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Forever and Always	By : cls2256 Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 6832 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Sirius’s spirits lifted tremendously having company for Christmas. Hermione joined the teens once term had recessed for the holidays, keeping everyone updated with what was happening at Hogwarts for the few days the Weasley children and Harry were out.
“Umbridge is very angry you guys left before term. She was fuming about it the next morning” she had explained.
“That woman is a terror; she signed some anti werewolf legislation a few years back, making it nearly impossible for me to find work. Not that it was easy in the first place, but it’s worse now.” Remus had ranted, seething with irritation.
Mia was silently thankful that she wasn’t a student at Hogwarts anymore; knowing full well her and Dolores Umbridge wouldn’t’ve gotten along.
She was thrilled to see Sirius in such a good mood, running about 12 Grimmauld place jovially, hanging silver and gold garlands and sparkling ornaments to brighten the place up. A pang of guilt ran through her; she knew she should be over here with Sirius more, she couldn’t imagine how bored he got most of the time. He traded Azkaban for this prison of his parent’s house.
On Christmas day, they woke up to the smell of a delicious breakfast, of course prepared by Molly. The table was full of people; the teens dominated one half, while the other half was taken by members of the Order. Susan was cordial with Mia, but very short and cold towards Remus, which everyone had gotten used to. Remus killed her with kindness, always polite and courteous, which most likely irritated her more. Mia no longer cared if her mother supported the two of them, because she had the idea that it would never happen.
Everyone exchanged Christmas gifts, Molly surprising both Remus and Mia with hand knitted maroon sweaters that matched the ones the Weasley children always received.
“Molly, this is so thoughtful, thank you so much” Remus said, sliding the sweater on and getting his head stuck in the sleeve, making the entire group minus Susan chuckle.
Susan got Mia a new quill and ink set, the set coming with inks in different colors such as sapphire and emerald, and the quill was a bright purple feather that was tipped in glittering gold. Mia had gotten her mother a new wall clock for her office at work that sang the time at the top of the hour. She purposefully labeled the gift from her and Remus, making Susan’s lips pucker with sourness, and Mia feeling smugly satisfied.
Mia had gotten Sirius a photo of the two of them encased in a handsome gold frame. Remus had taken a photo of them doing silly poses one day by the lake near the cottage last summer, the photo replaying a few poses over and over that made Mia laugh every time she looked at it. Sirius’s eyes sparkled looking at the picture, chuckling as he recalled the day well.
“This is wonderful, Mia, thank you” he said, kissing her cheek and giving her a toothy grin.
Sirius had gotten her a large box stuffed to the brim with licorice wands, pumpkin pasties, chocolate frogs, and boxes upon boxes of Bertie Botts every flavor beans. At the bottom of the box was a medium sized bottle of firewhisky, with a note taped to it that read ‘Must be consumed with Sirius Black’.
Mia had gotten Remus some fresh robes, as she had described his appearance as ‘shabby and outdated’. He chuckled, reminding her most of his robes he’d had for many many moons.
He then handed Mia a small black box with a gold ribbon, a wide smile creeping on to her face as she wondered what was in it. She opened the lid to find a thin, gold bracelet that looked seamless. It was smooth all the way around, and looked much too large for her. Remus lifted up his sleeve to reveal his wrist that was wearing the same exact bracelet.
“It’s enchanted to fit once you put it on. When both of us wear these, if either of us is in danger, the other’s bracelet will vibrate. It will sense danger approaching before you know it’s there yourself” He explained. “This will come in handy if either of us needs help but can’t send a patronus”
Mia looked at him with a wide smile. This was the most perfect gift; she always worried about him going off on secret missions with Dumbledore, never knowing if he was alright while he was gone.
“Remus, its perfect; Thank you” she said softly.
Sirius’s eyes twinkled at them as Susan’s flashed irritably.
“Here…” Remus said, taking the bracelet from the box and sliding it on her. It instantly shrunk to fit Mia’s slim wrist without sliding off. “If you ever need to take it off, just tap it with your wand 3 times. Only you can remove it now.”
He said, showing her as he tapped his own bracelet with her wand, and then with his. His wand allowed the gold to swell to slip it off, versus her wand didn’t do anything to it. Mia threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly, not caring that everyone at the table was watching them.
“I love you” she whispered.
Visiting Arthur that day was a cheery event. St. Mungo’s was decorated nicely for Christmas, and everyone seemed to be in good spirits. The werewolf next to Arthur didn’t have any visitors for the holiday, so Remus and Mia sat with him for a minute. The werewolf eyed both Remus and Mia as they sat down and smiled at him. He turned his attention to Mia without saying hello first;
“So this is the werewolf boyfriend?” the man said.
Mia chuckled and looked at Remus. “Yeah, this is him. Handsome isn’t he?” she winked at the werewolf, who still looked a twinge of green.
“It’s nice to meet you” Remus said “I’m Remus Lupin”
The werewolf didn’t introduce himself. “So why are you two here?” he growled irritably.
“It’s Christmas, we were visiting Arthur and wanted to stop over” Mia said sweetly.
The werewolf didn’t respond to her.
“I got you something.” Mia said, holding out a small gold box.
The werewolf stared at it, not reaching to take it from her. Mia just smiled at him again, and set it on the bedside table next to him.
“I’ll leave it here for you to open later” she said “Remus, I’m going to get a cup of coffee, meet me out here when you boys are finished chatting?”
The werewolf’s face twisted in irritation that Mia was leaving him so chat with a perfect stranger. She kissed Remus’s cheek and trotted off. When she had exited the ward, the werewolf turned to Remus.
“She must be a handful” he said flatly.
Remus smiled and nodded, “oh you have no idea…”
He talked with him for a few minutes about the transformations, giving him advice on what helps, what doesn’t, and general werewolfery. The man was sort of receptive to what Remus had to say, his body language relaxing by the end of their chat.
“Well, I better see where Mia ran off to. Good luck to you, sir, and Merry Christmas” Remus said when their conversation came to an appropriate pause.
The werewolf nodded and watched Remus leave the room. He turned to the little gold box that Mia had left him, waiting until he was alone to open it. He pulled the lid off to reveal a small, colorful blown glass sculpture of a wolf, with a little note tucked inside.
You will get through this.
The werewolf admired the beauty of the figurine, its colors sparkling in the bright lights of the hospital ward. For the first time since he had been bitten, he smiled.
After the holidays, Sirius’s mood plummeted again when the kids went back off to school. Sirius was very irritable that Snape would be teaching Harry occlumency lessons, as he and Snape didn’t get along and he was concerned he would treat Harry poorly. Dumbledore also suggested that the Order begin practicing occlumency as well; lessons beginning with Moody in February. Mia didn’t think Sirius could get any lower until news came out that there was a mass breakout from Azkaban; many of Voldemort’s most loyal servants escaping, including Sirius’s cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange. The knowledge of the mass breakout had most of the wizarding world in a panic, which Mia was not immune to. She had felt a surge of panic run through her when amongst the list of names and photos of escaped death eaters, her eyes landed on someone familiar. She stared at the moving picture, her stomach twisting in knots to see the horribly smug face of the death eater who haunted her nightmares. The long, thin face of this man was burned into her mind, never to be forgotten as she was constantly reminded most nights when she closed her eyes. It was reliving and also terrifying to put a name with this face. The man who Mia couldn’t get out of her head was none other than one of Lord Voldemort’s most vicious and terrible servants; Antonin Dolohov.
Upon learning Dolohov’s name, her nightmare came more frequently than it had been. She had been only waking up in cold sweats a couple times a month, but now, it was almost every night the images from that terrible night so long ago plagued her slumber. Mia felt she needed a good distraction from all the bad news, and her mind only thought of one thing; a party.
“So, maybe we could have Sirius come here to…” Mia had started saying to Remus as they had lunch at her flat.
“He can’t leave headquarters” Remus said simply
“Well, we are maybe 15 blocks from headquarters. We could get him over to our place in just a few minutes; he needs out of that house.” Mia pushed “besides, I’m sure Penny would love to see him.”
Remus chuckled, Sirius and Penelope asked about each other regularly, but hadn’t seen each other since their night at the cottage.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea.” Remus said
“Well, I do. I’ll ask Penny.”
Mia grabbed an apple off the table and hopped out of her chair, marching herself into Penelope’s bedroom.
Penelope was taking a shower, which Mia blatantly ignored as she popped her head into the bathroom.
“Hey” she said, making Penelope jump.
“Jesus, Mia, I’m naked in here” Penelope snarled
“Whatever. So, what do you think about us having a party with the boys here?” Mia said, taking a bite out of her apple.
Penelope shut the water off and grabbed her towel hastily. “You know, you could’ve waited until I was dressed”
Mia simply took another bite out of her apple and shrugged. “It’s not like I haven’t seen you naked before.”
Penelope rolled her eyes and squeezed the water out of her hair. “By boys, you mean…?”
“Remus and Sirius, duh.”
Penelope blushed and fought a grin spreading on her face at the sound of Sirius’s name.
“I’m going to ask Kingsley and Tonks too, maybe Bill and his girlfriend, whatever the hell her name is. Something French.”
“I thought Sirius couldn’t leave his house.” She asked, trying to keep a straight face. “at least that’s what he told me”
“Well, he’s not supposed to… wait- when did he tell you that?” Mia gave her a smirk; busted
“We write letters…” Penelope said sheepishly.
“I knew it! That’s why you always read your mysterious letters with the door shut. Are you and Sirius talking dirty over your owls?” Mia prodded.
Penelope blushed furiously, looking extremely guilty by Mia’s question. Mia laughed and bit into the apple, speaking as she was chewing
“I’m working on a plan to get him over here. What do you think?”
“Sure, if you think it’ll be safe getting him here” Penelope shrugged, trying to sound casual.
Mia took another bite of her apple and smiled again, raising her brows in excitement as she turned around and exited the bedroom.
“Alright Remus, party is on.”
Mia arrived at headquarters that weekend excited and nervous. She walked in to the house dressed in jogging clothes with her hands around her back, grinning furiously. Sirius was standing in the middle of the living room, dressed in his muggle best and smelling like expensive cologne. His hair was brushed, and he had shaved for the first time in what seemed like months.
“Ready to go, Padfoot?” she smiled at him.
“How are we going to do this?” he asked, his eyes flickered with excitement.
Mia pulled a dog collar and leash from behind her back, grinning. Sirius slumped and looked disappointed.
“Oh, not a collar….” He groaned.
“Come on Snuffles, we’re going for a walk.”
Mia jogged with Sirius on the leash, his oversized dog appearance attracting less attention than she had anticipated. She felt her wand stabbing into her thigh slightly as she jogged, but she wanted it close in case she needed to pull it out suddenly. To keep an eye out for an ambush, Kingsley and Tonks walked ahead of them, and Bill and his girlfriend, Fleur Delacour, followed behind. It only took 10 minutes to jog from headquarters to her flat, where once she stopped jogging a neighbor of hers waved and spoke to her.
“Hi Amelia, did you get a dog?”
The old lady said as she passed Mia and Sirius, walking out to the mailboxes.
“I’m dog-sitting for my cousin” Mia said, her lie smooth as if she had practiced this many times.
“Oh, how nice of you; Have a good day!” the old woman said cheerily, and kept shuffling.
Sirius sat down and whined at her.
“Don’t worry, she’s a regular muggle old lady” Mia said reassuringly.
Once they were inside, Mia slipped off the collar and Sirius transformed back into a man.
“I hate leashes…” he scowled, but his grumpiness from their jog was immediately gone when he turned to see Penelope, standing in the doorway to her bedroom with a shy smile plastered on her face. She was dressed in a pair of dark jeans and a gray sweater set, her ashy curls falling into perfect ringlets around her face.
“Well, hey there, kitten.” He said in a low, husky voice.
“Hi Sirius…” she said, smiling back.
Tonks and Kingsley exchanged looks at watching Penelope and Sirius make eyes at each other.
“Alright, Remus should be here in a few, and Bill and Fleur were right behind us. I’m going to take a shower” Mia called.
She walked into her bedroom and shut the door, peeling off her sweaty jogging clothes and throwing them on the floor. She turned on the shower, and steam began to fill the bathroom. She loved the way a hot shower felt, the water pressure was so firm it felt like a massage on her back. She kept her shower quick as to not keep the group waiting, but wishing she could’ve stayed in there for hours. She grabbed her towel and dried herself, then wrapped her hair in her towel and stepped out of the shower. She made it to the doorway of her bathroom and bedroom and jumped when she saw Remus leaning against her dresser.
“Bloody hell, Remus” she breathed, clutching her chest.
His eyes flashed at her as he advanced on her, grabbing her shoulders and pushing her against the doorframe. He kissed her firmly, his body pressing against hers to hold her in place.
“Your body is perfect” he growled in her ear as she ran his hands up and down her side.
“They’re waiting for us…” she protested with a giggle
“They will be fine” he said, his hand finding its way between her legs.
She felt herself grow wet in anticipation, his fingers brushing against her inner thighs, teasing her. He slipped two fingers inside, arching them to hit her g spot. She gasped; he clasped his hand over her mouth and shushed her as he began to work his fingers inside her, his thumb pressing her clit rhythmically. Her whole body shook as he brought her closer to release, her whimpers muffled by his hand keeping her quiet.
“That’s it, come on…” he whispered; the pressure was building up between her legs, her release was so close.
He pushed in even farther, tipping her over the edge. Her whole body jerked, and she would’ve collapsed if he hadn’t been pushing her against the wall to hold her up. Her cries of pleasure sounded like mere breaths from his hand that remained over her mouth. When she had relaxed, he removed his hand and kissed her.
“I’ll see you out there” he winked, moving away from her to release her from his hold.
She stumbled slightly as he moved, watching him grin wickedly as he slipped out of the bedroom. Her towel had fallen off her head, her long, wet hair stuck to half her face. She took a deep breath and smiled, chuckling under her breath.
Mia walked out of her bedroom in jeans and a v neck tee shirt, her hair dried smooth thanks to a handy hair-drying charm. Sirius and Penelope were situated on the couch, Sirius telling her stories of his time in Hogwarts and how much mischief him and James got into. Tonks was keeping Fleur entertained by her ever popular nose metamorphing trick. Bill, Kingsley and Remus were standing in the kitchen, sipping on glasses of scotch and making idle chit chat. Mia grinned at Remus as she walked past him, he returning a smirk that said ‘I just saw you naked.’
“Come eat!” she called, carrying a few plates of appetizers from the fridge to the table.
The group swarmed around the food, grabbing plates and hungrily loading them with the deviled eggs, veggies and other snacks she had prepared.
“Damn, Mia, this is a nice spread you have here” Bill said grinning.
“She likes hosting parties” Remus chuckled, winking at her.
The group stood around and ate for a while before shifting to heavy cocktails. Mia had put on the WWN, which was playing a Weird Sisters marathon of all their songs.
“God I love this band!” Tonks shouted as she danced alone in the middle of the living room.
Penelope was practically sitting in Sirius’s lap she was so close to him; both of them watching Tonks dance, cheering her on. Bill and Fleur sat at one end of the table and fed each other pretzels, completely immersed in their own little world. Remus was refereeing Mia and Kingsley’s arm wrestling matches, which Kingsley won every single time.
“You can’t beat me, just give up” Kingsley said smugly.
“I can too, one more time!” She said, furrowing her brow furiously as she slammed her elbow back on the table.
“Mia, his arm is the size of your head, you can’t beat him” Remus chuckled, taking a sip of his scotch.
“Shut it Moony and just make sure he’s not cheating!”
Mia lost another few arm wrestling matches before Tonks came to whisk Kingsley away, wanting him to join her in dancing. Remus sat next to Mia, watching in amusement as Kingsley proved himself to be a better arm wrestler than a dancer. Sirius and Penelope had joined in on the dancing, Sirius looking like he was having the time of his life. Bill and Fleur seemed to be in their own little world, now taking turns feeding each other from the veggie tray.
“Fun party” Remus said casually, taking a sip of his scotch.
“Yeah, its fun getting everyone together” she smiled. “But everyone looks far too sober.”
Mia winked and jumped up from her chair, grabbing shot glasses from the kitchen cabinet. She poured everyone a shot and whistled to get the group’s attention.
“Everyone gets a shot!” she said cheerily, making trips back and forth to the table, as there were too many shots to carry in one trip.
Remus was allowing himself to have much more fun than he did last time Mia hosted a party of this sort, downing his firewhisky quickly and shaking his head furiously at the after-burn.
“That put some hair on your chest, Remus?” Kingsley jeered, taking his shot as smooth as water.
Tonks smacked her tongue after taking her shot, looking at Kingsley, fascinated.
“I don’t know how he does it, firewhisky goes down like glass” she choked.
Kingsley patted her back and winked, his white teeth sparkling in contrast to his dark complexion. Fleur was playing with Bill’s hair rapturously, making Sirius whisper jokes about them in Penelope’s ear, who was giggling furiously. They took a couple more shots, the girls then made their way to the living room to continue the dance party Tonks had started. Fleur didn’t seem interested in joining; she was much too interested in Bill to care about anything else.
“God that Penelope is… well, something” Sirius said to Kingsley and Remus, staring at the girls with a nefarious expression.
“Think you’re lucky enough to get her into bed twice? I hope you took some felix felicis today” Remus heckled.
“Wait, what?” Kingsley said, looking at Sirius incredulously.
“I reckon so; watch this” Sirius said, handing Kingsley his glass of scotch and giving the men a devilish grin.
Sirius walked into the middle of the room and placed a hand on Penelope’s shoulder. He whispered in her ear, a huge grin spreading across her face. She turned around and nodded, grabbing his hand and led him towards her bedroom. Sirius looked back at Remus and Kingsley, winking as he entered her bedroom. A flash of light told them that a sealing and silencing charm went up on the door. Tonks and Mia skipped back over to them, giggling furiously.
“You ok with him being in there with Penelope?” Remus asked Mia, gesturing to Penelope’s closed door.
“Oh I don’t care, she’s a big girl, and Sirius probably has had blue balls since the last time he saw her” Mia snorted, grabbing her cocktail off the table next to her.
“Really didn’t need to hear that” Kingsley said, his voice strained slightly from embarrassment.
Tonks giggled at him, finding his embarrassment amusing.
“Hey, guys, we’re going to take off” a voice said from behind the group.
They all turned to Bill and Fleur, almost forgetting that the two of them were still there.
“T’ank you zo much for hav’ng uz!” Fleur said, kissing all four of them on the cheek.
Mia’s cheek burned from where she kissed her, making her feel slightly uncomfortable. Kingsley and Remus didn’t seem quite as put off by this as her and Tonks were.
“Yeah, great party, Mia. Wish we could stay longer, but Fleur needs to get her beauty sleep” Bill said, turning to smile at her.
They rubbed their noses together lovingly, making Mia want to throw up on them.
“You’re welcome any time” Mia said through a forced smile.
They watched Bill and Fleur leave, waiting to say anything else. Once they were sure they had gone, Tonks and Mia busted out laughing.
“Those two are such lovesick puppies” Tonks snickered. “Kind of makes me want to hurl”
The party went on a just a bit longer, Mia and Tonks polished the bottle of firewhisky and then both passed out in Mia’s bed shortly after. Sirius and Penelope remained sealed in the other bedroom, Kingsley and Remus very thankful for the silencing charm that went up. They sat at the table, finishing the bottle of scotch that they had been nursing the entire night.
“Well, they’re passed out. I hope you don’t mind that we stay the night” Kingsley said, craning his head to see Tonks and Mia in her room, passed out in their full clothes on top of the bed comforter.
“Not at all, the couch is all yours” Remus smirked, taking a sip of his scotch. “These young girls are going to be the death of us, aren’t they?”
“Probably” Kingsley chuckled “Dora is only a few years younger than me, but my hangovers are ten times worse than hers”
Remus nodded in agreement, swirling his glass. “Yeah, I can certainly tell I am not in my twenties anymore the morning after a good drinking session”
Kingsley laughed, raising his glass in cheers before draining its contents. They were interrupted by the phone ringing, making the two men exchange glances.
“Well, answer it” Kingsley shrugged.
Remus walked over to the phone and picked it up. He held it to its ear, feeling incredibly stupid using a muggle contraption such as this.
“Uh, hello?” he asked, feeling like he sounded like an idiot.
“Oh, uh, did I get the wrong number? I’m calling for Mia Roswell” the voice answered.
Remus felt irritation wash over him at the sound of the familiar voice. It was Eric.
“At one in the morning?” Remus asked flatly “she’s asleep”
“It’s a weekend, the night is young” Eric replied, his words slightly slurred together. “Who’s this?”
“Remus” he said shortly.
“Riiiiiggghttt whaddup sugar daddy!” Eric slurred “well, tell her I called. It’s Eric. Richardson. Fuck, I’m drunk. Just tell her Eric called, she’ll know”
Remus rolled his eyes, wishing he could send a slug vomiting hex through the phone.
“Yep, I got that. I’ll tell her” Remus muttered, hanging up the phone.
Remus slunk back to the table, pouring himself another glass of scotch and downing it in one gulp.
“Who was that?” Kingsley asked, puzzled by Remus’s obvious irritation.
“Just some drunken limp dick airman that works with Mia’s father” He grumbled. “He’s obviously pining for her and has complete disregard for the fact that she’s mine.”
“Hmmm, I wouldn’t worry, Mia is crazy about you” Kingsley shrugged, taking another sip.
Remus smirked, running his finger along the rim of his glass. “And he called me ‘sugar daddy’, any idea what that means?”
Kingsley choked and spat his scotch out; laughing so hard no sound was coming out.
“What??” Remus asked, but he couldn’t get a word out of Kingsley though his choking laughter.
“Fucking sugar daddy, that’s rich” he said in a constricted voice.
“What does it mean????” Remus demanded, beginning to laugh himself.
"He thinks she shags you for money" Kingsley said through more chuckles
"little does he know, I'm broke" Remus smirked
The two men sat there and convulsed with laughter, the many glasses of scotch making them unable to get a grip.
Sirius woke up next to Penelope feeling feelings he hadn’t felt in nearly 14 years. He of course enjoyed shagging a beautiful woman, but he had found himself drawn to Penelope ever since their night at Remus’s cottage nearly one year ago. Their letters they wrote were one of the things that kept him going in his isolation at 12 Grimmauld place; sharing tidbits of their lives with one another and the occasion dirty innuendos made Sirius feel like a man. Waking up next to this beautiful woman, made Sirius feel even more like a man than the letters had. Her smooth, pale skin looked ethereal in the glow of the sunlight coming in from her window. Her curls were frizzed from his hands grasping her hair last night. He was impressed with how good she looked considering the heavy amounts of alcohol both of them had consumed.
His heart felt heavy looking at her sleeping so peacefully. He was a convict, despite his innocence, and must live his life in hiding. He wasn’t free; he was a prisoner despite escaping Azkaban. He could never have a life with a beautiful woman such as Penelope, he’s known this, but the few moments of normalcy he’d experienced with her over the last year helped him escape his reality. He knew this would have to be the last time he saw her; it wasn’t fair to keep her occupied when he wasn’t able to give her what she needed.
He slipped out of bed quietly, trying to let her sleep, and made his way into her bathroom. He took a leak and then found himself staring at himself in the mirror while he washed his hands. He sighed. Fine lines were appearing in the corners of his eyes, and his skin texture wasn’t quite this rough before he went to Azkaban. Sirius Black, you are old He thought as he swished some water in his mouth to rinse the taste of last night’s booze fest. He snuck one last look at himself in the mirror, scoffing at the aging man before him, and exited the bathroom. Penelope was now sitting upright in bed, sheets pulled to her neck, smiling slightly at Sirius.
“Good morning” she said softly
“Morning, kitten; Sleep well?” he grinned at her, sitting on the edge of the bed.
Penelope yawned and nodded, patting the bed where Sirius had slept last night. He crawled back in bed and laid on his back, Penelope scooching up close to him and resting her head onto his chest, listening to his heartbeat. Sirius closed his eyes, almost falling back asleep.
“Sirius?” she whispered.
“Hmmm?” he hummed, his eyes still closed.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Sure” he grumbled sleepily, opening his eyes to look down at her.
“What was it like? In Azkaban…” Penelope asked in a small voice.
“Oh, surely you don’t want to know about that, love.” He said in a dismissive tone.
“I’m sorry—” she said hastily, starting to sit up.
“No, love, its ok— lay back down” he said, pulling her towards him “it was… terrible”
Penelope looked up at him, his eyes staring at the ceiling.
“The cells were cold, damp and filthy. Smelled like a toilet. The dementors sucked all the happiness out of everyone there, so all you could hear was shrieks of prisoners slipping into madness. Many of the prisoners would cry out for their loved ones at night, begging them to save them. One bloke screamed for his mother for 2 straight months, ended up strangling himself with his bedsheets.”
Penelope wiped a stray tear from her cheek as she listened.
“Sometimes I dream of it, being back in that filthy cell, hearing the screams.”
Sirius hadn’t meant to be so honest with her, but it just slipped out. He hoped he didn’t freak her out.
“How did you escape?” she asked.
“I don’t know how I did it, exactly” he began slowly, “but for some reason, the dementors couldn’t sense me when I was a dog. I quit eating for a while so I would be thin enough to squeeze through the bars of my cell. I ended up swimming miles to shore.”
“Thank you for telling me” Penelope said, nuzzling her head into his chest.
Sirius gave her a squeeze of affirmation, chuckling softly. They laid there for another few minutes in silence, before Sirius knew it was time to tell her.
“Penelope, I want to thank you…” he began, sitting up.
She looked up at him puzzled, looking in to his dark eyes. There was so much warmth in them, so much life.
“For what?” she asked
“For this. For all of this. I haven’t felt like myself in a very very long time, but you have helped me feel like the man I once was again.” He said, his eyes twinkling at her.
He reached over to his trousers that were on the floor next to the bed, and pulled out a small black box from the pocket.
“We’re not going to be able to see each other again, kitten.” He said heavily.
“I was hoping you wouldn’t say that.” she said with melancholy chuckle. “I wish we would’ve gotten more time together”
“Me too, trust me, love.” He said as he fingered the small black box gently. “I can’t give you any sort of relationship while I am on the run, which I think will be for a very long time. It was dangerous for Mia to sneak me over here; I can’t expect her to do it again. I wish I was able to have this, but I can’t.”
Penelope swallowed and nodded. She knew nothing could ever come of her shagging Sirius, but sending him letters had given her a certain fondness for him. She wouldn’t necessarily say she was in love with him, but she felt strong feelings and a close intimacy with him.
“I want you to have something.” He said, handing her the small black box.
Penelope looks at him puzzled, but opens the box to reveal a large faced silver watch, with a black leather wrist band. The band has an imprint of ‘S.B.’ near the buckle.
“I received that as a gift from James’s parents on my 17th birthday. My family had already disowned me the year prior, and the Potter’s essentially adopted me as a second son. They knew my old bag of a mother wouldn’t be sending me a ‘coming of age’ watch, so the Potter’s had this made special for me”
Sirius’s eyes sparkled at the watch in Penelope’s hand, remembering his birthday that year well. Penelope felt a lump form in her throat, overwhelmed that Sirius wanted her to have such a prized possession.
“Sirius, I can’t…” she started, handing him back the watch.
“You can, please, I want you to have it” he said, pushing the watch back towards her. “Here…”
He fastened the watch around her wrist on its tightest notch, it just slightly big for her.
“Thank you for making me feel like a man again” he whispered, his hand still lingering on her wrist.
Penelope gave him a small smile and kissed him.
“Can we at least let you feel like a man for another couple minutes?” she said slyly.
Sirius grinned wide, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her down on her back. Penelope giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck; he looking down at her with the warmest smile she’d ever seen. He kissed her firmly and thought in this moment, at least, I am free.
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