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Last Line(s) tag

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I'm slowly making my way through the next update of the Ravenclaw Sirius AU

“Professor,” Black says like he has gone through this a million times already. “You know I am very busy at the moment.” “Yes, yes,” Slughorn says with a beneficial smile. “I know, I know. Prefect and on top of that you're working on eleven NEWTs. What a number!” “Ten, sir,” Black corrects him. “I didn't see the merit of keeping Divination on NEWTs level.” “Ah, yes,” Slughorn nods like he knew that all along. “The only other one you're not taking is Muggle Studies, correct? I remember Filius being a little grumpy about your parents and their rather... conservative view on the subject.” “That's a very diplomatic way to word it,” Black says flatly and Slughorn laughs, patting his shoulder like Black just made a very funny comment. He has to stretch a little to reach it.

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After Alfred Eisenstaedt

Sirius is finally released from prison, and James couldn’t be happier. (They are only moments away from falling and landing on the floor.)

A direct illustration of the latest ficlet, except this pic was sooner.😅Their reunion is well deserved, so expect more illustrations!

Usual links & tags: my Bodyguard AU tag, part one masterpost, @goldenlionprince's AO3 collection, @neverenoughmarauders, @lovelymasks & @diamondmeadow!

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

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Hi, with the help of @plecotusauritus I made a new game. Using these parameters, you get to make up your own crime of Sirius Black

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free my man

Check out how they use the phone James got to Sirius in the last story in this heartbreaking art! And when you're done with hurting yourself, come back here because it's finally time to get Sirius back out of prison in The Bodyguard AU with @sorenphelps! you can find previous parts in my AO3 collection and in @sorenphelps Bodyguard AU tag

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Twelve weeks.

Almost three whole months.

Lily had told James that it would take a while, but twelve weeks are still a fucking long time to wait to have your arms back around someone you love.

Too long for James' taste.

Waiting the last few minutes feels like torture but he will get through them. He has waited three months for this, he can do a few minutes more.

Today they will finally release Sirius. There is no trial. The charges were finally dropped because of the lack of evidence or motive. Crouch didn't like it.

He especially didn't like it when it came to light that the Head of the Department of Sports had been blackmailed by Bertha Jorkins because of some shady money laundering business he is involved in and she had stumbled upon. Ludo Bagman had been in Godric's Grove too at the time of Jorkins' murder so he had an actual motive to do away with her.

But of course they hadn't arrested Ludo Bagman yet. He doesn't get the same treatment as Sirius. That might be because the blackmailing evidence came from an anonymous source – James had worked hard to uncover all that, thank you – but they had arrested Sirius on even less evidence. The double standards of the ministry.

James walks back and forth in the small room, unable to stand still. Lily is watching him but she doesn't say a thing, which James is really grateful for.

Finally the door opens and there he is. He's looking a little worn, the hair short but starting to grow back in. A smile lights up his face though when he sees James.

And James is across the room and in his arms quicker than he can think, almost crashing them both down onto the floor with the force of his kiss, with his unbridled enthusiasm to have Sirius back.

Oh, how James has missed this. Has missed him. Having contact over the phone has helped, but nothing can beat having Sirius right here in person.

Sirius's arms wrap around him, holding him tight and balancing them both. For a moment James forgets about all that has happened. But only for a moment.

“I hate to interrupt this,” Lily says, the smile clear in her voice. “But Sirius still needs to sign the release papers so we can get out of here.”

Laughing, Sirius disentangles himself from James. It's so good to hear that sound.

Lily hands over the pen and Sirius signs the papers, James still glued to his side.

And just like that he's a free man again.

****

Lily takes them home in her car, taking back roads so the people from the press won't be a problem. James doesn't let go of Sirius' hand the whole way. He needs that little point of contact like a life line. Sirius doesn't seem to mind.

They say goodbye to Lily at their front door and just like that James has Sirius right back where he belongs.

As soon as the door falls shut behind them he wraps his arms around Sirius' neck and kisses him, long and deep and hungry to catch up on lost time.

“What do you want to do,” James asks between kisses, his fingers slipping into the unfamiliar short hair. The strands are barely long enough now to bury his fingers in them. James still has to get used to that.

Sirius' hands slide beneath James' shirt and up his back, pulling him even close. “Taking a shower would be great, actually.”

James pulls back just a little, just enough to brush his nose against Sirius'. “Anything you want.”

They leave a trail of clothes on the way to the bathroom, something to deal with later. It's a lot more unhurried than James would have expected but it's nice. The warm water feels good and so does having Sirius so close again, skin to skin.

They fall into bed after, tangled together, not an inch of space between them. James' fingers card through Sirius' short hair, Sirius' arms wrapped around James' middle, his head resting on James' chest. They don't talk. They just enjoy this.

The feeling of having each other again without anything that separates them.

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“Sirius is short” no he not 🫩

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I will take no excuses or arguements on this, sirius was not wrong for leaving that household. And james would never in any circumstance take anyone elses side (e.g regulus) on this. I do not care.

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Peak dynamic

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survived the thunderstorm, btw

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wow... what a thunderstorm... looks and sounds like the world is ending

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Anyone who believes Sirius only opposed blood purity because he’s a contrarian who just wanted to make his parents mad is free to never speak to me ever

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sometimes writing isn’t about talent. sometimes it’s about sitting in your chair and suffering for 45 minutes until a single sentence crawls out of your skull

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anchor

Sirius has landed himself in solitary, which came with the nice bonus of spending way too much time in his own head. The kick on his leg not only opened an old injury, but brought back the memories too. Thankfully he has a way of communicating with James now, which can help him battle the old demons.

I originally wanted to make an animation but my idea was too ambitious for my current skillset (and lbr, available free time), so I ended up turning it into a comic, sort of. It is hard to translate poetic ideas and complex metaphors into picture format, tbh I'm still not sure if I could pull it off or if it's too on the nose...

Original idea was that the leg injury (and the whole experience of being locked up) triggered some traumatic memories, and listening to James' voice calms him down and kind of snaps him out of the flashbacks. On the top half, the memories are colorful and vivid while everything else is desaturated... while on the bottom half the bad memories slowly fade to black and everything else becomes colourful again. It's also sunrise, to emphasize that James is literally the light of the sun for him. James also wears Sirius' old dino T-shirt, because he needs to feel close to him too... (please ignore that the dinosaur should face the other way😅)

Usual links & tags: my Bodyguard AU tag, part one masterpost, @goldenlionprince's AO3 collection, @neverenoughmarauders, @lovelymasks & @diamondmeadow!

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thanks for tagging me in the picrew game @mycupofrum @squintclover @lovelymasks @polaroidcats! 🥰

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Art by Ronny, not Ronnie (Odinsis) (ac: DFodinsis on X) [commission]

James and Sirius do this all the time: they do their homework, they do their research, one touch, a smile or a glance, and then they hug and kiss. It doesn't matter if it's their bedroom or the common room in the Gryffindor dorm, they don't care much about the opinions of others, who are obviously already used to the fact that these two have become even more tactile and codependents after they started dating.

Ficlet on AO3

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jilypad sitting on james' bed studying for newts together btw