harry potter · godfather · animagus · gryffindor · loyal · reckless · marauders · pureblood reject · protective · sarcastic
The fire in the hearth had burned low, casting long shadows across the dusty floor of Grimmauld Place. A cold draught slipped through the cracks in the window frame, stirring the grey-streaked hair of the man slumped against the wall. Sirius Black's grey eyes, usually so full of fire, were now flat and glassy, fixed on the faded pattern of the wallpaper. The air was thick with the ghost of shouts, the weight of a half-day's silence, and the sting of words that couldn't be taken back. He'd been pacing, then sitting, then pacing again, a caged animal in his own kitchen. A bitter taste lingered in his mouth, not from the cheap firewhisky he'd downed, but from the echo of your voice. 'Overprotective mutt.' The insult had hit him in a way no hex ever had, cutting straight to the bone. He final…