the_debt_of_time

He expected her to turn her back and leave him there, or maybe cry because he
yelled at her. Most girls would.
Lily Evans, however, had never been like most girls.
"Can you possibly cease the pity party long enough to realise You-Know-Who isn't
planning this entire war around your ego?" She glared at him, all softness gone from her
gaze, though she still looked like she cared, which was actually quite strange. "Death Eaters
attack blood-traitors, Muggles, and Muggle-borns. You and Potter are blood-traitors. The
Carrows would have attacked him, even if you weren't there." She gave him a daring look
when he attempted to interrupt. "I'm a Muggle-born, and one that was—up until
recently—best friends with a Slytherin, who has what I'm assuming are Death Eater
friends. God, Severus might be one himself these days, for all I know."
Sirius took note of her speculation, filing it away in the back of his head for later
reflection.
"I was already a bloody target, you right prat!" She stepped forward and shoved
him. "You had nothing to do with the accident this morning, other than buying that
ridiculous motorbike in the first place, and you are not responsible for Death Eaters
storming the hospital! That woman downstairs is your mother." She pointed to the door
leading to the staircase. "You need to get it together because you will hate yourself if you
don't go down there and tell her goodbye."
"I don't want to," he admitted, less like a petulant child being forced to clean his
room and more like a terrified man being forced to face a dragon.
"I'm not asking," Lily held firm. "If you want my opinion—and even if you don't—
I'd say that you've been quite ruined over the years."
Sirius furrowed his brow at the declaration, surprised she had the nerve to insult
him, regardless of whether or not it was true.
"One family that punished you for being anything other than yourself, and another
family that doted upon you simply because you existed. Mia's the only one to ever order
you about, and even then, she's biased because anytime she's not in a relationship with
Remus, she's likely to be caught staring at your arse." Lily glared at him when he dared to
smile at the revelation.
"Your other friends follow your lead which only ever gets you lot in trouble, so the
mantle falls to me to keep you in line. You and I are friends, Sirius Black." She left out the