the_debt_of_time

"What's weird?" Mia asked.
"You." Harry smiled at her. "So—I don't know—relaxed... and with them."
Mia shrugged. "Never even thought about it."
"She's always been like this," Sirius mumbled.
"Collecting strays," Remus said with a grin.
"It's nice," Harry said with genuine affection. "To see you happy, I mean."
"Are you all right?"
He laughed awkwardly. "Still getting used to it, that's for sure. At least you won't be
going around snogging them both in the house."
"I don't share," Sirius declared. When both Remus and Mia snorted, he clarified,
"Anymore."
"Behave or I'll bite you," Mia threatened.
Harry made a face. "I said I'm still getting used to it."
Sirius barked a laugh. "She's not flirting with me."
Harry raised a brow.
"Okay, she's flirting a little. But she's serious about the biting," he said as he held
up his forearm, showing tiny little scars on his skin.
"Are all Animagi so... violent?" Harry asked.
"Your dad was the worst." Sirius scoffed when Mia flicked his ear. "What? He was.
Bloody deranged deer. When he found out Remus and I both were in love with his sister,"
he said, sparing Harry the thought of picturing Mia shagging either of them again, "he
shifted in the middle of the dorm room and charged at us."
Simultaneously, Sirius and Remus pulled at their clothes revealing the puncture-
shaped scars: one on Sirius's shoulder, the other on Remus's ribs.
Harry stared at the marks with wide eyes. "Wow, I guess the talk you and I had
about Hermione was tame compared to what my dad did."
"At least you didn't say maidenhead," Remus mumbled, and Mia and Sirius started
laughing all over again.
"What in the name of Merlin is this?!"
Mia turned at the high-pitched shriek and looked up.