Disclaimer: All characters and names belong to J.K Rowling because really by now everyone should know that I'm certainly no Rowling writing fanfics!

Rating:K

Summary: AU. Sirius has been back from behind the veil after the war but nothing is well. It surprises even Sirius when he can start connecting with a five-year-old Teddy to move forward. Read AN at the end for more information.

Word count:1520

Black, bear and a bike

Remus had apparently taken to working late as Harry had informed Sirius later which suited him just fine. He had never thought that there would come a time after his sentence in Azkaban when Remus's presence would only fuel the anger and bitter feelings inside. There was however always the underlying hurt accompanied with his avoidance, his actions and his almost no-talking policy where Remus and Teddy were both concerned. It was better this way.

Sirius found himself staring intently at Teddy often, way too often. Right now he was busy stacking and joining the colourful pieces to make a ship following the instructions on the manual that had come with the set of Muggle Lego with such concentration that Sirius thought the five-year-old was probably trying to do so for some school project or something; who knew with these Muggle schooling systems.

He knew he was harsh because Teddy hadn't approached him after his first few encounters with Sirius where the older man had done nothing but pass sarcastic comments rudely. He really should have been nicer. If he had, then he wouldn't be staring at the boy and feeling pathetic about it.

That turquoise hair should have been dark, black in fact. And if those cheeks lost a little of their baby-fat which they surely would with age and his eyes remained the same shade of golden-brown as Remus's, then…he could have been perfect. Because Teddy right there should have been his child too, his and Remus's, not someone else's.

Teddy had just gotten up from assorting his Lego and was walking right towards him, facing him and Sirius looked back at the television pretending as though he had just not been staring like a stalker might. Teddy took a seat beside him chewing on his unfinished sandwich on the sofa where Sirius was busy flipping through the channels.

"Hey, Uncle Sirius." Teddy started slowly and the remote slipped from Sirius's hand onto the carpet at that, "Is it true that you have a motor-cycle?" He asked, curiosity evident on the small face and Sirius took in the features that had so much of Remus in it that he responded with a nod.

"Where did you hear that? He asked trying to seem uninterested, "Was it Moony?" He realised too late that Teddy probably did not know who Moony was and was about to correct him when the boy smiled.

"Yes." He replied with a downward curve of his small mouth, "But Papa says you don't call him Moony anymore. He said that he did something ter-t-terable to you." Sirius swallowed at that; he should have known Remus would take all of the blame on himself, as always and even though Sirius wanted to agree with him, he knew that circumstances had only pushed Remus to marry his cousin and move forward.

"He said he misses you a lot." Teddy looked so miserable at the thought of Remus hurting and that his Papa may have done something wrong that Sirius just knew he had to make things better for him.

"Ter-ri-ble." He pronounced out each syllable, "That's the word, but, your papa is not a terrible person, Teddy. He is a wonderful man." He cast his eyes downward, suddenly enveloped with the absence of Remus in the room and in his life so much that he felt something akin to tears threatening him.

"Wonderful?" Teddy asked softly making Sirius look up and he nodded pushing back the tears, "It sounds like a good thing."

"It is." Sirius replied and Teddy nodded contemplatively. He looked at the young boy and felt something that made him do the one thing was good at: being spontaneous.

"Hey Teddy." He asked before he could rethink his decision, "Wanna go for a ride on the motor-cycle?"

"Oooh, Uncle Sirius. Really?" Teddy exclaimed, looking like he was trying not to hope too much and when Sirius nodded, he let out a squeal, "But where is it? I never saw it. Or do you keep it somewhere else? Is that how you go outside?" Sirius gave in and ruffled his hair as he stood up with a laugh.

"Yep, Teddy bear." Teddy leapt up and whooped chanting 'Motorcycle. Motorcycle.'. Sirius leaned down and stage whispered, "But this is going to be our secret, alright?" Teddy nodded.

"Uncle Sirius, please don't call me Teddy bear, it makes me feel like a girl." Sirius grinned at Teddy's frown.

"Well then, you must stop calling me 'Uncle'. It's just Sirius, Teddy." Or 'Daddy' might have been great but Sirius knew that was far too much to hope for besides, he was not sure he liked Teddy all that much.

"Okay." Teddy nodded, "Let's go. Let's. NOW!" Teddy's voice rose higher as he flailed his hands.

"Uh-uh, the Magic word?" Sirius asked grinningly feeling lighter somehow and Teddy sighed dramatically as they exited the living room.

"Okay. Please, Sirius?" Teddy replied then looked up innocently at Sirius holding out the sandwich, "Papa said the sandwich had to be gone, but he didn't say where." He grinned cheekily and Sirius felt his heart clench; he really was a Marauder's son.

"Well then, you can throw it away, can't you?" He replied but Teddy shook his head.

"Papa says it's bad to waste food." He replied and then morphed his expression, "Please, Unc-sorry-Sirius, I don't want to have it but I don't want Papa to feel bad about it. You don't want Moony to feel bad too." Sirius knew he was being played with, the glint in the little boy's eyes was too familiar but he took the sandwich and finished it in two bites.

Teddy skipped a little in excitement, "Let's go. I can't wait to fly on your cycle. Is it different than a broom? Should we tell Papa? What if he-"

"Teddy." Sirius clapped a hand over his mouth with a little laugh, "Yes, it is very different from a broom, on a whole different level in-" He broke off as Remus came out of the kitchen and into the hallway.

"Teddy?" He asked in a neutral tone but Sirius could detect the worry there. Sirius swallowed; Remus should not have to be cautious of him, not where Teddy was concerned but he knew his behavior hardly helped matters.

"Oh, Papa-"

"I'm taking Teddy out for a ride on the bike, if that's alright with you." Sirius broke in and then, "Moony." He added for good measure; Remus needed to know that he still cared, that he did not hate him or Teddy.

"Papa, please, I'll be good. Really." Teddy widened his eyes and Remus bit his lip in that familiar way again but he must have seen something in Sirius's expression because he relented.

"Just, please don't be too late." He told them without really looking at Sirius, "Teddy has a Math test tomorrow." Teddy groaned with a 'Papa' and Sirius chuckled.

"Come now, Moony." Sirius said feeling braver, "You really think I'd bring him back home soon just so he can study when he could have been having fun?" Remus frowned a little as Teddy smiled brightly and shifted closer to Sirius, the movement was not lost on either of them. Sirius saw Remus gulp.

"Relax, Rem." He said softly as he took Teddy's hand in his, "We'll be back in an hour or so. Besides, he's your son; he'll probably ace the test." At that Remus looked up at him and Sirius felt his stomach drop at the penetrating gaze; why had he ever thought he could stop loving this man?

"No, it's because he has quite a bit of Black in him." Remus told him and Sirius could feel something, he wanted to step forward, tell him and touch him, kiss him-

"Papa! Sirius!" Teddy's loud exclamation broke the moment and Sirius couldn't help looking down at that. His heart threatened to break as he saw the little boy; he had changed his hair to look like Sirius's and his face to look less chubby. It seemed he hadn't yet achieved control over morphing the eye colour because it shifted from grey to brown within a second. He looked like the perfect son with that wide grin. Remus must have felt it too because Sirius saw the hint of unbidden tears in his eyes when they looked at each other but Remus moved away.

"Teddy, put on your shoes." He said softly and took out his wand, "I'll cast the protection spells." He said firmly and Sirius nodded.

"Okay, Teddy?" Sirius directed him towards the main door when he was set and ready to go.

Sirius didn't reply as Teddy hugged Remus and then ran back to him, grinning all the while and resisted the urge to haul up the boy and hug him like his life depended on it too. He just knew that not loving Teddy would prove to be impossible and Remus too… 'Baby steps, Sirius. Baby steps.' He reminded himself with a little wave in Remus's direction who returned it with a small smile.

Things would get better, Sirius decided.

-Fin-

A/N 2:Okay,so this was very sudden and I actually plan on writing a much bigger fic with this idea but with more SBRL in that as a separate fic,hopefully soon?I certainly hope so. Anyway Tonks is conveniently absent because...I have yet to find a reason for that which is also an issue. And secondly,Sirius has returned much later after the war, maybe around a month or so before this incident with Teddy. And they're all living at Grimmauld Twelve with Harry since he is Teddy's godfather and it all just works out well. I'll have better explanations when I write the final thing. So thanks for reading and reviewing, have a good day.