Burn the Night

Jude had just walked outside to his normal spot for one of his infamous smoke breaks. While smoking wasn’t necessarily permitted on school grounds, he was always somehow able to get away with it. He sat down at a hidden bench just around the corner and threw his pack on the table. He pulled one out and brought it to his mouth, lighting it with his wand. He took a drag then looked out at the forest smiling.  This was his heaven. He closed his eyes and laid his head back, when suddenly he heard a twig snap. He jolted up immediately and hid the contraband. “Uhhh.. who are you?” He asked realizing he wouldn’t get in trouble and putting the cigarette back up to his lips

Padfoot had been on the outskirts of the forest. At times Sirius just liked to take a moment to breathe and he used Padfoot to do that. He didn’t have to really think in the animagus form, he could just run wild through the trees and not have a care in the entire world. But as the sun began to dip lower and lower into the sky, Padfoot knew it was time to return to the castle. Usually, Sirius was pretty quiet about turning back into himself but with fall ending and winter coming in the trees were more brittle the branches littered the ground so he had no choice but to break a few twigs as he broke the treeline as Sirius once again. What he didn’t expect was there to be a voice. With furrowed brows, Sirius turned to see someone sitting a bit away. “Someone who’s willing to keep his mouth shut if you do.” Sirius nodded towards the pack of cigarettes in front of the other. It was obvious he had just come from the Forbidden Forest so he had to have some bargaining tool. 

Regulus knew everything was going downhill. He hadn’t slept in two days, him and Wendy were… well, he didn’t know what they were, something happened to Roxanne and he hadn’t seen her in a while, and the war was growing closer. He was waiting for the moment the Dark Lord called him forward. He was waiting for his first task and he had no idea what it would entail. “Bloody hell…” He mumbled, not noticing the figure until they were right beside him and he nearly jumped out of his skin, holding a hand to his heart as he let out a breath. Usually people couldn’t sneak up on him, and he was the one sneaking up on people. 

“Make some noise next time, would you?” The bags under his eyes by now were a dark purple and he looked as horrible as he felt.

Sirius knew where he was headed, even down the darkened corridor. He had memorized the Marauder’s map, forward and backwards and hell even upside down. He was talking a quicker route to get to the back of the castle for a quick smoke before heading up to the Gryffindor Tower for the evening.  As he rounded the corner, Sirius came to a quick halt. Thanks to his animagus form at times it was easier to see in the dim light than everyone else could. The person seemed to have their back towards him, so with a few careful strides he was over by their side. But before he could announce himself, the other was jumping out of their skin which made Sirius take a few steps backwards merely out of habit.

He recognized his brother immediately and his eyebrow quirked up, his eyes scanned over the other’s form. “--Call it pay back for all the times you’ve creeped up on me.” The male hummed slightly, not phased too much by his brothers reaction. What was more concerning the state that he was in.  “Do you want to talk about whatever is going on?” He asked. Sirius could easily tell something was off about this entire situation. 

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Lucius finished picking at his nails before he glanced up at the person in front of him. “You certainly look like you’ve been through hell,” he quipped. He let out a breath, “I’m in a rather nice mood today so feel free to rant if you wish. I can’t say I’ll give you life advice though.”

doc’s new home was the dusty old couch in the shrieking shack. well - it had been for five minutes, at least. before that he had spent an eternity (but in reality was only half an hour) comforting a hysterical fifth year crying over something he couldn’t recall for the life of him - and didn’t really care to. sure, maybe it was all to help avoid sirius. but it had worked pretty well, for he hadn’t seen the other at all until he had separated himself from the other that was a lie. he was hyperaware of exactly where sirius was the whole time, like he normally was his eyebrows furrowed, “what sh-” one of the sharks he had charmed to fly around him caught his eye. and he’s totally going to pretend that he didn’t forget they were there. while he’s at it, he’s going to try very hard not to look anywhere other than sirius’ eyes, because if he does he’ll laugh and letting sirius make him laugh was not ideal. but that also proved to be difficult, so he’s just going to look at his forehead. that’s what normal people do, right? “oh, yeah. sharks. …my sharks. they’re fake.”

“I do. Besides, it’s better than Wormy or Wormtail.” He said with a shrug. “No… I didn’t really think about that. It was hard enough as it is to get into the damn thing.” He shook his head. “I highly doubt it. No one would ever go for me.”

“Can you? This is news to me.” Hestia looked up at him and pursed her lips. “Guess it seems I’ll have to work harder then.” At the mention of James, her grin widened. “I’m sorry. Your mess. I think they are… they are sorry excuses for costumes. Not like ours… even though there’s an even sexier Leia in attendance tonight.” She couldn’t help but laugh at his final comment. “What if you both have extra baggage?”

Perhaps it was because he was drunk, or maybe it was because his inhibitions were lowered Sirius found himself swaying close and closer to his ex boyfriend. He had sen the other enter the party earlier in the night, and kept his distance knowing better than to give into his desires. But now that firewhiskey was lighting up his veins he could no longer deny want he wanted. “Nice -- mhm sharks?” Sirius’ voice sounded unsure, he was hoping it could be played off as not knowing what the other’s costume was not that he was nervous to talk to Caradoc again.

Obviously entertained by him, Rosalie couldn’t help but smile. “Oh, good, I was worried you’d use a potion to maintain the length of your leg hair.” She shook her head, still smiling. “Oh Merlin, understandable. I think our mothers might be able to compete for Boggarts for the both of us.” Rosalie started laughing at mammoth Sirius. “A catepillar isn’t as hairy as you, my dear Sirius. Maybe I’ll say cat - a very pretty kitty.”

Regulus was still in his corner, awkwardly standing to the side so people didn’t bump into him. Well… he wanted to go home and curl up in bed but here he was. Why was he here again? “Bloody hell-” He mumbled as someone nearly fell into him but he quickly side stepped because he could do one thing, and that was use his reflexes. Sometimes he thought he was a cat in another life… weird thought but nobody has to find out.

“It’s nice to see a man that knows how to greet royalty.” She teased, gently nudging him. “Maybe. Depends if it’s working or not.” Hestia replied with a shrug. “Seems about right. James is a mess but you gotta love him.” She looked round the room before spotting him. “Who do you think will go home with him tonight? My money is on one of the five hundred sexy cats.”

“Siriusly?” He said with a laugh, holding up the head. “I can fucking see… it’s breathing that’s a bloody mess. How am I supposed to make moves on anyone when I look like a fucking teddy bear. I hate our costumes. Or rather, I hate mine.”

“Well hey there pretty lady.” She teased with a grin when she saw the other’s outfit. “Am I stealing you away from Ash or is he off fighting a gym leader?”

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Rosalie looked down at his bare legs as well, cocking an eyebrow towards him. He was definitely dressed differently. “Probably the scariest thing I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen my mother without makeup.” And that was a frightful sight. “Oh, no wonder I felt an actual mammoth rub against my legs from you. You didn’t scare me, but I was alarmed, if that helps.”