#blackwick

The Curse of Eastern Folly

Let's use another mysterious Potter child for this, mostly because I think Sirius and Benjy would use this as a way to test whether they're ready to have a kid of their own, and I don't think Sirius would really have those stronger inclinations until he was older, which means Harry would be older.

So, here's Sirius, roughly 30, and Benjy, roughly 41, thinking possibly it's finally time (not that Benjy hasn't been ready for literal years but that's beside the point). The Potters have finally popped out another kid of indeterminate gender who's at the nice little age of four. They steal the kid for a weekend because Benjy insists they need practice, something Sirius scoffs at because Harry was a dream, which means every kid should be a dream (except Sirius got all the fun godfather/uncle times with Harry and none of the more vigorous parenting times with him; vastly different).

Enter James Potter, who learns the reasoning behind this sudden bout of babysitting, and is, as we all know, a mischievous prick.

He loads his kid up on sugar and joke products and all manner of previously Lily Banned Items, pats the kid on the head, and ships them off, calling to have SO MUCH FUN and DADDY LOVES THEM MAKE UNCLE PADFOOT AND UNCLE BENJY SUFFER OKAY GOOD SPROG!

And so starts the worst weekend of Sirius' and Benjy's lives. The kid screams, cries, argues back against them, has uncontrollable bursts of magic (because of all the sugar). The kid colors on their walls, explodes their once lovely sofa into an avalanche of fluff, leaves one of their dogs naked without fur, traps another on top of their roof (that was difficult to explain to the neighbors). They refuse to eat anything that's not yellow, hide under the bed but each time Benjy or Sirius finds them, they suddenly vanish again, only to be found beneath a different bed (and once inside the oven).

It's a terrible time. Sirius and Benjy are exhausted. They're ready to ship the kid back home by the end of the weekend. BUT THEN, the kid falls asleep right between them on their repaired sofa, legs piled in Benjy's lap, the rest of their body slumped across Sirius, and they both break.

"I want five of these," says Sirius with a large grin.

Sirius and Benjy are both switches, they both have the ability to get pregnant. Bip bam BOOM. Sirius tells Benjy he's pregnant, cue the celebrations, all is perfect in their world, and then roughly a week later -

OH LOOK! Benjy's pregnant, too! Huzzah!

Discuss

CHAOS!!!

I love it, thank you so much for sending it to me!

Okay, so let's paint the scene. It's years after the war, they've settled down, they've adopted a million strays. Sirius is twenty-nine, Benjy is forty-one. They weren't planning on getting pregnant, but whoops, Sirius is definitely pregnant! And it's twins! Cue LOTS of tears and celebrations, especially after it turns out he's pregnant with twins.

Then a couple of months later, Benjy starts feeling...off. And lo and behold, he's pregnant as well. But wix pregnancies are unstable to begin with, never mind if you're over 35, so everyone is REAL WORRIED about this pregnancy when Benjy is over 40. James assures them that his mum came through just fine at 50, but everyone is still very on edge. And Sirius and Benjy are both trying really hard to be there for each other while also Suffering through pregnancy. This is where all their friends come into play! James and Lily, Remus and Kingsley, the Prewetts, everyone steps up to help them out. They paint the nursery, they assemble furniture, they give foot rubs and order food, etc.

Sirius goes into labor first. Benjy is supposed to be on bedrest at this point in his pregnancy, but obv he can't let Sirius give birth alone! To his own children! So Remus and Kingsley are there to support him while he supports Sirius, and James is also there to support Sirius bc of fucking course he is! That's his platonic soulmate!

Sirius has a long, grueling labor, but eventually gives birth to two healthy boys. Everyone cries, but no one cries harder than Benjy and Sirius (not even the babies).

A month later, everyone gathers at the house again to support the small family while Benjy gives birth. Lily and Kingsley look after the twins so Remus and James can look after both Benjy and Sirius, and Benjy brings a healthy daughter into the world.

𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈, 𝒞𝒽𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾  ♡

✴ blackwick & amius ✴

psd credit { x }

** none of these gifs are mine just used them to create this

My first thought in response to this was, "But what if Benjy got pregnant?" But no, this is better. Sirius is younger. It's safer and healthier for it to be him. You're right, you are. We're sticking with this.

Benjy wouldn't cry. His face might split in half from the sheer size of his smile, but he wouldn't cry. Benjy is a man of action. He'd take two seconds and then he'd be on his feet with Sirius in his arms. He'd gush and repeatedly say how overjoyed he is. He'd sit down each of their six dogs and their bearded dragon and their temporary mooncalf and tell them they're going to have a new brother or sister to look out for and protect. He'd insist Sirius does absolutely nothing at all, only sit around while Benjy waits on him hand and foot, rubs his feet and ankles, massages his back, hand feeds him meals. Benjy would give sit Sirius firmly in the lap of luxury (and Sirius would never stop complaining about it).

You can come into my inbox 100000000000000000000 times a day if you want. You are always welcome here (especially with these yummy treats!).

I don't think it would be a whole big thing, honestly. Sirius would have made his stance on marriage clear. He doesn't want it, they're fine as they are. Benjy maybe asks him once, seriously (sort of), Sirius turns him down, again expresses his feelings on the matter, and that's that.

And then, of course, Benjy turns it into a thing. Like a little private joke. He starts asking Sirius to marry him a lot. Like weekly. Sirius makes him dinner and Benjy asks him to marry him with a goofy smile on his face as Sirius rolls his eyes and makes a quip. Sirius buys him something he really likes at the store and Benjy asks him to marry him. Sirius passes him the butter and Benjy asks him to marry him. It becomes their little inside joke, something they'll even do around their friends that causes the others to groan or tell them to just do it already because enough is enough, but Sirius doesn't cave to it.

Until Sirius starts coming around to the idea with Benjy being none the wiser, so one day he asks Sirius to marry him as Sirius hands him a fluffy and warm towel through the bathroom door. And Sirius says yes.