equality - @wolfstarmicrofic - cw: blood/implied awful orion and walburga - word count: 314
"Get him to the couch!" Effie ordered sharply, watching like a hawk as James and Monty both carried a shaking, bleeding Sirius to the couch, ripping off his shirt to get a better look at the various bruises and lacerations underneath the fabric.
Remus, who watched from a meter away, couldn't help but press a trembling palm to his mouth as he gazed tearfully down at his boyfriend, terrified that Walburga and Orion's wrath had finally been too much.
But as Effie moved the tip of her wand over Sirius's ghostly pale skin, the wounds began to knit themselves together and color began to slowly return to his body. Everyone in the room stared, holding their breath, as Effie healed the sixteen-year-old, praying that it wasn't too late; that he'd run away in time.
Remus, who never cried, felt tears in his eyes.
But after what seemed like an eternity of waiting, hoping, staring…Sirius's eyelids fluttered open.
"Hey," he muttered gruffly, causing Remus to let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Sirius! What hurts, dear?" Effie demanded, her voice urgent but kind.
The Gryffindor's face twitched as he looked around. "S'not fair."
"Pads. Pads, s'okay. You don't have to go back there. You're staying here, we're not letting them take you back to that hellhole," James said passionately, causing Remus to nod emphatically.
In Remus's opinion, he'd take down Walburga and Orion himself rather than let SIrius go back to them.
But Sirius met Remus's eyes. "Nah. Nah. S'not fair b'cuz," he swallowed and gave a loopy, lopsided grin. "M'shirtless. But my Moony isn'. Wha' happened to equality?"
After a split second of shocked silence, James burst into a roar of laughter, Monty and Effie chuckling along as well. Remus, however, felt himself blush. "Merlin, Sirius, you idiot," he murmured fondly.
"I think he's just fine," Effie said with a smirk.
