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Navigating his godson up two flights of stairs, was not an easy task. Harry refused to let go of Sirius for even a second and if it wasn’t for Remus’ help, Sirius doubted they would have made it without casualties.
Finally, they made it to Sirius’ room and through the door.
Sirius shuffled his way to the bed, where he sat down and almost immediately, Harry made his way onto his lap and buried his face in the man’s shoulder.
Without even thinking about it, Sirius raised his arms to hold his godson. It was obvious the boy was quite upset, so who was he to refuse cuddles?
After Remus had shut the door, he made his way to the pair on the bed, sitting down next to them.
“So, that was something.”, he had never claimed he was good at small talk.
Sirius glanced at him before staring at the door.
“I swear, I could just hit that woman, sometimes. Who does she think she is? Talking to me and Harry like that! James and Lily chose me to look after Harry, should something happen to them. Me!”
He probably would have gone on for hours, ranting his head off, if a whimper hadn’t drawn his attention away from his anger.
“Harry? Oh, Harry I’m so sorry. I promise I’m not mad at you. What Molly said just really got under my skin and made me a bit upset.”
The boy finally emerged from where he had hidden his face in Sirius’ collarbone and looked up at his godfather with big teary eyes.
“Not mad?”
And if that didn’t just about break Sirius’ heart right there.
“No, pup, of course not. Never at you.”
Harry took one more second, staring at him as if searching for any indication of a lie. When he found none, he gave a tiny nod and went back to hugging Sirius.
It seemed like Sirius wouldn’t be leaving any time soon. Good thing he didn’t have anywhere else to be.
A soft knock at the door had Remus get up to see who it was.
The door revealed Ron and Hermione, both looking extremely worried and Ron with a suspiciously familiar stuffy in his hands.
“Is he okay?”, Hermione blurted out. “It’s just, we were so worried, but we also knew that he would probably feel most comfortable with you, so we didn’t immediately follow. But it also felt wrong not to do anything and then Ron reminded me of Blue and we brought him, cause we thought Harry might want him?”
“ ‘Mione, breathe.”
Remus was glad Ron was there, as well, he always seemed to be the best at calming her down, and right now, she appeared extremely upset.
“Anyway, here you go.” Ron said, and unceremoniously handed the stuffed dragon over to Remus. “Just, make sure he’s alright, would you? He’s always been bad with loud noises, so we know this must have been pretty bad for him.”
He couldn’t help but smile at the two teenagers. Yes, he was definitely glad Harry had found friends like them.
“He will be just fine, don’t worry. What Molly said just made him a little upset. I doubt it will be long before he’s happily playing around again. You two go have yourselves a nice morning. I believe you have the day off, no?” Remus added a wink at the last sentence. He knew just as well that none of the children had been happy about spending their holidays mucking out the old manor. “If it helps, we’ll tell you as soon as he’s feeling better.”
“Thank you, Professor.”
“It’s Remus, I’m quite sure I told you already. But alright, go along you two.”
And with that he quietly closed the door again.
When he returned to the bed, Sirius had made himself more comfortable. Now he was leaning against the headboard, his legs stretched out, with Harry still snuggled in his arms. The boy had a tight grip on Sirius’ shirt and Remus noticed that his thumb was dangerously close to his mouth.
“You got his pacifier here, somewhere?”
Sirius looked at him confused for a moment, before he looked at Harry, and understanding shined in his eyes.
“Yeah, should be in my nightstand.”
“Alright, I got it.”
A moment late he was crouching down next to them, so he’d be on Harry’s height.
“Hey, Harry, you want to take a look what I got here? I think your friend could use some cuddles, don’t you?”
“Blue?”
“Yeah, it’s Blue, I got him right here. You want him?”
“Mhm.” He stretched out one had and made the universal grabby hands.
And how could Remus possibly say no to that.
As soon as Harry got his hands on the stuffy, he held him close between Sirius and himself, if Blue needed cuddles, then Harry had to help him!
“You want your paci, too, pup?”
They knew that the pacifier was still something new to Harry, but over that last nights, they had made sure that Harry would always feel safe enough that he would never be laughed at by them. So whne he nodded without hesitation, the two adults felt so proud of him. He was never really verbal about what he needed, but now he was showing it without feeling bad or embarrassed about it. Within such a short amount of time, they counted that as a big win.
The rest of the morning was spent cuddled up in the bed, Harry having fallen asleep shortly after. They knew without doubt that there would still be some trouble late with Molly. Hopefully, that would go better than this morning, though. If nothing else, Harry could always trust his godparents to have his back. And for now, that was enough.