a way to cope

by justanotherstarlitnight

where we learn what makes the marauders, lily and luna mist (oc) tick during their seventh year. when emotions run rampant and danger lurks everywhere, true friendships are what pulls them through. trigger warnings for self-harm, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression, sexual assault, and abuse. i ship wolfstar and jily with my entire heart and so does my story. thanks for reading!

25. Long Night

I woke up, sweating. It was back, in the form of nightmares. This was the fourth time I'd relived that event this week.

I tried to get up, looking for a Dreamless Sleep, but regretted that decision as soon as I made it.

And suddenly Lily was steadying me.

"Long night, huh?" she asked, handing it to me.

"Yeah." I didn't want to talk much. I felt awful, although I wouldn't ever admit it.

"Is Luna asleep?" I slurred, already tired.

"Yeah… Should I get her?"

I shook my head. "Just wondering."

"Okay, goodnight."

"Yeah. That. Good of the night. To you three. I feel druuuuunk."

"Sleep, for Merlin's sake."

Suddenly sleep sounded like a really good idea.

A/N: Hey! I'm back! I'm sorry for the irregular posting lately, but school ended, and I'm taking summer courses, and I procrastinated that, and… Well, I'll try harder, okay?

This chapter has stuff about suicidal thoughts. Remember ages ago, when James had said that Sirius had tried jumping off the Astronomy Tower after The Prank? Well, I finally showed some of the context for that, lol.

I just want to say, thank you for everyone who's stuck with this fanfic through it's ups and downs and I am now at 110 pages! :)

And some individual thank yous! Thank you sosososo much UnscrewedUp, you actually talked me out of writer's block a while back, and you regularly review. :)