no body no crime part 1 - sirius black (dark)
‘Honey, did you remember to fill out those forms?’ Sirius called out
‘The life insurance ones?’ she arched an eyebrow
‘yeah them, we get a discount if we do it within the week’ he popped his head up from the hood of the car to look at her form, not too far away was Y/N working on the garden.
‘Oh, well that’s good, I did them yesterday and sent them off’ she smiled back at him
She finished up watering the plants and came to stand behind her husband
‘So, how is the car going? Will it be done by the weekend?’ she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and looked at the open bonnet of the car.
‘yeah sweetheart, it should be all done soon, I just have to put the new tires on it’ he smiled at her
Her face scrunched up in confusion, ‘new tires? I didn’t know we had a problem with them’
‘Ah, y’know they were getting a bit flat so I just thought better being safe then sorry, yeah? I mean with this weekend trip we’re doing … we wouldn’t want them to go flat on the road would we?’
She blinked and then cupped his face in her smaller hands ‘ that is true, thankyou Siri, I wouldn’t of even thought of that! Are we packing petrol and oil in the back to fill it up on our way? She asked softly
‘yeah, I already packed them in the back just incase we’d forget them tomorrow’ he smiled down at her, kissing her cheek before turning back toward the car and picking up a screwdriver to fix something else.
‘alright then, well I was just about to go visit Marlene for a bit, wanted to get going before it started raining, so I’ll see you in a few hours okay?’
‘hm?- oh, yea, yea that’s fine go ahead, hey uh what time will you be back?’ he looked back at her
‘uh well it’s already 5, so around 8ish? Why, are you going out?’ she said, after checking her watch
‘no, no- I was just wondering what time to put dinner on that’s all’
‘Oh! No need to worry about making me anything darling, I think I’m eating with Marlene anyway, just remember to put something on for yourself yeah?’
He laughed ‘ I know, don’t worry, I’ll see you at 8’ he smiled
She returned it and gave him a quick hug saying ‘goodbye’ before scurrying off inside to get her bag,
Gone too quickly to hear see the owl swooping in, letter in it’s beak reading
I’ll be there at 6 xx
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Hours passed and by 7:45 Y/N was close to home again, the taxi driving into her quite street she passed a slightly larger black car, the license plate was a customized one, it looked to be a name, probably hers, ‘Mary’ it read. She hadn’t seen that car before. inside was a woman looking quite happy with herself, a smirk decorating her red lips, while continuing to drive in the opposite lane as Y/N.
After a mere few minutes Y/N was back in her driveway, sending a quick message to Marlene letting her know she got home safely, she got out of the car with her bag and climbed up the small stairs that reach the porch and opened her door, unlocked.
She walked inside and called out ‘i’m home!’ , but with no response, she walked up the stairs to her bedroom, looking for Sirius since there wasn’t any noise downstairs.
When she reached the room, she then finally spotted her husband, smiling tiredly at her with ruffled hair and his pyjamas now on.
‘Hi honey, how was your night?’ he got up from the bed to hug her hello
‘Hi Siri, it was good, y’know the usual’ she laughed ‘you look so tired, already in bed at 8pm, had a long day?’ she smiled at him
‘yea, just tired s’all’
She was brushing his hair out of his eyes when her eyes spotted something below his ear, it was- red?
she looked to inspect it closer and she recoiled back loosing all contact with his body,
‘what is that?’ she asked, on the verge of panic
‘what’s wha- oh.’ He clamped his eyes shut and let out a puff of frustrated air, muttering under his breath
it was silent in the room for a moment, tension building with the eye contact shared. His vacant eyes staring into her bewildered ones.
‘is this what you’ve been doing, while I’m out each day?!’
What? No honey, why are you freaking out, babe this is your lipstick, you kissed me right there when you were saying goodbye before you left, remember?’ he frantically tried to redeem himself
‘you think I’m an idiot then?, Sirius I don’t even own a lipstick that colour, and I’m pretty sure I would have noticed that big bloody mark if I was the one to put it there don’t you think?!’ she shot back at him
‘Ok, ok, ok, listen you weren’t meant to find out like this-‘
‘or at all it seems’ she cut him off
‘Y/N, I can explain, it was nothing-‘
‘No, it’s done now, I’ll just go back and stay at Mary’s tonight’
‘No you won’t, c’mon don’t be silly, let’s just talk’ his eyes bulged wide
‘Sirius, stop it, we’ll talk when we’re both calm, but not right now, ok, I’m leaving now.’
She knew neither of them were in the right mindset for a conversation like that, so before saying anything they would regret in the morning, she just wanted to leave for the night and think.
But before she could exit, his hand harshly grabbed her wrist and spun her around his face dangerously close to her own.
‘No you don’t understand, you aren’t leaving.’
‘Sirius, let go! C’mon don’t be an idiot, i’ll talk to you tomorrow and we can talk things over, okay’ she was worn out already, in an overload of intense emotions coming at her blindly in the last 10 minutes
But Sirius wasn’t letting up ‘Baby, just stay with me, i love you, i love you so much, so let’s just talk now and be happy again, okay?’ he was frantic and panicked
She attempted to push and struggle herself out of his harsh hold and was now alarmed and frightened, she had never experienced this side of Sirius herself. She knew he could get angry, she’d seen it, but never toward her.
Sirius was agitated now, jaw clenched, keeping her still was becoming a challenge, so he pushed her backward and she lost her footing.
Albeit too harshly, as he heard a loud thump, he moved his eyes downward to her now motionless body on the ground.
His eyes widened and he quickly lowered himself to the ground beside her
‘Y/N! Baby get up, open your eyes’ he looked at her desperately, too in shock to do much else
It was then he noticed no movement of her body whatsoever, namely her chest, it was no longer rising, not even a little bit.
Red bled through the floorboards, and around her head a small pool of blood was appearing, quickly getting bigger and bigger.
He inhaled sharply and his hands ran through his own hair before gently reaching to tuck a piece of her hair behind her ear, ignoring the fact that there was any blood at all, as his pale face stared at her seemingly calm face.
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Missing posters were hung about the entire town,
Search parties went on for days, Sirius leading them.
It was 2 days after the missing person report went out now …
‘What happened Sirius, really?’
‘Marlene how would I know, I’m trying my best to find her, it’s killing me, I haven’t seen her in 2 days ever since she went to your house for diner on Thursday!’
…
‘What do you mean?’ Marlene asked, voice dropped
‘What?’ Sirius questioned back to her, face scrunched in confusion at her wide eyes
‘No, no … that’s not true.’ Her eyes raking him up and down accusingly
‘Wha- Of course it’s true! That’s what happened Marlene, I was working on the car and she told me she was going to see you for dinner and she’d be back soon, that’s it-‘
‘No. Sirius’ Her eyes now dark and stern ‘She got home safe, I know that, she messaged me about 20 minutes after she left, to let me know she got home safe, it’s our thing, we always make sure we do it… she told me she was home safe’
He went still
‘She did?’ he asked more quietly than the last time he spoke
‘Yeah, she did, and so that means it wasn’t a kidnapping, or an accident or a random murder- Sirius… she got home safe’
He stared down at her, mouth in a thin line, head tilted.
‘you did something didn’t you Black…’
He inhaled tightly and looked down to her distrustful face
‘I don’t know what your thinking McKinnon, but whatever it is, it didn’t happen, I don’t know what happened to Y/N, that’s why everyone’s out, looking. When we find her, you’ll be the first to know, ok, so don’t try and accuse me-‘
She stood closer, a murderous look in her large eyes now.
‘I will find out what you did, and when I do, for your sake I hope your far, far away from me’
And with that she walked away from him into the sea of people searching for Y/N, leaving him with a stiff body and cold eyes.