Don't go breaking my heart

Her cold nose touched his cheek, and he leaned back slightly, pulling the tawny wolf in his arms with him. Holding her tight and close - but secure and just right, careful not to hurt her. It horrified him to reflect how much life had derailed. He wished they had woken up to their birthday, with their parents standing side by side, mischief in their eyes and the whole day planned.

Instead, the lot of them just had Sirius. Grumpy, forgetful, dangerous, Sirius.

“Perhaps… since you were born late into summer, we can give time for things to settle before we throw something.” that thought settled him. Her birthday might be a general ‘Summer’ but the timing of their actual birth had been later in the season then this. He had not missed it, not truly.

He shook his head to clear it, and found another smile for his sweet girl. “Then, perhaps we should go on a hunt now” Live in the moment, enjoy every moment he had with them. What else could he do?


"Speech"