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The night sirius and regulus ran away from home, sirius had started fainting.
not the kind where he had simply gotten up too quickly, or passed out from lack of sleep.
but the kind that had come out of no where, leading him to faint up to more than ten times a day with only a few moments of warning.
a fainting condition, stirred on by a head injury, was the only explanation the doctors could give, despite the potters insistence that it had to be more than that, that there had to be a way to help their kid.
the doctors had explained that as sirius got older, they could do more testing, but for now, the medication they had given him had been able to cut the amount times he fainted a day in half.
now, weeks later- things hadn’t changed much.
well, except the fact that everyone was much calmer and when sirius would mutter out a slurred warning before dropping to the ground.
Sirius had been looking forward to movie night for weeks. The potters had invited all of their friends and Sirius just knew he was going to have a great time.
As He hobbled his way through the front door with his moon boot on his left leg, james and regulus tailing behind him, he greeted Effie with a wide smile.
“We’re back!” Sirius announced to no one in particular.
Monty rounded the corner moments later, smiling and wrapping an arm around his wife.
“Ready for tonight boys?” He questioned the trio .
“Yup”
“Yeah”
“Yes”
And They continued into the house moments later, sirius pausing at the couch to grasp his phone from his pocket when it chimed loudly.
Moons❤️
The number read, with a quick text about what time he was to come over.
Sirius went to reply, but then he felt it. His head spun for a moment and he steadied himself on the couch as he heard a muffled voice as him a question.
His head rung too loud and all he could think was ‘not again’ as his legs went numb and he was paralysed from moving.
Seconds later his body went limp and he fell into the couch, his body shutting down instantly.
Euphemia cursed from nearby, shuffling quickly over to where sirius was slumped up against the couch, her husband and other kids only steps behind her.
Adjusting her son into her lap, she quickly checked his smartwatch for his heart rate, nodding to herself when it was stable.
She looks back up towards their audience and notice the three staring intently at them, worry on their faces even though this had been happening daily for the past month.
James is the first one to speak up, “his heart alright?” He questioned
Euphemia only nodded reassuringly, but then she laid eyes on regulus, and her smile downturned into a frown.
He was pale. Well- paler than usual, and he looked like he was going to be sick.
“Regulus honey, are you alright?”
James whipped his head around to regulus at her question, his concern turning onto his boyfriend.
Regulus wrung his hands out anxiously, nodding slightly but otherwise still looking rather unwell.
Effie went to push when sirius made a groan from on her lap. Though his eyes remained shut.
“Sirius darling are you with us?”
Another groan, and his eyes flicked open, unfocused and glassy.
“M- goin again” he slurred, eyes rolling back into his head, sirius’ body going limp once more in euphemias lap.
Checking his heart rate again ,Effie focuses on sirius as she moves him into a more comfortable position.
“Do you think he’s having an episode?” Her husbands voice calls, and she turns her head to find the three anxious gazes of her other boys.
“Not sure” she voices, “we can’t know for sure unless he goes again.”
In that moment, Regulus lets out a whine and shakes his hands out anxiously infront of himself,
“This happend at lunch today” he informs the room
Effie shares a worried look with her husband, before moving her gaze back to her youngest child, who still seems upset over his brother.
She knows he feels responsible for sirius’ disorder, even with his constant reassurance that it was his idea to take his brothers place in their parents argument.
“He will be okay dear, why don’t you and james go get ready for our guests?”
James smiles greatfully at his mother as he gently guides a hesitant regulus out of the room by a hand on his lower back.
It took another fifteen minutes before Sirius came back to himself, groaning as he blinked his eyes open.
His watch began to beep before Effie could even get a word out, his heart rate increasing rapidly.
Monty frowned from where he had sat on an adjacent couch,
“Oh kid, you going again?”
Sirius scrunched up his face and let out a whine, “don wanna go-“ he slurred in such a way that it had euphemia tearing up before he was slumping back over once more, fainting for the third time.
As Effie shared a sad look with her husband there was a knock on the door, the telltale sign of the first of their guests arriving.
James came running down the stairs in that moment, sparing sirius a glance and a frown before he swung the door open to reveal remus standing anxiously on the other side.
“Hi moony, you’re here early?”
Remus craned his head around James in that moment, eyeing his boyfriend laid on the couch.
“Pads never answered me” he shrugged, James stepping aside for Remus to enter the house.
He moved quickly into the living room where the three were on the couches, squatting down with a crack of his knees infront of sirius head, running a hand through his hair before he turns to the older couple.
“How long has he been out?” He asks, concerned.
Effie gives him a sad look, “a minute this time, but it’s his third time going in a row, so we’re thinking it’s an episode”
Remus frowned,
“He went a couple times at lunch today, but he was awake for a couple minutes between” he spoke, worrying his lip between his teeth.
Despite the fact this wasn’t uncommon as of late (as the doctors were tweaking his medication) it still made Remus terribly worried and anxious when epidsodes like this happened.
It’s another 20 minutes before sirius wakes up again, and it’s nearing the time where the rest of their friends are meant to arrive.
His eyes flutter open and he pulls a face immediately,
“Sirius?” Remus speaks softly, “are you with us?”
Sirius only lets out a sob in response, and everyone in the room feels their heart ache for the boy.
They can tell sirius is fighting it, and they know he’s only gonna feel worse if he does so.
“Let it happen love” Remus murmurs softly, as Sirius forces his eyes open once more, pushing his arm towards his boyfriend desperately
“no I don wan it- don-“
And he’s pulled under once more.
The rest of the night goes similarly, his friends arriving and giving him pitying glances before joining James and regulus in their home theatre to watch the hunger games movies.
And everyone sighs a deep relieved breath when Sirius pops his head in halfway through the second movie, and cheerfully announces his love for the series.
It’s over for now, and that’s all that matters.