to say that sirius wasn’t always tense sending harry off to school would be a complete and utter lie ; and not even a vaguely passable one. they all know it, because sirius is terrible at keeping how he feeling from remus or harry. but this year is - well, it feels worse. harry’s scar has been paining him more, which he sullenly admitted to them after a particularly bad night, and the whole thing just feels...more dangerous. there are stirrings and chatters, and sirius isn’t entirely comfortable with any of it.
first there was the world cop, and then the goblet had happened to spit out harry’s name and sirius hasn’t had a moment of peace since. harry got through the first task just fine, and sirius is immensely proud of him. of course, given that the first task - the first one! - involved fighting a dragon, sirius doesn’t have much hope of relaxation in the coming months.
christmas couldn’t come quickly enough, and there’s something at least partially soothing about having harry home. being able to see him, even if it’s only for a little while before he’s back to hogwarts for the damned ball. it’s all a bit insane, but sirius imagines he’s not feeling anything close to what harry is, which means his only task at the moment is ensuring a good christmas, as much as he can. which he’s sure harry would be happier about on the whole if they didn’t have to shop for dress robes.
❛ count yourself lucky, haz. my mother used to make me wear the most awful, stiff robes. you could hardly walk in them. ❜ sirius sticks his arms out straight towards the floor, unbending, and walks a circle on his toes, knees locked in place as well before stopping to grin at harry. ❛ these’ll be fine. besides, it’s just one night. i’m sure there’s some mischief you’ll manage to get up to. ❜ // @harryptr















