Andromeda hasn't been in the Inn in a while. It's pure coincidence that she happens to be here tonight. It's also coincidence that she manages to glance at the door just in time to see Sirius transforming and watch, in horror, as the scene plays out.
As soon as he steps back in, she's running to his side. "Are you okay? Is she okay? Merlin, Sirius--" And she cuts off and would wrap her arms around him, but she'll wait until he's set Lily down.
Sirius stops, mid-stride, when he sees his favorite cousin.
Of all the people he would never want to have see him do that...Andy's pretty much the very top of the list, right alongside Remus and James.
".....Andy....er....yes, I'll be all right....and Lily too, I think....he used a Stunner, I think he wanted to...to come back to her and finish the job when he could take his time....she's a Muggleborn, you know..."
He puts Lily down on a couch, gently, and sits next to her, looking ashamed.
Andy just nods through his explination. She reaches out to check Lily's pulse when he sets her down, but as soon as she's found that it's steady, she wraps her arms around Sirius and holds him, tightly.
She strokes his hair, tightening her hold on him as much as she can without hurting him. "It's okay, it's alright, oh, sweetheart, it's okay, you had to, it's okay...." It's almost nonsense, delivered in quiet, soothing, motherly tone.
Andy's never going to stop him from breaking down on her when he needs to.
She'll just hold him and rock him and murmurs soothing words about how it's okay and she loves him and he's so brave and did what he had to do and most importantly, it's okay until he's done. And possibly even after he is.
Andy smiles vaugely, always glad for the reassurance -- when your parents are Blacks, you need to be reassured you'll make a decent parent -- and presses a kiss to the top of his head.
"Are you going to be alright?" She wouldn't expect him to be fine right away, but -- she has to ask, even if it's probably a stupid question.
As soon as he steps back in, she's running to his side. "Are you okay? Is she okay? Merlin, Sirius--" And she cuts off and would wrap her arms around him, but she'll wait until he's set Lily down.
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Of all the people he would never want to have see him do that...Andy's pretty much the very top of the list, right alongside Remus and James.
".....Andy....er....yes, I'll be all right....and Lily too, I think....he used a Stunner, I think he wanted to...to come back to her and finish the job when he could take his time....she's a Muggleborn, you know..."
He puts Lily down on a couch, gently, and sits next to her, looking ashamed.
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"I didn't mean to kill him, Andy....not really....but I was Padfoot, and he was struggling, and the dog-mind said he was prey, and..."
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Sometimes a boy needs to break down on his cousin, okay?
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She'll just hold him and rock him and murmurs soothing words about how it's okay and she loves him and he's so brave and did what he had to do and most importantly, it's okay until he's done. And possibly even after he is.
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"Are you going to be alright?" She wouldn't expect him to be fine right away, but -- she has to ask, even if it's probably a stupid question.
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