the_debt_of_time

"No, I meant to say Mia. She turns seventeen in a few months." Sirius looked up to
find Remus glaring at him. He growled in response, knowing the reason behind Remus's
expression immediately, and the implication of it pissed him off. "Don't look at me like
that. I'm not saying that since she'll be of age, I'm going to jump at the chance to shag the
girl."
Remus looked down, wincing. "Sorry."
"But she's... she's coming back to me, right?" Sirius asked quietly after a few
moments of silence, feeling nervous and vulnerable. "You said you saw it."
Remus nodded. "I did. On her nineteenth birthday."
"Fine, fine." Sirius waved his hand. "Two years. But do you have the Time-Turner?
Do you know how to make it all work?"
Remus sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Sirius always noticed the grey more
when his friend was stressed or upset.
"I've been reading up on Time Magic since before she left. She completed most of
the calculations herself, I just need to finish figuring out how to adapt it to a specific time
and place. But since I don't have the Time-Turner yet," Remus said, and Sirius grumbled in
disappointment, "I honestly don't even know where to begin looking. Department of
Mysteries, I suppose."
"Maybe when the mess with the Prophecy is over, you and I can go in and―"
"We are not doing anything. You are staying here," Remus insisted, eyes flashing
gold.
Sirius felt a twinge in the mark on his shoulder, recognising the words as a
command, though he wondered if Remus had done so intentionally.
Despite Pack magic trying to work on him, Sirius's stubbornness fought through.
He had been locked away inside Grimmauld Place for almost a year, and the company of
one prejudiced house-elf was not doing him any good. Not only was the frequency of visits
from friends on a steep decline, but contact from Harry was next to nothing. Umbridge
had begun inspecting student's incoming and outgoing mail. He had not seen Hedwig in
far too long, and the lack of news was putting him on edge.
"I'm sick and tired of staying here."
Remus groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose in obvious frustration. "I know
that. Everyone knows that. You've been a bit of an arse about it. Stop letting Severus get