Blackmail
By Cherry Hall
Date: November 21st 2012 (Originally Penned August 1st, 2012)
Characters: All Four Marauders, various Professors, Severus Snape, Lily Evans
Genre: Humor, Romance
"Ow!
OW!
BUGGER JAMES QUIT IT!"
Sirius Black was, for lack of a better word, in pain. The full moon had been the day before, and, screwing around with Wormtail, he had gotten swiped by the Whomping Willow.
But now he wasn't in the hospital wing like he should have been, and wanted to be in at this point. No, now he was lying limply in the Gryffindor common room, with James poking incessantly at his swollen ankle with his quill.
"JAMES! GEROFF!" Sirius growled, chucking a roll of parchment at his laughing friend.
"If you say so Padfoot." James smirked, giving his purplish foot one final jab before returning to his potions essay. Sirius groaned.
"You think Remus will take a look at this? I really don't want to do another essay on draught of the living death, much less with this" he pointed towards his now bluish ankle, and lowered it slightly. "Bothering me at every turn. Then again, Slughorn might give me a pass for it…"
"Well, I doubt Slughorn will give you a pass, but I have a feeling Remus will take a look at it and then some." Abandoning his own unfinished essay, James turned.
"You realize he feels awful about this, right?" James rested his head on his upturned hands, his right eyebrow quirked upward.
"Yeah, he feels like rubbish. As always. Why are you asking? Got a plan to cheer him up? Cause I am game, as long as I can do it bedridden." Sirius smirked, as James rolled his eyes.
"Well, it cheers someone up, but I doubt it will be Remus. Though this might help him get over that nasty guilt compulsion of his."
Sirius' smirk only grew as he propped himself up, James rolling his eyes as he helped him.
"You don't mean…"
"Blackmail? Why yes, I believe I do."
Authors Note: Hi guys! This is dedicated to my best friend Novelist 'n' Training, who gave me this prompt so I had something to write while we were on our class trip in DC. Hope it I up to your standards! Yeah, I know its short, but its just a prologue! Review with ideas of things for Sirius to make Remus do!
