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Part of the Emotions Challenge (emotion: enthusiastic), Year Long Scavenger Hunt (A04 – [word] mustache), and the 100 Word Prompt Challenge (word: neck) on HPFC.

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There was a hush over the Gryffindor Common Room as Sirius made his way down the steps from the boy's dormitory. He didn't look any different than usual. Hair tousled and slicked back slightly, uniform hanging off his frame with the red and gold tie loose around his neck. But there was something weird about his face. James couldn't place it.

And then it hit him like a Disarming Charm. His best friend had a bloody mustache.

James' smile reached from ear to ear as Sirius made a beeline for him.

"Back to your studies," Remus said authoritatively to the whole of the Common Room. Everyone seemed to listen to Remus. It must have been the prefect in him.

Peter was making weird sounds from the sleeve of his shirt. They kind of sounded like laughter but there was also the possibility it was coughing.

Sirius smiled, the first sign that showed his genuine excitement about the situation. It had, indeed, had the intended effect on everyone.

"What do you think?" he said as an open-ended question to all of them.

"Looks great."

"Can't imagine you without it now."

"A bit much, innit?"

They all looked at Peter, who was the only one who was telling the truth, and glared viciously at him.

"A bit much, Worm?" said Sirius. "I'm going to have a grand ole time driving the professors batty when they see this. This will be the thing that drives them over the edge, the proverbial tipping point, as it were. I've done stupid stuff before, and it's a point of personal pride that I will continue to do stupid stuff, but this is just downright distracting. For everyone."

"And who says people will notice?" asked Peter.

Sirius gave him a withering look. "Pete, I'm Sirius Black," he said, not trying to hide his enthusiasm. "They'll notice."

Peter smirked. "I don't think you're half as popular as you think you are, Padfoot. In fact, I'm doubting this scheme will work at all. You're going to be very disappointed in the end."

Sirius' excitement turned quickly. He grabbed for Peter's neck when James' and Remus' hands were suddenly tearing his away. Peter grasped his fingers around his throat for extra protection. The whole ordeal drew the gazes of every Gryffindor in the Common Room.

Trying and failing to calm his best mate down, James said, "Well, so much for thinking mustaches make you charming."