Brotherhood
I'm terribly sorry, flist, but I may end up spamming you guys for the next month. I'm honestly trying to do 30 short fics in 30 days (leading up to DH).
If it's any consolation, I'll probably give up within the next couple days. ;)
Title: Brotherhood
Author: MrsMoony (victoriabloom)
Genre: Drama
Era: MWPP
Characters: Sirius centric
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mentions of canon character death
Word Count: 626 words
Summary: Sirius Black fills many roles in his life -- prankster, Order member -- but none of them, not one, weighs as heavily on his mind as the role of brother.
Sirius Black fills many roles in his life -- prankster, Order member -- but none of them, not one, weighs as heavily on his mind as the role of brother.
Sirius tries to be a good brother -- to Remus, to Peter, and most of all to James.
He’s a younger brother to Remus. You could say that to anybody, and they’d laugh and tell you it was the other way around. “Black protects Lupin,” they’d say, pointing at Remus, with his too-thin waist and the dark circles under his eyes, “not the other way around.” But it’s true nonetheless. Sirius gets in trouble and it’s Remus who bails him out, who manages to fix him with a look of both concern and disappointment. It’s Remus who puts a comforting arm around his shoulder when James and Lily marry, and says softly, “It won’t change anything.” He looks up to Remus, for enduring all the crap the world continues to throw at him, for taking it with dignity and showing only the smallest frown, when he doesn’t think anybody is looking. Remus needs him, Sirius knows, because he wants to teach, wants to feel important in somebody’s life. So Sirius is there, causing new havoc everyday and giving Remus a reason to keep existing. He’s trying to be a good younger brother.
Sirius is an older brother to Peter. He’s probably not quite as good at this role, but he’s doing his best. He doesn’t let anybody bully Peter -- the last Slytherin who did wound up making the Hospital Wing a second home. Only Sirius himself is allowed to bully Peter. It’s for his own good, Sirius believes. Peter needs somebody to do that. Remus is too mild-mannered, James too focused on tormenting Snape. So, Sirius teases Peter, and calls him names, and wrestles with him, and if it goes too far sometimes, he doesn't notice and Peter doesn't say anything. It’s just to toughen him up because, God knows, Peter needs it. Maybe Sirius could be a bit better with giving advice or helping him out, but he’s making Peter stronger and independent, and he thinks he’s doing the right thing. If one day, he finds that Peter hasn’t turned out well, Sirius won’t think it’s his own fault. He’s doing the best he can.
To James, he’s a twin. Sirius likes to pretend that if they were actually brothers, there would have been some miracle and the healers would have been puzzled over how they both came out at the exact same time, because he doesn’t like to think of being a minute younger or older. They’re equals, first and foremost. Sirius stands guard while James charms the Slytherins in their sleep. James distracts the Hog's Head barkeep while Sirius nicks a bottle of Firewhiskey. Sirius looks at James as his confidant, his partner-in-crime, and if there’s a platonic version of a soulmate, James is it for him, though he’s never, ever said that, because they’re mates and they just don’t say things like that. But he doesn’t need to, because James knows and feels the same way. And, one day, if something bad happens to James, Sirius prays it won’t be his fault. He may not always be perfect, but at least he tries.
On the morning of his twenty-first birthday, Sirius will wake-up early and he’ll look at the Daily Prophet to find a familiar name on it, a name of somebody he abandoned long ago. He’ll read a few sentences -- “decided to leave You-Know-Who,” “Death Eaters turned on him” -- and spend the rest of his birthday emptying bottles of mulled mead. He'll know that this time, it is his fault. Because with Regulus, he didn’t even try.
Feedback welcome. :)
If it's any consolation, I'll probably give up within the next couple days. ;)
Title: Brotherhood
Author: MrsMoony (victoriabloom)
Genre: Drama
Era: MWPP
Characters: Sirius centric
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mentions of canon character death
Word Count: 626 words
Summary: Sirius Black fills many roles in his life -- prankster, Order member -- but none of them, not one, weighs as heavily on his mind as the role of brother.
Sirius Black fills many roles in his life -- prankster, Order member -- but none of them, not one, weighs as heavily on his mind as the role of brother.
Sirius tries to be a good brother -- to Remus, to Peter, and most of all to James.
He’s a younger brother to Remus. You could say that to anybody, and they’d laugh and tell you it was the other way around. “Black protects Lupin,” they’d say, pointing at Remus, with his too-thin waist and the dark circles under his eyes, “not the other way around.” But it’s true nonetheless. Sirius gets in trouble and it’s Remus who bails him out, who manages to fix him with a look of both concern and disappointment. It’s Remus who puts a comforting arm around his shoulder when James and Lily marry, and says softly, “It won’t change anything.” He looks up to Remus, for enduring all the crap the world continues to throw at him, for taking it with dignity and showing only the smallest frown, when he doesn’t think anybody is looking. Remus needs him, Sirius knows, because he wants to teach, wants to feel important in somebody’s life. So Sirius is there, causing new havoc everyday and giving Remus a reason to keep existing. He’s trying to be a good younger brother.
Sirius is an older brother to Peter. He’s probably not quite as good at this role, but he’s doing his best. He doesn’t let anybody bully Peter -- the last Slytherin who did wound up making the Hospital Wing a second home. Only Sirius himself is allowed to bully Peter. It’s for his own good, Sirius believes. Peter needs somebody to do that. Remus is too mild-mannered, James too focused on tormenting Snape. So, Sirius teases Peter, and calls him names, and wrestles with him, and if it goes too far sometimes, he doesn't notice and Peter doesn't say anything. It’s just to toughen him up because, God knows, Peter needs it. Maybe Sirius could be a bit better with giving advice or helping him out, but he’s making Peter stronger and independent, and he thinks he’s doing the right thing. If one day, he finds that Peter hasn’t turned out well, Sirius won’t think it’s his own fault. He’s doing the best he can.
To James, he’s a twin. Sirius likes to pretend that if they were actually brothers, there would have been some miracle and the healers would have been puzzled over how they both came out at the exact same time, because he doesn’t like to think of being a minute younger or older. They’re equals, first and foremost. Sirius stands guard while James charms the Slytherins in their sleep. James distracts the Hog's Head barkeep while Sirius nicks a bottle of Firewhiskey. Sirius looks at James as his confidant, his partner-in-crime, and if there’s a platonic version of a soulmate, James is it for him, though he’s never, ever said that, because they’re mates and they just don’t say things like that. But he doesn’t need to, because James knows and feels the same way. And, one day, if something bad happens to James, Sirius prays it won’t be his fault. He may not always be perfect, but at least he tries.
On the morning of his twenty-first birthday, Sirius will wake-up early and he’ll look at the Daily Prophet to find a familiar name on it, a name of somebody he abandoned long ago. He’ll read a few sentences -- “decided to leave You-Know-Who,” “Death Eaters turned on him” -- and spend the rest of his birthday emptying bottles of mulled mead. He'll know that this time, it is his fault. Because with Regulus, he didn’t even try.
Feedback welcome. :)