Day 13 Prompts:
-Regulus Black
-A Barking Dog
-"Listen if you don't hear from me in a while, have a killer Halloween"
-An Umbrella
Muggle AU
Rainy Days
The wind whistled and howled around him as he made his way down the dimly lit street. As the rain pattered the ground around him heavily he held tightly onto his umbrella in fear that the wind would steal it from him. As he turned the corner of the familiar street he increased his pace now even more eager to get home. Jogging up the steps he jingled his keys in the lock as a bright light engulfed the sky above for mere seconds followed by a clap of thunder.
Woof, woof.
"Calm down Snuffles," he whispered through the letterbox to his barking dog, "I will be inside in a second."
Finally he managed to get himself inside his house and his umbrella safely tucked in his umbrella stand by the front door.
Woof, woof.
Snuffles jumped up at him and begun to lick his face, the dog's weight pushing him against the front door as he rubbed Snuffles ears.
"Did you miss me boy?" he asked, "of course you did, who is a good boy? Yes, you are."
As his dog dropped down, he took off his coat and hanged it on the coat rack on the wall and he manoeuvred his way down the entrance way, pausing by the landline phone.
"One new message," his answering machine informed him as he pressed the button.
"Hey Reg, it's Sirius, I'm really sorry bro but it doesn't look like I am going to be able to make it next week for lunch," after a pause the message continued, "I am being sent abroad for work and won't be around for a month at least, I was looking forward to catching up," another pause, "Umm listen, if you don't hear from me in a while, have a killer Halloween and stay out of trouble bro, please."
A beep signalled that the message had ended.
"Press one to save the message, press two to delete the message," the machine spoke to him.
He pressed one, as he had done every day since his brother had left that message two years ago on his answering machine. He hadn't heard from his brother since, he had gone missing abroad and nobody had any idea where he was. When he hadn't come back when he was meant to, to collect Snuffles from the kennels that had been looking after him Regulus had been called as the named contact to take the dog. It had been him and Snuffles ever since. Sighing he made his way into the kitchen to see a dish on the counter.
'Cottage Pie, cook for 30minutes, Gas Mark 7 – Mia.'
Read the note atop the dish, he sighed; this meant Hermione his next door neighbour had been in to check on Snuffles during the day and left him dinner. Looking around the kitchen he also realised she must have tidied up as well.
"I ought to buy her some flowers," he muttered to himself, "she really looks after me."
Turning the oven on and popping the pie in, he then made his way over to the fridge and saw it was filled with food, even though it had been empty that morning, "perhaps more than flowers," he muttered. Taking a bottle of beer from the fridge he sat himself down at the breakfast bar and saw that his post was in a pile to his right. Just as he reached over to grab it, his doorbell went.
As he made his way over to his door, he saw the outline of silhouette through the window.
The doorbell went again.
"I'm coming," he called out.
He opened the door and there stood in the pouring rain was the last person he expected to see.
"Hey Reggy," his brother greeted him, "long time no see."
"You better come in Siri," Regulus responded, "you look like a wet dog."
I am ending this here. I would very much like to continue with this at some point. Perhaps have an exploration of where Sirius has been. It would likely be two shot or a three shot at most. Though I will post it separately if I do.