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That Which Was Broken
Sirius flung himself to his knees on the stone beside her, reaching for the hand that lay white against the dark satin of her cape. His right hand slid fingers gently across her cheek, and he whispered her name as his palm tried to bring warmth back to her icy skin.
"Rigel…"
Her lashes flew open and their blue eyes met, hers filled with tears and loneliness, his filled with regret.
"Rigella, I…" Faced with those eyes, he didn't know what to say. His mouth went dry even as he felt his cheeks grow wet with the tears that stained them.
Her face was red from crying, pale with the cold, and beautiful to him. Her eyes, glazed with pain, were wide and all the more beautiful for the tears that clung, sparkling, to her lashes. Her lips were the most delicate shade of pink, tinged blue from the cold, and it suddenly occurred to Sirius that he wanted to taste them. He imagined, just for a moment, the unrestrained bliss that would flood him, the perfection that that kiss would represent.
But for now, all that mattered was restoring that which was broken. Kissing her now, when she was hurt and probably still angry with him, would not be wise, he judged. The setting was perfect, but the timing was less than romantic.
Suddenly she sobbed and leaned forward, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Sirius…"
He pulled her close and held her as she cried into his robes. His own tears flowed, and he pressed his face into her hair, daring to kiss it softly while they cried together, clinging tight to one another. "I'm so sorry, Rigel," he sobbed. "I'm so sorry…"
She lifted her head, pushing back both tears and strands of her hair as she sat back to look at him, and cupped his face in one hand. Her touch was almost a caress, and the renewed sparkle in her eyes and teary smile on her lips made it all the more so. "I know," she told him, happiness shining through her tears. "I know."
For Sirius, it seemed that missing most of dinner was well worth it for making up with Rigella. Add onto that the stunned look on Severus Snape's face when the two of them arrived, Sirius' arm still around the girl's shoulders in a hug, and Sirius would have been content to go to bed without dinner altogether.
As it was, he found that the emotional strain had made him rather hungry, and he smiled as he took his seat at the Gryffindor table, laughing at the stares he was receiving from the Marauders. Peter's eyes nearly fell into his bowl of pasta, James' mouth hung open mid chew, displaying an interesting mixture of what looked like some form of roadkill that had made love with a lettuce before being run through a blender along with a weeks worth of tartare sauce, and Remus' began choking on his fried rice. (When Kat Evans thoughtfully reached over and pounded him on the back a few times, Remus stopped choking and went a beautiful shade of crimson, before hiding under the table.)
However it was Snape that made Sirius grin the most. The look of outraged shock on the hook-nosed boy's face was enough to make nearly the whole Gryffindor table erupt with laughter.
Sirius looked at the girl beside him and smiled. At least for now, the world was right.
