Drabbles with THE MARAUDERS

[Sophie<3]

Hello! c:

I adore the Marauders (if you don't know who they are, they are from Harry Potter: Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew) and decided that it is time to start a thread for them. <3

I wrote the first drabble and hope you all like it, but this isn't my thread. I'll probably write a few more soon, but I would love people who feel inspired to post in this thread as well! (:

Honestly, James, Sirius and Remus are adorable (Peter not so much ) and very suitable for sneeze fics, so let's get this party started, people!

“Huh...”

Remus turned and observed his friend Sirius Black, as his nose twitched and his eyelids began to flutter. “Huh... huh...ESH-ahh!!”

“Bless you”, mumbled Remus, as James and Peter both gave a jerk and turned around, startled.

James looked up from the magical earth worm that he was supposed to perform a vivisection on.

“Again...?”, he mouthed in Sirius direction. Peter frowned.

Sirius shrugged and sniffled wetly. “'ts nothing, guys! Just stop asking about it...”

“Doesn't seem like nothing”, Remus pointed out dryly while continuing his drawing of the insides of his worm, which he had already successfully sliced open.

“Moons is right”, agreed James. “I've never seen you so sneezy and sniffly before. You sound real-”

“Shudd up; Jabes!”, Sirius groaned, sounding extremely stuffed up and unusually exhausted.

“I will if you admit you're not well and let us take you to-”

“Mr. Potter”, interrupted Mrs. Hardwood, the care of magical creatures teacher. “I can not recall allowing you to talk during my lesson!”

“Well”, James answered with a smile that was meant to be charming. “I can't recall you forbidding it, either.”

She gave him a murderous look and he quickly folded and got back to his worm, not wanting to end up with another detention.

“And Mr. Black”, she continued relentlessly. “I don't think I have seen you taking a single look at your worm today. Now I don't care in the slightest what is distracting you so much. All I care about is that you finally get to work. If you don't, the only option for you will be to finish this vivisection tonight in my office.”

“Yes, Ma'am...”, Sirius mumbled and his friends were shocked at how weak and tired he sounded.

They were even more shocked when he started working without another word of protest. Another 20 minutes went by in silence that was only interrupted by Sirius frequent sniffles and occasional coughs.

When class was finally over, James patted Sirius on the back. “She's such a nasty old witch”, he said brightly. “I mean, dissecting worms? Seriously?”

“I thought it was quite interesting”, Remus admitted and James pretended to be shocked. He was just about to give Remus a playful scolding about being a teacher's pet and goody two shoes when Sirius's sneeze took them all by surprise.

“HuuuhhhEEShooo!!”

He doubled over with the force and had to cover his face with his arm, because he felt a second sneeze come on and he knew it was going to be messy. “Hahhh....eshEEwwwww!”

“Prongs?” James raised an eyebrow at his best friend, but Sirius was still preoccupied.

“Ishoohhh! HehAchooo!!”

“Merlin! Are you about done, mate?”

Sirius sniffled, paused for a second, then smiled a weak smile. “I s'pose.”

“Bless you”, Peter said shyly and Sirius nodded a thanks, then moved on.

“Hold on!” Remus put a hand on his shoulder and held him back. “You're not well.”

“t's nothigg....”

“You don't sound like it”, James pointed out. “In fact, you sound horrible and look a mess.”

“That's awfully polite of you...”, Sirius muttered sarcastically and attempted to move along, but Remus wouldn't let him. “Sirius, remember this morning at breakfast? When you told us you were fine and not getting sick?”

“Sure. What about that?”

“You lied to us. You are sick.”

Sirius looked down at his feet and mumbled: “You figured that out, huh? Smart boy.”

“C'mon, Pads”, James said. “Stop being all private about it. I know you're embarrassed and tried to hide it, but we're your friends and we noticed anyway, so get over it.”

Sirius gave him a dirty look. “Are you guys just gonna mock me now?”

“What?”, said James.

Remus sighed, thinking of Sirius's family. “Sirius, we just want you to get better, okay? We don't mind the fact that you can't always be tough! Just let us take you to the nurse, alright?”

Sirius looked as if he was going to put up a fight for a few seconds, then he coughed again and hanged his head in capitulation. “Fine...”

Remus and James smiled at each other, then escorted their friend to the hospital wing with Peter walking right behind them.

“You'll feel better soon”, James said comfortingly and Sirius leaned on him thankfully.

So? What do you think? Did you like it? Did it inspire you to write something? C'mon, you know you want to! (Sorry for being so pushy. I just love all the amazing writers on this forum!)

[Arty]

It inspired me to write a remusxSirius fic..and yes i agree peter is...well meh...but james, sirius anand remus...lovely boys. This was beautiful. I like how Sirius is in denial of being sick. These three seem to be the type that would be in denial when sick.

[SpookyScarySkeleton]

Awwwe so cute. I'll just read not write cause I'm not familiar with the fandom..(*cough I barely know who the charecters are other than well.. names perchance.). .. Yep. Great storie Sophie!

[heckyeahsneezes]

GAH! MORE MORE MORE MORE!!!! *breaks out into song and dance even though i really cant dance i just flail my arms around like a retarded bird* I LOVE IT !

[Not_Telling]

YAYYYYY!! HAPPY DRABBLE TIME!

*chants* James next! James next! James next!

[Sophie<3]

It inspired me to write a remusxSirius fic..and yes i agree peter is...well meh...but james, sirius anand remus...lovely boys. This was beautiful. I like how Sirius is in denial of being sick. These three seem to be the type that would be in denial when sick.

Hm... might I ask where that fic is? Did you post it on here and I just didn't see it? I agree, especially Sirius seems like the type of person who wouldn't admit to being sick in front of others. Thanks for replying to my drabble! Hope you like the next one!

Awwwe so cute. I'll just read not write cause I'm not familiar with the fandom..(*cough I barely know who the charecters are other than well.. names perchance.). .. Yep. Great storie Sophie!

Thanks for the reply, Deathy! c: What...?? Omg, what would my life be like without the Marauders? Hahaha...! It's cool that you still like to read this! Hope you like the next one. (James... allergies...go read... haha...)

GAH! MORE MORE MORE MORE!!!! *breaks out into song and dance even though i really cant dance i just flail my arms around like a retarded bird* I LOVE IT !

Hahaha... this made me laugh! Thanks so much! Here comes the next one! Enjoy!

YAYYYYY!! HAPPY DRABBLE TIME!

*chants* James next! James next! James next!

See, Not_Telling, I was actually gonna write about Remus, but just to make you happy, I wrote about James!

Have fun! Hope you like yourself some allergies!

You know how drabbles are supposed to be only 100 words long? Yeah. No. More like 600.

First, their eyes met. His clear blue and her stunning green. He almost lost himself it those eyes for a second... Then he remembered who he was and who she was and how they usually interacted.

“Hey, Evans!”, he called out with a wide smile.

She tried to simply walk by him without a word, but James decided to block her way and Sirius assisted him. So Lily stopped and scrutinized him silently. Then she began to sneer.

“Hey, Potter. I suppose you're in such a good mood because you miraculously avoided getting a T on your potions essay. How did you do it? Did you cheat?”

He pretended to be insulted. “Cheat?! I would never! Come on, Lils!”

Her eyes narrowed and she hissed: “Don't call me that. Ever. Again.”

Instead of backing away, James came one step closer to her and winked. “Wouldn't count on it, if I were you.”

Merlin, he wanted her! Those eyes, those hips, those legs! And her hair looked so soft and shiny today! It wasn't just her body, though, it was her... everything! He came even closer, because he wanted to smell her sweet shampoo that he liked so much.

“You're in idiot, Potter”, Lily said matter-of-factly, as if it was about time that somebody reminded him. “Copied Remus's answers, didn't you?”

“No, I didn't! At least... not all of them”, he replied sheepishly. “Maybe half. And on the other half I improvised. It turned out okay, didn't it?”

Sirius snickered, Peter pretended that he wasn't listening and Remus looked really uncomfortable.

As for Lily, she was beginning to look furious. James sighed on the inside. All he was trying to do was amuse her somehow. How did he always manage to piss her off in less than a minute?

“You!”, she said with a look of disgust. “I should rat you out to Mr. Slughorn.” Then she turned to Remus, who was looking down at his shoes. “And Remus, you're a prefect! Don't pretend you didn't know that he was copying your answers! You're enabling his cheating!”

“Calm down, Lily-”, James began to say, hoping that a charming remark would come to him, but he was interrupted before he could say another word. There was a strange tickle in the back of his throat. Oh no, he thought. Not now! She'll never look at you again!

But he had no control over it. The least he could do was bring up his hands in time. “HuhhhEShooo!! Haeshhh...!”

He saw Lily's facial expression change from shock to disgust. Nobody said anything for a while.

Then he smiled apologetically, but Lily turned her face away and muttered: “Gross...”

He sniffed and the tickle returned. “Huh...huhhh...”

Lily's jaw dropped and she took a step again. “Again, Potter? Seriously?”

“HuhRUShhhh!! Haaaeshhoo!” The third sneeze came out as the most powerful and actually caused James to double over. “HuhAASHHooo!”

“Bless ya, Prongs”, Sirius said, sounding uncertain whether or not the fit was over.

Again, James could watch Lily's facial expression change. This time, it went from disgust to concern. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah”, James mumured, blushed and started rubbing at his nose hectically. “But... what's that smell? All sweet and flowery...”

“Um... I don't know”, Lily said and now James noticed how she was the one blushing.

“No”, said Remus now. “I noticed it, too. I've never smelt it before. Lily? Are you wearing a new perfume or something?”

She nodded, embarrassed. “Yes. Well, I'll better go now. Obviously, I'm not good for you, James.”

So she walked towards one end of the corridor, while the Marauders walked towards the other end.

James sniffled. “Did you hear that? She called me 'James' for the first time!”

“I noticed”, Sirius grinned. “I actually think you have a chance with her now!”

“I heard that!”, Lily called over her shoulder. “And it's never gonna happen!”

James didn't say anything. But over the following days he noticed that Lily never put one the perfume from that day again.

[Not_Telling]

You...you....are AWESOME!!

Thank you thank you that was adorbs I loved it and YAY!!!

...uhm, yes. happytime~

[Arty]

Well i didnt write it but this story has made me want to try. I just written for dracoxharry

[SpookyScarySkeleton]

Awwwwwwwweee yes James is adorable<3 wksnajsuxuwnehsu gosh Sophie, you out do yourself ! this is magnificent. I <3allergies souh yeh cx . And uhm could u Draco o-o . But he's not in the Maurauders is he?. Hum oh well. Continue on with writing about wichever Charecter and ill be sure to read it !

[Not_Telling]

Awwwwwwwweee yes James is adorable<3 wksnajsuxuwnehsu gosh Sophie, you out do yourself ! this is magnificent. I <3allergies souh yeh cx . And uhm could u Draco o-o . But he's not in the Maurauders is he?. Hum oh well. Continue on with writing about wichever Charecter and ill be sure to read it !

Someone's been bitten by the Draco bug

[SpookyScarySkeleton]

Awwwwwwwweee yes James is adorable<3 wksnajsuxuwnehsu gosh Sophie, you out do yourself ! this is magnificent. I <3allergies souh yeh cx . And uhm could u Draco o-o . But he's not in the Maurauders is he?. Hum oh well. Continue on with writing about wichever Charecter and ill be sure to read it !

Someone's been bitten by the Draco bug

. Perhaps I have a serious problem.

[Sophie<3]

Awwwwwwwweee yes James is adorable<3 wksnajsuxuwnehsu gosh Sophie, you out do yourself ! this is magnificent. I <3allergies souh yeh cx . And uhm could u Draco o-o . But he's not in the Maurauders is he?. Hum oh well. Continue on with writing about wichever Charecter and ill be sure to read it !

Thanks so much! I love James, too! But hahaha... sorry, Deathy, Draco wasn't even THOUGHT OF when the Marauders were going to school! Hope you like the next drabble about Remus!

Man, how do these always turn out so long? I'll never make 100 words. Oh well, enjoy! (: Sneezy Remus... aww...<3

Lots of students were rushing in and out of the Common Room. They were all dressed up in their Gryffindor colors, with hats and scarves due to the cold weather. Some even carried flags or posters. Everyone was excited for the big game – Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.

The Slytherins were strong this year, but the Gryffindors were still hoping for a win. There were only 30 more minutes until the beginning of the game, which was why everyone was rushing around hectically. Well, almost everyone...

The Marauders were sitting in the corner by the fireplace. Actually, Remus was the only one sitting. His friends, James, Sirius and Peter, were standing right in front of him, keeping their eyes glued to him.

Remus sniffled, then sighed. “Really, I'm okay.”

Sirius raised one eyebrow the way only he could. Remus looked pathetic. He had his Gryffindor scarf wrapped tightly around his neck, covering the lower half of his face. Still, Sirius could see that the boy looked even paler than usually and that only his nose was of a shiny red, all sore.

James threw up his arms in exasperation. “Come on, Moony, knock it off! You always tell us to be reasonable when we're ill!”

Remus tried to suppress a shiver (Man, he was cold!) and shrugged. “'s different...”

“How is it different?”, asked James, trying not to get upset. “Last week, when I was sick, you told me not to go to Quidditch practice and we argued for a bit, then I realized you were right and stayed in bed instead of going out to play in the rain! The next day, I felt much better! Now you're sick...”

“Not like you were...”, Remus interrupted.

“Right”, said Sirius sarcastically. “James was muuuch worse...”

“Well”, said Remus and tucked the scarf closer around himself, desperately trying to get warm. “He had a cough, remember? I don't have one. I'm just a little stuffed up. So it's nothing, really.”

“I never knew you could be so stubborn, Remus”, Peter pointed out quietly. He didn't want to upset the werewolf, he just wanted to help.

Remus gave him a faint smile. “It's okay, Peter. I'm not stubborn, I'm just not as sick as...” He stopped and quickly put a finger to his nose to rub it, but it didn't help. Quickly, Remus pulled up his scarf and tried to stifle the sneeze. “Huh...ghhhkgg!!” It hurt.

“Bless you, Moons”, Sirius said.

“There!”, James yelled triumphantly and pointed at Remus. “You sneezed!”

“So?”, Remus asked, feeling tired. “That happens when people have a cold, James. It doesn't mean I can't go and support you at the game.”

Sirius sighed and sat down next to Remus on the sofa. He put an arm around his shivering friend.

“Is that what this is all about? You think we need you at the game?”

Before he could answer, Remus stifled two more sneezes into his scarf. “Heh-ghkkx! Hhh-nnkgg!”

“Bless you”, Sirius said and started rubbing Remus's back gently, while James said: “Dude, don't do that! You know it's not good for you. You always tell us it's unhealthy when we do it!”

Remus didn't respond, only weakly leaned against Sirius, then whispered: “I know how much the game means to both of you! I want to be there! Peter and I always cheer you on, I don't want him to go all by himself.”

A smile spread on Sirius's face. He looked up to James, who smiled, too, and sat down on Remus's other side. “Don't be ridiculous, Moony”, James said softly. “You're always supportive and we appreciate that. But today you're sick and -”

“It's just a cold, nothing serious...”, Remus insisted feebly.

“We know”, Sirius said. “But still, you're not feeling good, so we want you to rest a little and get better, okay?”

“Seriously, Remus”, Peter agreed. “It's really cold out. You'll only get worse.”

“And we wouldn't want that”, James added fiercely.

“But...huh...huh-ghkkk!! But... I'm... huh-esh-ghkk!”

James giggled and said: “Sneeze first, talk then, buddy!”

So Remus started rubbing at his nose, sneezed again, didn't stifle this time and felt a little better.

Then he said: “But I'm your friend!”

“Well”, said Sirius. “And we're your friends! We want to support you just as much as you want to support us! So make us happy and stay in bed, okay?”

Remus didn't say anything, just sniffled.

“Guys!”, Peter yelled all the sudden. “You have to get down to the Quidditch field! The game is gonna start in 15 minutes!”

“Crap”, James said and got up. “Sirius? Are you ready?” Luckily they had already changed.

Sirius didn't get up. His hand was still resting somewhere between Remus's shoulder blades and he asked the fragile-looking boy: “Rem? You gonna go up to bed now?”

“Huh...eshhh!!”, Remus sneezed, then nodded in defeat. “Sure...”

“Good”, Sirius answered encouragingly.

“But please, don't worry about me! I'll be better soon.”

Sirius patted the werewolf on the back and got up with a grin. “Oh, nobody said anything about being worried! I just want you to be better before that Potions test on Monday, so I can copy your answers!”

Remus rolled his eyes, then laughed a little, knowing that Sirius was just joking. Probably...

“Good luck at the game!”

“Oh, we don't need luck”, James replied in his usual boastful manner. “We'll kick butt either way!”

Remus smiled, wiped his runny nose with the back of his hand and started walking up to their dorm.

“Get better”, Peter said as he left. He followed James and Sirius out of the dorm and heard the latter say: “I really hope he gets better quickly. There is only one more week before the next full moon.”

“Don't worry”, James said in order to comfort his friend. “We'll make sure he's fine. We always do.”

[Sophie<3]

You...you....are AWESOME!!

Thank you thank you that was adorbs I loved it and YAY!!!

...uhm, yes. happytime~

Uh... sorry, I forgot to say... THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm personally not really into allergies, but I just wrote it hoping another person might enjoy it, and apparently you did, so that makes me happy! (: Hope you also like yourself a sick Remus!^^

PS: You're awesome for replying! c:

Well i didnt write it but this story has made me want to try. I just written for dracoxharry

Draco/Harry? Where? Let's see it! And thanks for replying!

[Not_Telling]

Uh... sorry, I forgot to say... THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm personally not really into allergies, but I just wrote it hoping another person might enjoy it, and apparently you did, so that makes me happy! (: Hope you also like yourself a sick Remus!^^

PS: You're awesome for replying! c:

Heehee no prob! I'm actually not into allergies either, muuuuch more into colds! but u wrote it so well! And yes, sick Remus was also adorbs! <3 <3

[SpookyScarySkeleton]

*raises hand* I like allergies.

Mmm I really loved this drabble !

[Arty]

http://www.sneezefetishforum.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=52773

Here u go! It was apart of another series i did. Loved the chapter!!! Remus is so cute!!!

Edited January 19, 2014 by Artygirl22

[Sophie<3]

I'm actually not into allergies either, muuuuch more into colds! but u wrote it so well! And yes, sick Remus was also adorbs! <3 <3

That's good, because the next drabble is a cold one again! And I have a feeling the one after this will be about sickness as well... Thank you! (:

*raises hand* I like allergies.

Mmm I really loved this drabble !

I know you do! (: I'll try to write another allergy story soon for ya, okay? Here's another cold one, though. Hope you still like it.

http://www.sneezefet...showtopic=52773

Here u go! It was apart of another series i did. Loved the chapter!!! Remus is so cute!!!

Thanks so much! I'll read it asap. Probably... now! I agree, Remus is cute! (: But here's another drabble with Sirius and James. Enjoy!

Alright, we all know that James and Sirius can be a bit stubborn sometimes, always trying to play it tough... ^^ <3

“Jabes Potter!!” Sirius noticed that his voice sounded rather stuffed-up, and sniffled descretely without giving up his posture and aura of superiority. “You are defiditely too sick to go to practice!”

“Oh yeah?!” Now James sat up on his bed, too. He glared at his best friend and said triumphantly: “At least I cad pronoudce by own nabe...!!”

“Really”, said Sirius dryly, noticing that James's voice sounded, in fact, no better than his own.

“Let's hear you try. I dare you, Proggs...”

James shifted forward on his bed, straightened his back and said proudly: “Jabes Potter!”

Sirius couldn't help it. He broke out into laughter, but the sound turned into a painful cough before he knew it.

Immediately, James pointed at him and yelled: “There!! You're coughing!”

“Only because I was laughing so hard...”, Sirius explained, catching his breath. “Your voice soudds ridiculous whed you're stuffed up like that, mbate!”

“By voice soudds ridiculous?” Now it was James's turn to laugh. “Have you listeded to yourself, Black...?!”

Sirius couldn't answer. He pressed two fingers to his nose, then gave up the fight and simply let it all out, uncovered, because secretely he knew that James and him had the same thing anyways.

“HuhhhhREeeeshooo!! HahhhEShhheeeww!! HaahhhIIEeeshshh!”

“There!!”, James yelled again. “You never sneeze three times in a row! Only when you're sick!”

“I do, too!! You've just never heard it before. It means nothing!”

“I'm sure...”, James replied sarcastically, then proceded to wipe his nose on his sleeve.

“What ever. I'll just go to practice now and tell our coach that you couldn't come, because you are not feeling well. He'll understand, don't worry.”

“You will not!”, James yelled. “He'll think I'm a wimp! If Lily hears about this...! If anyone hears about this...!I will not miss our last practice before the game because of... huh...”

“Because of what?”, Sirius asked with mock interest.

“Be-huh-cause... huh...huh-eshhh!! Huh-eshoo!”

James's sneezes lacked Sirius's volume, but were all the more intense. James's whole body shook with the force.

“Bless you”, Sirius said sweetly with a false smile. “I'm under the impression that you have caught yourself a horrible cold there, Potter. You really should take care of yourself now.”

“Same goes for you, idiot...”, James mumbled grumpily before sneezing another double onto his sleeve.

That was when the door of their dorm opened and Remus Lupin stepped inside.

“Hey Rebus...”, James said, more congested again after the last row of sneezes.

“Hi Moody...”, Sirius greeted, at least equally stuffed-up.

Remus's jaw dropped. With raised eyebrows, he looked from one boy to the other.

“What the hell happened to you two?”, he asked then.

“Nothing happened to be...”, Sirius insisted. “Jabes has a cold, though.”

“Not true! Sirius is the sick one!”

Remus simply shook his head in a very prefecty manner and stepped closer to their beds, reaching out to touch both James's and Sirius's forehead at the same time.

“To bed”, he simply said. “Both of you.”

Both boys obeyed out of instinct, because Remus had used that voice with them, but as soon as his head was resting on the pillow, James protested: “But it's the last practice before the game and our captain will...”

“Shhh”, interrupted Remus, more gently now. “Don't worry about it, Prongs. I'll go down there right now and tell him. You have a fever and need to sleep.”

“I'll go with you”, Sirius offered lightly.

“No! Pads, you feel just as warm! I don't know why you are still argueing about it. A responsible captain wouldn't have let you fly anyway! So quit the complaining and get some rest. Now!”

It sounded so much like an order, and Remus's logic and reasoning were as always so compelling, that Sirius and James shut up immediately and spent the rest of the evening coughing and sneezing onto their pillows.

After about an hour, James spoke up with a husky voice. “Pads?”

“Mhh...?”

“I really don't feel good. I think I have a cold.”

Sirius smirked. “I know, Prongsy.”

“And...?”

“And so do I.”

“I know”, James said triumphantly and closed his eyes with a smile.

[Arty]

Awwwwwwww!!!! These two so adorable! And Remus!!! I love him so..much!!!

[Not_Telling]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I laughed so much through this one!

'Tis wonderful, dah-ling! And funny! And cute!

More please! Thank you!

[SpookyScarySkeleton]

Awwwe uasjduiasjdausjd

<3

I love this ! <3

[HPG]

Love.

[Sophie<3]

Awwwwwwww!!!! These two so adorable! And Remus!!! I love him so..much!!!

Thank you so much, Artygirl! (: I love... Sirius! And James! And... yes, Remus, too! <3<3 So glad you liked it!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I laughed so much through this one!

'Tis wonderful, dah-ling! And funny! And cute!

More please! Thank you!

Haha... this made me laugh! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! You're wonderful! Here comes more now. Hope you like it!

Awwwe uasjduiasjdausjd

<3

I love this ! <3

Hehe... thanks so much, Deathy! Hope you enjoy the new one I wrote just as much! c:

Love.

Hey! (: Glad you found my drabble thread here and commented! I hope you'll read and like the next one, although it's a bit different than the others...

Alright, guys. The next drabble is less fluffy than the last ones. I am really interested in Sirius's relationship with Regulus (his younger brother, who comes more after his parents and therefore was sorted into Slytherin). So... that's what this drabble his about! Don't worry, the next one will be more fluffy again. I still hope you all will enjoy this! Please let me know!

“Sirius...?? Sirius?!”

It took the black-haired boy a little while until he registered his best friend's voice.

“Mhh...? Sorry, Prongs. What did ya say?”

“I said...”, James repeated slowly, as if Sirius had somehow managed to become dumb over night. “It would be great if we could include people on the map.”

“Oh, sure”, answered Sirius, still distracted. “Go for it.”

“Go for it?”, Peter repeated. “It's impossible! People are always moving around! How would we map them? There's no way.”

“Hm...”, said James. “That's the one difficulty we'll have to deal with. Moony? Any ideas?”

Sirius was sure that Remus had something brilliant to offer, as usually, but he still couldn't get himself to listen. He was watching somebody, who was sitting at the other end of the library, all by himself.

“Moons, you're a genius!”, James blurted out and Remus only smiled shyly. “Ain't he, Padfoot?”

Sirius nodded absently and murmured: “He sure is...”

There was a moment of silence in which everyone stared at Sirius. Then they started following his eyes and spotted the person he was watching. Regulus Black.

“What's he doing there?”, asked James casually. “All by himself.”

“Beats me”, Sirius said and thought to himself: He looks lost.

There was another moment of silence, then Remus gave Sirius a gentle push. “You should go over there. You two haven't talked in weeks.”

“I know...”, Sirius said and supressed a sigh.

“For real?”, inquired James. “Is he still mad because we kicked Slytherin's ass in that last game?”

Sirius only nodded, thankful that James was offering him this reason. Of course, there were a lot more severe thing between him and Regulus than a Quidditch match. Ever since he had been thrown into Slytherin by the Sorting Hat, everything had felt so different when they were together.

“Boys”, Remus, being the most thoughtful of the four, said to Peter and James. “We should just check out these books and work on our essay in the Common Room, okay?”

Sirius nodded, appreciating the fact that his friends were allowing him this time alone with his brother.

“How about we work on the map instead?”, James suggested and got up, excitement in his eyes.

“You know you'll never manage anything without me”, Sirius smirked and James rolled his eyes. “Your arrogance hurts, Black”, he joked and nodded in Sirius's direction as a quick good-bye. A few seconds later, Sirius was alone. Just like Regulus.

He took a deep breath, then collected all the determination he could find deep down and walked over to him. His brother didn't even look up as he approached, so Sirius stopped again to take in his sight. Regulus looked different than usually. He was pale. Yes. He always had been.

But there was something else. Something Sirius couldn't specify, but still noticed.

Regulus was reading in two text books at the same time, his face was tense with all the concentration he apparently needed for the task, when all the sudden, he jerked forward, completely unexpectantly, with an almost silent sneeze. “Huh—knggh!”

Another person might not have noticed – Regulus only pulled up his shirt for a second and stifled the sneeze completely – but Sirius knew his brother too well. Now he also noticed the red skin around Regulus's nose.

He felt that it was a good opportunity to interrupt him and sat down on the chair in front of him.

“Bless you, Reg”, he offered cheerfully.

His brother's eyes widened. He obviously hadn't expected anyone.

“You!”, he said, not exactly hostile, mostly surprised.

“The name's Sirius”, the older Black replied jokingly. “You should know by now.”

“Sorry...”, his brother mumbled and sniffled. “I didn't see you comin'.”

“Didn't mean to scare ya”, Sirius said kindly. “Sorry about that.”

Why was it that there conversations always started off awkwardly lately, with a lot of apologies?

“It's fine”, Regulus replied smoothly. He was absorbing this Slytherin charme more and more each day. “I was working on an essay about the Imperio.”

Sirius raised an eyebrow. “The Imperio? That's pretty dark art, ain't it?”

Regulus shrugged and cleared his throat, which wasn't something he would typically do.

“It's for Defense Against the Dark Arts, obviously.”

“Well, okay then...”, Sirius said, unconvinced. “Aren't you a little... young, still?”

Sirius spotted a sinister twinkle in his brothers eyes. He had never liked it when Sirius pointed out his age... He had never liked being the younger one.

“Mrs. Birch trusts me with this”, he said fiercely. “The others got a different assignment, but she knew I was interested.”

“Great”, Sirius said, pretending to be impressed, but failing. Right in that moment, Regulus eyelids began to flutter. Before Sirius could say anything, he had quickly stifled three sneezes behind his shirt. “Huh-nkkgh! Heh-tchhgk! Ah-tshhg!”

“You okay?”, Sirius asked with raised eyebrows.

Regulus glared at him. “Fine”, he hissed.

“Alright”, Sirius said, deciding against a polite 'Bless You'. He didn't want to make Reg even more uncomfortable than he already was. Then again, he also didn't want him to be miserable...

“Where are your Slytherin friends today?”, he asked lightly, making a weak attempt to start a conversation that didn't consist of hissing and snapping at each other.

Regulus gave him a piercing glance. “Don't call them my 'Slytherin' friends.”

“Well”, Sirius shrugged. “They are your friends and they are Slytherins, so...”

“So there's still no need to point that out all the time”, Regulus said, hardly concealing his anger. Sirius felt himself get upset, but then he saw Regulus rub his nose and the gesture made him appear so vulnerable that Sirius couldn't be mad anymore.

“Where are your friends, Reg?”, he asked gently, in a voice that was reserved for his little brother.

Regulus looked down at his textbook again and mumbled: “They're not feeling well.”

Sirius nodded. “But... you're fine.”

“That's what I said, isn't it? I would like to get on with my... huh...my... huh-kggh!”

“Ble-... never mind.”

Regulus sniffled. “I'm okay”, he said then. “I don't need you.”

“I know”, Sirius stated, even though he still thought that Reg looked vulnerable and especially needy in this moment. Then he had an idea. “Reg?”

“Hm?” His brother didn't seem too pleased that Sirius was using his nickname from childhood. But Sirius felt that he couldn't give it up just yet, this remnant of a better time when they had still acted like true brothers. Before the Sorting Hat and everyone else had alienated them.

“I don't feel so good.” Sirius knew how to keep a straight face when lying, but would he manage to fool his brother? “I think I'll go up to the hospital wing and get myself some Pepper Up to fight off this cold. Think you could maybe accompany me?”

Regulus didn't flinch. He didn't even look up from his book. “Like I said, I'm busy.”

“Oh”, Sirius said, feeling defeated. He hadn't been turned down like that in a long time, not by anyone, and now his own brother had told him off like that. “Right. See you around.”

Feeling empty on the inside, he got up. Regulus began rubbing at his nose descretely, but couldn't avoid another sneeze. It sounded more forceful than the ones before. Maybe he was getting sicker...

“And...um”, added Sirius, over his shoulder. “Tell... um... tell your friends to feel better.”

“Will do”, Regulus said without any obvious emotion. Sirius couldn't be sure whether his brother could take a hint and realize that Sirius actually wanted him to feel better.

As he walked out of the library, it felt like something was ripping him apart on the inside. It hurt to leave his sick brother behind like that, even if he didn't want his help. All he wanted was to turn around, grab Regulus and take care of him. But he didn't turn around.

His little brother was a big boy now.

[SpookyScarySkeleton]

Awee cute

I liked it !

[Arty]

Awwww.....poor Siri...he wants to be a good older brother and damn u reg...let the caring taking fill yout soul....

[Not_Telling]

OHHHHH MYYYY GOODNESSSSS

:D

AWWWWWWWWWWHHH!!!

...I don't know what else to say. Me is drowning in happytime~