Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 60?
Words: 283
Warnings: Angst. Non-canon.
MRHG- why is the format all fucked up on this?
Davy, however, did not seem to find traveling by floo to be
fun. By the time they stepped out of their own fireplace Harry's
face was going blue because the teddy bear was hugging his neck so
tightly he was cutting off the child's air supply. James had to pull
the bear out of his strangle hold on Harry. It was obvious that the
bear was frightened.
But James was absolutely livid. He had thought that
Sirius had simply animated the bear; he hadn't realized that the
bear was actually conscious. What if Davy had been mean spirited? He
could have hurt Harry in the night. The thing with its awake mind
had spent the night in their bed.
As Sirius stepped out of the hearth James said
crisply, "Sirius? A moment please?" Sirius followed his lover
bemusedly into the kitchen. Once there James whispered angrily, "You
gave Davy an actual mind?"
"What of it?"
"What of it?" repeated James angrily, "What if it had turned
out he didn't like Harry? What if Harry had scruffed him about too
much and the creature wanted revenge?"
"Baby," said Sirius slowly, "He's Lily's bear: how could he
not love her very broken little son? He was there at the Dursley, he
watched the boy get abused. Look, it's no worse than a puppy. He has
no teeth to bite and not enough of a mind to ever kill, which
doesn't seem to be in his disposition anyway. He's just a companion.
He'll protect Harry and make him happy. Calm down, he's not a
threat."
They went back into the living room to find Harry, Davy, and
a rather sooty Remus looking through the shopping bags.