For Daily Prongsfoot Prompts - June 2026 - day 18 - Club
The sound of a phone ringing fills the room.
Sirius growls in annoyance, shaking his head. More curls fall out of his bun at the back of his head.
He had managed to focus on his laptop screen just an hour ago. And now his concentration has been disrupted by this very phone call.
And with his concentration disrupted, his head is immediately filled with thoughts that he has been trying to push away.
Thoughts about what James Potter might be doing right now.
He shouldn't have agreed to this idea.
It's not like he's being asked for permission, but James would listen to him and not go anywhere if he asked.
But Sirius didn't ask, of course. Proud idiot.
He lets out another annoyed growl and starts fumbling around on the couch for his phone.
-Yes? - he answers tiredly and half-annoyed.
- Hey, Padfoot! Do you even know what your boyfriend's doing right now?
Yeah, the problem is that Sirius knows that.
- What do you want, Wormtail? - he asks.
- Don't be so mean. I just wanted to tell you that your James is dancing with Lily all evening at a nightclub. Did you break up or quarrel? Or James... God, is he cheating...?!
- Say it again, Pete, and I'll feed you to our dog.
On the other end of the line, Peter swallows noisily.
- I just wanted to tell you that I saw him at the club with Lily.
- I heard you the first time. And anyway, I know about it.
- You know?! - Peter exclaims in surprise. - Have you guys decided to make your relationship open?
- Of course not! - Sirius spits out angrily. - It's just that Lily needed to act out some scene in front of some guy and she didn't have anyone to go with her except, of course, our gentleman, Mr. Potter.
- He owes her, as Lily said. He left her for me.
- Isn't this a story as old as world?
- Lily brings it up every time she needs something from us. You know her.
- Yes, I do, - Pettigrew mutters. - Prongs can't refuse when his past sins are brought up. But why did you agree to it?
- Who asked me? - Sirius snorts.
- He didn't even ask you? - Pettigrew blurts out in surprise.
- All right, Pete, I've got a lot of work to do, and I want to go to sleep.
- As if you could sleep while James is dancing with...
Sirius doesn't listen to what Pettigrew tells him and just ends the phone call.
He throws the phone back onto the couch, but instead of getting back to work, he leans back and sighs wearily.
He didn't tell Peter the truth. It wasn't like he was asked, but James gave him a questioning look when Lily suggested the idea during their lunch at the diner.
In any other situation, Sirius would have said a firm "no. No way".
But he didn't want to seem petty now. Especially now that he had James, and had emerged victorious from their "battle".
Saying no would have been a sign of doubt, a sign of weakness in front of Lily, and that was something he didn't want to do. He didn't want her to think there was something wrong between them, or that he was still jealous of James' relationship with her.
So he didn't show any doubt or resistance.
And James agreed to go dancing with Lily at the club that night.
It was as if they hadn't had that complicated history when he left her for Sirius.
In the end, they remained friends, but Sirius felt that it was wrong to ask a friend for such a favor when this friend wasn't single.
Sirius has no fear of Lily. He knows that she isn't doing anything to ruin their relationship. She had long since lost interest in James Potter.
And he isn't particularly concerned about the rumors. Although it's certainly unpleasant to receive such a call from Peter, and as he knows, he may receive many more calls or rude and mocking words from people who may see James in Lily's company at the club tonight.
He just knows that if Lily gets her aim, she'll find someone else to spend a pleasant evening with, and James will be left alone to face all those hungry stares.
And Sirius won't be there to look at them with anger, to show them that James isn't free, that James belongs only to him.
He lowers his gaze to the laptop screen, not understanding anything. Not what he's written or what he still needs to write. He can't focus at all, and he's not even sure if what he's done in the past hour makes any sense.
- Ugrh, damn it, - he growls and jumps up from the couch.
It's one o'clock in the morning, and James should be back if everything Lily has planned has succeeded. But he's still not at home, and who knows, maybe he decided to stay there and dance with someone else. Again, Sirius doesn't mind, because James is faithful to him, but Sirius... minds.
He heads into the hallway, grabs his jacket and motorcycle keys.
If James isn't going home, he's going to take him. Or at least he's going to watch. It's not that he's jealous, no. No. He's confident in James. He's completely and utterly confident in him, but he's not confident in other people. He knows how beautiful his boyfriend is, and he knows the desires that such beauty can stir up.
But as soon as he grabs the doorknob, the door swings open, almost breaking his forearm.
James appears at the door of their flat.
- Youâre home, - Sirius says, stating the obvious.
James smiles at him and gives him a big hug. Heâs a little drunk, smelling of alcohol and sweat - heâs been dancing. Sirius hopes heâs only been dancing with Lily.
- Fuckinâ missed you, Si.
Sirius hugs James back, pulling him into the hallway and closing the front door with his free hand.
Unconsciously, he sniffs like a dog, trying to find some other scent on James, something foreign, something that doesn't belong to him, or James, or Lily.
But there are no such scents on his boyfriend. It's just James, his sweat, the remnants of Sirius' cologne from when they kissed and hugged for too long before James left, and perhaps a subtle hint of Lily's floral perfume, but nothing else.
But something about him must give him away because James lets out a quiet laugh.
- Youâre going to strangle me, - he says, so happily, as if itâs the happiest thing in the world that could happen to him.
Sirius barely, barely loosens the grip of his hands, burying his face in James' neck.
- I thought you'd gone to bed.
- I couldn't sleep, - Sirius admits honestly. He doesn't need to say anything else, he's sure that James, even in his tipsy state, will understand everything Sirius wanted to say with those words. Everything that he didn't even want to say, but that sits deep inside him.
- I'm home, - James repeats, as if this is the answer to all these words, these unspoken complaints. It's not even a complaint, but something deep within him that has been tormenting him all this time. He's a damn possessive, a damn jealous man! How does James put up with him?
- How did you spend your time, - Sirius asks.
- Boring, - James replies as if that says it all. It probably does. Yes it does. - Clubs are only fun when you're there with me. Everyone looks at me with envy when you're holding me, and only me.
They looks at me with envy, you silly deer. They're jealous that you chose me.
- Then you shouldn't have agreed, - Sirius says.
- I shouldn't have, - James nods, - I could have just spent the evening with you. That would be a thousand times better.
- I had to work. You'd be sitting on the couch, and we'd be silent. You'd be munching on chips, and I'd be grumbling at you for making too much noise.
- It'd still be a thousand times better, - James grins. He presses his lips against Sirius' again.