𝙚𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖; 𝚓𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚞

☆𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜☆

⇢ ˗ˏˋ꒰ started: 8 ･ 13 ･ 22 ꒱ ࿐ྂ 

┃a funny excerpt from an old fic
about harry's first day
on the hogwarts express lol 

remus couldn't help but find harry very mature.

most kids were crying and clinging to their mothers, but harry seemed perfectly fine. in fact, it seemed more likely that james might burst into tears than harry. harry was the one comfortingly patting james and saying "it's alright, it's only going to be a couple of months." 

"honestly james, get a hold of yourself," lily said, "it's only going to be...going to be.." 
lily had started bawling too, wrapping harry in a tight bear hug. 

harry, his face smushed against lily groaned, "ugh mum not you too." 

james joined in on the bear hug. "he's growing up so fast!" he bawled. 

"ughhhh you guys are so embarrassing!" 

remus was wearing a chocolate brown suit and clutching an old leather briefcase, with his initials inscripted on it. beside him was his lover, a man with long obsidian tresses and celestial grey eyes, sirius black.

"tough kid." sirius said, with a proud smile on his face.

remus nodded in agreement. "yeah."

"well, how tough are you feeling professor lupin?" sirius asked with a raised eyebrow.

remus laughed, golden brown curls bouncing as he did so. "i feel like i might throw up."

this caused sirius to laugh too. "don't be nervous remus, we've always said that you'd be a great teacher."

"and i never really believed it would actually happen."

sirius smirked. "are you going to let an 11 year old be braver than you? that's not very marauder-like of you."

harry ran over to hug sirius goodbye specifically. sirius smirked at remus and mouthed the words i'm the favorite at  remus, which earned him an amber eye roll. 

"uncle padfoot will you write to me while i'm at hogwarts? will you tell me all about the cool auror stuff?" harry asked eagerly.

"of course i will harry." sirius said.

harry grinned. "are you going to be lonely without uncle moony?"

"i'll manage." sirius laughed. "and speaking of managing..."

sirius lowered his voice to a whisper, "do you still have that birthday gift i gave you?"

"yup." harry nodded. 

"good. erm...don't tell uncle moony that i gave it to you alright?" sirius said in a low voice.

"don't worry uncle padfoot, i'm no tattletale." harry said.

sirius ruffled harry's already messy hair causing him to both squirm and laugh. "you're going to be the coolest kid at hogwarts harry." 

sirius then placed a kiss on remus's cheek, "and you'll be the coolest professor at hogwarts, remus." 

remus blushed deeply, instantly flustered by this sudden public display of affection. when the hogwarts express whistled, remus quickly checked the time on a golden chain pocket watch. "i think it's time for us to get going, ready harry?"

harry nodded. 

- ♡ -

from the window harry continued to wave calmly at james, lily, and sirius. teary eyed, james and lily waved back. sirus waved as well, smiling and ocassionally blowing a kiss to remus. 

remus smiled. how silly he was to feel nervous when an eleven year old boy was doing just fine. if harry could be tough, he could be too. 

as the train grew further away from platform 9 3/4 and harry's parents were no longer visible, remus was startled to hear sniffling. 

he was even more startled when he looked up and saw that harry had begun to sob. this was so unexpected that remus didn't even react at first. 

remus was never very good with comforting other people while they're crying, but he knew it was his job as an uncle to at least try. 

"erm...please don't cry harry." remus said, cringing at how awkward he sounded while placing what he hoped was a comforting hand on harry's shoulder.

harry continued to cry.

remus, realizing that his words had no effect, decided that it was time to pull out the greatest uncle tactic in the world: the hug.

he pulled harry in for a hug, wrapping his arms around the weeping child.

remus's comforting scent of old books and hot cocoa seemed to have a calming effect on harry who's sobbing had started to lessen.

"hey uncle moony..."

"yes harry?"

"sorry for crying...
you get all weird and awkward when people cry don't you?"

this hit remus where it hurt but he laughed it off anyway. "it's alright harry, you actually made me feel a bit better about something."

harry nodded, sniffling.

there was a small silence before harry's small voice said "uncle moony..." again.

to which remus responded with another pleasant "yes harry?"

"are you going to tell my parents i was crying?"

remus smiled and pretended to zip his lips. "your secret is safe with me harry, don't worry."

harry nodded, wiping his eyes and still looking embarrassed. "ok..."

kicking his feet shyly, harry said once again "oh and uncle moony..."

remus couldn't help but laugh out another "yes harry?"

"promise me you won't tell uncle padfoot either? i want him to think i'm tough just like him." harry said.

"i promise." remus said.

harry, finally satisfied, and pulled away from the hug, returning to the calm and mature harry that remus had seen earlier, turning his attention to the window.

remus smiled to himself 'see sirius?' he thought triumphantly, '​​​​​​harry is scared too.'

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