"Stay." The soft voice of Marlene McKinnon was laced with sleep. Sirius Black looked back at her. Her wavy, brunette hair was sticking up in odd angles, her eyes half-open. It tugged on his heart to hear her voice early in the morning, pleading him to stay.
"Lay down with me." she continued to persuade him, frowning a bit. Sirius hesitated; he wasn't one to stay on the morning after. Normally, he would sneak out at dawn, never even giving the girl a second glance.
But she was different. She wasn't just some girl. At dawn that morning, he did woke up, but he didn't plan to leave immediately. He watched her in her slumber for nearly an hour, marveling at her features. He longed to brush the stray hair out of her face, but he was afraid that she'd wake up at his slightest touch. He usually didn't stay for that long, until the realization of the rising sun hit him-he needed to get a grip and leave.
Just as he was about to leave, her voice crept on to him, making him want to stay. Maybe.. it was already time to change. It was his last year, after all. No more fun and games.
"Okay." he simply said and dropped his belongings to the ground.
"I'll stay." he whispered, holding her closely in his arms, on her bed.