Prompt 16 - Episky
@wolfstarmicrofic April 16, word count 203
“Why did you do it, Sirius?” Remus asked as he carefully removed the thorns from Sirius’s skin.Â
“If I knew that, I wouldn’t have done it!” Sirius grumbled. He’d run headfirst into an enormous bramble patch.Â
“You were chasing a rabbit, and you know it,” James called from the other side of the room. Sirius stuck his tongue at him.Â
“You were chasing it as well.”Â
“Yes, but I had the sense to stop before the massive, very visible patch of brambles,”Â
“There, that’s the last one,” Remus sighed, putting the needle-sharp thorn on the plate with the rest of them. He stretched his arms above his head and turned his head until his neck cracked. He let his arms relax and picked up his wand again. “Episky,” he murmured over the first cut, and watched the tiny cut heal and disappear. Only a hundred left to go. “Better get comfortable, Padfoot, this is going to be a long night,” he told Sirius. Sirius wiggled about on the bed, finding the most comfortable position, which ended up being with his head in Remus’s lap. Remus patted his head and went back to work. He’d better be getting a trunkful of chocolate for this.Â
