#grimy

Part 1 (main cast)

@jegulus-microfic January 28, Word count 554

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They’d only just made it back to the shack before the sun rose. Moony had been dragging his feet, tired from all the running around in the forbidden forest. But they’d got him back inside and comfortable before he started whimpering and howling, nuzzling at Padfoot for comfort as slowly the wolf disappeared to reveal Remus beneath. James hated the transformations; they were so hard on Remus, but the thrill he got from running around with a literal werewolf was like no other, not even quidditch made him feel like that. 

The second that Remus was no longer in his wolf form, Sirius changed back into himself and checked Remus over, healing a few of the deeper cuts he’d got when he’d tried to get past them and chase a herd of centaurs. , a very bad idea that Moony. 

“Thanks, Pads,” Remus said weakly, his voice hoarse from howling. 

“Shhh, Moons. You need to rest before Poppy comes,” Sirius hushed him, stroking his grimy hair out of his eyes. 

Too soon the telltale sounds of Madam Pomfrey coming down the tunnel to collect Remus drifted up to them. 

“Padfoot, come on,” James urged, holding up the invisibility cloak. Peter was fast asleep in James’s front pocket as Wormtail still and would stay that way until James put him in his bed once they got back up to the dorm room. 

“Remus?” Madam Pomfrey called out as she came into the shack. 

“Up here,” Remus answered back, coughing harshly as he raised his voice for her. Sirius’s hands fluttered uselessly above him as he continued to cough. James knew Sirius wouldn’t move on his own now, so he grabbed him around the middle and yanked him under the cloak just in time as Madam Pomfrey opened the bedroom door. 

It took her a while to get Remus back on his feet, Sirius twitching under James’s hands as he held him back.

“Sirius, stop!” He hissed in his ear, but it didn’t help. Finally, Remus was on his feet, leaning heavily on Madam Pomfrey and making their way down the stairs. They followed a minute or so after them, heading up to the castle.

James let go of Sirius as they climbed the steps into the entrance hall. Remus was back in the castle, and Sirius would calm down now. He grabbed his hand, Sirius still needed some contact when Remus was in the hospital wing, and they began the long walk back up to Gryffindor Tower. 

Only a few seventh years were up at that hour, but still, they didn’t want it to be obvious that they’d been out of bed all night. They snuck through the common room and up the spiral staircase, throwing off the invisibility cloak only once their dorm room door was closed. James deposited Wormtail on his bed and got Sirius into his before walking over to his own. He was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to collapse for a few hours. 

His curtains were drawn, which was odd because they’d definitely been open before he left last night. He pulled them open and froze as he came face to face with the tip of a wand. 

“Hello, love,” Regulus crooned before dragging him into the bed. Well, either this was going to be spectacularly good or spectacularly bad. 

Haven’t drawn in a while cuz I’m trying to graduate. Here’s some pixel art I did on Roblox. 😼