#EVERYTHING FEELS WEIRD

[padfootastic]

hello! here’s a lil drabble/ficlet situation about sirius being super invested in baby harry’s life, to the point he gets annoyed and jealous when he’s not immediately caught up on every little thing.

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“I can’t believe you’d do this to me.”

Lily entered the dining room to an unusually confrontational scene. On one end of the table was her husband, hands held up, palms facing outward in a gesture matched by the pleading look on his face. Right across from him was Sirius, arms crossed across his chest and a severe frown on his face. In the middle, Harry was sitting with a thumb in mouth, watching his father and godfather intently. Lily was a bit surprised at how quiet he was being—usually the presence of his favorite people meant an overload of squeals and shouts and giggles.

“Padfoot—“ James began only to be cut off by Sirius’ hand swiping through the air.

“No, James, I didn’t expect this from you of all people,” he took a deep breath and Lily was startled to see the emotions play out on his face. “How could you?”

Lily decided to enter the conversation then before things could devolve any further.

“Er, what’s going on here?” In any other situation, the way in which both their heads swivelled to look at her, coupled with the surprise on their face, would’ve been comical but Lily was too distracted to care about that right now. She couldn’t even remember the last time James and Sirius had had a disagreement. Those two just didn’t do that.

Which was another issue all in itself and if she focused too long on it, it made her head hurt (how can two people who spend as much time as they do together never have any tension?? she didn’t get it, didn’t think she ever would). But for now, she had more important things to tend to.

“Well?” She asked again, seeing the expressions change on their face. James was making a face, not unlike a child who’d been caught with their hand in a biscuit jar whereas Sirius had doubled down. His brows were furrowed, lips pressed into a straight line, and the most stubborn expression Lily had ever seen on his face.

“We, er, that is—“ James tried, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. “It’s nothing, hon.”

Lily snorted in response. She could see Sirius staring incredulously at James and really, this was just getting weirder by the second.

“Evans,” Sirius said, curtly. She didn’t even bother correcting him knowing it was a lost cause at this point. “Will you please remind your husband that we had an understanding and I won’t stand for him breaking it as he pleases?”

“Sirius—“

Lily doesn’t let James finish his groan before cutting in. “What understanding?”

“Did you and your husband not name me Harry’s godfather for a reason?”

“…yes?”

“And does that not entail certain responsibilities and obligations on my part—“

“…Yes.”

“—as well as yours?” Sirius finished, speaking over her uncertain agreement. Now she was a bit stumped.

“Ours?” She blinked at him, wondering what he was on about. A quick glance in James’ direction showed no help from that side. Her husband had the most resigned expression of exasperation on his face, which was really saying something, considering how often he looked like that.

“But of course!” Sirius said, “You are aware that James has the mirrors, yes?” This time he didn’t even bother waiting for her to nod before continuing. “Which means instantaneous communication.” He stressed the last two words, eyes squinting and a stern wrinkle appearing on his brow.

“Si, stop being so dramatic,” James cut in. “You’re confusing the dragonshite out of Lily.”

She grimaced lightly. “Very elegantly put, darling.” Her dear, dear husband only sent her a cheeky wink in return.

“Fine,” Sirius sneered. “Let me ask you this, then.” He pointed one long, pale finger in her direction, her eyebrows raising at the attempt at intimidation.

“Is it or is it not true that Harry, my godson, crawled on his bum across the living room exactly eight days and three hours ago as of right now?”

She opened her mouth to say—not sure what, exactly, but something. Before she could, though, Sirius had already cut in with an overemphasised, “And. Is it or is it not true that James, once my dearest friend—“

“Once?” James yelped.

“—and you, fellow co-wife—“

“You can’t be serious right now,” James groaned, clearly distressed if he wasn’t considering his egregious word choice.

“—did not even bother to use aforementioned mirror to inform me, post-haste?” Sirius finished dramatically, with the air of someone throwing down the gauntlet. He stared at them with a ridiculous air of triumph around him, daring them to disagree.

Lily could only stare in bemused disbelief at her husband’s best friend, nay, brother. One of her closest friends in his own right. Someone who, by all accounts, was incredibly smart and articulate.

Perhaps his bloodline was making more of an appearance here?

“He really has gone off his rocker, hasn’t he, Lils?” James’ spoke what she dared not say out loud. “Should’ve considered this before putting him in charge of the sprog.”

The words had the intended effect. In front of her wide eyes, Sirius basically puffed up in outrage, reminding her terribly of a charm-dried duck. He leaned forward to wrap a possessive arm around Harry, as if James could’ve been anything but joking and they’d take his precious godchild away from him, keeping him plastered to his chest. Harry, for his part, was as overjoyed as ever. He happily wrapped his chubby fingers around two of Sirius’ and prompt tried to insert the whole thing in his mouth, drooling and chewing gummily.

And Sirius, who was notorious for not even deigning to shake hands with strangers (and on one unavoidable occasion, had actually cast a cleaning charm on his palm the moment they’d stepped back from the handshake), someone who applied three different kinds of purifying charms on anything before using it, barely even spared a glance in his direction beyond pressing a kiss to his crown.

“Well, nothing for it then,” Sirius sniffed, nose slightly in the air in a way that reminded Lily entirely too much of Narcissa Black—not that Sirius would appreciate the comparison, of course. “I’m afraid I must take my godson out and away from this dishonourable institution then.”

And in front of both the Potters’ disbelieving eyes, Sirius actually swept out of the room with their child happily lounging in his arms, neither of them looking back even once.

“James…”

He made an answering squeak, still looking at the doorway through which Harry had basically been kidnapped by an over zealous godfather.

“What just happened?”

Her only response was the sound of his head landing on the table with a thunk.

#sirius black #harry potter #james potter #good godfather sirius black #well hello there first piece of fic i’ve writtten in a while #also coincidentally first something of 2023 lol #listen this just came to me a while ago—the thought of sirius throwing a hissa fit bc james didn’t mirror call him as soon as harry did sumn #even if it’s the most irrelevant inconsequential thing ever #and that just kinda snowballed into lowkey crack scenarios #like s in the middle of a fight and picking up his mirror to talk to harry #or he’s spying on death eaters but james is calling to tell him that harry ate his first piece of solid food and sirius just has to listen #and of course tell harry he’s so very proud of him for being such a big boy #so. yknow what i mean? #it’s just rly fun lol #also now that i’m reading it over—it’s funny how sirius here is exactly like those dramatic s asks i got a while ago lol #making a big deal out of small things sort of a dude #lowkey this was so hard to write #it just felt so unnatural #i think i’ve forgotten how writing works #everything feels weird #the co wife thing is a not so sneaky reference to wife wars #~lore. if u will 😌 #pen’s writing #tumblr works

[eevyerndracaneon]

Rolls on the floor

#everything feels weird #it feels weird being home #i can just. tell. that today is going to be like. depressing feeling #man :(

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]

still unsure but i might take a small break from gifs for reasons

#me #today is the first day of my entire life that i've lived without having a dog #so that happened yesterday #my last boy #and i might just do some other things to #distract myself or something #maybe #we'll see #everything feels weird

[lichposting]

Weird how I’ve only really started leaving the house and doing stuff now that I’m planning on skipping town

#everything feels weird #like the last day of school #realizing that I want desperately to be a person who like goes to the grocery store and walks around and talks to ppl #I just don’t want to do it *here* #udbehduwbsisbduidbej #text #misc #perso

[chemdisaster]

reading up on dissociation like what do you mean most people aren't like this

#prattledisaster #in other news using the i pronoun for 'myself' feels weird #everything feels weird #what is this thing inhabiting this body

[pvanoiia]

i feel horrible rn :(

#everything feels weird #like i am over encumbered by discomfort

[cookiescr]

Does anyone else have this issue of like grabbing or touching things when you had just cut your nails??

#I’ve always hated when it’s time to cut my nails short because eugh #everything feels weird #i can type better with long nails #i can hold pens and stuff better #when i was younger it was hard for me to turn a door knob if i just had my nails cut #rants n rambles

[oatbugs]

ahahah

#went to hang out w J today and i felt so sad and i couldnt talk abt my feelings etc and the convo just felt quiet and flat and stuff idk #i feel weird #everything feels weird #idk if i like him like that but ik i want him to like me #i need to revise #cant cry #dissociation mood #personal

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

#yes i want things to be free like ??? that is not a weird desire #'but but it costs money to keep up' ok and? how is that my problem #the government has plenty of murder dollars they could reallocate a few to make internet services universal if they wanted #also these companies were perfectly capable of supporting themselves before the internet got drowned with ads so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #edit: muting notifs on this post bc new additions have kind of petered out #so no one feel bad about adding something someone else has said‚ it is not bothering me im just trying to keep my #notifs page cleanish lol #also since i saw some people are being redirected to read my tags: firstly hiiiiii this is a special secret message for you:3 #secondly i have learned since making this that the reason they were able to support themselves previously was because #of investors bankrolling everything #and theyre now finally realizing that theyre never going to actually make a profit and arent as willing to invest #however thats just a minor correction and doesnt change my overall point #once again. so many murder dollars #so thats why im just adding it here in the tags rather than making an actual correction #anyways . love yall 💕 #origibberish #bigger gibbers

[evilrry]

who up feeling sad

#everything feels weird #i think it’s the week before my period is supposed to start tho so. perhaps it’s just that

[layraket]

im sick, eepy, tired, hungry, too full, dizzy and feeling like laying down in the floor for the next 43 hours.

at least tomorrow i have classes just during the morning.

#everything feels weird #i talk #lay rants

[wolfythewitch]

Sketch

#one of those everything i draw feels weird days lmao #but i needed to get this out of my system #holding them in my hands #art #sketch #tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #timothy stoker

[daz4i]

do y'all also feel naked and vulnerable after removing your nail polish

#everything feels Weird #but i need to let my nails breathe for a day or two 😔💔💔

[what-a-fucking-disguise-this-is]

having covid is bad for everything

#mental heath #physical health #i go back to work in like 2 days and i feel weird #everything feels weird

[datascatvislorturlough]

The food eaten today consists of 1/2-2/3 of a green gatorade water bottle, 5-6 blackberries, 2 strawberries, and a small bag of kettle-cooked barbecue chips.

Starting new medications fucking sucks.

#new medicine #medication side effects #everything feels weird

[ionomycin]

wild strawberries

#artists on tumblr #back from my trip to finland #it was nice to see my family #and my one friend #but it feels good to be back #it's super hot here #and i dont know if any of my friends have time for me #but i just like this place a lot #even if i'm just walking outside on these same streets #that i always walk #i feel a weird sense of peace being in another country #far away from everyone and everything i grew up with