The Potter/Black Romance
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Have I really not updated since September? O.o
Sorry, I am so slack!
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Chapter 9: The One with the Bad Memories
"You're a disgrace to this family!" Shouted Tyraneous Black.
SLAP!
Sixteen year old Sirius Black stumbled into the wall after the powerful backhand to his face. "I haven't done anything to you!" Screamed Sirius back at his father.
SLAP!
"You will never talk to me like that again!" Yelled Tyraneous angrily, "Do you understand me?!"
"Yes!"
SLAP!
"I said NEVER again!" Shouted Tyraneous forcefully shoving his son back into the wall causing Sirius to cry out in pain. "I think it's time you were taught some proper punishment."
Tyraneous wrenched his fist back and plunged it into Sirius' stomach; he let go of Sirius letting the teenager fall to the ground winded and in pain. "Now get up."
Sirius stayed on his knees clutching his painful stomach.
"I SAID GET UP!" Yelled Tyraneous he kicked Sirius in the side.
Sirius struggled to his feet albeit painfully. He could feel the bitter sting of tears in his eyes as he faced his father.
Although Sirius was fairly tall for his age, his father still towered over him, but that could be because he was hunched over slightly from the pain. "We should have killed you when we had the chance boy."
Sirius started to back away from the man in fear, his deep blue eyes wide in terror. As Sirius opened his mouth to yell back at his father a fist connected with a sickening crack to the side of his face, just getting his nose as well.
Sirius fell to the floor holding his face, trying to stop the blood flowing from his nose and mouth.
Another foot into the stomach sent Sirius right down onto his side, he was finding it increasingly harder to breathe now, because if he did take deep breaths his ribs really hurt. They were probably broken.
Tyraneous kicked his son in the stomach again, he was probably hoping Sirius would drown on his own blood or something.
Sirius felt really light headed now, he tried to sit up but another kick to the side stopped that from happening. He had already lost a lot of blood from the kicking and his broken nose.
One more blow to the ribs and Sirius Black blacked out.
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Sirius had managed to get out of the house after his beating, he was in so much pain, he was exhausted from the beating and quite disorientated but he somehow still managed to find his way to the Potters' house on his broom.
Sirius knocked on the door after dragging his trunk slowly and painfully to the front door.
James Potter opened the door smiling, but when he saw Sirius it faded into a look of shock, "Oh my god, what happened?!"
Sirius was gasping for breath and feeling very light headed again, "He…was beating me…" Sirius fell forward in a dead faint right into his best friend's arms…
Sirius could hear a gentle voice calling his name.
"Sirius…Siri come on, wake up!"
"Sirius!"
Sirius Black started awake and found himself face to face with his very concerned lover. His breath was short and uneven and he was sweating.
James stroked Sirius' hair out of his eyes, "You were having a nightmare."
"It was a nightmare?" asked Sirius; his blue eyes wide and scared.
James nodded; he put his hands to the sides of Sirius' face and brushed away the tears that were forming in those beautiful eyes with his thumbs. "It was just a nightmare. It wasn't real."
Sirius shook his head free of James' hands and started to sit up slightly, followed by James, "It was real." His voice was shaking in fear. "When it happened it was real."
James furrowed his eyebrows slightly and finally realisation dawned on him, "You dreamt about that again?" Sirius nodded tearfully.
James sighed, Sirius didn't have nightmares often but when he did they were usually about his childhood at Grimmauld Place or the beating he was succumbed to in the summer after their fifth year.
Sirius sniffed and shook slightly with suppressed sobs.
James slipped his arms around Sirius and pulled his head down to his shoulder and stroked his lover's thick hair, "Its OK Siri…" He could feel Sirius' tears falling onto his bare shoulder. "Sh baby, you're all right now. You're here, you're safe."
"I'm never going to be safe until they're locked up." Mumbled Sirius against James' shoulder. James could feel Sirius' arms tighten around his waist and he felt the slight sting of nails in his back as Sirius held onto him for comfort.
James continued to hold his sobbing lover, he finally felt Sirius relax in his arms and the sobbing ceased and became replaced deep even breathing. A sure sign Sirius was asleep. He shifted them carefully until he was lying down with Sirius still holding onto him tightly, sleep not loosening his grip. James put his arm back around Sirius and stroked his back absentmindedly until sleep took him as well.
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James awoke around midday to find his room still shrouded in almost darkness, he turned over in bed and found it empty at his side. James sat up and rubbed his eye that's when he saw Sirius. His lover was sitting on the window seat staring thoughtfully out at the thundery dark sky, it was quite obviously a stormy day and the raining was falling hard.
"Hey."
Sirius jumped slightly and looked over at James, he smiled, "Hey."
James pulled himself up into a sitting position and stretched, "How are you?"
Sirius got up from the window seat and went over to the bed and sat down opposite James, "I'm OK, thanks for being there for me."
James smiled, "I'm always going to be here for you." He moved his hand to the side of Sirius' face and caressed his cheek lightly. "You seemed pretty shaken up earlier." Sirius leaned his head into the loving caress. "If anything you seemed scared."
Sirius sighed and shook his head, "Its not usually that bad. I can usually keep from waking you up…" He trailed off when he saw James' face. "What?"
"How often do you have these nightmares?" Asked James, he wasn't really angry that Sirius never bothered to wake him up after them, he was disappointed about not being told.
Sirius hesitated, "E-e-every couple of nights? I don't know, I don't keep track. I thought you knew that?"
James shook his head, "I only know about the ones that wake me up as well. I never knew you were having them so regularly."
Sirius looked down at his lap, "I'm sorry, I should've told you. It would probably make it better if I told somebody. That's what Madame Pomfrey kept telling me when I asked for a Dreamless Sleep Potion."
James watched his fiancé intently for a moment; "Do you want to tell me? About any of it?"
Sirius looked back up at James and shook his head, "I do want to talk about it, but, not now. When I'm ready."
James nodded in understanding, he did honestly know how Sirius felt, not about abuse from his family but being ready to talk about something. After all, something had happened to him in their fifth year that he wasn't ready to talk to anyone about.
Sirius sniffed, "Have you ever had anything happen to you that's fucked you up so much that you won't talk about it?"
James smiled grimly, "Well, nothing as bad as you've been through anyway."
Sirius tilted his head to the side, "What happened?" His eyes were wide and concerned.
James smiled at the concern, "Like you, I'm not ready to talk about it. But, I can tell you you're not the first guy I've slept with."
Sirius lowered his eyes in disappointment, he had always thought what they shared was something neither of them had had with some other guy before. "Oh, ok."
James reached out for Sirius again and took his hands in his own, "Don't worry. You are far better than he ever was and I don't mean in bed. As a person he was nothing compared to you."
Sirius squeezed James' hands back, he kept his eyes downcast and then noticed something, "Um, you think perhaps we should tell your parents we're getting married?"
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A/N: Abrupt ending I know. Sorry 'bout that. My creativity sort of ran out on me. But, you will find out what happened to James in his fifth year sometime soon, as is the same with Sirius' childhood abuse. So don't think I'm just leaving you in the dark on those things because I'm not, you will find out eventually.
Next Chapter: Now, how did James' parents react to their engagement? They will also start to plan the wedding and look for somewhere to live.