And then everything else happens: she's trying not to sob there in the hallway but she catches the look on Remus' face as it freezes him and that's what breaks her - she lets out a low choked noise, stilling as her hands move to cover her mouth. Just not for the same reasons as him. She's still swearing but it's muffled - then she looks up at them again and her eyes are wet and red-rimmed. She'd been crying already before she came out, and it's clear. ]
I don't-- [ Hoarsely. ] I don't want to hit you.
[ She's bitter and scared and crying but she's present even though she's distraught. She breathes, slow, and she recognizes that tone in Sirius, the one he uses when-- ]
Don't do that to me, Sirius Black.
[ He'll know what she means. ] I just--I don't know what to do. We're... [ A quiet noise dies in her throat and she slides down to sit on the hardwood floor, head on her knees. ] We're a family. We're... We have to be. All of us, together-- [ It's almost heartbroken, the way she says it. ] I never wanted to bring a child into war. I wanted--I wanted us to be a family after the war.
OH BOY ARE YOU READY. next time on maury: which marauder is the father (it james)
[ It's tired, and wan.
And then everything else happens: she's trying not to sob there in the hallway but she catches the look on Remus' face as it freezes him and that's what breaks her - she lets out a low choked noise, stilling as her hands move to cover her mouth. Just not for the same reasons as him. She's still swearing but it's muffled - then she looks up at them again and her eyes are wet and red-rimmed. She'd been crying already before she came out, and it's clear. ]
I don't-- [ Hoarsely. ] I don't want to hit you.
[ She's bitter and scared and crying but she's present even though she's distraught. She breathes, slow, and she recognizes that tone in Sirius, the one he uses when-- ]
Don't do that to me, Sirius Black.
[ He'll know what she means. ] I just--I don't know what to do. We're... [ A quiet noise dies in her throat and she slides down to sit on the hardwood floor, head on her knees. ] We're a family. We're... We have to be. All of us, together-- [ It's almost heartbroken, the way she says it. ] I never wanted to bring a child into war. I wanted--I wanted us to be a family after the war.
[ Then in a whisper: ]
We have to tell James and Peter.