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OT3 Challenge - Day 15: Dinner

Hogwarts: Divination - Assignment 1: Task: As this lesson is about innocence and guilt, I want you write to write a short scene with a guilty and innocent individual. Notes: When you are writing about the guilty individual, it must be centred around that person and vice versa.

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I've changed ages. Harry is 5, Teddy is 4. Though James is only a mention in this fic, I believe it counts because the three are raising the 2 boys together :)

Tad = Welsh for Dad (I always picture Remus as having grown up in Wales)

Dad is James

Papa is Sirius

Tad is Remus

The Blame Game

Harry stared innocently up at his Papa. "I didn't eat it," he said, solemnly. His big eyes blinked up at Sirius, wanting his Papa to believe him. He didn't do it and Teddy always did things to get him into trouble and told Dad, Papa, and Tad that it was him. Why did Teddy have to tell lies? It wasn't nice. Tad kept reminding them that lies were naughty. Harry knew that he shouldn't tell them, and he tried hard not to.

But now Teddy was trying to get him into trouble again. Harry couldn't resist bunching his t-shirt in his hands out of anger.

"Harry, you don't treat your clothes like that!"

He let go of his clothes and resisted the urge to stamp his feet. He looked over at his younger brother, his lip jutting out into a pout.

Papa let out a soft sigh and Harry stared into his grey eyes until they moved to Teddy.

"Teddy, fingers out of your mouth, please. Tell me what happened to the chocolate cake, please."

"Harry ate it. I don't like chocolate cake."

"Yes you do!" Harry shouted, pointing at Teddy. "Papa, he's naughty! He's telling lies! Does Teddy have to go to the naughty corner? He ate the cake, it wasn't me."

"I didn't do it," Teddy said, his face screwing up as though he was going to cry.

Harry knew that Teddy would get all the attention and maybe even some chocolate if he started crying, and that wasn't fair. He didn't take the cake, so it had to have been Teddy. So Teddy should be in the naughty corner.

As soon as Teddy began to cry, Harry felt the tears appear in his own eyes. He couldn't hold them back and they fell on his cheeks as he began to cry too.

...oOo...

Remus moved around the bedroom, closing the windows and curtains, getting the room ready for Teddy and Harry to sleep in. He took a bit of the chocolate cake he had found on the counter and smiled, wondering who had left it out.

Sirius, no doubt. Sirius was always leaving chocolate cake out for him. James knew not to touch the cake.

Once finished, he checked the nightlights were working, before popping the last bit of cake into his mouth as he walked downstairs and into the dining room, where the boys were sobbing and Sirius was trying to console them.

"What happened?" Remus asked, rushing over.

"I'm just trying to find out who took the cake!" Sirius stated, looking like he was going to cry himself. "Then Teddy started crying, which started Harry off!"

Remus' mouth dropped open. "Ah. You mean the chocolate cake you left on the counter?"

Sirius' eyes narrowed. "You didn't! That was for the kids for dessert! They both finished their dinner and I went looking for it and it was gone!"

"I didn't know," Remus replied defensively. He moved over to their sons. "I'm sorry I got you both into trouble," he said, wrapping his arms around them.

"Tad, Teddy said it was me!" The tears started again, and Harry clung to Remus.

"I don't like chocolate," Teddy sobbed.

"Well, it wasn't either of you. So how about we go into the kitchen and get some nice dessert. Just the three of us." Sirius glared at Remus to show that Remus wasn't invited, before leaving the room, holding each of the boy's hands.

575 words

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Thanks Dina for looking over my fic :D