Nightmares
"Crucio"
Pain, pain, pain, pain, pain, PAIN, PAIN.
Sirius hated pain, and that was all he was feeling.
He woke up panting, soaked in sweat. Bugger. Another nightmare. Recently, nightmares seemed to be the new normal for Sirius.
He reached for his cup next to his bedside, downing the water in one go. He never used to have water by his bedside, but James recommended it. Said it might make him feel better after these episodes. He still felt clammy, hot, cold, and sweaty, and he just knew that he was shivering. He guesses that it had taken the edge off a bit.
He glanced around at the burgundy and reddish curtains surrounding his bed. He had recently found himself glad that the Giriffindor tower had curtains around the beds. He didn't want to wake his friends with something as stupid as his nightmares.
He wonders if James would be okay with him sleeping with him again tonight. Probably, he had said that he hadn’t minded before. After gently placing the cup back in its rightful place, he pulled back his curtain quietly.
He silently trod over the bed next to him and pulled the curtain back.
"Evans?"
"Black?"
"What are you doing here?" The red head looked up at him, awkwardly uncurling from James.
"I had a nightmare..."
"James is my cuddle buddy for nightmares! I cannot believe you, Evans; I thought you had more decorum than that!" He turned his nose up in the air.
"Right, sorry, I forgot I had to share my boyfriend with his boyfriends."
"Well, don't forget it next time."
James stirred.
"Sirius?"
"James, tell your girlfriend to go cuddle someone else."
"Uh, sorry mate, I have to take care of Lily too."
Sirius could not believe his ears. "What do you mean you have to take care of Lily?" Who's going to take care of me!"
Lily looked up at him smugly.
"For Godric's sake, shut up, Sirius." Remus groaned groggily from his bed.
"What do you mean 'shut up'? This is outrageous, fix it please, Moony!"
"Sirius, it’s three in the morning; bugger off."
"I'm not buggering off until Lily gets out and lets me cuddle with my best mate!" Sirius crossed his arms over his chest. No one would have been surprised if he started stomping his feet like a child having a tantrum.
"Fucking hell, Padfoot, if you really want to sleep next to someone, sleep next to me before you wake up the entire castle."
Sirius gaped at him. He could feel the pink crawling up his cheeks and ears. James grinned, the traitor. "Yeah, Sirius, shut up and go sleep with Remus." Lily laid back down next to James as he re-wrapped his arm around her waist.
"I can't believe you lot!" He said as he strolled over to Remus’ bed. "You don't love me anymore, is that it, Jamie?"
"Of course not, honey!" James exclaimed, humor dripping from his tone.
Sirius dropped onto the bed next to his friend.
"Come here and shut up, so we can all sleep."
"Oh, Moony, you too?" He said trying to come off as joking as he awkwardly climbed into Remus' bed and laid next to him.