the most quietly devastating difference between james and peter vs sirius and remus was food
james and pete could casually skip breakfast, forget lunch entirely. leave half their toast on the plate and wander off like it would simply still exist later. rich only-child behaviour from james, and peter somehow surviving entirely on vibes and crisps.
meanwhile sirius and remus reacted to food like victorian street children seeing an orange for the first time.
remus always noticed when someone didn’t finish eating. always quietly asking “you’re not gonna eat that?” before they’d even put the fork down. had entire emergency treacle fudge, chocolate frogs and cauldron cakes stashes hidden in his trunk because full moons made him constantly hungry in a way nobody else really understood.
and sirius, who grew up in a house where meals could be taken away as punishment, treated every meal in the great hall like it wasn’t guaranteed. he ate carefully, never too much, never too fast, but always every last crumb. looked genuinely stressed if people skipped meals. absolutely incapable of hearing “i’m not hungry” without acting like the world was ending.
they never spoke about it on purpose. just instinctively started setting food aside for each other.
sirius sliding extra potatoes onto remus’s plate before full moons without a word. remus smuggling toast wrapped in napkins out of breakfast because sirius got detention and missed dinner again.
james once said “you two act like the hogwarts kitchens are entering a famine”
and remus and sirius just looked at him like he’d said the stupidest thing imaginable before immediately diving for the last chip on james’s plate at the exact same time, already laughing before either of them had even won.
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