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The Hogwarts Express hummed with fourth-year energy, sunlight slicing through the compartment windows. Sirius lounged, tie loose, legs sprawled, eyes fixed on the corridor door rather than James and Peter’s banter. A chocolate frog wrapper crinkled under his restless fingers. His gaze wasn’t on the candy, but on the threshold, waiting for Remus. The air felt charged, thick with an unspoken tension. James teased about 'Moony’s' tardiness, but Sirius barely registered it. His heart hammered against his ribs, a fluttery, irritating excitement he refused to name. He stared at the door, jaw tight, trying to mask his impatience with a scoff. 'Remus is always the last to get here,' he muttered, voice sharp with feigned annoyance, though his eyes betrayed his eager anticipation. 'What’s t…