wolfstar microfic January 9 & 10 - position & kettle
It’s late. Probably around 3 AM, maybe 4 AM, but he can’t be sure. He lost his sense of timing a long time ago. He only knows it’s night time and that there’s a few more days until the full moon.
He’s in the living room, eyes glued on the telly his godson and… lover? no, not anymore– Harry and Remus insisted on getting for their small cottage. The volume is at minimum, so he’s not really listening, but his hands are too shaky to manage magic right now.
He had a nightmare. He hates nightmares, honestly. These past few months he’s been seeing Dementors and how they made him feel, what they made him see, but once in a while his mind would turn on him and give him a night terror.
Like tonight.
He’s still shivering and the cold sweat is not helping, so he decides to grab the blanket that they always keep on the sofa, wrap it around him and go to the kitchen to make himself a cup of tea.
He puts his hair on a bun, securing it with his wand –useless to him right now– and steps on his toes to get the muggle kettle he’s only seen Harry use a couple of times, and it's storaged at the top of the cupboards.
He carefully positions the artifact in front of him and observes. He tightens the blanket around him, narrowing his eyes, picturing what Harry does whenever he uses it.
First, fill it with water. Sirius does it with still shaky hands. Second, put it on the stove and turn on the stove. Sirius manages to do it on his first try and he feels just a tiny bit proud of himself. Third, wait until it boils.
In the meantime, prepare the tea.
As he’s putting the bag in his favorite mug, one that Harry gifted him for his birthday, he stops and listens carefully.
Steps.
Harry or Remus woke up. He hopes whoever it is, is just going to the bathroom and then back to sleep. He doesn’t like bothering his loved ones for silly things like a nightmare.
He’s proven wrong when Remus appears at the kitchen door, sleepy and looking… cuddly, in a big sweater and plain pajamas, hair a mess. Sirius hugs the blanket closer to him and locks eyes with Remus’.
“Alright?” Remus yawns, and the sight puts a tiny smile on Sirius’ chapped lips.
“Yeah,” he answers quietly, noticing he’s stopped shivering. He’s still cold, though. “Just making some tea…” Remus nods and walks inside. Sirius’ eyes follow every movement he makes, how he reaches for his own mug and takes the teabags’ box from his hands, how he puts one for himself on the mug. He slowly places the box on the counter and turns to face Sirius. “Alright?” He whispers, a bit in wonder, like he always is with Remus.
Remus’ smiles with his lips sealed and Sirius fights the urge to reach out and outline them with his thumb. Hopefully, one day, they can be a new version of what they used to be. “Yeah,” he nods. “Thought I’d join you in your early morning tea.”
Sirius doesn’t feel cold anymore, and smiles briefly. “Thank you.”
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To add onto to what I mentioned about aroace stuff, I think it's just in general. sometimes I look at ships and I don't get why they like each other? Like I think it's cute but when I think about it a little bit, I don't really understand it fundamentally. That could either be a product of being aroace, raised heavily religious and conservative, or a weird concoction of all three lmao
I think this is part of the reason why my favorite pairings are usually already established/married. Otherwise I just! Don't understand
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saw some speculation on FranklyDear in relation to the audios and i want to toss my two cents in
so all the thing's i've been seeing have been people talking about how they're a couple, but they're not acting like it, so that must be Playfellow's influence making them put distance between each other
but i immediately interpreted it as - they're not there yet. there might be feelings, but they aren't Together. cause in the 14 bug audios, i feel like it's pretty clear that these are snapshots of the neighborhood outside of the show. cameras aren't rolling, there are no influences, it's the neighbors just Existing on their own dime
'cause the conversations are more natural! the characters seem more nuanced! there aren't any sound effects! so if FranklyDear is already established, wouldn't we have "seen" that in their shared audio 8-14? wouldn't Eddie have just called Frank Frank, without the immediate (and somewhat flustered) correction to Mr. Frankly? and wouldn't Frank call him Eddie instead of Mr. Dear? plus, idk about y'all, but that scene was a lil romantically charged. a little flirty - especially from Frank's side. the kind of tension you get from budding emotions, not fully-realized ones
they just seem to be in a before state. the beginning stages. and anyway, i remember Clown saying that revealing FranklyDear as an endgame couple was sort of an Accident? i think we were meant to watch it evolve and figure it out along with the characters, the way we will with any other relationships (that we Definitely are not aware of / confident about yet).
we're still only in the prologue of the story, so it'd make so much sense if Frank and Eddie are not yet Involved. we're on this journey With them
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