Poly-Marauders Baby Drama

[wolfymcwolf]

[Exactly what it says on the tin. Started in TFLN and then it hit captcha so now we're here.

Remus and Lily texting
Sirius and Lily texting, moves to in-person, Remus comes over too

If Prongs and Wormtail want in on this, let us know?]

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if we named the cat before i don't remember ohhhhhh well his name is icarus now

[lightmagic]

[ James' joy and optimism makes something in her shoulders relax. Lily lets out a shaking breath and manages a smile that doesn't look mournful for the first time since they realized. ]

Don't be mean to Icarus.

[ Mildly. Calmer. Once Sirius has settled back she sits up more as well, leaning up to kiss James as well, soft and lingering a moment before she flops back with a sigh, a little pomf noise sounding as she drops onto the pillow. ]

Yes, well, that's you lot got me into this mess, so why would we stop now?

[ It's a joke, and a bad one, but she's trying. It's a nice quiet moment of levity at least, before they have to get quiet and worried again. ]

There are... a lot of factors to consider. But with all five of us... It's still frightening, but it's... We've handled everything else that's been thrown at us.

to balance out the casual british names with more latin nonsense yes good

[forevertwentyone]

[It's not perfect. It's not uniform. It's still flickering with Sirius and wavering with Remus and dulled with Lily.

Still, it's smiles finding their ways back into this little space they all share. Maybe it'll even be proper smiles that greet Peter when he makes his way home. That's the first step, James is entirely certain, to making the rest of the uncertainty begin to fall into place.]

It'll get sorted. [And it'll start here, with slightly better smiles beginning to peak across their lips.] Probably starts with some tea and staying in bed, yeah?

[Possibly for all of them.

Possibly they can convince the cat to get them tea.]

slides in 15 minutes late with starbucks

[wolfymcwolf]

[Even if the cat were capable of getting them tea, it's doubtful they could ever convince him to. He's a cat. He does what he wants.

Maybe if they just keep echoing that they'll figure it out together, they'll actually believe it. Despite his doubts, Remus is starting to. They'd tackled all sorts of problems together, even one with arguably as high a stake as this, so maybe-- maybe once they've figured it out, once all the plans are in place...

He puts that thought aside, in case any of them can read it on his expression. He's not been very good at hiding things from them since they'd figured out his "furry little problem" all those years ago.]

Bit tough to do both at the same time, isn't it?

well we got a star here and a buck in james so \o/

[effingsirius]

He started it, Lils.

[Because Icarus is, in fact, a cat. And Icarus will do whatever he wants. Like say, for example, absolutely not getting tea and instead sitting on Sirius once more now that he's been settled for more than two seconds. At least it's not his face, again.]

I'd try Summoning some, but I don't think we want a repeat of last time.

[Plus, cat. On his wand arm. Probably he's going to lose feeling in it shortly. The things he puts up with for you, Lily.]

tru

[lightmagic]

Please do not try to Summon tea.

[ Blandly, muffled again. ]

Icarus, go get us tea.

[ The cat does, in fact, not go to get them tea. He does meow, a bit indignantly, like he'd understood the order and is offended by it. Lily scowls but it's not quite real and instead snuggles down, slightly mollified by the pile she's in. ] We can have tea later.

[forevertwentyone]

[Poor Icarus. The world asks too much of him.

James can spare a thought and a hand to briefly reach for the cat's ear, affectionate even as he starts shifting back on the bed.] 've got it. You keep the bed warm.

[It's all a team effort, after all.]

[wolfymcwolf]

[Probably for the best James goes for it. Practically speaking, he's the least tangled in the pile of limbs and blankets, and as far as emotionally... Lily obviously should be doted on more than usual for the foreseeable future, Sirius has only just gotten pulled out of his usual self-destructive spiral by James, and Remus probably shouldn't be given time to think too much away from everyone else so soon. James is the most emotionally stable, what else is new.

He'll still try to protest it, though.] You just got here, though.

[effingsirius]

[Poor Icarus nothing. The asshole cat (as Sirius likes to call him) has spread more properly and now has taken over the vast majority of Sirius' wand arm. His circulation may never be the same again.

It also means he's quite properly trapped, and snuggling warmly in once more.]

Just means he's not settled yet 'nd it's easier for him t'go, Moony. [It's an affectionate mutter as his free hand reaches blindly to try to squeeze at the other young man, before reaching for James one last time.]

Thanks, Prongs.