━━ ˟ ⊰ ★ ┋ 𝓢𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓾𝓼 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴.
As they entered his bedroom, he hadn’t much paid attention to Alice’s movements. He was, in fact, doing everything that he could to focus on something other than her. She had, truth be told, occupied his every thought since he had made that stupid decision however many months ago to leave. It had been easy enough to keep his thoughts of her at bay when she wasn’t in his sights. But, with her being in the very room, it was proving to be a FAR more difficult task. Something that would only prove to be even more difficult as he felt her presence close to him mere seconds after entering the room.
As she leaned against his chest, he felt his posture go rigid for a mere moment. It wasn’t that he didn’t want her near. Of course, he had dreamed of having her close like this since he had left her behind. But, he was worried about what the consequences might be to having her so close. Even now, he hoped that his heart wasn’t beating as erratically in his chest as he thought. The last thing that he needed for her to do was to hear the sound of it as she rested her head on his chest. But, despite his fears, Sirius still chose to wrap his arms around her and surround her in the comforting embrace that she silently requested.
After allowing for a few moments to hold Alice close, he released her from his grasp and took a small step back. He gave a nod in response to her answer to his question and went over to grab a shirt for her to sleep in. Sirius grabbed the first shirt that he spotted the drawer before turning back towards Alice who had been working on the crib. It was then that he seemed to finally notice what she was wearing. The man didn’t have too much experience with corsets.. but it seemed like the type of contraption that one would need some help to get out of. Awkwardly, he rubbed the side of his temple as he contemplated exactly how to bring up this fact without sounding like a PIG.
Finally, he was able to move the few short steps to where she sat on the bed and handed her the shirt that he held in his hands. ❝ Uh… here, I found this for you. It should suit well enough, ❞ He spoke. Then, he gave a gesture in the general direction of the outfit that she was wearing. ❝ Do you need… uh do you need help with all that? ❞ He questioned.
━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ┋ 𝒜𝓁𝒾𝒸ℯ ℱℴ𝓇𝓉ℯ𝓈𝒸𝓊ℯ.
❝ thanks. ❞ reaching for the shirt, alice was very careful to not make contact with his hand, fearing for the unraveling of her self control now that they found themselves in the confines of his bedroom. though these quarters had not seen the depths of their passion, the four walls enclosing them certainly reminded her of the countless evenings they’d spent entangled in silk sheets. it wasn’t a difficult leap to take and quite frankly, she was desperate to take it. afterall, her most recent experiences held no flame against the passionate encounters with sirius, which only made her body and soul far more tempted to take the plunge and tempt fate. ❝ um, yes please? if you don’t mind, i just can’t reach. ❞
that reasoning was innocent enough was it not? there was no way anyone would assume she was asking for anything more than basic assistance and quite frankly if anyone was to blame, it would be her current beau’s mother since she’d been so adamant in instructing her house elves to tighten the blasted wrapping more and more to “try and make a figure worth noting”. how ironic that such an offensive gesture now led to this circumstance, awarding her true love the chance of exploring her flesh once more. the demure girl turned away from him and carefully gathered her hair to the side so he would have clear access to the tightly knotted backside of her corset, making sure to secure the front of the bodice to ensure they wouldn’t have more temptation. it was pointless to conceal her body, clearly he knew every crevice better than most, but even the fleeting idea of his chocolate brown orbs drinking in the view could send chills down her spine. NO, best be careful.
❝ i don’t even know why the hell i agreed to this in the first place. i should have been with mary... at least the outfit would have been far less difficult to slip out of. ❞













