the_debt_of_time

"What is it?" He groaned as he rolled over, blinking up into the sad face of his witch.
Looking at her red-rimmed eyes, he sat up quickly. "Is it Remus? Has something changed?"
"No. He's still.. ." She slowly inhaled a shaky breath. "It's four days until the full
moon."
Sirius frowned. "I know."
"And Madam Pomfrey said―"
"I know," he repeated sharply.
"Do.. ." she began but then hesitated. "Do you know that I love you? Do you
know that I love you more than anything else?" She leant forward, taking his face into her
hands and kissing him briefly, before pulling away, stifling a sob.
Sirius paused and looked deeply into her eyes, searching for whatever it was that
she was hiding behind her tears. He knew that she loved him; some days he did not know
how or why, but he knew. Merlin, he knew it every time she touched him and kissed him.
Anytime he was inside of her, he could feel the tug of the Soul Bond between them, but
more than that, the way she stared deep into his eyes as though she could lose herself in
them.
He knew.
"What's going on?"
"What would you do to save him?"
He contemplated her words for a long moment, already knowing where her
thoughts were going. She looked terrified, and he wanted to console her, but more than
that, he wanted to empower her and give her everything he knew she needed. He had
always known that, despite how much she loved him, she would always need Remus.
"I would do anything to save my friends," he promised her with complete sincerity.
"Sealed bonds amplify our magic. It's the reason witches and wizards live longer
than Muggles, and why, when we're injured, we can tap into our magics and our bonds to
heal ourselves," Mia said, tears spilling onto her cheeks. "Mum told me that when she...
when she was explaining about Soul Bonds."
Sirius waited for the jealous feelings to burst inside his chest. When that did not
happen, he swallowed hard, feeling uneasy as they treaded into untouched waters.
"You're going to seal the Pack Bond. That's your plan to save him?"
Slowly, she nodded.