the_debt_of_time

"Fuck off, Prongs, go find yourself another sofa."
"What if I came for the company?"
"Then find yourself another witch, this one's taken," Sirius said, sighing happily when Mia started
playing with his hair again.
James eyed them both. "Taken? Is that right, Mia?"
"He didn't mean it like that," she insisted, blushing.
James rolled his eyes. "Right. So this is platonic head petting?" he asked, gesturing to Sirius's head
buried in Mia's lap.
"Always has been. Jamie, where's Lily?" Mia asked, trying to distract her brother from the
awkward conversation he was trying to start. She had been broken up with Remus officially for almost two
months and, despite the fact that she and Sirius were obviously in love with one another, the two had silently
decided to avoid the subject of an actual relationship. It appeared that their mutual decision to ignore the
obvious was bothering their friends and family to an extreme level.
"She's getting ready for the Halloween Feast," James said with a grin. "Are you two coming down?
"In a bit," Sirius answered.
Mia shrugged. "Maybe. I... I don't much feel like celebrating Halloween."
"Why not? It's the best holiday just after Christmas and our birthday!" James declared.
"I just don't like Halloween," she said, getting irritated.
Sirius snorted, muttering, "That's not what Moony says."
Mia growled and pinched his ear.
"You two are getting ridiculous," James said, shaking his head and laughing.
Sirius slept soundly in bed next to her, his face tucked into the pillow, one arm
hanging off the end of the bed and the other wrapped around her waist. She had gone to
sleep early only to wake when he stumbled into the room close to four in the morning,
smelling of Muggle bourbon. She had been worried about him drinking alone, but then she
heard a loud bang outside their bedroom door and opened it to find Remus unconscious
at the foot of the stairs, smelling worse than Sirius.
She had levitated her best friend to his room and sent a Patronus to Tonks letting
her know where her husband was, only to receive one back from the Auror indicating that
she knew this would happen. Both Sirius and Remus apparently had a habit of spending
the night before and the night of Halloween drinking in an attempt to forget the past.