Title: Options
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Sirius/Remus
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 509
Summary: Remus is fed up.
Notes:

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: scavenger hunt

Shipping Wars Competition

Ministry of Magic: Creature Control Skill - Write a story in which a characters is learning how to befriend or control a magical creature, such as managing to tame a Hippogriff.

Remus shook his head. "Sirius, what are you doing?"

Sirius looked over his shoulder. "Nothing."

"Exactly."

Sirius straightened from his slouched over position. "What's your problem?"

Remus prayed to a higher being for patience. He just had to remember that he did love Sirius. "Padfoot, the war has been over for nearly six months."

"I know," Sirius answered uncomprehendingly.

Remus took a deep breath, trying to let the negative feelings go. "And you haven't done anything since then. You haven't worked. You haven't even tried to find a job. I know you were offered your old position as an Auror, but I also know you turned it down."

Sirius cut his eyes away from the werewolf. "So I don't want to work. Who cares? I have enough money to live off that I don't have to work."

"So what are you going to do? Sit around all day everyday and do nothing for the rest of your life? That's a waste of a life."

"I fought a war. Why should I work?"

"So you have a sense of purpose! So you have something to do! So you're not bored!"

"How many years did you go without working?" Sirius countered.

Remus's eyes narrowed at that. "Excuse me?"

Sirius stood up, realizing he crossed the line. "Wait a minute. That didn't come out—"

"I tried to work," Remus interrupted. "No one wanted a werewolf as an employee because we're all just dangerous, mindless beasts."

Sirius swallowed. "Remus, I shouldn't have said that."

"No, you shouldn't have. Sirius, I love you, but I won't watch you waste your life. No matter how much I love you, I won't watch you do nothing until you die. I'll leave before I'm subjected to that particular show."

Sirius watched him leave the room, and he sat back down. He knew he said one of the worse possible things to Remus, and he also knew Remus was serious about leaving.

What could he do, though?

Sirius got up as he decided he wanted to visit an old friend. He quickly made his way to Hogwarts grounds and the pen near Hagrid's hut.

He watched Buckbeak and his heart warmed when his old friend made a happy sound at Sirius's arrival.

Like he learned, he bowed to the majestic beast. Buckbeak quickly nudged him with his beak, and Sirius gently petted him.

He had taken to Buckbeak so quickly. They were both on the run. The needed each other to survive and the animal had quickly became his friend.

Sirius always had an affinity for magical creatures, and it shone through with how quickly he tamed Buckbeak.

Maybe, there was something to that. Maybe he could work with magical creatures at the Ministry. He wouldn't make much money, but he didn't need to make much. And despite his laziness since the end of the war, he thought he might enjoy a career like that.

Maybe he should talk to someone at the Ministry about his possible options and what was actually available in that particular department.