back again
Loud screaming is all Sirius hears when he stops singing for a second. He lets the voices and the energy float through his body. Its the opening Night in Chicago of their second World Tour and he never felt more alive than right here & right now.
A man made for the stage through and through.
Just one more tear to cry, one teardrop from my eye
You better save it for The middle of the night when things aren't black and white
Enter, Troubadour
"Remember 24?"
Its been 2 years since the first ever Tour of The Marauders and its so good to be back. Especially because Remus is now here with them doing an amazing job as their drummer and Sirius still cant believe everything worked out the way it is now. Someone should definitely tell little him that writing lyrics at night under a blanket with a small lamp into an old scatchbook and shaking hands is definitely worth the punishments he got everytime his Mother caught him. Sirius still remembers every "you are never gonna achieve anything" or "dreams are just dreams" he heard his parents scream at him. Its the most amazing feeling to know they were wrong and are definitely still hearing about his success in the news. Sirius almost wants to scream look at me you bitch of a mother.
Instead he lets his focus go completely back to his music and everything thats happening around him.
And when Im back in Chicago,
i feel it. Another version of me.
I was in it.
i wave goodbye to the end of beginning.
Sirius loves to hear how good his voice blends with the voices of his boys. Background vocals.
As well as he loves the talent and pleasent sound of James and his guitar. Impressive just like Peter on the keyboard.
And like every show Sirius has to make an strong effort to keep his eyes straight ahead to the crowd and not to get distracted by Remus stunning drummer skills. His boyfriend is just simple jaw-droppping on stage every fucking time and pulls Sirius gaze on him like a magnet. Which is obviosly being recorded and on every single social media platform at the end of the day. Not that anyone minds tho but he is tired of Mary who happens to be his manager calling him and insisting its not that hard to look for 2 hours adoringly at his fans instead of his super hot boyfriend who he can look at any other time of the day anyway. So Sirius tries strongly but fails a lot. Remus just finds this very funny and loves to tease Sirius with showing him the videos the fans recorded of them and posted online.
This song has started now, and you're just finding out
Isn't that a laugh? A major sacrifice, but clueless at the time
Enter, Caroline
"Just trust me, you'll be fine"
The last few verses of the song and it'll be over for today. Those 2 hours always fly by. Its like they go on stage wave hello and 1 blink later they gotta wave goodbye already. So Sirius tries to enjoy every minute of it. It feels so unreal to look in the crowd and see over fifty thousand faces look back at him. Sometimes well actually a lot of times even crying faces. People sobbing because of the band or is it the music? Sirius has never really been sure what it is exactly that draws people in and why his Band is loved by so many wonderful humans out there. He is content by saying he just got lucky. For once in his life. But Sirius would go and hug them all in a heartbeat if he could. Not as easy as said tho. Once time him & Remus met a Girl in the store which started sobbing out of nowhere and Sirius went to hug her and then she wouldnt let go of him. Glinging to him for a very long time. Even tho by now all 4 of them are used to behavior like this certain memories still make him feel uneasy about simple going out of the house.
And when Im back in chicago, I feel it
Another version of me, I was in it
I wave goodbye to the end of beginning (Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye)
You take the man out of the city, not the city out the man
You take the man out of the city, not the city out the man
You take the man out of the city, not the city out the man
You take the man out of the-
Sirius lets his eyes observe the massive crowd in front of him one last time while the melody is still everywhere around him. He looks down to the people in the pit, the ones that are the closest to the stage. Trying to wave and smile as much as he can. He loves the joy on the people faces. He loves knowing he is no longer a disappointment and is genuinely liked. Every show is such a cofidence boost he could cry of happyness.
Suddenly tho his gaze lingers on a very familiar looking face in the middle of so many people. The person meets his his eyes and Sirius feels his throat go dry.
This- This can't be-
His heart starts beating so fast Sirius almost feels dizzy. He would recognize those black curls and grey eyes with sharp figures everywhere. Its basically like looking at a younger version of himself.
In every Lifetime and every scenario out there Sirius would recognize his sibling. Reg- Here in chicago? Do they even still go by Regulus? Sirius doesn't even know that. He knows nothing about them anymore. What the hell i going on here? Sirius can barely breathe as he tries to sing the last verse while looking at the person from his past.
And when Im back in chicago, I feel it
Another version of me, I was in it
Oh, I wave goodbye to the end of beginning
(Goodbye, Goodbye)
One last time Sirius drinks up the sight of his sibling. Every other face around them full of excitement and screaming but Reg's face is blank and shows no emotion. Hard to read like always.
He feels Remus touch his back slightly, signaling its time to leave the stage.
Sirius stumbles backstage without doing his usual goodbye round of waving. His mind is spiralling.