the_debt_of_time

of her brother's robes, for which she was grateful. "I'd honestly like to keep that rule in
place until we graduate."
"Fuck off, Prongs," Sirius mumbled and then growled when Lily swatted the back
of his head.
"Language. You should be grateful that we're all being so calm about this. You
attacked a fellow student, got caught by the Head Boy and Girl and two prefects, but
instead of reporting you, we are protecting you."
"I don't need your bloody protection," Sirius snapped, still not moving to look at
any of them. "And I didn't attack a fellow student. I attacked a Death Eater."
"You attacked your own brother," Mia corrected him.
"The only brothers I have are in this room right now."
"How's Regulus?" Remus asked Mia, ignoring Sirius.
"I healed the wound on his neck, told him to find some Dittany so it wouldn't scar,"
she explained but left out the details of the conversation she had with the young Death
Eater. Sirius stirred at her words, his body stiffening. "Yes, Sirius, I healed your brother so
he wouldn't scar. You might have an idea as to how I feel about scars."
"We'll leave you two alone," Remus said with a significant look in Sirius's direction.
He gestured to Lily and James, and the three made their way to the door.
James stopped and looked at Mia, silently pointing to Sirius's wand in his pocket as
though asking a question. She shook her head and pointed to the door, indicating that he
should take the wand with him, just in case. When the door shut behind them, she re-
warded it with her own security charms to prevent Sirius from escaping again.
She made her way back to Sirius's bed, where she crawled over his body and fell
onto the other side of the mattress, facing the angry, yet passive wizard who was filled with
bitterness and Calming Draught.
"Hi," she whispered.
"Hi, yourself."
"You can't do that to me, Sirius. I know you were feeling helpless, and you needed
to do something, but if you're going to be an Auror, you need to keep your temper in
check." When he made to argue, she cast a daring look that silenced him immediately. "I
got over this scar, and this word, a long time ago." She rolled her sleeve back up and
showed him, watching with sadness as he looked away from it. "Am I so hideous now?"