Harry Potter Imagines

22. James Potter

"Prongs you're going to pay for this!"

I glanced over from the desk I was studying at to watch Sirius Black with an enormous curled moustache careening through the common room directly behind a very happy James Potter. The  Quidditch Captain was looking over his shoulder and letting out excited laughs as he dodged Sirius's attempts to tackle him to the ground.

I let out a laugh alongside the rest of the common room as the moustache bobbed up and down with each step Sirius took. James could be an absolute menace sometimes. Spotting us, he ran around our desk, undoubtedly to use it as a barrier from Sirius.

"Hi old chap," Lily welcomed with a smirk as Sirius made his way over, causing him to drop his hands to his hips in his infamous sassy stance.

"You're so mean," Sirius huffed, "just like Prongs. This is why you're my favourite Y/N"

I smiled at him while trying to hold back another giggle at the enormous amount of hair under his nose.

"Padfoot I'm sorry to inform you but your darling Y/N was laughing at you less than a minute ago," James interrupted, dropping his hands onto my shoulders from where he stood behind me.

Sirius's eye twitched.

"Sirius I would never," I tilted my head and smiled up at him innocently, "you're my favourite person"

He settled on a satisfied smile. James made an exasperated noise from behind me and I could only guess he was pouting.

"You'd let her get away with anything Padfoot, maybe I should start using Y/N as a human shield to fend you off"

As if just remembering he still hadn't gotten retribution for the hair sprouting on his face, Sirius took off at speed to chase James around the table. Practically squealing in delight, James ran three laps around the table before Sirius changed direction and tackled him to the floor.

Lily rolled her eyes, "Boys".

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It was an ongoing joke between the group that Sirius was the big brother I never had, despite my muggle family having no relation to The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.

"Tell me Y/N," Sirius started as he swung his arm over my shoulders as we wandered back to the castle from the greenhouses. The other three marauders were traipsing back behind us, far enough away that we couldn't hear whatever they were talking about, "how's the love life going? It feels like ages since I've had to give anyone a talking to".

I shot him an irritated glance. Sirius had taken it upon himself to threaten every student who had even so much as looked in my direction, then had the audacity to claim that it was for my personal benefit.

"There aren't any left," I responded, "you've scared them all off"

"I'm sure that's not true," he waved his hand dismissively, "in fact, I'm almost certain I saw Reggie eyeing you up at dinner yesterday"

"Sirius!" I made a disgusted noise, "that's borderline incestuous!"

He scrunched his nose up in a grimace, "Never stopped the Black family before"

We both let out involuntary shivers.

"Shut up Wormtail!" A harsh whisper that sounded suspiciously like James came from behind us, "if you don't stop laughing he'll notice"

At that, Sirius and I spun around to see 3 pairs of amused and partially guilty eyes staring at us. It took us only a moment to realise that Sirius's feet were growing a size per second.