the_debt_of_time

Remus reached a hand out and set it on top of his arm. "Sirius―"
"No!" He yanked his arm away, glaring back across the table at Dumbledore. "I
want to know why Harry's not here. He should have been brought to me the moment we
opened this house up. Not living back with those rotten Muggles."
"Lily's sacrifice―" Dumbledore began.
"No longer applies," Sirius argued, cutting him off. "Wormtail used Harry's blood
to bring Voldemort back to full strength."
He ignored the way that more than half of the Order flinched in response to the
name. Honestly, weren't they supposed to be the ones brave enough to face him?
"Lily can no longer protect Harry. And I'll thank you, Albus, to not mention it again.
There are very few subjects anyone should take caution when broaching with me, and Lily
Potter is one of them," he said on the edge of a growl.
Someone in the room scoffed loudly, and Sirius turned his angry eyes upon Snape.
He stood up, pointing at the man. "Don't start with me, Snivellus!"
"Sirius," Dumbledore said, redirecting his attention. "Lily's sacrifice made it so that
I was able to cast a Protection Charm over Harry. While he remains living with his aunt
and uncle, he is safe in their home."
Sirius bobbed his head, retaking his seat and kicking his feet up on the table, much
to Molly's obvious distaste. "Understood. Except, you know, should he ever need to step
a single foot outside that home, then he's got dementors attacking him. "Never mind
whatever the Muggles are doing to him inside the house."
"Harry is perfectly safe," Dumbledore tried to say, but Sirius was having none of it.
"Arthur, Molly, when Harry's not with the Dursleys he's generally in your care, isn't
he?" Sirius asked. "Tell me, what do you think of the treatment he's been getting from the
Muggles?"
Arthur and Molly both avoided the eyes of everyone else in the room.
Before either could reply, Dumbledore cleared his throat. "It is because of the
dementor attack and Harry's approaching hearing with the Ministry that we do plan on
retrieving him early. Tomorrow, in fact."
Sirius folded his arms across his chest. "Good."
"I'd like to put together an advance guard to bring Harry to Grimmauld Place by
broom. Alastor?"