It had been three months.
It was January,
and the two were still stuck in a calamitous state.
More and more
He smoked
and she starved.
Closer and closer they got,
dancing with death,
and everyone saw.
They saw her
living on a diet
of one glass of water
every day.
They saw him
go from one pack a day
to two packs a day
to three.
They saw them
locking themselves in their rooms
instead of going to the classes
that they had once loved.
So Lily and James,
being of good intentions,
tried to talk to them.
"Jessie, please wake up.
You are scaring us,
you need to eat,
you need to go to class."
"Sirius, come on.
You are scaring us,
put the cigarettes away,
you are killing yourself."
Lily stopped trying,
"she'll come out when she's ready,
she just needs time."
James persisted,
"you need to come out,
we need you,
I need my best friend back."
Sirius stared
with bloodshot eyes
and a bottle of vodka
clutched in his hand.
"no one needs me."
James stared at him
and pulled the bottle gently out of his hand.
"I do.
Remus does.
Peter does.
Jessie does."
"no."
and he was gone,
running to the same place
that the Anger always led him to.
But this time,
she was there.
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Bomb // Sirius Black
Fanfictiontrigger warning It wasn't meant to end this way. It wasn't meant to end in yelling and throwing. It wasn't meant to end with Jessie storming out of the common room in tears. It wasn't meant to end with Sirius punching the wall until he bled. The...
