Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT. Sirius had seen Lily naked? Cox looked back and forth between the two of them, eyes widening sharply. When, and how, and why had that happened? It hadn't been on Saturday, had it? He was about to do some serious questioning when Lily spoke up. Sirius spying on Lily wasn't exactly something he was thrilled about either, but it was better than, say, the two of them hooking up, and the part where it had happened twenty years ago helped. Slightly mollified, he looked over to Sirius and arched a brow. "Ohhh, Fido," he clucked, "you got some 'splainin' to do."
As Lily began to deal, he groaned, moving to sit down beside her. "Lookit, Red, you don't need to prove anything to anyone here. Fido is, as previously demonstrated, a moron, and I'm more than happy to reassure you on the fact that thinking about you naked is one of the things that gets me out of bed in the morning." Looking hopeful, he reached over and set a hand lightly on her thigh. "So please, for the love of God, do not make me do this
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Sirius sincerely hoped there'd be no apparent ogling, because really, those were private moments, and...dammit, he was still twitchy. More Firewhisky down the hatch. For fuck's sake, let people be happy, Black
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"Okay, okay," Cristina said, waving her hands in front of her, "Enough about naked Lily and Sirius and James's peeping tom experience and Cox getting it on with Sirius who is apparently a hermaphrodite now and- you know what, let's just play."
She looked down at her cards and after a beat looked up and asked, "Wait, who the hell is James?"
Grinning, Lily leaned over and kissed Cox lightly. "Oh, come on," she murmured. "It'll be fun. Tell you what. If I must strip - which I'm not planning to, by the way - you can choose what I take off." Then, wrinkling her nose and laughing softly, she kissed him again. "And you think about me naked? Now that's just the sweetest thing you've said to me all day." Sitting back in her chair, Lily hooked her leg across Cox's lap and gave him a cheeky grin. "So, are you going to play, or are you just going to watch me own these two," she gestured towards Sirius and Yang with her glass.
Sirius earned himself a glower, and Lily rolled her eyes. "Right. New rule. Only those who have consensually seen me naked get to bring it up in conversation. Oh, and no more talking about how brilliant my boyfriend is in bed - it's a fact, we've stated it, moving on." Giving Sirius a pointed look, she continued, "Just for the record, also, I'd always rather have you play some silly prank than spy on me naked. For future reference, in case you
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Cox was almost, almost okay with the whole 'Sirius seeing Lily naked' thing, until Sirius had to go and make everything worse by referencing whatever 'show' he'd put on for her back in the day. Oh, that was it. Cox's good will only went so far, and for Sirius it had just run out. "Fido," he snapped, turning to dart a particularly vicious glare at the Animagus. "you~'re using up your 'pissing me off' quota for the month awfully quick here. Watch it." He held up two fingers towards his eyes, then pointed one at Sirius -- the universal symbol for I'm watching you.
As for Lily, well, if Sirius was going to be a little bitch, so to speak, he wasn't going to hold back for his sake. When she kissed him, he kissed her back sweetly, pulling her legs across his lap. "Well, only when you're not actually naked," he replied to her question, smirking. "Anyway, I still can't say I entirely get why you're trying to get me to play a game that involves me looking at my male friend and another woman naked after I beat them
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"Phyllis," Sirius said, jerkily picking up his cards, rearranging them, and setting them back down roughly, "is extremely manly and most definitely, mindblowingly impressive."
How he had somehow managed to acquiesce to Lily's nutty pet name for his nether regions was beyond him at this point. It was hard to analyse such things when she was kissing Cox and putting her leg on him and doing all sorts of things that Sirius really didn't want to see. Every time she leant in to kiss him, he felt this horrible, hot wave of something crawl across his skin, and it was beginning to become unbearable
( ... )
No, Sirius suspected it was something else, because as Cox lifted his hand and rubbed her shoulder and looked at her and talked softy to her, every muscle in Sirius's body was pushing him to get up and do the same. That's my job! his mind seemed to be screaming. I made the promise to James, and to myself, to take care of her! And she was upset about James, and Cox didn't even know the whole story, and...
What it came down to was that Sirius wanted to be the one with his hand on her shoulder, the one saying something soft and comforting in her ear.
It was a selfish thought. He knew it. What mattered was that Lily had someone to comfort her. But he still could not help wanting to be that person, because had made a promise, dammit, and furthermore, Lily was his friend, James's wife.... She was Lily.
But Sirius also caught Cox's point, which was that the best thing to do right now was to play the game rather than getting emo distraught over things that no one could change and that made everyone
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"Sorry," she replied quietly. Compelled by the sudden tension in the room, Yang repeated, "Sorry."
She looked down at her cards, trying to ignore whatever the hell was going on in that room. She'd assumed her question about James was the cause of it and tried to fade back into the background. there was no need to make the situation any worse.
"So, uh, I'll draw two," Yang said as she discarded a four of diamonds and a ten of hearts.
Stupid. It was just a question, an innocent one, no way Cristina could have known. No harm intended; after all, they had just been talking about James. No reason for her to suddenly feel as if someone had stabbed ice down her spine, no reason for her to feel both like screaming and curling up in a ball. Eyes dropping back to her cards, Lily stared for a second without really seeing. Cox's hand on her shoulder pulled her back and she looked up with a soft, shuddering sigh.
Lips quirking up into a small smile, she gave him a grateful look and reached up to take his hand, lacing her fingers tightly with his. "It's all right," she told Cristina, quietly. Turning to look at the girl, Lily's expression was slightly embarrassed at her apparent inability to school her emotions. "Not your fault. No worries, mate." She shrugged and handed Cristina her two cards from the deck.
Appearing to have composed herself, Lily nonetheless didn't let go of Cox's hand. To have him here and with her, to have his hand holding hers and to be
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Cox still was not exactly thrilled about the idea of playing strip poker (especially above, say, playing for cash), but after that little moment of horror, he was willing to shut up and play for a bit if only to placate Lily. Holding her hand tight, he rolled his eyes at her teasing. "Fair enough," he deadpanned.
He looked down at his cards -- two aces, two kings, and a queen -- and raised a brow, laughing. "I-hiii think you mean while I laugh, sweetheart." Sirius was going down. "Just one," he announced, tossing the queen out.
Yang was the one person who wasn't giving Sirius any confusing thoughts at all, and as such, he felt particularly bad that she felt bad about the James mention. She hadn't known.
"Definitely not your fault," he agreed with Lily as he topped off Yang's Firewhisky glass. After all, what else could say, "No worries!" better than alcohol?
Cox and Lily were still making Sirius uneasy, and he was hating himself for it. But dammit, he most certainly was not a pawn in whatever sex plans Lily and Cox had later that evening. That was something he didn't even want to think about. It was bad enough where their hands were right now
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Lily snorted softly. "Oh, Black. You can bluster all you like, but we all know how this round is going to end."
Laying her three sevens down, she gave him a cheeky grin. "With you shirtless and me gloating." Turning to Cox she arched an eyebrow. "All right, babe, what've you got?"
Cox's cocky good cheer easily lasted through Sirius's obvious bluffing, and when Yang put her cards down he smirked widely. "Somehow, I~'m not worried," he replied lightly to Sirius.
As Lily's cards went down, however, his face fell, blinking widely as he looked down at her hand. Well, nevermind that, then. He sighed. "Ah... dammit." Tossing his own high two pair down, he leaned back with a groan. Oh well, he was sure Sirius was faking it, so at least Lily wasn't going to be getting naked this round, right?
'Babe'? Sirius bristled slightly at Lily's use of the pet name for Cox. It was so cutesy and so familiar and so unnecessary, as if she were rubbing it in...except Sirius had no idea what 'it' was. All he knew is that it made him feel oddly glum.
And bloody hell. From the moment Yang had laid down her hand instead of folding, Sirius knew he was doomed to strippery. He was comforted, however, by the fact that two other people would be stripping with him. Nudity definitely loved company.
After Cox laid down his cards, Sirius flipped his own over with a grandiose gesture and immediately pulled off his shirt and tossed it to Lily. "Shut up, Evans, and Perrilicious and Cristina, join me in toplessness. Try not to be blown away by the impressive view. You can look, but don't touch, all right?" He paused and gave Cox a sidelong glance. He was still the same Cox, and Sirius knew that whatever problem he was having was his and his alone; Cox had done nothing.
As such, Sirius couldn't help but add, "Well, you can touch if you want
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As Lily began to deal, he groaned, moving to sit down beside her. "Lookit, Red, you don't need to prove anything to anyone here. Fido is, as previously demonstrated, a moron, and I'm more than happy to reassure you on the fact that thinking about you naked is one of the things that gets me out of bed in the morning." Looking hopeful, he reached over and set a hand lightly on her thigh. "So please, for the love of God, do not make me do this ( ... )
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She looked down at her cards and after a beat looked up and asked, "Wait, who the hell is James?"
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Sirius earned himself a glower, and Lily rolled her eyes. "Right. New rule. Only those who have consensually seen me naked get to bring it up in conversation. Oh, and no more talking about how brilliant my boyfriend is in bed - it's a fact, we've stated it, moving on." Giving Sirius a pointed look, she continued, "Just for the record, also, I'd always rather have you play some silly prank than spy on me naked. For future reference, in case you ( ... )
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As for Lily, well, if Sirius was going to be a little bitch, so to speak, he wasn't going to hold back for his sake. When she kissed him, he kissed her back sweetly, pulling her legs across his lap. "Well, only when you're not actually naked," he replied to her question, smirking. "Anyway, I still can't say I entirely get why you're trying to get me to play a game that involves me looking at my male friend and another woman naked after I beat them ( ... )
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How he had somehow managed to acquiesce to Lily's nutty pet name for his nether regions was beyond him at this point. It was hard to analyse such things when she was kissing Cox and putting her leg on him and doing all sorts of things that Sirius really didn't want to see. Every time she leant in to kiss him, he felt this horrible, hot wave of something crawl across his skin, and it was beginning to become unbearable ( ... )
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No, Sirius suspected it was something else, because as Cox lifted his hand and rubbed her shoulder and looked at her and talked softy to her, every muscle in Sirius's body was pushing him to get up and do the same. That's my job! his mind seemed to be screaming. I made the promise to James, and to myself, to take care of her! And she was upset about James, and Cox didn't even know the whole story, and...
What it came down to was that Sirius wanted to be the one with his hand on her shoulder, the one saying something soft and comforting in her ear.
It was a selfish thought. He knew it. What mattered was that Lily had someone to comfort her. But he still could not help wanting to be that person, because had made a promise, dammit, and furthermore, Lily was his friend, James's wife.... She was Lily.
But Sirius also caught Cox's point, which was that the best thing to do right now was to play the game rather than getting emo distraught over things that no one could change and that made everyone ( ... )
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She looked down at her cards, trying to ignore whatever the hell was going on in that room. She'd assumed her question about James was the cause of it and tried to fade back into the background. there was no need to make the situation any worse.
"So, uh, I'll draw two," Yang said as she discarded a four of diamonds and a ten of hearts.
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Lips quirking up into a small smile, she gave him a grateful look and reached up to take his hand, lacing her fingers tightly with his. "It's all right," she told Cristina, quietly. Turning to look at the girl, Lily's expression was slightly embarrassed at her apparent inability to school her emotions. "Not your fault. No worries, mate." She shrugged and handed Cristina her two cards from the deck.
Appearing to have composed herself, Lily nonetheless didn't let go of Cox's hand. To have him here and with her, to have his hand holding hers and to be ( ... )
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He looked down at his cards -- two aces, two kings, and a queen -- and raised a brow, laughing. "I-hiii think you mean while I laugh, sweetheart." Sirius was going down. "Just one," he announced, tossing the queen out.
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"Definitely not your fault," he agreed with Lily as he topped off Yang's Firewhisky glass. After all, what else could say, "No worries!" better than alcohol?
Cox and Lily were still making Sirius uneasy, and he was hating himself for it. But dammit, he most certainly was not a pawn in whatever sex plans Lily and Cox had later that evening. That was something he didn't even want to think about. It was bad enough where their hands were right now ( ... )
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She laid down her cards, two jacks and two eights. "Two pair, beat that."
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Laying her three sevens down, she gave him a cheeky grin. "With you shirtless and me gloating." Turning to Cox she arched an eyebrow. "All right, babe, what've you got?"
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As Lily's cards went down, however, his face fell, blinking widely as he looked down at her hand. Well, nevermind that, then. He sighed. "Ah... dammit." Tossing his own high two pair down, he leaned back with a groan. Oh well, he was sure Sirius was faking it, so at least Lily wasn't going to be getting naked this round, right?
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And bloody hell. From the moment Yang had laid down her hand instead of folding, Sirius knew he was doomed to strippery. He was comforted, however, by the fact that two other people would be stripping with him. Nudity definitely loved company.
After Cox laid down his cards, Sirius flipped his own over with a grandiose gesture and immediately pulled off his shirt and tossed it to Lily. "Shut up, Evans, and Perrilicious and Cristina, join me in toplessness. Try not to be blown away by the impressive view. You can look, but don't touch, all right?" He paused and gave Cox a sidelong glance. He was still the same Cox, and Sirius knew that whatever problem he was having was his and his alone; Cox had done nothing.
As such, Sirius couldn't help but add, "Well, you can touch if you want ( ... )
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"Hope somebody remember to light a fire in the fireplace, otherwise it's going to cold in here pretty quick."
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