Warnings: Slash.
Starts in 1st person but switches to 3rd by the third chapter.
Darkness. Rain on my shoulders.
I look up. Pale face, dark hair. Dark, serious eyes. He regards me so seriously it's easy to forget he's blind. "Are you okay?"
He nods. He traces my jaw to see which way I am looking and looks that way himself.
I'm watching mud form at the bottom of the hill, who knows what he sees.
"We'll be alright you know."
He says it softly, firmly. I sigh. I'm not so sure.
A footstep behind us. I turn but Sev doesn't. He can tell us apart by our footfall and there's no point turning for him.
"Lucius." he says. His breath clouds in the cold air.
"It's too cold out here. Come inside." Lucius tells us imperiously. I smile. Severus doesn't move and I drop his arm. Lucius wants to talk to him. I go inside.
Inside, the other two wait.
Sirius is sitting in a chair, legs apart, and a soft smile on his face as he plays with the tendrils of Remus's hair. Remus is on the floor, reading a book. I stop in the doorway. As always, I can't help but wonder if that's how they sat at school. If they sat in the common room, or in their dorm, one studying, one relaxing.
As always, I hesitate a little before joining them, sitting in a chair across from them. From here, we can all look out the large windows. Lucius and Severus stand framed in the rain.
"They'll get sick." Remus says, looking up from his book.
Lucius slips an arm around Severus.
They are talking quietly; I can see the side of his face as he murmurs something.
Severus shakes his head, but next thing I know they're coming inside. Lucius is the only one Severus will lean on. He thinks it makes him look weak, but he and Lucius are the same height so he doesn't mind so much. Severus opens the door and walks unerringly to his chair, next to mine. Lucius stands behind him, leaning on the back of his chair.
We are quiet for a while, together. I close my eyes. I've never felt like this before. Safe, happy. With a family.
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