the_debt_of_time

Slowly and quietly she made her way up the stairs to the boys' dorms and slipped
inside the room her brother shared with the other Marauders. She quickly peeked in on a
snoring Jamie who was in a deep sleep, sprawled out across his bed, one leg hanging off
the edge. She smiled and ran her hands affectionately through his messy hair, making it a
touch worse.
Her gaze then fell across the room where she could see, framed against the
moonlight, Remus's heartbreakingly beautiful silhouette. She watched closely as his chest
rose and fell with shallow breaths. She made no closer move toward him, knowing that this
close to the full moon he was a light sleeper, and she did not want to wake him when he
needed all the rest he could get.
Before she turned to leave—and despite the fact that she was annoyed with him—
Mia peeked behind Sirius's curtains to check on him. He was on his side with one arm
crossed over his chest, gripping the other gently. Her brows knit together as she
remembered an older Sirius. This was how he slept in the bed in the tent when they had
been on the run. She remembered Apparating out of Godric's Hollow and how Sirius had
been splinched. She had bandaged and repaired his wound just as he had done to her
months prior. While he rarely complained about the injury that she took responsibility for,
she noticed that he favoured the wounded arm in his sleep.
"You okay?" Sirius mumbled as his eyes opened.
She frowned, not noticing before that he was awake.
"Sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean to wake you."
"Need me to get James?" Sirius sat up and rubbed his eyes, turning to look to the
side where James was out cold. "Oh, well. I could wake him up."
"No, don't. I'm fine." Her focus drifted across the room hesitantly at Remus's bed.
"Come on," Sirius said and scooted backward on his mattress.
"No."
Sirius frowned, looking angry. "You want Remus?"
"How was your date?"
His anger seemed to dissipate at her words. Without answering, he reached out and
grabbed her hand, tugging her forward until she fell onto the mattress.