"Watch it, you'll burn yourself," Sirius says worriedly as he watches Kieren dip his finger into the warm saucepan. Even now, after weeks of getting used to it, there's still something strangely thrilling about having to worry about such a thing at all.
It helps that Kieren doesn't so much as yelp at the touch, his face instead calm and even fond.
Sirius lets out a breath, though it immediately catches short when there's a knock on the door and Harry's unmistakable voice.
"Merlin, he's here," Sirius breathes then, his heart just about turning over in his chest as he gives the oven and the saucepans and the plates all one last fevered look, trying to catalogue what he might be missing. And possibly also delaying answering the door. Just a bit. "Right, coming!" he finally says, hurrying out of the kitchen and into the main room, pasting on a wide smile as he opens the door.
Immediately, his gaze drops to the bottle in Harry's hand and a great wave of relief washes over him. "You've brought whiskey, you incredible, beautiful boy."
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Date: 2016-08-17 04:37 am (UTC)It helps that Kieren doesn't so much as yelp at the touch, his face instead calm and even fond.
Sirius lets out a breath, though it immediately catches short when there's a knock on the door and Harry's unmistakable voice.
"Merlin, he's here," Sirius breathes then, his heart just about turning over in his chest as he gives the oven and the saucepans and the plates all one last fevered look, trying to catalogue what he might be missing. And possibly also delaying answering the door. Just a bit. "Right, coming!" he finally says, hurrying out of the kitchen and into the main room, pasting on a wide smile as he opens the door.
Immediately, his gaze drops to the bottle in Harry's hand and a great wave of relief washes over him. "You've brought whiskey, you incredible, beautiful boy."