the_debt_of_time

"Indulge me," she said with a quiet laugh. "I had a rough night. Besides, I was really
looking forward to watching you grow up."
Mia had to suppress the urge to cry as Harry opened his eyes to reveal achingly
familiar emerald depths.
"You did watch me grow up. You grew up with me."
She frowned and continued to rake her fingers through his hair. "You know what I
mean."
"You're... a lot more affectionate than you were yesterday," Harry observed.
"Kind of had to be," she said, shrugging. "I was always one for hugs, of course, but
Jamie had issues with getting into people's personal space, and Sirius was no better."
"I think he really missed you."
Mia smiled. "I really missed him too."
Harry raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What? I thought—I mean weren't you just
with him? Younger him... yesterday?"
"Yes, but I missed the older Sirius," she tried to explain. "Harry, did they tell you
what happened when I pulled Sirius from the veil?"
He nodded. "Provoked your Soul Bond."
Her eyes widened slightly. "So you know how I feel about Sirius?"
"You love him?"
"More than anything," she admitted quietly, her bottom lip quivering. "And,
yesterday, or at least yesterday to you... I loved him then, too." She remembered how an
older Sirius Black kissed her sweetly in the library and pleaded with her to be happy, leaving
promises for explanations about their bond for the following morning.
Today. Today was the day after her nineteenth birthday, though she hardly needed
any explanations about bonds now.
"Really?" Harry asked, surprised.
"Mhmm. And then I got sent back in time and had to deal with a bratty, arrogant,
and incredibly needy eleven-year-old, who took up all the space on the sofa in the common
room, made me buy him Cauldron Cakes on the train, and picked fights with Slytherins
that got us all into trouble." She laughed, making Harry grin. "Constantly in trouble, that
boy. I very much missed the older Sirius for a long time."