"Ready?" Sirius Black asked Harmony Sea from the doorway of his dorm.
"Yeah," Harmony said back, standing up from her spot on Sirius' bed, where she slept last night. Not like that. He was just comforting her, because she sort of broke down at three am without any real warning.
Huh, Madam Pomfrey might've been onto something with being emotionally unstable after Harmony finally woke up the day before from two days worth of sleep (aided by potion).
Harmony had stumbled into Sirius' room, a bloody right mess, and he had gladly held her while she realized that this Voldemort guy was not just shits and giggles anymore, nor was he ever. He was out for blood. And this time it just happened to be Harmony's.
When the pair woke up the next morning, it wasn't really awkward, which greatly surprised Harmony. She just felt at ease, safe, comfortable with Sirius by her side. The rest of the marauders had already gone down to breakfast when Sirius woke Harmony up, which Harmony was surprised he had the balls to do in the first place because Harmony was known to be rather frightening when she woke up.
Harmony stood up and followed Sirius out of the dorm room. She must've looked like a right sight then, dark circles under her eyes despite all the sleep, hair a rat's nest of long brown curls, pyjamas wrinkled and wearing only a pair of socks, no trainers.
Sirius put an arm around Harmony to help her down the stairs, as the wound in her side from Avery's dark curse hadn't healed anymore since yesterday.
"Thanks, Sirius." Harmony mumbled when they reached the bottom.
"No problem." he said back easily, shoving his hands deep in his pockets as they exited through the portrait hole.
"And, uh, thanks for being there last night. Maybe I am unstable. Anyway, sorry to wake you and stuff." Harmony looked down, slightly embarrassed at her sobbing and sniffling all over Sirius at that hour.
"Hey, it's okay. You had every right to be upset, got it? Thank you for coming to me about it, and not just holding it in like I know you usually do." Sirius placed a hand on Harmony's shoulder as they turned a corner, walking down another corridor towards the Great Hall.
Harmony just nodded then smiled. "I'm really grateful for you, you know. Even if I'm mean to you sometimes." she said, bumping her good hip on Sirius' in a playful gesture.
Sirius bumped her hip back. "Why thank you. I need a moment to burn that into my memory. Hold on." Sirius stopped and closed his eyes, smiling.
"You're such a tool, Sirius Black." Harmony sighed, grinning at Sirius as a best mate would.
"Tools are rather useful. So I think I'll take that as a compliment." Sirius opened his eyes and continued to walk, grinning widely.
"You know what? I reckon this place needs a little bang." Harmony grinned evilly and pulled a firework out of her shirt. "Hey Sirius, do you remember that time when we were trapped in that cupboard hiding from those Slytherins and my fireworks went off?" Harmony laughed.
Sirius did, too. "Oh Merlin, I almost forgot about that! That was so bloody funny! We were just becoming friends then. Then remember you got drunk on the first weekend into school? And you came to our room while drunk? That was hilarious." Sirius chuckled and threw an arm around Harmony.
"Well, I don't remember much of it, to be honest. I just remember waking up next to you and almost shitting myself." Harmony laughed, still fingering the little firework in her hand while Sirius grinned. "So, how about we give little old Hogwarts a firework show?"
Sirius' eyes lit up. "Yeah! But we should wait until the whole school gets back so everyone can see it."
"True. Maybe it'll stray the gossip to a different subject other than..." Harmony started, then trailed off, suddenly remembering her current situation and becoming angry and stressed once again. "Those snake-tits are going to ruin my life." Harmony declared finally.
"No. You have me." Sirius said confidently, running a hand down her soft cheek for a moment. "And your family, and all those losers in the Great Hall."
"I don't think they're the losers in this situation, Sirius." Harmony joked, looking up at him with a smile dancing on her lips.
"Hey!" Sirius started half-heartedly, but then the pair arrived at the Great Hall and Harmony's heart dropped at the thought of all her friends expecting answers, her peers whispering about her behind their hands, and the teachers surveying her, analyzing her to make sure she wouldn't drop dead or have a melt down. Or both, but not in that order.
"Sirius, I don't want to go in."
"There's not even fifty people in there, Harms. You'll be fine." Sirius whispered, pushing open the doors and proceeding to shove her through.
People looked as they walked in. The pair must have been an odd sight, after all. Sirius Black, hottest guy at Hogwarts, walking with his arm around Harmony Sea, the unpopular bookworm with the bruises and crazy hair. Well, maybe she wasn't so unknown as she was, for becoming best mates (and possibly more?) with Sirius Black was a good way to boost your popularity. Harmony didn't really like it very much, to be honest. Her beeswax was her beeswax. No one needed to know anything else. Suddenly, Harmony was really, really glad that only her friends (and Dumbledore and the matron) knew about her and Sirius snogging.
"Sirius-" Harmony hissed between her teeth, as people openly gaped at the bruises that still faintly marked her face and collarbones from the first attack. Harmony was really glad that the new curse hit her in a place that wasn't exposed.
"Keep walking, Harms. Ignore them. They're like five." Sirius said, referring to the first years following the pair with their eyes.
"So glad you're okay. Wouldn't want you hurt or anything." an annoying, stuck up fourth-year bitch by the name of Tianna called out to Harmony as she passed.
Rage filled Harmony. Before she had a chance to say anything back, however, Sirius pulled her to the opposite end of the Gryffindor table to where their friends sat. Harmony walked a little in front of Sirius, her own friends trying not to stare because Harmony did look a bit like death when they saw her in the daylight.
Then finally averting their eyes from their friend, Harmony's room mates glared at Sirius. Of course. They thought that Harmony and Sirius had, well…yeah. Sirius just shook his head madly, furrowing his eyebrows together to say, You bloody idiots really think I would take advantage of her like that?
They relaxed, but when Liven opened her mouth to say something, to ask questions no doubt, Sirius gestured wildly for them to keep quiet. Harmony didn't need to be drilled right then. Or ever.
"Hey, guys." Harmony said, slightly monotonously, sitting down and reaching immediately for the coffee.
"Hey, Harms. How're you feeling?" Becca said cautiously.
"Just perfect." Harmony added cream and sugar to her mug.
"Harmony, you don't have to lie-" Becca started.
"I'm not saying anything about myself with that little gossiping bitch sitting down the bench, no doubt listening in on our conversation." Harmony said loudly.
Tianna stood up with a bang, sent a withering glare in Harmony's direction and grabbed her croonie's arm.
"Leaving so soon? I hope you feel better!" Harmony called loudly and sarcastically.
Tianna just bolted for the door, her friend barely keeping up with her.
James choked with laughter on his breakfast toast and Sirius snorted rather unattractively. "That sarcasm and temper combination will be the death of you." Lily sighed, taking a bite of her eggs.
"Better that than that mouldy snake." Harmony commented, chewing her waffle.
Liven, who was sitting beside Harmony, leaned over and sniffed Harmony when the others went back to eating or chit-chatting again. "You smell like a man."
"Uh-" Harmony started, her face heating up. "Well-"
"You slept with Sirius, didn't you?" Liven asked grinning.
Harmony choked on her coffee. "Uh - define sleep."
"The literal way, you ninny. I know you value yourself a bit more than that." Liven rolled her eyes.
"Thank you. I was going to say..." Harmony trailed off, then she shoved another forkful of waffle into her mouth.
"Don't avoid the question."
"Yeah, so we slept in the same bed. Nothing more. Gosh, you people are nuts." Harmony said, half annoyed. "Right, I'm going down to the kitchens to request chicken soup for lunch. Perks of being one of the only students here over Christmas break!" Harmony stood up and made her way out of the hall as fast she could, sick of people already.
Walking down the cold and semi-dark corridors (there was still a raging snowstorm going on outside), Harmony was strongly reminded of all the days she'd wandered the corridors of Hogwarts previously, not afraid of someone attacking her. Not afraid of Voldemort attacking her. Or her family.
Suddenly, in the midst of her thoughts, Harmony heard hurried footsteps behind her, and before she had time to react, a body was slamming into her, an elbow emitting a sharp blow to the curve of Harmony's hip, right in where the curse was still healing.
"Ouch!" Harmony exclaimed, the pain dizzying. "What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Oh, dear me. Did I hit you? My bad." an annoyingly high-pitched voice said. Then the body and voice had a face. A rather unpleasant one, at that.
"Tianna, right?" Harmony smiled entirely falsely, stumbling over to the wall and holding herself up, trying to ignore the blinding pain from her side.
What kind of fucking curse did that asshole use? Was it supposed to hurt this much, even from such a weak elbow in the side? Why the hell wasn't it healing? Harmony thought.
"Yes, but I don't exactly consider you worthy enough to know it, being a mudblood and all." Tianna whispered the last part, her makeup cracking around her mouth as she smiled, showing off her yellow mossy teeth.
"Wholy shit, ever heard of personal hygiene?" Harmony muttered.
"Excuse me?" Tianna started, but then went on blabbing. "I think you need to stay away from Sirius. It's standard girl code. He's mine. Everyone knows we have a thing."
"You're a girl?" Harmony interjected, seriously. "That's why you wear makeup!"
"Shut the hell up, got it? Or maybe I'll arrange an encounter with the Death Eaters. Hopefully they can actually get you this time." Tianna smiled horribly, poking Harmony's collarbone painfully where a bruise was just fading.
"Do whatever the hell you want. They can take me, whatever. They won't get far, but they can try." Harmony said, realizing that it was true.
"Oh yeah? How would you do that? You think you're so great, don't you?" Tianna crossed her arms.
Prickles of pain were creeping up around Harmony's body from her side, but she was determined not to let it show. "No, but the people I know are. You really think my mates and Dumbledore would just sit back and watch me get taken away? That's cute."
"I think you're speaking before you know anything about what they'd do." Tianna said lamely.
"Well I guess it's a good thing you do, being so close to my best mates and all." Harmony said sarcastically. "And why am I discussing this? You're just a little jealous fourth-year. Get over yourself, kid." Harmony tried to continue walking, so she could at lest get to the next corridor over before she fell over in pain. Fucking sharp elbows. Fucking curses.
"Get over myself?" Tianna screeched in outrage. "You're the one prancing around like you and Sirius Black know each other personally, like he actually likes you! Like you've gotten close, like you've even snogged him! He's just using you because you have an older sister that he used to date and he wants to get back together with her! My friend told me so!"
Harmony started laughing. And laughing hard. "Oh my - I can't even-" Harmony was experiencing extreme pain from laughing, but she found she couldn't stop because Tianna's theory was so ridiculous. "Oh my shit that's good. I am so putting that at the top of my ridiculous gossip piece this week. I'll have Sirius and James beaten for sure."
"What do you mean?" Tianna screeched again, clearly not pleased with Harmony's reaction at all.
"I don't even have an older sister!" Harmony yelled, breaking into hysterical laughter once again.
"What?" Tianna asked dumbly before fury melted onto her features. "You are worthless, and the faster Voldemort gets rid of you the better! And I hope your family and friends go the same way!"
Footsteps sounded from behind her, and Harmony stopped laughing immediately at Tianna's words. That hit a nerve, for that very subject was the reason Harmony had been stressed out incredibly and had found herself in Sirius' arms late last night. "I don't think you realize what you just said, do you? You want my family and friends to die simply because they have a relation to me? I have a six-year old sister. She doesn't even know who Voldemort is. Her name is Charlotte. She's also showing promising signs of being a witch. You want a perfectly innocent little girl to be subjected to the same terrible fate that Voldemort seems to be giving out because she's my sister? What kind of monster are you? Maybe next time you'll keep your mouth fucking shut, instead of flapping it off and wishing terrible things upon people you don't even know personally." Harmony finished, now yelling. She just wanted to get as far away from this girl as possible, but that was hard since Tianna was standing in the way of her escape route.
Tianna was shaking slightly, suddenly a bit terrified of the sixteen-year old girl in front if her.
"Harmony, let's go." a voice whispered in Harmony's ear, fingers moving hair out from her eyes. Sirius' voice. Sirius' fingers. He placed his strong arms around Harmony's waist, pulling her back from Tianna, back towards him.
Tianna took one look at Sirius' hands and burst out screeching, "She's no good for you, Sirius! She's not worth you! She's a muggleborn! And you're a pureblood Black! Don't mix with her kind."
"You deserved every word you got from her." Sirius hissed dangerously, glaring.
The rest of the marauders were there, too. "Sirius, just get Harmony out of here, now please." Remus said calmly.
So, Sirius guided Harmony away from Tianna who was being talked to by Remus, and still looked mildly terrified.
Harmony was shaking with built up fury. "Harmony, it's okay." Sirius said, still quickly guiding her away, both arms around her. He was turning down random halls, no destination in mind.
"That little bitch." Harmony was hissing curses under her breath, as she reached into the pocket of her pyjama pants and took out a box of matches that rested next to her wand. "I want to set something on fire."
"Harmony, no, I don't think we should-" Sirius started, eyes following Harmony's still shaking fingers as she struck the match on the side of the box, creating flame.
"I need a distraction, Sirius. Or I-" what Harmony was going to say next was never found out, for in one swift moment, Sirius had blown out the flame of the match and had Harmony against the stone wall of the corridor.
"How about I be your distraction?" he whispered in Harmony's ear, his hands finding her hips. She was shocked at the sudden change of approach, but she wasn't complaining in the slightest.
"I think you'd do just fine." Harmony breathed out, her eyes wide.
And then Sirius' lips were on Harmony's, kissing her, filling her with that potion, that drug, making her forget everything else but Sirius, his lips, fingers, hair, eyelashes brushing along Harmony's...just Sirius.
Just Sirius.
"He lives! Did you guys die? Or shag?" James grinned at Sirius as Sirius walked into the dorm well after lunch time and mind still completely on the one and only Harmony Sea.
"Prongs. That's not funny." Sirius muttered, walking over to his unmade bed and pulling his jumper off.
"Well, you seem to be getting rather close with her lately, so I had to ask. Was she alright after you took her away?" James asked seriously.
"Yeah, uh, she was fine after a while. She just had to calm down." Sirius collapsed down on his bed, remembering the sweetness of Harmony's lips, cheeks, hips, and long heavenly smelling hair.
"Oh? How did you manage that?" James asked innocently, sitting in his bed and studying Sirius with wide eyes.
Sirius sat up and looked at James. "Don't play stupid, James Potter. You know perfectly well how we managed that. No, I didn't shag her."
"Is she a good snogger?" James asked, dropping the innocent act and bouncing slightly on his bed. Remus and Peter were also listening in on the conversation.
"What use would that information be to you?" Sirius asked, collapsing back on the bed once more, breathing in Harmony's scent from his very own pillow that she had used.
"Well, it saves me or another bloke having to find out by experience." James said simply, watching Sirius' reaction to James' words.
"Shut it, Prongs. And for the record, she's pretty good, yeah." Sirius thought, while the word understatement flashed repeatedly in his mind. Sirius blushed a little, which was pretty out of character for him. Three snogs in one week - the poor girl needs a rest! But Sirius didn't really want to give it a rest. He was getting to know Harmony in a whole different way which, admittedly, he had been thinking about for quite a while.
"How's she doing, anyway? Why was she in here last night?" Remus asked, folding a shirt and placing it back into his trunk.
"She couldn't sleep. She just needed someone then." Sirius said, not wishing to reveal anything else about the night before. It was something that should stay between just him and Harmony.
"I see. Are you guys like, together?" James asked, sounding very much like a teenage girl. Peter snorted a little and pointed this out. He then had to dodge a hit from James.
"No, er, not-" Sirius started awkwardly, not exactly knowing how to answer.
"-yet. Not yet." James finished for Sirius, nodding.
"You legitimately are interested in her though, right? This isn't just another girl you snog and never talk to again?" Remus asked worriedly, sitting down in his bed and looking at Sirius.
"No." Sirius said shaking his head instantly. "Well, I mean that as she's not just another girl to me." Sirius clarified, suddenly realizing that his words were ringing with truth. "Harmony's...she's more than that. I'm not sure what, but she's something else."
The remainder of the Christmas break passed by rather uneventfully. There was no more Tianna, for she stayed well out of the other Gryffindors' way. Sirius and Harmony hadn't kissed anymore since that day, and everything seemed to be getting back to normal. The big Quidditch match for Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw was to be held on the first Saturday back, so James' mind was pretty much only occupied by victory against Korey List's Hogwarts house. Even Lily agreed it would be nice to win. Only one problem - Korey didn't show up after the Christmas break again (along with the Slytherins who attacked Harmony in the corridor two weeks before), so Korey's reaction to losing wouldn't be able to be enjoyed.
As Harmony and Sirius walked out of Potions on the Thursday after the school returned, the rest of their class followed behind. Harmony and Sirius made it out of the dark and cold dungeons, the upper corridors already swelling rapidly with students running in all directions.
"Hey Sirius, want to do our essay together?" Harmony asked Sirius as they wove their way through their fellow peers scurrying off in all directions for various classes and spares.
"Sure. Group work. I like that shit." Sirius replied, nodding approvingly.
Harmony snorted. "We still have to plan our little firework show, remember."
"How could I forget?" Sirius grinned. "So, what time do you wanna meet for our study date?"
"How about seven in the library?" Harmony suggested, forcing her brain not dwell on the word date.
"Aw, Harms, does it have to be in there?" Sirius whined.
"Yes, Sirius. The library has the books and the silence. I love the library." Harmony said.
"Fine. But don't expect me to be well behaved, got it?"
Harmony burst out laughing. "When do I ever? Sirius, I didn't even know 'well behaved' was in your vocabulary."
"Hush, you." Sirius smiled playfully, his dark hair falling into his eyes as he smiled.
And so the teens continued on their way to Transfiguration, and then to their dorms, and to the Great Hall for a fantastic dinner in the evening. Finally seven rolled around and Harmony left to go to the library, grabbing her Potions textbook, her quill and some parchment.
When she arrived, there was no sign of Sirius, and the library was packed full of students. The only available table was near the back, right next to a group of fourth-year girls. This group included Tianna.
No wonder it was empty.
Sirius showed up a little after seven. Harmony watched him scan the library for her, and then smile when he found her with his eyes. As he approached, she got a good look at him. Sirius was tall, that's for sure, and the hard and endless Quidditch training James forced him to do gave him a drool-worthy body. Dark, mysterious grey eyes, pink lips, defined cheekbones and jaw line, and his slightly shaggy curly black hair hanging perfectly around his face...oh he was definitely good looking.
Girls and boys alike watched as he passed, either with jealousy or lust in their eyes. Little things like this and the fact that Sirius was like a fricken god had Harmony's mind asking the same things; how on Earth did you manage to snog someone like him? and why did he want to snog you in the first place? Very friendly thoughts towards herself.
As Sirius walked over to Harmony, he noticed the group of fourth-years making goo-goo eyes at him, especially Tianna who pulled her shirt down a bit more when she saw him approaching. Pathetic.
So, only to infuriate them even more (well that's what Sirius told himself), he called loudly and confidently across the library, "Harms! Glad you showed up! Looking as beautiful as ever, I see."
He sent a wink in Harmony's direction that would have any normal girl swooning. Harmony caught on, "Oh, how positively lovely to see you, Sirius!"
And there the pair pranced up to each other dramatically, Sirius throwing his stuff down on and empty seat of the table. When they met in the middle, Sirius lifted Harmony up around the waist, spinning her around like they hadn't seen each other in years instead of minutes.
"Stop that right now! No more funny business or you'll both be out!" the Hogwarts librarian screeched across the library.
Sirius and Harmony, now completely out of breath from spinning and laughing, just continued to laugh louder and harder. They stopped spinning, though, and Sirius got a chance to glimpse at Harmony. Her face was warm, pink and beautiful as ever, with her cheekbones standing out when she smiled, her green-brown eyes and those straight teeth beneath full pink lips. Her hair hung long and in shiny natural curls down her back. She was wearing a zip-up jumper, jeans with holes and tears, and her 'interestingly-decorated trainers' as she described them herself. Everything about her just screamed Harmony Sea.
The pair sat down at the table next to each other. Harmony could smell Sirius' cologne as took the spot directly beside her. "So, I reckon we should get started."
"Unfortunately, I have to agree." Sirius grimaced and pulled out his book.
The two sixth-year Gryffindors then worked for about two hours on the 'damn essay' as Sirius kept calling it, barely stopping to do much of else as the library slowly emptied. The fourth-year girls left long before in a crowd of forced laughter, strong perfume and eyes flitting to Sirius every couple seconds.
They finally decided to call it a day, and Sirius asked as they left the library, "How has your side been?"
"Good. How's your uh, scratches?" Harmony said this a bit awkwardly, because after she healed the scratches Bellatrix's nails made down Sirius' chest for him, they ended up snogging rather passionately in the corridor. And getting caught. By all of their mates, the matron, and the Headmaster of Hogwarts. Yeah, a tad embarrassing.
Sirius laughed softly and knowingly. "They're nothing but scars, now."
"Good." Harmony said nodding and blushing. And with that they walked through the cold and dark school in a comfortably awkward silence. If that made any sense.
When they arrived back in the warm common room, Sirius plopped down on the nearest couch and sighed, "I could go for a nap."
"It's already quarter after nine, Sirius. You might as well go to sleep." Harmony pointed out wisely.
Sirius just shook his head as Harmony dropped her bag and sat down next to him. "Nah. Too early. I think I'll just sleep here. You're not thinking of abandoning me, are you?" Sirius asked in mock-outrage.
"Clearly not now." Harmony sighed, sitting back on the pillows and closing her eyes.
Sirius just moved closer to her on the couch; so close that their hips were touching. "I'm cold, Harms."
"Aren't you Mr Hot Guy?" Harmony asked sarcastically, looking into the fire.
"In the attractive sense, yes of course, all the time. In the temperature sense, most of the time. But not now."
"What do you propose I do about your situation, Mr Black?" Harmony asked, already guessing the answer and still blushing despite the tackiness of the situation.
"Well, I could do this." Sirius scooted even closer to Harmony, and buried his face in her shoulder.
"That was bloody smooth." she appraised him, and felt his lips turn up in a grin.
Sirius just laughed and moved his head away, and Harmony rested her head against Sirius' shoulder. "Well, at least we got the essay done." Harmony said finally.
"We did. And I didn't get kicked out of the library." Sirius replied, leaning his head atop of hers.
"Almost." Harmony countered. "But those girls' faces were priceless."
"I know!" Sirius said, grinning. "I thought that Tianna bird was going to shit herself. Even after I made it extremely clear that I'm not interested at all, she still seems to continue to try to get a go with me."
"She drives me to the farthest point of insanity, I swear." Harmony sighed.
"I think she would have been better suited in Slytherin." Sirius said back, eyes locked along with Harmony's on the flames in the fireplace.
"The things she said..." Harmony sighed again. "I agree with you." They fell in a comfortable silence again.
"Sirius, tell me something about your parents. Your family." Harmony whispered.
Sirius stiffened, but then just sighed and relaxed. "What do you want to know?"
"When did you...become rebellious?"
He considered this, then replied, "I don't remember. I've been the reckless, different child since as far as I can recall. I don't have one childhood memory without me doing something against them."
"Why did your views...differ?" Harmony asked cautiously.
"I guess I was the only one who knew that blood status, money, power...those were really nothing compared to...I don't know, compared to something much bigger than those things. To get the whole picture, you have to look past what's in the front and middle, you have to absorb the little details, the other elements too, for without them the picture would be incomplete."
Harmony nodded, understanding. "What made you finally leave?"
Flames danced in Sirius' eyes from the roaring fire in the fireplace. "I came home from such a wonderful place, Hogwarts, where I felt at home, where everyone had gotten over me being the Gryffindor Black. Where I felt like I was actually genuinely liked there. I felt safe, Harmony, you know? And then I get to this dark, foul-smelling home tinted with a Black past, present and future. Name pun intended. My father...he really, really hates me. Even as much as my mother. So I got home, hair long, happy, full of a new passion, a fresh wave of rebellion, wearing my Gryffindor Quidditch t-shirt...and they just lost it. So did I. They cursed me, beat me, yelled foul, terrible things at me, which I gladly returned. And I left, with my trunk, all bloody, to James'. They took me in. They treated me like a son. After I had told them what happened, they didn't question me again. They're my real family. I don't know where I'd be without them."
Harmony had kept silent, still as Sirius just opened up to her. It made Harmony's heart ache, the things he's been through. She was sure that what he told her was just the tip of the iceberg. She didn't know what to say as Sirius finally looked down at her, waiting for her reaction. So, Harmony leaned up and kissed him full on the mouth. It was short, but it conveyed the message well enough.
Harmony pulled back, but still stayed close to him. When she finally opened her eyes again, she found a pair of silver-grey ones looking back, all the emotion swirling in them like a hurricane.
Sirius gently pulled her up in a standing position, grabbed her waist, pulled her in and just hugged her tight, his head buried in her hair. "Thank you."
"For what?" Harmony whispered against Sirius neck.
"For being you." Sirius muttered, pulling her into him even closer.
A long time passed before Harmony finally said reluctantly, "I should get going to bed."
Sirius slowly let go of her altogether except for her hand and guided her over to the girls' staircase. "Goodnight, Harmful."
"Goodnight, Pup." Harmony replied, cracking a grin.
Sirius smiled, leaned down so their jaws were aligned and kissed her lightly, his fingers trailing down her cheek. Harmony shivered slightly. To say Sirius' fingers made Harmony positively melt was no where close to how she really felt.
Why did he have to be so perfect?
Harmony broke away, and made her way up a the stairs, throwing one last glance at Sirius. He studied her as she looked back at him briefly - his hair ruffled, his weight one one leg balancing his tall frame, arms crossed, and Sirius' bright eyes watching her up the stairs, a smile dancing on his lips.
As Sirius watched Harmony's back, he thought for the millionth time, You're something else, Harmony Sea. I'm not exactly sure what, but you're something else. And I think I'm falling hard for that something else.
A/N: Thank you so much to all my favouriters, followers and reviewers!