can we just take a second to think about all the shit sirius would have to do to earn remusā trust back? like he doesnāt have to do that with harry, he never really betrayed his godson, harry spends about six months assuming stuff about sirius before he learns the truth
remus though, remus had YEARS of doubting, of disdain, of heartache
remus is the one sirius has to convince in the end, remus is the one that he has to sit up with until sun crests into the parlor, promising to be good, remus is the one he has to apologize to, remus is the one that hasĀ to forgive sirius if heās ever going to be human again, because sirius is cocky and headstrong and heās never once thought before heās acted
because sirius has done awful things to remus and remus, for all of his compassion and kindness and charity, knows that the people who are closest to you have the most power over you, and it would be so stupid, so foolhardy to give that power back to sirius

















