sirius smiles lazily while watching everyone dancing. it’s nice; this year might be nice DESPITE everything. he glances up when he hears a familiar voice. “ jamie ! ” he calls happily, grinning wildly the moment he sees his best friend, his⸺ “ dear brother, ” he stands up as his mind slowly processing the fact that he’s just spoken out loud ( but then again, james KNOWS it, they ARE brothers ) & he wraps his arms around the other. “ buddy. where’ve you been ? you always have the best ideas. ” okay, maybe he’s a little TOO MUCH to drink, but it’s fine; what’s a party without getting wasted & causing some havoc, like james has suggested ? “ let’s go find MOONY & WORMY. ”
remus hadn’t intended on drinking so much that night — but suddenly it was by all technicality morning and he could barely feel his legs as he stumbled through the still-raging party to try and find his friends. it was almost CRIMINAL that they had yet to spend time as a whole together on this particular night, and though he had spent most of his time with peter cheating at beer pong, he still wasn’t even sure he’d seen sirius since they’d split up upon arrival. just as he were about to turn and ask someone for help, he heard two slurring voices sound from behind him and he quickly turned ( almost tripping in the process ) and half-ran towards them. “ PADFOOT! paddy and prongs! i found ya! i’m like a — like a finding genius or something. wait… wait where’s wormy? ”
peter plucked his bottle from the table, bringing it to his lips an-empty. he hiccuped and frowned at it, peering through the brown glass, fingers still tight around the neck of it. how many had that been? one?
or two?
…s e v e n? he was pulled from his train of thought by a shout in the distance, and a wide grin pulled at his lips as he turned to see his friends banded together, staggering perhaps- or is that me- he wondered, carding a hand through his hair, blinking through groggy eyes, and feeling freer than he had in so goddamn long.
“my boys!” pete called, spreading his arms wide - left foot, right foot, don’t trip over the tree root, left foot- and all but falling into sirius,
“my boys, how are we?” there was once a path between his brain and his mouth, he was sure, but now, head caught in a haze of booze -lightweight? me? jus-jus’ short, not a lightweight- and absolutely glowing with cheer, with a lightness he wanted to hold onto forever, and that path was gone, every word that occurred to him spilling from his lips, and merlin he was fine with that.
“are we having fun?”
James could WEEP when all of them were together, feeling a wave of happy sentimentalism wash over him. In his drunken state, his love for these boys was even bigger, it seemed, and it overwhelmed him a little. “The fun is just starting, Petey,” said James, his voice serious, his finger pointing at the other’s chest. “Because we are reunited once more!” He grinned, widely, corners of his lips curling up. He threw an arm around Remus, let his mind run wild for a moment --- his thoughts were jumping from one thing to another, his drunken state forbidding any clear thought. “I have a PLAN: we’re going to think of a plan to wreak a little havoc and make this party even more itneresting.”