because sirius black posts tend to be completely gut wrenching, here’s a list of (probable and canon) happy sirius moments:
meeting his bff soulmate james on the train
the moment he realized remus and peter and he and james were a group of real/actual/inseperable friends
the first prank (idk what it was but it was pretty crappy but they were so proud)
the first prank they actually got away with
the realization that the invisibility cloak will help them immensly
LISTEN we have canon evidence of sirius AND peter being punmasters and i’m going to say that bad puns were a thing and contests for the worst pun was probably a thing that happened often
figuring out that they could become animagi to help moony
drafting revision revision of the map and finally completing it
sunday dinners at the potters
being at the potters in general how great was that place for him tho
changing christmas carols to bawdy lyrics
when they BECAME ANIMAGI can we not?
and just the full moon in general when they were all together
doing a double act with james in pretty much any capacity
general mischief making makes sirius black happy this is a fact
when he got his precious bb motorbike—the biggest baddest thing he could find
the moment when they perfected the flying charm on the motorbike
talking to his boyfriend on their dual mirrors
chatting up rosmerta at the pub
(probably) getting his ass kicked by moony at gobstones b/c moony played a lot of gobstones in his childhood and was probably king
turning that fucking cop car up in the air to knock out death eaters he and james laughed about that for ages i think
first time he helped saved a life in the Order
successful Order missions in general
O H the matching t-shirts those punny bastards and i would love to think actually that remus and peter had them too
i’m going to say duelling because (at least in ootp) it was so invigorating for him and he was sassy and showing off and oh sirius you drama queen you love this
WHEN HARRY WAS BORN AND HE WAS NAMED GODFATHER HE DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS SQUAKING THING BUT HE WAS A MINI PRONGS AND SIRIUS WAS LIKE WHAT IS THIS SHIT OH RIGHT LOVE damN
picking out that little toy broomstick and thinking about what a disaster harry would make of it and he was such a little shit godfather i love it
reading lily’s letter and seeing that picture
WHEN HE FINALLY ESCAPED FROM AZKABAN HOLY SHIT
seeing harry at the end of privet drive
sending harry the firebolt
‘YES I WILL COME AND LIVE WITH YOU PLEASE AND THANK YOU'
when buckbeak looked him in the eye and said ‘get on loser we’re going flying’
he picked out an owl for ron what a sweetpea really
long talks with buckbeak who was basically his best mate for a year
sneaking out of #12 to see harry to the train station
pretty much any time he gave harry a gift
when everyone was at #12 for christmas remember how happy he was with the decorations and the singing REMEMBER HOW GREAT THAT WAS