to Harry… and Lily, and James. And you.”

His gaze came back up to hers.

“He doesn’t deserve the easy way out. And you don’t deserve to live with the burden of having murdered someone. Think of Harry; who does he have if you get put back in prison?”

Sirius bit his lip to keep himself from saying out loud that Harry deserved far better than anything he could offer. Whether it was that he was too jaded, first from having been in a war and then locked away in Azkaban, or the guilt he felt over a decision that led James and Lily to their death, Sirius didn’t feel worthy of being in Harry’s life.

“They’re likely to throw me back into Azkaban regardless of whether or not I’m innocent,” he replied.

“You don’t know that,” she argued. “And if you kill someone then you have nothing to bargain with.”

The corner of his lips curled upward, though there was no mirth in the gesture. “You’re far more optimistic than I am, darling.”

“No, I’m just apparently more strategic than you are,” she replied with a smirk.

“Oh, is that right?” he asked, mirroring her smile.

“Yeah, it is,” she answered. “There is a path where you can clear your name and not have to run anymore, we just have to find it.”

His smile widened as he arched a brow. “We?”

“Yes. We.”

“Right. What are we going to do then?” he asked, glancing down at where their fingers were still tangled.

“That’s what we need to figure out,” she answered. “We have the rest of the week to come up with something.”

He could see there was little he could say to deter her from becoming too involved. And if he were being honest, it felt good to have someone on his side, especially in the face of being regarded as a murderer by his own community. His fingers subconsciously tightened around hers as his chest filled with warmth. Licking his lips, he lowered his eyes and nodded once.

“Right now, though, I’m hungry,” she said, earning a snort from him. “Aren't you?”

“Yes, actually. Suppose I should cherish the days I have left where I can eat a hot meal.”

Penny smiled softly, though there was a hint of sadness in it. “If you took me with you, I’d feed you well every day.”

Smiling back, his free hand came up to lightly pinch her chin. “I don’t doubt that, but I’m afraid that’s not possible.”

“I know,” she replied, one of her shoulders bobbing lightly. “But it’s nice to think about.”

His eyes lowered to her lips as the impulse to kiss her moved through him like an avalanche barrelling down a mountain side. But if he did that, he might not ever want to leave her side, and that interfered with his duty of keeping Harry safe. Still, her lips looked so inviting, the thought of tasting them so tempting that he had to force himself to avert his eyes. With the last of his control, he stood, pulling her up by the hand he still held in his.

“Let’s make the most of the time we have left then,” he said. “So, in keeping with our tradition, which muggle film shall we watch tonight?”

Another sad smile pulled at her lips. “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory seems like the right answer,” she said, her eyes down at their joined hands. “But I don't have that one, so Back to the Future it is.”

One side of his lips curled upward as he subconsciously stroked her knuckles with his thumb. “Sounds perfect.”