22 - may 22 - barty and sirius friendship - background jegulus - cw: humorous fic, but lots of talk of parental abuse - @taylorswiftmicrofic - word count: 252 - based on @jamesontheoutside 's post!
Even though the entire group was there, the game of ‘Never Have I Ever’ had long ago dissolved into something much more darkly entertaining. Now, it was just Barty and Sirius facing each other, two bottles of Firewhiskey in their hands, twin deranged grins on their faces, while everyone else stared at them with looks of both horror and amazement.
“Never have I ever had a parent use Imperio on me,” Barty said with a smirk, taking a sip to indicate he was lying as soon as he was done speaking.
Sirius scoffed and took a sip of his own. “Imperio? That’s soft. Never have I ever had my parents hit me with Crucio in the middle of a family dinner!” He took another sip as the group murmured in disgust.
Barty didn’t take a sip but gave Sirius an impressed look. “Damn, Black. Alright. Never have I ever had to spend twenty-two days of my summer without any way of contacting anyone because I was a ‘disappointment to the family.’” He knocked back the bottle again.
Beaming wildly, Sirius drank as well. “What’d you do to be a disappointment?”
“Got sorted into the wrong House, of course. As if it was my choice,” Barty grimaced.
“Oi, same!” the Gryffindor laughed loudly, clapping Barty on the back.
“I can’t decide if this is funny or sad,” James mumbled to Regulus, who was sitting on his lap was watching with mild amusement.
“This? This is coping,” Regulus chuckled, sipping at his own drink.
