The Marauders camping outing ⛺️ July 17, 1988 James Potter: 🥹🥹🥹 Sitting by the owl post, sniffing Severus's sock, breath hitching every time an owl flies by* “Any moment now…” Peter Pettigrew: 🥱 “Prongs, it’s been seven days. He’s not writing back.” James Potter: 😣 “He’s composing, Wormtail. There are feelings involved. He’s just… a bit shy, that’s all…” 🦉📩 An owl swoops down, delivering a letter* James Potter: 😨 “He’s replied. Oh, Merlin—he’s replied.” 🪄 “Lumos.” 💡 Severus Snape-Black: 📜 Potter, I suggest you present yourself to Madam Pomfrey for what is clearly a case of magical derangement—or else book yourself into St. Mungo’s psychiatric ward. And kindly return my sock. I am deducting five points from Gryffindor for possession of personal effects. ~Severus Snape-Black P.S. The motel memory was disgusting. James Potter: 😍🥰 “He remembers the motel. He remembers the memory.” Remus Lupin: 📖 “So—is it mutual?” James Potter: 😖 “It’s… one-sided, you see. He’s the one who likes me, but he’s having difficulty expressing it.” Sirius Black: 🫤 “He had no difficulty expressing his affection for Reg.” James Potter: 😨😕☹️💔 “Did I ask!?” Sirius Black: 😐 “No. But there’s a difference, Prongs—he was madly, deeply, truly in love with Reg. He would never have disrespected him the way he does… whatever it is you two have going on… at present…” Later that evening- James Potter: 😡😠😤✍️📜 Dearest Snivelly, I’ve returned the sock, along with one of mine, so you don’t miss me too much. Or do you miss your ex-husband so much that you cannot part from his surname? P.S. Whatever you’re doing now, you are cheating on me! Sealed, tied to the owl’s leg, sent* 🦉✉️ Remus Lupin: 😐 “Prongs, you all right, mate?” James Potter: 😤😠☺️ “I’m fine, Moony.” Owl Post: 🦉📩 James Potter: 😨 Collects the letter, opens it* Severus Snape-Black: 📜 Have you gone mad? What is wrong with you? —Severus Snape-Black James Potter: 😨😍🥹✍️📜 🎶🎵 Sirius Black: 😐 “He’s humming?” Remus Lupin: 🫤 “That’s probably what Snivellus’s heartbeat sounds like.” Sirius Black: 🫤 “I’m concerned.”
