cute teddybears, tall wolfs and david bowie
Sirius's favourite holiday was and always will be Halloween.
He told his friends because of the cute boys and candy. But really it was because he could dress up like everyone and anything he would want. This time without receiving weird or annoying glances.
This year he was about to go all out.
Yes, last year he went as David Bowie too, but that doesn't matter right now.
THIS TIME, he would go as Ziggy Stardust.
Even though it was just 3 pm and the party at James and Lily's only started at 8, he was already on his way.
Now that Lily had entered her 3rd stage of pregnancy, her eating habits changed quite frequently.
Yesterday it was pickles and jam, but today chocolate mousse and peanut butter.
Sirius honestly didn't want to guess how she would eat both, so he won't question it.
That is why he is walking across London in a (way too) tight bodysuit, red high boots and a leather jacket. Because it's still almost November and he doesn't want to catch a fucking cold.
He really was just minding his own business when he felt a little pull at his right arm.
Looking over to who just was now holding his arm, he saw the cutest little boy in the entire world.
The precious boy had honey brown hair with a stripe of dark blue in it. His green eyes were wide and looking at him full of excitement.
The little boy was dressed up as a bear, well he was in a little bear onesie. But that was close enough.
With the hand that wasn't holding Sirius in a death grip( honestly the boy was STRONG)
He held a little pumpkin basket filled with all sorts of candy and chocolate.
'Sir, I really like your jacket' the boy said, he had a mixture of a London and welsh accent and slurred a bit.
' Oh well, thank you little bear.' Sirius replied.
In a short moment, the boy put down his basket and let go of Sirius. Just to hold his hands up like two claws.
'RAWRRR' the small boy yelled.
Sirius gasped,' Aren't you scary!?' Sirius played along, receiving a small giggle from the child.
But after casting a quick look around he noticed that there weren't any parents with him, not even nearby looking for him.
'Hey, small one? Where are your parents?' Sirius tried, hoping he would point to someone so Sirius could quickly go to Lily. Hopefully, she wouldn't attack him for being late with her food.
'Only have a daddy and I don't know where he is' The boy said, still looking up at Sirius. Now kind of starting to worry Sirius asked a few questions to maybe help the boy find his father.
After a while, he still didn't have the boy's name, where he last saw his dad or really anything at all.
All the small one had to say were different bear noises and sometimes a little nod or shake.
The Marauders
Sirius: What am I supposed to do when a kid comes up to me to compliment my jacket and he won't tell me where his dad is!?
Lily: ARE YOU STILL NOT HERE, SIRIUS IM DYING.
Marls: Did you just kidnap a fucking child
Sirius: NO I SWEAR I DIDN'T
HE JUST WON'T TELL ME HOW TO HELP AND I CAN'T JUST LEAVE HIM
NOW CAN I
Jamie: How long has it been?
Sirius: Like 15 minutes, he's cute tho-
Dressed like a little bear and he has brown hair with a little dyed streak.
Mary: Omg Marls you should dye your hair again!!
Marls: YES I REALLY SHOULD
WHAT COLOR DO YOU PEOPLE THINK
Lily: I LOVED THE PINK UNDERLAYER
Pete: I liked the darker ones
matches your soul
Jamie: BURN
Why not make a combination?
Marls: Ohhhh that sounds really cool
Mary: OMG YES DO THAT BESTIE IT WOULD LOOK AMAZING
Siriusly: BACK TO ME
STILL, I HAVEN'T FOUND HIM YET
oh
oh wow
A man came running towards them. He was lanky and towering. Same brownish honey-coloured hair, brown eyes and so many freckles.
Sirius immediately thought that that man was the most beautiful man he had ever seen.
He was in all black, it almost seemed like he wasn't wearing a costume if it wasn't for the little wolf ears on his head.
The Marauders
Jamie: what!?
Siriusly: found the dad
that is NOT how I imagined him, will tell you tonight
bye
Jamie: WHAT NO
SIRIUS
COME BACK
When Sirius closed his phone he looked back at the man who was kneeling, holding his son in the tightest hug he had ever seen.
Ahhh so the death grip is in the family then, Sirius thought.
'Teddy, look at me, don't ever scare me like that ever again okay? You can't just leave and not tell me where you are going.' The man said in the same accent. Only his voice was so much deeper, a lot warmer too.
The boy, Teddy, picked up on his fathers' mood and seemed like he would cry soon.
'Hey, hey, hey, hey don't cry. Don't cry. It's okay. Daddy isn't mad. Just worried. Everything is okay, love.' The man tried, wiping the tears from Teddy's face.
When the boy was calmed down the tall man looked up to Sirius.
'He looks good on his knees, NO SIRIUS DONT, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING IN THIS COSTUME.
UHM UH GRANDMA IN BIKINI UHM DEAD PUPPIES' Sirius thought.
'Thank you so much for taking care of him.' the man said sincerely.
Sirius saw that there is so much love between the two of them.
He really tried not to get jealous of that father-son relationship that he never had.
To just be loved for who you are by the man that put you on this earth. Good thing that he had Mr Potter that filled that role in his life.
Just when Sirius tried to reply the other man began again. Now completely standing up and looking down on Sirius
'God, I'm SO sorry, I really should have paid more attention.'
And for the second time when Sirius wanted to reply the man was interrupted:' I really am sorry, you probably need to go somewhere else and we're just holding you here!'
The man didn't stop after that.
Sirius could bet that the tree man apologized at least 10 times.
Now it was Sirius' time to interrupt the other man.
'It's okay, really, stop apologizing. We had a fun time now, didn't we Teddy?' he said grinning and looking at Teddy again.
'Rawr' the boy said, nodding at the same time.
'Yes, I know, rawr.'
Looking back at the curly-haired man again he continued. 'We had very informative conversations. Or at least at my part, isn't that right, little one?'
And again the only thing coming from Teddy's side was a head nod and a bear noise.
The man in all black held the bridge of his nose between his thumb and pointer finger while shaking his head.
Making the little curls bounce around, making Sirius' chest flutter.
The man looked at Teddy:' Love, you can't keep making bear noises and hope that people will understand you.'
Sirius saw a little grin forming on the other man's face and joined in on the conversation.
'Ahh no I did actually get what he wanted to say,' Counting the next few points on his fingers
'One, he didn't know where you were. Two, his name was 'rawr'. Three, your name is 'rawr'. Four, you look like 'rawr'. And five, just for fun. MY name is 'rawr'.
With this, the other man burst out laughing.
After catching his breath the man held out his hand
'Hi, my name is Remus.'
Remus' hands were big and rough, but really not in a bad way.
Sirius let another smile peek through.
'Sirius Black, nice to meet you, Remus. And Teddy too obviously.'
The three of them continued talking in the middle of the busy street for a good while.
One of Sirius' favourite parts was when Remus explained why Teddy was making those noises.
'Well he is a teddy bear obviously and I'm dressed up as a wolf because of my name.'
Ahhh that explains the costume, Sirius' mind filled in.
'So since we're both animals Teddy made us learn animal noises.'
Then Remus leaned in the whisper in Sirius' ear.
'He is three so yes, learning animal noises.'
Sirius, honest to god, melted right there and then.
That man was so good to his kid, even though he isn't much older than Sirius.
He thought of James and Lily and their little Bambi. How scary it was when they first found out. James' panic attacks and how it took Sirius a few hours to convince him that he would be a good dad.
And how happy and excited they are right now.
'Dad, dad!! Can we do it?! Please can we do it?'
Teddy was now yelling at Remus trying to convince him for something.
Sirius really hoped that Remus would give in, just because it will be something good based on how embarrassed he looked.
'Fine, fine. But only ones okay? You count.'
Remus gave in and when Teddy counted down to zero he and Remus both gave a loud animal noise.
Teddy putting way more energy into it and Remus looking like a strawberry.
Sirius found it absolutely endearing.
'NO DAD, YOU FORGOT THE HANDS. Ugh again, you're embarrassing me in front of this cool man.'
Remus sputtered, 'I'm embarrassing YOU!? You're really sure it isn't the other way around?'
Teddy convinced Remus to do it again, this time WITH hands.
They both made the little claws again and made the sound.
Sirius realised that this had to be the best part of his day, hell no, his month. So he invited them both to have dinner with him at James and Lily.
And for some miracle, Remus gave in and agreed that it would be lovely.
~~~
It was honestly one of the best dinners Sirius had ever had. Not because of how much James made for the 5 of them, but because of the new company.
It just seemed right, like he and Remus hadn't met a few hours before.
After dinner, James asked Teddy to help him finish decorating the house.
James later told him that he did this to give Sirius and Remus a bit of alone time, but Sirius knew it was to see if he was ready to have his own child.
Even though he was still grateful.
They talked A LOT, some lighter topics like what schools they went to and their shared love for 70/80's rock.
But also what happened to Teddy's mom and Sirius's childhood.
Sirius admitted that he never opens up about that to someone but that it somehow felt different with Remus.
Luckily the other man didn't look at him weird or discussed but agreed.
However it soon became time for Remus and Teddy to go home, Teddy had been yawning for half an hour which indicated it was his bedtime.
Besides the guests would arrive soon and older, already half-drunk, half-naked people might not be the best influence on a three-year-old.
Before the two of them left, Remus gave Sirius his number and told him to text, ' for Teddy of course.' Remus said with a little wink.
The night continued and for some reason, Sirius didn't feel like getting drunk, normally he would be 6 shots in now and dancing on the table. He tried to come up with reasons why he didn't want to drink.
Maybe because he had work early in the morning, or to keep Lily company. But after a while, he accepted that he wanted to be more like Remus, no, be with Remus.
Now he is just dancing on the table, he will try to be more mature but no one can change him completely.
It was a bit after 11 and to be honest to god, Sirius was getting a bit bored. James had offered him a weird orange drink with spiders in it, Sirius swore to never ask what it was.
When he heard the first few notes from the song that corresponded with his costume.
At first, he thought that it must have been James or Lily who wanted to cheer him up a bit.
But after walking from the kitchen to the dining room he saw a lanky man dressed in black with a microphone in his hand singing the song perfectly.
Remus
When the song ended Remus jumped down and walked straight towards Sirius. He wanted to ask and say so many things.
But the first one that came out was where Teddy was.
Remus explained that after putting his son to bed he told his neighbour (Dorcas) the entire story and she had convinced him to go back, while she watched Teddy.
As Sirius looked at the other man with an uncontrolled grin, he could see their entire future. From the first few dates to Sirius dropping Teddy off at school and waking up in Remus' bed for the rest of time.
In Remus' eyes and smile, Sirius could see that he wasn't the only one thinking this.
Little did they both know that this was exactly what would happen.
