A/N – So I haven't updated this in a while but I have come up with a few ideas again so there will be another couple of One-Shots coming up in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to those who reviewed/favourite/alerted, it motivates me to write. Hope you enjoy!
Confined
Sirius hated being back in this place. It reminded him of his unpleasant childhood. He never thought that he would ever have to come back and live at 12 Grimmauld Place. Now he was back and that wasn't the worst of it. Not only was he back in this hell-hole, he was confined here for an indefinite period of time.
In a way it was his fault. If he hadn't offered the place to Dumbledore to use as headquarters he wouldn't have had to come back. As it was he did offer the place to Dumbledore and know he was stuck here also. He was tempted to run away; to take the form of Padfoot and go into hiding near Hogsmeade so that he could see Harry again. He knew, however, that doing that would not only put himself in danger but could very well put Harry into danger too, so he stayed put, enduring all the dark memories that came back to him of his child hood in this place.
He was also often lonely in this place. Sure, the order members were around often, having meetings or, in the case of Moony and Tonks, keeping Sirius company while they were not on the mission. However there were still long periods of time when the only company Sirius had was Kreacher and the portrait of his mother. They certainly weren't the best of company.
That still wasn't the worst of his confinement. The worst thing was not being able to do anything useful. He felt so helpless. He wanted to be out there actively fighting against Voldemort, like he was during the first war. He hated the useless feeling when he heard of people disappearing and he was sitting around, stuck in this house, and not doing anything. He hated it during the Order meetings and everyone will discuss their missions and all he could do was listen and offer some advice for other upcoming missions. But above all he hated Snape goading him about doing nothing. Sirius wanted nothing more than to be useful in the fight against Voldemort and the protection of Harry.
The only thing that Sirius looked forward to Harry's letters. He loved hearing about the adventures that his godson was having and being asked for advice, like his opinion was the most important one to Harry. It was in those rare moments that Sirius felt that he was doing something useful. It was in those moments that he felt like he was needed by somebody. It was those moments that helped him get through this house arrest.
A/N - This one was a little harder to write than the other ones but I like it :) Sorry that it was short again, I am working on trying to extend my writing by exploring emotions a little more so hopefully the next one will be a bit longer. Thanks for reading :)