It’s a DOUBLE UPDATE, folks make sure you read chapters 9 & 10! Don’t skip 9!
The Life In Your Years by FivePips: (Chapter 10/13) Remus is a busy single dad and Lily is going back to work, so he’s about to face some problems with child care. Thankfully, Lily and James have a solution – their old friend has just moved back from The States and is looking to do something while he gets his affairs in order.
Something was going on if the phone lines lighting up in front of Remus were going to tell him anything. It was mainly Kidnap Unit and Project Team’s lines there were going crazy. Not that anything was a good sign, but their’s going off at once like that normally spelt big trouble. It was a surprised his unit wasn’t involved as well.
Em was sitting across from him looking at her phone with a raised eyebrow. “This doesn’t look like it’s going to be good.”
When Remus was about to respond to her, his phone rang. It wasn’t Moody, but Moody’s boss, Dumbledore. “Lupin, can you come into my office?” He asked with a calm voice.
“Just me, sir or do you need Vance as well?” Remus said, glancing over at her. She looked perplexed at the conversation.
Dumbledore paused for a moment, “You may bring her as well.”
Remus frowned, unsure of what that meant. It normally wasn’t good to be going to your supervisor’s supervisor. If Em could be there then it couldn’t be too terrible, right? “Be there in a moment, sir.”
“See you soon.” Dumbledore hung up.
“We got to go see Albus.” Remus informed his partner as he hung up the phone.
“Why?” She stood up at the same time as Remus did.
“He didn’t say. Maybe we’re needed with whatever is happening downstairs?” Remus shrugged, hoping that and not that he had done something wrong that he didn’t realize. That was very doubtful, so it must have had something to do with the case.
By the time they made it up to Albus’ office on the next floor, Remus was feeling nauseous. Even though he had been trying to stay positive, he felt like something was wrong. When he opened the door, to Albus’ office Dumbledore, Moody, Shacklebolt, and Hestia Jones of the Kidnap Unit were there around his conference table. They were all looking serious.
“What the Death Eaters do now? Kidnap Prince Harry’s kid?” Em asked, trying to break the soberness in the room.
“No, Mister Lupin,” Dumbledore began and Remus suddenly realized they were going to tell him something terrible.
Have you ever done Sirius with a big messy bun? Cuz I think that would be the death of me
(( OOC: … Frequently. ))
Birthdays
-For his 4th birthday, Sirius Black received his first proper three piece suit. It was pure black with a grey waistcoat and it brought out his eyes perfectly. He hated it and picked at its loose threads until it came apart, which earned him a slap from Orion for ruining the family heirloom.
-For his 6th birthday, Sirius Black received Black: The Full, Detailed and Illustrious History of the Most Noble House In England with full illustrations of prominent family members. Walburga hexed him twice when she caught him doodling on the faces of his ancestors the next day.
-For his 11th birthday, Sirius Black was told he was too old for silly presents and instead a large pure-blood ball was thrown to honour his Hogwarts letter. He sat by the wall all night, cheered up only when Andromeda Black over to give him a kiss on the cheek and slipped him a charmed dragon figure that breathed real fire.
-For his 12th birthday, Sirius Black received coal from his parents and a note of disappointment. He also got 12 birthday punches on the arm and a promise of the best Christmas present ever to apologise for not realising today was the day from a certain messy hair boy and some of the best chocolate he’d ever tasted from a kind faced, auburn haired one.
-For his 13th birthday, Sirius Black received a large collection of Gryffindor memorabilia and muggle posters to take home for Christmas from his friends. His parents sent a letter talking of their approval of Regulus’ sorting and a Slytherin badge saying ‘you may not be in it Sirius, but you can at least display which house you belong in on your person.’. Sirius and Reg burned it together, agreeing brotherhood was more than a house.
-For his 15th birthday, Sirius Black received a birthday kiss from each of the Gryffindor girls, more chocolate, and engraved snitch that said ‘To my Brother from another Mother.’ and Gilly Gerwinkle’s Guide to Hexes of Hilarity. Uncle Alphard sent a few Galleons. His immediate family didn’t send anything, expect a flicker of a smile from Regulus. Almost all his year turned up to the firewhiskey fuelled party the Marauders threw for him and he spent the night in drunken bliss.
-For his 16th birthday, Sirius Black received an even bigger party and better present from his friends. He hadn’t spoken to anyone in his family since May. They no longer acknowledged his existence, but he was okay with that, he had found his true family. At 11:59 that night, Sirius would get the best present he would ever receive, because after a year of stolen glances and heart palpitations, feeling Remus’ lips kiss him back was the best feeling in the world.
-For his 17th birthday, Sirius Black received his annual party, chocolate and birthday sex from the boy he loved most, and countless other treasures from his friends. A certain darkness clouded this birthday however, as the pressures of the outside world and the war that raged outside their little bubble became far scarier and far closer.
-For his 18th birthday, Sirius Black didn’t receive any gifts, he asked everyone not to, he knew people would need all the money they could hold onto just to keep themselves safe. He did however buy himself a flat to stay in for the holidays and once he left Hogwarts as Uncle Alphard had just died, leaving Sirius his fortune. James Potter also received something that night at Sirius’ party, his first, but by no means last, yes. To a date with Lily Evans.
-For his 19th birthday, Sirius Black received a motorbike from Remus Lupin. Remus said it was a death trap but if it would stop Sirius from trying to buy one from the dodgy car dealer down the road it was his. Sirius fell in love with his boyfriend all over again. They would have had a fancy dinner in the flat (of course Sirius asked him to move in the second they left Hogwarts) but Remus was called away on a mission for the Order.
-For his 20th birthday, Sirius Black received a small cake baked by Remus.Peter, James and Lily came to visit and they sat around the dining room table, the absence of Marlene and Dorcas pressing down on them. They smiled none-the-less and Sirius blew out his candles, wishing desperately for this to be over, for Marlene to still be here, for Dorcas to still be here, and more than anything, he wished Regulus was still here.
-For his 21st birthday, Sirius Black received a night off. Him and Remus had been given Harry for the evening whilst James and Lily were on a mission (pre going into hiding) and the two men smiled, laughed and had the most fun with the baby than they had had in a very long time, it was night of light in their world of darkness.
-For his 22nd birthday, Sirius Black received nothing but the pain of loss, betrayal and hatred. He say alone in a cold rocking back and forth screaming for forgiveness and sobbing with fear as the dementors drew closer. He was so sorry for everything,how it was all his fault, so sorry it ripped through him, stabbed through him like a hot blade and he fell apart, completely unaware that it was his birthday.