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[misterprongs]

i solemnly swear that i am up to no good.

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[theshabbiestofmen]

She will. She did once, and she will again.

[A beat.]

If it's any consolation, you two are disgustingly domestic in the future.

[misterprongs]

{ there's a soft huff of laughter, at that. ]

I'd treat her like a queen if she'd let me.

[ as he lets out a sigh, but he does look cheered at that. ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

You do, in fact. And she returns the favor-- honestly, you two are splendid partners.

[This seems to be working, so he plunges on.]

You live in Godric's Hollow-- you've a little cottage together, the two of you. You even have a cat, whom Padfoot gets along with oddly well. She hates me-- the cat, obviously, not Lily-- but I put up with her for the sake of you two. You got-- for his first birthday, you got Harry a little broom, and you thought you'd have to fight with Lily to let Harry use it, but she was even more enthusiastic about it, if possible.

[misterprongs]

[ it mollifies james, hearing nice stories of the future. he knows there's a heavy burden to bear, and that voldemort is at their heels, but these stories give him a sense of peace.

though -- ]

I wouldn't get a bloody cat if Padfoot didn't get along with it.

[ indicating that sirius was probably the one who picked out the damn thing the bastard ]

[theshabbiestofmen]

Course you wouldn't.

[Because, quite frankly, Sirius comes second in priorities only to Lily, and even then the margin is narrow.]

I don't-- do you want to hear more about Harry?

[Because while Remus loves the boy, he understands how it might be nervewracking for James.]

[misterprongs]

[ sirius is, indeed, in a central point in james' life, and james adores him beyond sense and reason. it's a problem.

hearing stories about harry is nervewracking, in a way -- it's so far removed from his life right at this moment, parenthood -- but the thought that he has something so... nice, and perfect, in his future makes all of the trouble now far worth it. ]

Sure.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Well, he's a year and change when I'm from. He can walk, but not well, which means he has an alarming tendency to run into walls. Lots of babbling-- you tell me he said his first word, but I don't think he did, frankly, because no baby can say dad at age one and a bit, but I'm hardly about to argue. He's clever, though-- he looks just like you, as I said, except with Lily's eyes, which hopefully means he won't be half so myopic. He has a stuffed dragon he carries everywhere, and he's smacked his way through nearly all Sirius' precious records, something that's earned him no amount of dirty gazes.