Charming a telly to fly. Closed RP for Sirius and Lily
((Backdated to right after The emo and the sleeping and the charming of the telly.))
( Light up, light up/As if you have a choice/Even if you cannot hear my voice/I'll be right beside you dear/Louder louder/And we'll run for our lives/I can hardly speak I understand/Why you can't raise your voice to say )
( Light up, light up/As if you have a choice/Even if you cannot hear my voice/I'll be right beside you dear/Louder louder/And we'll run for our lives/I can hardly speak I understand/Why you can't raise your voice to say )
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For reasons Muggle scientists had long studied, but only partially uncovered, the human brain needs to dream. And Sirius, having taken Dreamless Sleep Potion for the previous several days, had not dreamt in a while. Perhaps that was why, as he drifted off to sleep in the chair, Lily dozing next to him, the dreams that washed over his resting mind were especially vivid.
~*~Three sets of feet raced up a staircase, the sounds of their rapid steps absorbed into the wood with a series of dull thuds ( ... )
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“Why weren’t you two under the Invisibility Cloak, and why was Wormtail with Peeves instead of under there with you?” asked Remus, looking first at James and then Sirius. A muscle in his face twitched, and he blanched slightly.
“We wanted to see if we could get out of the castle without getting caught,” replied James, catching Sirius’s eye and smirking. Sirius smirked back. “And Wormtail was keeping lookout for us.”
“Well, now you’ve got your answer, haven’t you? And it’s ‘no’, so don’t try that one again. If anyone ever were to find out about this, we’d all be - ” Remus’s voice choked up in his throat, and his shoulders seized up and began to shake ( ... )
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Her hand went out to find his and she studied him intently. "Bad dream?" It was ironic, really, how hypocritical Lily could be. She refused to tell Sirius about her own sleeping problems, and yet was now expecting him to share what had caused him to jerk awake. She justified it to herself as simply wanting to take care of a mate who was hurting; the last thing Sirius needed was to have to worry about her. Lily's eyes were filled with worry and sympathy and she squeezed his hand gently.
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He shook his head more firmly. "No, nothing. Just...was confused for a moment. I - I reckon I'm used to your bed now, so I wasn't sure where I was." He paused, realising how wrong that came out, and barked out a short laugh. "I mean that in the most innocent of ways, Evans."
His heartbeat had begun to slow, and the images were less crisp now. He squeezed her hand.
"You sleep well?"
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"Honestly, Sirius," her voice was quiet and laced with a small portion of the absolute worry she'd felt since Sirius had showed up at her door. "Was it - " cutting herself off, Lily tried again. "What was it?"
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Some degree of victory, or at least his reputation, had to be salvaged, though.
He watched Lily carry on, taking that time to quell his laughter and compose himself. After she was done, he cleared his throat, blanked out his expression, looked at her, and said, "Not all talk, am I?"
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Giving him a cheeky grin, Lily leaned back on her arms and nudged his leg with her foot. "Right. So, before my stunning victory, what were we talking about?"
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"Hmmmm, Evans, well, I suppose you ought to know that I'd rank you just above Marissa Thompson - yes, your old roommate - and just below - " here came his trump card " - one Perry Cox."
Sirius paused and then said in a light tone, "Right. What were we talking about, then?"
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"Marissa? That's funny, Black, because she ranked you somewhere below Peter." Oh, such fun, this was. She'd missed their own special brand of harassment. "And forgive me if I don't take offense to the fact that you rate my boyfriend as a better snog. First, he's so much more experience on me I'm surprised he's not bored by now. Second," she smirked, "I'm reaping the benefits of it, so it's not so much an insult as a good reminder of what I've to look forward to."
Steeler trotted over, bringing his chew toy. Playing tug-of-war with him, Lily glanced up at Sirius. "We're talking about your nightmare," she returned, just as lightly.
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Pausing, she looked back up at him. "Why aren't you a professor?" Her tone was mildly teasing, but there was a genuine question in her eyes. "Or working at the Ministry? You're sodding brilliant at things like this, much more than I could ever be. And yet you're hanging about here, helping me charm a telly to fly. Excellent Wizard like you, Black..." she shrugged, smiling at him. "Seems a bit of a waste, not having you out there, doing something. Not that I'm complaining, mind. Completely selfish, I am, and want you to stay. But aren't you bored?" Merlin knew she was, from time to time. Less so since she'd started in the Hospital Wing, but even that didn't challenge her as much as she'd like. Lily felt as if she was going soft in a lot of areas; going from a life where your skills as a Witch were literally a life and death matter to healing House Elves of minor injuries was a bit of a transition. 'Antsy' was a good way to describe it, and she couldn't imagine that Sirius wouldn't have the same feeling ( ... )
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Sirius put a hand up in front of his mouth and breathed into it. “I haven’t got kibble breath.” He tried again. “Anyway, my single status has everything to do with my own volition, or perhaps the lack of decent, available partners in this school. I mean, can you really see me settled down? I suppose Jim and I were sort of settled down for a while, but we both knew our time was limited. And everyone here is half-mad, you know?” Sirius had had a nice prospect with Sara Sidle, but then the other James had gone and fucked that up for him. Brilliant. “Besides, I think it’d take a special sort to put up with my quirks, don’t you think? Not everyone is so kind as to let a giant unwashed dog take over their bed every now and again.”
He smiled pointedly at her. It was a tacit sort of thank you, as Sirius realised that it must have been a huge inconvenience to deal with him in his recent state of mind and stench. She was one of just a couple of people who was in a position to truly understand what he was going ( ... )
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He leant forward to try and catch Lily’s eye. “No - I…I don’t mind your asking about it. It’s a fair question. And…and it’s something I’ve been trying to work out for a long time, because…well, I don’t really know what to do with myself is the truth of the matter. I’ve never worked, except for pumping petrol in Reno and all the stuff with the Order. Dunno what I really fancy. I mean, after we left Hogwarts, I never had to worry about it - just joined the Order and was done with it. I knew I wanted to stop Voldemort, to stop the rubbish talk about Mudbloods - ” he spat out the word “ - and to stop all the attacks, the things our people were doing and becoming.”
Reclining again, he sighed softly. “And then I was gone for all those years, and now Dumbledore is popcorn and Voldemort is…well, I haven’t seen him in ages. Dunno if he’s even here any more. And the only thing I’ve got left to do is look after Harry.” And you, he added to himself, deciding that Lily might possibly interpret such a ( ... )
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