the_debt_of_time

"You're hiding something! You were never surprised that she had secrets! She shared them all with
you!" Sirius snapped. "What aren't you telling me, Remus?!"
"Are you accusing me...? You think I.. ." Remus growled down at him.
"Don't you growl at me, Moony. For all I know, maybe Snivellus is right and you're the reason
that she―"
Sirius never finished the sentence. The last thing he remembered was a searing pain in the side of
his left cheek followed by Remus shouting.
"You're not the only one that loved her! You're not the only one that misses her every fucking day,
Padfoot! I couldn't hurt her any more than you could. I'd rather die than betray Mia... or any of you,
even if you've been nothing but a pain in my arse since she left."
The pair had not seen one another since.
"I'm just saying I think we should take a minute to rethink things," Sirius told James.
He bounced Harry in his arms, occasionally blowing at the mess of black hair on the toddler
that periodically threatened to slip up Sirius's nose.
James was moving from one room to another, picking up toys that were scattered
about the floor before Lily could come in and lecture them all about making a mess.
"There's nothing to rethink, mate; you're the bloody Secret-Keeper. Albus already cast the
charm," James insisted. "Remember? You were there."
Sirius sighed in frustration, not minding when Harry got his tiny fists tangled in his
long hair. The kid was always tugging on someone's hair—Sirius suspected the boy was
probably jealous of everyone who did not look like they had been hit with one of Lily's
Static Charms. He briefly smirked at the thought of how Mia should be here for this.
Harry's hands would have gotten permanently stuck in her wild mane.
Pushing thoughts of the witch and the associated pain aside, Sirius turned his
attention back to James, who looked like he was not in the mood to argue. The Fidelius
Charm had been cast, but Sirius was terrified that somehow he would screw up and put his
friends in danger. Sirius Black, the Secret-Keeper for the Potters? Nothing could be more
obvious.
"Then we recast it. Lily could do it easily," Sirius said, gesturing to her as she entered
the room.
"Well, that's true," Lily said with a smile, watching in amusement as James cleaned
up the floor. "But I hardly see the point."