#Voldemort is a hoarder/ trophy collector

[metalomagnetic]

Sorry- another quick question! In IRITB, Sirius and Voldemort's relationship definitely spans over a year, and Sirius seems the type to like to celebrate his birthday. Maybe this is something you are planning to write in a future chapter, but what would they give/do for each other on their birthdays? Voldemort gives Bellatrix a fancy necklace for one of her birthdays in the fic, I feel like he would do something more for Sirius, and Sirius is an established gift-giver, so I'm curious what they would come up with!

I think Sirius had 2 birthdays while with V, but for the first they weren't yet...*that* close. I actually wrote a scene for it, back for chapter 15 or 16, but I cut it because, well...you know my chapters, they are way too long and I always end up having to cut back.

We might see Sirius' second bday in Canis Major (I am currently waging war with that chapter, wrote it and deleted the entire thing 3 times already) but no promises.

As for Voldemort's bday, Sirius doesn't know when it is. He will think about this later on, but for now he sees Voldemort as this ethereal god like creature and it's hard to imagine he was actually born like any other man, so it never crosses Sirius' mind. However, worry not, he gives gifts to Voldemort All The Time.

We'll see Voldemort in Canis Major trying to make space for it all, because he just doesn't know where to put everything anymore (we'll also see how hard it is for him to let go of things he previously owned, how he clings to everything he collected. Remember that table Sirius hated for being too small, and he replaced it with a bigger one? Yeah, the small table is still there, squirrelled away by Voldemort in the torture barn 😂).