time: 7:00 PM date: 7.14.79 location: zabini estate @ofmugglestudies
they’re cutting it close. sirius reaches for the flask hidden in his sleeve before he makes a beeline for the exit, narrowly missing crashing into the gillywater table. then he’s careening down the staircase and through a series of hallways. he arrives at the powder room winded. when he pushes through the doors, shedding the overcoat of his auror’s robes as he goes, he loses some more of his frazzling composure. “alice isn’t here?”













