James/Sirius for pink_faerie81

[such_heights]

trowica, thank you so much for your card! Felt! Stars! Shiny things! It was all terribly exciting =)

And now, a ficlet for pink_faerie81, as requested. I meant to post this out to you, but alas my organisation wasn't quite up to it.

James/Sirius (!), 400 words, PG-13.



Breathless and laughing on Christmas Day, they were racing each other down the corridors. Sirius started off in the lead, but he wasn’t built for endurance, and James was catching up. The portrait hole was in sight, and he made a last break for it, drawing level with Sirius.

“Double… double… toil and… trouble,” James panted, and the Fat Lady obligingly started to swing open. James sent a quick Jelly-Legs Sirius’ way, who promptly tripped on the step, then charged through the entrance victorious.

“You bastard.” Sirius staggered in after him and leant against the wall, exhausted. “You cheating bastard.”

“I did nothing! You’re just making excuses for your own ineptitude.” James looked very smug indeed, and Sirius huffed loudly.

They returned to their dormitory, blissfully free of anyone but them. Much as James loved (well, felt appropriate and manly affection for) Remus and Peter, he wasn’t exactly complaining it was just him and Sirius for a couple of weeks, you know?

They had amassed quite the booty throughout the day, mostly from James’ parents, but owls had come from Peter and Remus too, bringing pranking items, Quidditch merchandise and what might have been the entire range from Honeydukes.

In his excitement, Sirius appeared to have Transfigured spontaneously into Padfoot – this whole Animagi thing was still shaky and early days – and was now bounding around the room delightedly. Laughing, James grabbed his pair of novelty antlers (always the comedian, Peter) and plonked them on Padfoot’s head, who promptly wagged his tail and looked ridiculous.

Then James sagged onto his bed, the combination of strenuous exercise and a stomach full of Christmas lunch finally getting the better of him. Now a boy once again, Sirius leaned against a bedpost with a raised eyebrow.

“Past it already? C’mon Prongs, the day is young!”

James groaned. “I never want to get up again.”

“Alright then. I’m sure we can work around that somehow.”

And Sirius’ hands were suddenly at James’ shirt buttons, and fingers were brushing against his ribcage, and this was definitely helping with the post-gorge inertia. James loved Remus and Peter, he really did, but sometimes just having Sirius around wasn’t such a bad thing.

Sirius’ mouth was at his jaw line and somehow his hands seemed to be everywhere and James decided not to worry about Remus and Peter too much. Sirius growled, James grinned, and then gave in to this affection that was most certainly inappropriate and probably not very manly either.

Comments

[reallycorking.livejournal.com]

!!!!! What a lovely, lovely James/Sirius! *sigh* I love them frolicking around boyishly.

[trowicia.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, I'm really glad you like the card! Hope the confetti wasn't too much of a mess. ;)

And the James/Sirius is excellent! It's very them. The bit about Sirius spontaneously transforming into Padfoot is a cute touch too.

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice! I'm going to echo trowica and mention the spontaneous transformation, too. I love the enthusiasm here. Maggie

[rosemaryandrue.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's lovely and boyish and madcap. I like Peter's bad sense of humour. Your James voice is great.

[crooked.livejournal.com]

my icon says it all.

... okay, but i still have to say some more. EEEEEEEE! XD oh this was absolutely LOVELY, darling! they are just so perfectly boyish in this and i love how easy it is for Sirius to transition from best mate to decidedly something else with James.

and i love how Peter is just so corny and lame but lovably so. :P

*loves all over you* thanks so very much, love! i adore it and you! ♥

ps: i received your card in the mail today [<3!!] so i am doubly squee right now! :D

[fleshdress.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's lovely! Especially love the final line! :)

[sambethe.livejournal.com]

Heh!

I adore the spontaneous transfiguration into Padfoot and the general boyish enthusiasm.

Nicely done. :)

[such_heights]

Yay frolicking! Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it =D

[such_heights]

The very best kind of mess! I got seriously over-excited by the whole thing =D

Thank you very much, I'm glad it worked for you!

&hearts

[such_heights]

Thanks, oh lovely one! =D

[such_heights]

Oh good, I'm glad you think so - thanks a lot!

[such_heights]

Thanks, I'm so glad you liked it! &hearts

Oh, you just know Peter's sense of humour is appalling.

[such_heights]

Thanks a lot! =)

[such_heights]

Why thank you! =)

[lyras.livejournal.com]

Mmm, they're such boys here. Love the jelly-legs jinx bit! And a lovely ending, too.

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

Inappropriate and unmanly affection! James/Sirius!
Padfoot in antlers! (I drew a picture of him (http://artpad.art.com/?javm39x6j5w))

[such_heights]

Sorry for the terribly late reply, but thanks very much! =)

[such_heights]

How lovely, to come home and find all these comments in my inbox from you! Thank you very much &hearts - and omg, a picture!! Hahaha, I love Padfoot's dazed expression. Aww, you are truly made of awesome. =D

[secondsilk.livejournal.com]

Ha, thank you! :-)
I just could not resist Padfoot in antlers (really, who could). I loved the idea of the Animagus transfomations being more sponaneous in the early stages.

I read about 150 LJ posts in a day, so there was much commenting.