"Back to school already? Where did summer go?" Sirius asked, leaning on the door frame as he watched his godson pack his things. "It seems like only yesterday we were going to Quidditch matches and having water fights in the garden."
"That's because it was yesterday, Sirius," Harry replied with a chuckle. He loved his godfather and yeah, he was sad that he never got to know his parents, but he had Sirius and Remus and that was close enough.
"Really? Huh, I guess it was." Sirius smiled as he watched the kid he helped raise turn and look around the room, checking that everything he needed was in his trunk. "You know, if you missed something, Remus or myself can floo it over."
"Yeah, but I don't want to inconvenience you," Harry replied. Sirius gaped at him and walked over quickly to pull him into a hug.
"You could never inconvenience us. You are family." Harry nodded and hugged Sirius back. "Now, go get them. Knock 'em dead."
"Sirius," Harry complained.
"What? You're right. You probably have already knocked them dead with shock, seeing as you're the first Defence professor in history to make it more than one year. Amazing. Clearly something you get from your mother because James was way too stupid to be able to do this with his life."
Harry's face turned thoughtful with a pinch of sadness and Sirius worried he'd said the wrong thing. "Would they be proud of me?" Harry asked quietly.
"Prouder than anything," Sirius confirmed with his own proud smile. "Almost as proud as me." He winked.