the_debt_of_time

Sirius scowled at her for betraying him and siding with James. James was an idiot.
How could she not see that?
"You heard Snivellus at the last meeting, Lily!" He ignored the reproachful way she
looked at him for using Snape's nickname. "I'm being targeted. They're coming after me,
and if I'm dead then the bloody charm wears off and the three of you will be next!"
Lily pursed her lips and held her hands out. "Give me Harry. If you're going to start
yelling like a crazy person, you don't get to hold the baby."
Sirius pulled away from her like a child who was having his favourite toy taken away
from him. "No," he said with a pout. "I'm... I'm fine. He's fine. Aren't you, pup?"
"Pup!" Harry squealed. "Fine!"
"See? Says so himself. Smart lad."
Lily rolled her eyes. "He's just repeating everything you say. And that worries me."
"Oh, calm down, he doesn't repeat everything I say," Sirius insisted. "Besides, it's
not like I said fuck."
"Fu―"
Eyes wide, Sirius quickly clasped a hand over the boy's mouth.
Too late. Lily saw and heard. "Give me my son!"
Sirius pouted once more but reluctantly handed the boy over to his mother, who
immediately carried him away. "Merlin, is it just me or has she gotten a lot bossier since
having the kid?"
James shook his head incredulously. "Mate, we've been stuck in one safe house or
another for a year and a half. We're both a little on edge."
"I can see that."
"Don't start," James snapped before collapsing on the sofa, running a hand through
his hair. "At least you, Remus, and Peter get to do something in this fucking war. Frank and
Alice feel the same. We're all going mental not being able to contribute anything."
Sirius took a seat beside his best friend and patted his shoulder. "Your job is to keep
that boy safe, Prongs. Even if keeping him safe means doing nothing."
James kicked the nearby table in frustration. "And how many people die while I sit
and do nothing? Fenwick, Dorcas, Dearborn, the Prewetts, Edgar Bones and his whole
fucking family were murdered, same with the McKinnons! And now you!"