As always, the characters belong to J.K. Rowling, sadly.
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James was sitting by Sirius' bedside. It was currently 11am. James' mother had put a sleeping spell on Sirius, saying that he needed to rest. That was 5 hours ago. James was currently writing a letter to Remus, knowing that Remus would want to know what happened to his boyfriend, when his eyes started to droop slightly. He had been woken up around 4am this morning by Sirius's arrival. On a normal summer day, he would still be sleeping, and most likely wouldn't arise until noon. James yawned, and stretched, fighting to stay awake, for he needed to get this letter to Remus as soon as possible, but he was fighting a losing battle. He tried prying his eyes open with fingers, and splashing himself with water, but eventually he lost, and fell asleep on the wooden chair next to Sirius, who was laying in a king size bed in the Potter's guest bedroom. But his sleep only lasted a mere minute before he was woken by a sound coming from the bed next to him. His eyes flew open, and his attention immediately went to Sirius. Sirius groaned, but his eyes still stayed shut.
"Hey Padfoot, are you awake mate?" James asked quietly. Sirius groaned slightly, but eventually opened his eyes, and looked up at the figure of his best friend standing over him.
"Hey Prongs."
"How 'ya feeling? Can I get you anything?"
"Uh- my -uh- my legs hurt. A lot."
"Ok, I'll go get my mom, she can help you. I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere." The last part James said jokingly, and managed to get a small smile from Sirius, but it quickly disappeared, for it reminded Sirius of a very similar joke his brother, whom Sirius was extremely worried about, had made not even 12 hours ago. James noticed this, but didn't mention it.
"Alright then, I'll be right back," and he left in search of his mother. Sirius was by himself, in the massive guest bedroom that was probably the size of an entire floor of his house. Sirius and James were both equally rich, with enormous sums of money behind their names, but unlike James' family, the Blacks choose to dedicate their fortune more to magical objects, things with dark magic, than to an extravagant home. Now, Grimmauld Place was not small by any means, and in fact, was quite a massive house, much bigger than the average wizard family's home, but it was so dark and gloomy, compared to James' extravagant, bright, colorful, and joyful house, that it appeared smaller than it actually was. Sirius' thoughts were interrupted when he tried to shift his weight slightly, and a harsh pain came from his legs. He inhaled sharply, and shut his eyes. Almost as if the universe knew what happened, James and his mother came into the room almost immediately after his legs started hurting. James' mother walked up to Sirius' side, and layed a tray down on his bedside table, and James stood next to her.
"How are you feeling dearie," Euphemia Potter asked in her sweet, motherly tone.
"Um, my legs hurt, a lot."
"Here, take this, it should help." She handed him a foul smelling potion, but Sirius took a sip anyway, and almost immediately the throbbing coming his lower half stopped, and Sirius sighed in relief.
"Thank you Mrs Potter." he said, graciously.
"Of course honey, and please, call me Euphemia." Sirius nodded, knowing that he would most likely continue to call her by her surname. "I have some more potions here you need to take. That one was just for the pain. Your legs were broken magically- and don't try telling me you fell down the stairs- so I can't heal them with a spell, they will have to heal on their own. Currently I have placed an Immobulus charm on them, so they can heal properly. And almost every bone in your legs was shattered, so it will be a long time before you will be able to walk normally. It will most likely be months. Until then, you'll have to use a wheelchair, and then you'll use crutches. But for now, you are to stay in this bed. Understood?" Sirius nodded, and drank the other potions he was given.
"Will I be back to normal before school starts?"
"Most likely not, my dear." At Sirius's crestfallen face, she added, "But don't worry, before you know it, you'll be back running around, playing pranks." Sirius smiled and Euphemia smiled back. She gave Sirius a small shoulder squeeze, and was about to leave, when Sirius said,
"T-thank you. Thank you for letting me stay here, and for taking care of me. It's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me."
"Of course my boy, you're like a second son to me." And with that, she left, leaving just James and Sirius in the room, but before James could even say a word to Sirius, Sirius fell asleep again. James sighed, and pulled the blanket to cover up Sirius. He sat back down on the chair, and decided to finish his letter to Remus before his lack of sleep officially caught up to him.
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"Where is he?" Remus yelled as he flew from Jame's fireplace. "James! Where's Sirius, i-is he ok?" James, who had been napping on the couch, rubbed his eyes deliriously.
"Wha-what? Moony, what are you doing here?"
"Sirius! I came as soon as I got your letter. Is he ok? Can I see him please?" At this point, Remus was panicking, and close to tears.
"Moony, shh calm down. Sirius is upstairs sleeping. And, honestly, he's not great, but he's gonna be ok." Remus nodded, still fighting to keep the tears from falling.
"Ca-can I see him? Please?"
"Of course." James said, as he looked at his friend. He noticed the dark circles under Remus's bloodshot eyes. "Shit, Remus. You look like you got attacked by a Hippogriff. Everything ok mate?"
"Oh, yeah." Remus chuckled slightly. "The full moon's tomorrow, and I've been super stressed about Sirius, and, well you know, the full moons are always 10 times worse when I'm stressed out.
"Oh yeah, the full moon! How could I forget?" During the summers, when it was a full moon, Remus would normally either go through them himself, or if he was visiting James, James would come too. Sirius could never come because of his parents, and he felt awful about it every year, and would apologize profusely. Peter had come a few times, but he and his family normally vacationed during the summer, and he couldn't come. Remus hated the summer full moons. The wolf would be confused when his friends weren't there, and Remus would almost always end up with a new scar when he woke up. "I'll go with you tomorrow. We can go to the woods behind my house, and set up some magical barriers so you can't get out. Sound good?" Remus nodded.
"Yes, thank you. May I see Sirius now?"
"Yep. His room is right upstairs, first door on the left." The two friends walked up the grand staircase. Once they reached the door, James pushed it open, and Remus looked at his beautiful boyfriend, sleeping peacefully on the oversize bed. Remus smiled, and walked to his side. He stroked Sirius' soft black hair, and kissed his forehead gently, not wanting to wake him up.
"Right then, I'll give you two some time alone." James whispered, as he left the room. Remus smiled. After about 10 minutes, Remus's eyes began to droop, so he walked to the other side of the bed, and carefully climbed in next to Sirius, and placed his hand on his chest. He fell asleep to the rhythmic sounds of Sirius' soft snoring next to him.
So I researched when the actual full moon would be in July 1976, and it was closer to the middle of the month than in the beginning, so I decided to take a few liberties, and change it. Hopefully that doesn't make anyone mad. As always, please please please let me know what you think, and if you think I could change anything to make my story better, please let me know. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!