@rosekillermicrofic May 14, word count 453
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“See you in a few hours,” Evan said before hanging up. Barty slumped back in his chair, ribs protesting at the movement while Sirius hovered in front of him, waiting for him to explain.
“For fucks sake, Barty, tell us what happened!” Sirius squawked at him, clearly losing his patience.
Barty let his head fall back against the chair, and a smile spread across his face as Evan and Pandora’s words sank in.
“Evan has a sister.” He began. “Her name is Pandora.”
“Is that it?” Sirius butted in while Barty paused to take a breath.
“Well, if you’d let me say more than two words,” Barty huffed back.
“Oh my god! You’re shagging them both, aren’t you?! Oh, fuck, she’s pregnant! You got her pregnant, didn’t you?! Bartemius Aurelius Crouch, you had better do right by her!” Sirius flapped around him. Barty caught the tiny smirk on the edge of Remus’s mouth before he started in as well. He let out a groan and covered his face with his hands. He’d thought at first that Remus was the snap one, but he was quickly learning that nutter was just as mad as the rest of them.
“Sirius, I did not agree to this,” Remus scowled, crossing his arms firmly across his chest. “I said fine, I’ll adopt Barty once we’re married, but I did not agree to become a grandfather this early into our marriage. I am too young and too pretty to be called someone's grandfather.”
Sirius held his hands over his face, trying to stop himself from snorting. It didn’t work.
“For crying out loud. Pandora is not pregnant. Not that I’d know, as I have never met her. Evan asked her to look into the accounts that my father stole from me and, somehow, she worked a miracle and in a few short hours, when Evan comes to get me, I’ll have all my funds back in my own hands and there's nothing that old twat can do about it.” That shut them up. Sirius and Remus stared at him, gobsmacked. Sirius recovered first.
“Oh great, that means you can start paying us rent,” Barty threw a cushion at him, catching him on the chin. He winced as pain shot through his ribs. Totally worth it.
Barty napped for most of the afternoon, Sirius helping him up the stairs to his bedroom and was woken by Sirius shouting at him from the bottom of the stairs. “Darling son, your lover’s here!” Barty groaned as he heard feet coming up the stairs and towards his door.
“Hey, are you ready?” Evan’s calm voice asked as he opened the door. A smile spread across Barty’s face. He’d never been more ready.
