#welp this became way longer than i anticipated lmao

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Also i want your thoughts on this - do you think if sirius and walburga both didnt die in canon, after the war was over they would/could try to reach out and make amends? And do you think getting closure would help him heal?

ooooooh this is an interesting one (and a bit tough too)

so i know the typical answer here is ‘ehh possibly with lots of therapy on both sides + acknowledgement of their faults, unlearning etc etc’ but i don’t know if i really believe that. it’s certainly a neat solution and sirius & wally having to interact does give us a lot of comedic black family reality show potential.

but the more i think about it, the more i feel like they probably wouldn’t be able to reconcile? i mean, both of them have a lot of pride, for one. that’ll make it hard to accept any faults (+ bc sirius faced the brunt of everything by as a child, his feelings towards his family would be even more intense & righteous, i think) or give the benefit of the doubt to the other person. i also don’t think there isn’t enough trust between them by that point to take things in good faith anymore.

there’s also the question of what kind of support does sirius have. are the potters alive? is he in a relationship? does he have the security to be able to do what he *really* wants? he ran away in canon—would he have been able to do so if he hadn’t had james’ unconditional support? i think, if he’s alone in this scenario, then there’ll definitely be some attempt made at contact, whether initiated by him or not. it’ll probably be uncomfortable, awkward, not a very good idea, but i can see him being amenable to it just because there’s not a lot of options. walburga would probably also pipe down a little because the ‘blood traitor potter’ isn’t there to taint her son further so that’s one of her issues gone ykno?

if the potters are alive, though, i think sirius would be forced to take a long, hard look into his relationship with walburga. what does it provide him, does he really need it, will it fulfill anything that his other relationships don’t? and he’d probably come to the answer that no, it won’t.

i’m of the opinion that closure is overrated and u can live ur life w/o needing to have that ‘one final conversation’ where it’s all dramatic and lays all ur cards out on the table type. i’ve seen irl that it’s often far messier than that and the attempt at closure can just backfire and make things worse. i’ve also successfully forgotten about people that i’ve been super close w w/o any problems, even years down the line. no ‘what ifs’ or spiralling regrets. so i know it’s possible, and i think with the potters’ encouragement, he’ll choose to go for that option. that is, no contact at all because he’s in a good place and doesn’t need her.

(which coincidentally hits walburga’s pride super hard and makes her hurt in a way other things didn’t but that’s another topic lmao)

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#sirius black #walburga black #welp this became way longer than i anticipated lmao #i feel like i’m just being unnecessarily rambly #sorry!! #i don’t usually think about characters/relationships w such nuance #but this made me Really Try #i mean. all of that being said—i’m sure there’s situations/universes where reconciliation is possible #i think i’ve read a few too #but i think i’ll just skew towards this opinion for now #always open to opposing views tho #i know orion is also a parent lol but i didn’t focus on him bc i don’t think/read ab him as much #which is on me #also. didn’t wanna put this in the main text lol but sirius is a scorpio #soooooo i think he’ll be able to do the cutting someone off w/o a second glance thing #as i was writing this i just kept thinking of more and more scenarios and different outcomes for them #and realised i had to stop somewhere lol #ask game #pen’s asks

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y'all i have some serious stepbro!reiner brainrot so im sharing *not great at writing so bear with me plsss

imagine you just finished your assignment after downing your gazillionth cup of coffee and munching of every type of sugary thing available downstairs in the kitchen and you're fucking exhausted so you just decided to rest your eyes a little and lie down on the table just for a minute...

meanwhile his way to the bathroom, Reiner sees your door is open and peeks in, your door was never open when you slept. To his disappointment, he sees your empty bed and realises you're probably still downstairs working as he didn't hear you come back up

'silly girl', he mutters to himself as he pads down the stairs and walks into the kitchen to get you into bed, to sleep ofc duh, but he stops when he sees you all sprawled out on the kitchen table, face smushed into your arm, surrounded by mugs and paper. 'she's so adroable like this' he thinks, and as he walks closer, his eyes drift toward your lips looking all soft and pouty and perfect to bi-

he clears his head before something stupid happens from those thoughts and gently wakes you up, 'hey, wake up, you can't sleep like this'. To which you jolt up a little too quick and feel just how stiff your neck became, 'huh? mmfh, owww...' you mumble. Reiner's instantly by your side, closer than he needs to be when he enquires with a worried huff, 'you okay? you shouldn't have slept here...'

'm fine', you reply, standing up a little too quick and feeling instantly light headed, stumbling forward into Reiner's hard chest, only for him to catch you with those hunky, built, pretty arms of his. 'you're not fine. you shouldn't stay up so late, you're burning', his voice is laced with worry as his big hand feels your forehead and cheeks for a temperature. 'i said im fine, silly', you said, still clutching on to his shirt in your sleep-addled state, and eventually losing balance and stumbling back in the midst of avoiding his massive hands.

Reiner was quick to throw a strong arm around your waist to steady you but ended up pulling you in awfully close, too close as your sleeply self stared back at him, soft and perfect and so prett-- 'control yourself', he mentally berated himself and decided to do the right thing, the proper thing. 'you need to get to bed, now', he said in a firm tone, far different than the one he used earlier, whilst attempting to put some space between you two.

You frowned, quite adorably, Reiner mused, before you spoke, 'why do you do that?', leaning forward and keeping the gap between the two very non-existent. 'do what?', Reiner replied in an uninterested tone. 'this.' , you poked his big bicep and gestured to the two of you. 'you're unbelievably nice to me, and then out of nowhere you start acting completely...different, like someone flipped a switch on you'

you felt like you were whining but at this point you couldnt care less. you knew Reiner looked at you differently, knew his intentions behind every little harmless favor but hated the way he'd close up on you when he got too close. Reiner was quiet, and clearly shocked, as he didn't he was that transparent. was he? he was about to deny it before you asked, with glassy eyes and hushed voice, 'did i do something wrong, Rei?'

you pouted your lips, in part frustration and part wanting to fluster him even more, when Reiner replied in that same soft tone he used earlier, 'what? no, no, of course not. you didn't-'

'then why do you stop yourself?' this was it - you had him. you held his stare with your shiny eyes and watched the cogs turn as he grew more conflicted in front of you. Reiner could either deny it, feign ignorance or....embrace whatever hellish attraction you had towards each other.

Reiner's heart hammered in his chest. You knew. Fuck, you knew. He could feel his entire being come alive with pure desire as you stared at him, with your sleepy doe eyes, far smarter than he anticipated. Your lips had been in a sinful pout the whole time and it took everything in him not to kiss them to oblivion. He soon realised he'd been staring, like a goddamn fool, when your hand came up to his forehead, and then his cheek.

'look who's burning up now. maybe you should get to bed instead', you whispered, voice tainted with lust and hands lingering on his handsome face far longer than they needed to. Reiner couldn't take it anymore, not when you were teasing him like this.

Just as you decided to resign and started to push yourself away, Reiner's hand delved into your hair and slammed his mouth on yours, earning a squeak, followed by a sinful moan as his arm snaked round your waist even more. His tongue slipped past your lips, eating up any last traces of sleep as you craned up on your tiptoes and pulled his face down to you with a bruising grip. Soon, your toes didn't even touch the ground anymore as Reiner lifted you up onto the dining table in one swift motion, his strong arm caging you between the broad expanse of his chest.

Both of your hands were fast and desperate - pulling, tugging, grabbing at each other whilst the kiss you shared grew more and more breathless and elicited moan after moan. Reiner eventually pulled away as he cradled your face, thumb gliding over your pretty lips, eyes glazed with lust, as he said in a low voice, 'we should really get to bed'

*iron deficiency for the win lmao i had to cut this half because i got too carried away welp

OH MY GOD ANON PLEASE THIS IS SO FUCKING GOOD 😩😳what do you mean you're not good at writing???!!??? I WAS ENTHRALLED THE ENTIRE TIME !!! YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME WRITE A STEPBRO REINER FANFIC AT THIS RATE KDfkjhs;lhdfsdkhjf EVERYONE READ THIS!! i love you so much nonnie ❤️🥵

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