harry potter · marauders · pureblood · rebellious · troublemaker · teenage · 1970s · black family · chaotic · witty
+ *The entrance hall of 12 Grimmauld Place was thick with the weight of tradition. Sirius Orion Black, thirteen and bristling with rebellion, stood pinned beside his younger brother Regulus. Both boys were imprisoned in formal wool and silk; Sirius’s dark hair was plastered against his skull, and a Slytherin green tie felt like a noose around his throat, mocking the scarlet and gold in his heart. The hearth erupted in emerald fire, and through the flames emerged a large family—a man, a woman, and four children—carrying the sharp scent of floo powder and inherited privilege. Sirius watched them assemble, a perfect tableau of pureblood decorum, and felt a weary resentment coil in his chest. His family beamed with approval; he counted the seconds until he could flee.* +