To the potters we go
The drive seemed to drag on forever. Sirius was starting to worry he was lost. They had been driving for over an hour and thirty minutes.
Regulus had fallen into a light sleep over an hour ago. The silence in the car seemed to be too loud and suffocating. Sirius felt scared and excited at the same time. Before Sirius could fully start to overthink the trees finally cleared revealing the Potters home.
Gulping Sirius reached over to grab Regulus' shoulder and shook him awake. “What?” Regulus said groggily. Looking over Sirius watched as Regulus blinked the sleep out of his eyes. Watching him he realized he had been wrong. Regulus hadn’t fallen into a light sleep; he had fallen fully asleep. Sirius felt pride bubble up in his gut Regulus felt comfortable enough to fall asleep. He trusted Sirius to watch over him and keep him safe. Maybe it wasn’t that deep. Maybe Sirius was thinking too much about something so simple, but Sirius knew better Regulus never slept around people he didn’t trust.
“We are here.” Sirius told him. The second those words left his lips Regulus started looking around. Sirius could tell the second Regulus realized where they were. Because Regulus started to look a little freaked out. “Don’t worry Reggie everything will be fine. James invited us to stay with him this summer.” At those words Regulus seemed to calm down a little. Sirius couldn’t understand why.
Pulling into the driveway Sirius took a deep breath. Dang why was he so nervous about this. He had stayed at Prongs multiple times before. Why was this time different? A little voice in his mind said it was because they were never gonna leave and that the Potters would be their new home. “You okay?” Looking over he saw Regulus looking at him with a slightly bigger frown than normal. Nodding Sirius exited the car.
Sirius could barely see a few feet in front of him. He could hear Regulus also exit the car. Walking around to the trunk Sirius opened it and grabbed his backpack and suitcase. While Regulus grabbed his own stuff too. Shutting the trunk they began their walk up the steps to the house.
Raising his hand Sirius knocked twice. Before taking a step back. The two black brothers waited for someone to open the door. After a few seconds they could hear a crash coming from inside. Before Sirius could worry about it the door flung open.
Looking up to see who it was, Sirius recognized no other than James Potter. His hair was an absolute mess. He had a sleep shirt on but it was insanely wrinkled. He also had some dark red shorts on that looked too big for him. His glasses were also crooked on his face.
“Sirius!” James exclaimed “Come in, come in.” James rushed out while stepping back to hold the door open for the two of them to enter. Sirius was the first to move. The house remained Sirius of what a home was meant to be like.
“Remus, Sirius and Regulus are here!” The loud noise right next to Sirius' ear caused him to flinch away from James. He could feel Regulus watching him. James led them further into the house. Sirius could hear someone coming down the stairs.
“Sirius!” Before Sirius could fully turn around, arms wrapped around him. “Hey moony.” He could feel Remus smiling. “I’m so glad you are here.” Remus mumbled into Sirius's hair. Chuckling Sirius responded “Same.” Turning fully around Sirius hugged Remus.
Sirius truly loved hugging Remus, because he smelled like cinnamon and reminded Sirius of home. When they pulled apart Sirius took in Remus' appearance.
He was wearing a brown sweater that had a tan star in the middle near the chest. He also had long black pj pants. Looking at Remus shoes he let out a startled laugh. “What?” Remus asked, looking himself up and down.
Looking back up at Sirius Remus raised an eyebrow looking super confused. “Remus.” Sirius started before full blown laughing. It took like 5 minutes for Sirius to stop laughing enough to actually talk. Clearing his throat Sirius tried again.
“Why are you wearing baby duck slippers?” Looking down at his feet again Remus finally understood. “Because pads I always wear on break.” He confessed, still trying to stop laughing Sirius choked out “Why?” Blinking at him Remus replied “Cause if I wear them anywhere near you, you would do this.”
Sirius just smiled at him. The two lovebirds just continued to stare into each other's eyes. “Ummmm” Regulus heard James start. Looking at his brother Regulus could tell he was happy. He felt no need to break the moment.
So instead he grabbed James by the hand. Pulling him into the kitchen leaving the lovebirds standing out in the hallway.
Regulus sat at the table while James started preparing the tea. “Should we tell them?” James asked quietly, making sure he kept his voice down so Sirius and Remus couldn’t hear him. Regulus immediately snapped his head up. Looking straight into James' eyes. James could see the panic in Regulus' eyes. James hated seeing Regulus scared and it didn’t help that he was scared of his own brother in this situation.
“No no we can’t, he can’t know.” Regulus' breath started to come in short gasps; he continued to ramble incoherent nonsense. The second James noticed he put the tea down. Immediately rushing over to him. Crouching down in front of Regulus James immediately started walking him through breathing exercises. Bring Regulus' hand to his chest over his heart James started doing dramatic breathing. After a few minutes Regulus started to calm down. Then he promptly passed out in the chair.
Sighing, James scooped Regulus up making his way up the stairs to put him to bed. James always felt scared for Regulus, because when Regulus had panic attacks he always passed out after. Which sometimes happened when he was standing. Luckily that time James had caught him but Regulus could have been seriously injured.
Sighing, James carried him up the stairs and tucked him into his bed. Regulus always had a hard time sleeping alone. Slipping under the covers James pulled regulus closer to him. Hoping that when Sirius found out he wouldn’t get mad cause James had no idea how Regulus would react to that. Sighing James slipped into a nice slumber holding Regulus in his arms.