"Pafoo!!"

Sirius looked down to where the sound came from only to find his godson, Harry James Potter, reaching up to him, arms outstretched.

Something was wrong with this picture. Where were the adults responsible for him? It took a few moments before he realised that technically, he too was an adult responsible for the boy.

"Hey, there little fella." Sirius picked him up. "How did you get here by yourself? Where's mama and dada?" Harry pointed to the living room gaping at Sirius with wide eyes.

Sirius walked further into the house in Godric's Hollow. The living room was decorated with streamers and Quidditch themed goods. Harry clapped his hand in joy as a magical party-broom whizzed past them.

"There he is!" James called out hurrying over. To say he appeared panicked would be an understatement.

"Can't believe you lost him in your own house," Sirius was amused. "Again."

"Well, it wouldn't have happened if you bothered showing up on time. Nice of you to make it finally," said James trying to wrestle Harry from Sirius' arms. It appeared that Harry did not want to let go.

"You had all the help here," Sirius pointed to Kelsey and Astrid in the room. Kelsey was by the table of drinks downing wine while Astrid was organizing a little game for Harry's friends from her daycare.

"That girlfriend of yours is no help! Remind me again why we made her the godmother?" grumbled James. He gave up and put Harry on the ground who immediately ran off to play with his friends.

"She said she wanted to be the cool aunt," Sirius shrugged. "Plus, Lily was still emotional from the time Kelsey fought those expecting fathers at that baby store for the stroller raffle and won."

"Where's Evans anyway?" he looked around the room to see a few adults from Harry's daycare he recognised and their usual group.

"Lily's been sick all day so Moony went to help with some potions upstairs." James was worried. It was typical for Lily to get stressed by planning events to the tee. They walked towards the stairs leading to the first floor to see Remus coming down. The doorbell rang behind them.

"I'll get it," said Remus.

James and Sirius were in conversation when Harry appeared in front of them. A gleeful expression broke on his face and ran towards them with his arms outstretched again. Both men, suckers for Harry jumping into their arms held their arms out for him at the same time but the toddler ran right past them.

"Unca Reggie!" exclaimed Harry and jumped into Regulus' arms.

"Happy birthday my little man!" Regulus bounced Harry up in the air as he giggled.

Both James and Sirius scoffed in disbelief, glaring at the man who had just entered.

"I'm like literally his father!"

"I'm his godfather! And the better-looking sibling!"

Regulus wasn't paying attention to them as Harry held up one finger to show the younger Black brother how old he just turned. Remus was busy placating his two mates who were convinced they had been wronged.

"Someone miss me?" Regulus' face broke out into a smirk while the other two complained about Harry being a traitor. Minutes later, Kelsey walked in to find three grown men fighting over Harry's attention, a sight that didn't baffle her anymore.

Somehow, three years later, it had all worked out.

Kelsey, as decided, had joined the Order after graduation. Her position in the muggle relations department made her a target yet it allowed her to directly help protect those who needed the help the most. Soon enough the others too got busy with their assignments. It was stressful and there were a lot of fights. A lot of late nights.

About a year after graduation and moving in with Sirius, James and Lily tied the knot. And a few months later she was pregnant.

It was chaos. That is to say, it was chaos as the friends fought it out for the godparent positions. It was the light-hearted bantering that kept their spirits high in the war efforts. They needed it, especially when people were dying left, right and center.

When news of the prophecy came to light thanks to Snape, the Fidelius charm did its trick. The charm was never broken and right around 1979, Regulus finally made his involvement with the cause known.

It was Regulus who had put the pieces about Horcruxes together between his knowledge of Death Eaters he knew through association with the Black family. It had been a scene as Sirius and Regulus got into a fistfight followed by a lot of sorries and hugging while Dumbledore calmly tried to explain that Regulus had been working for the Order since 1978.

In 1980, the stress between Lily's delivery and the race to find relics had all of them hunting down Horcruxes. Luckily with the brains of Lily, Regulus and Remus combined they managed to have them destroyed a week before Harry was born. On the first Halloween right after Harry was born, Voldemort, a former shell of himself was defeated trying to gain access into Godric's Hollow. It was Frank Longbottom who had made the final move on the feared wizard.

Most of the Death Eaters were caught and the hunt for those who escaped was still on. James and Sirius spent many weeks away at a time as Aurors. Remus and Regulus had opened up a shop of their own in Diagon Alley where Lily often sold a special stock of the potions she made.

"This was on the porch," Regulus held out a box. It was addressed to Harry from Peter Pettigrew. The group smiled reminiscently.

Once Voldemort was gone, both Snape and Wormtail disappeared. Pettigrew's friends eventually forgave him after Voldemort's death but the man still kept his distance not deeming himself worthy despite Lily's insistence. The mistakes made at seventeen shouldn't be what defined him, she insisted. But Peter chose to be a part of their lives from a safer distance. After all, he spent two years after Hogwarts in Australia under new identities with his parents.

"Ashamed," reprimanded Kelsey, interrupting their banter. "I am thoroughly ashamed. You three need a better purpose in life." And with that, she was the one who successfully snatched Harry away from them. But her motives weren't exactly innocent either. She was about to use her godson as a decoy for her latest plan: Sirius Black is the new Purple.

As the birthday party continued, Lily eventually made her way downstairs for the cake cutting. Sirius furrowed his eyebrows and made his way over to her and Kelsey, who were in the middle of heated whispers as they stood cutting the cake into smaller pieces to be served.

"No, for the last time, I will absolutely not let you use my son to-"

"Blimey Evans," said Sirius as he took in how pale Lily looked while she furiously grabbed paper plates and put some cake on it. "It's just a kid's party. You didn't need to stress yourself sick."

Lily stopped mid-sentence and turned to glare at him with the full ferocity of a mother scorned.

"You know what Kels," she said with a steely smile. "Be my guest." Kelsey cooed Harry enthusiastically, whispering something in his ear.

Sirius looked at them as Lily busied herself, charming the plates to float over to guests.

"Oi! Where's mine?" Sirius watched a plate of strawberry cake float past him.

"Harry has a special one for you, doesn't he?" Kelsey nudged Harry who held out a purple blackberry currant cupcake.

Sirius, who knew better than to accept food from Kelsey, looked at Lily who shrugged. He took it as a green light and grabbed it. Lily would never let Harry be involved in one of their pranks (yet). And they were too chicken to do anything behind her back.

After eating the cupcake, Sirius made his way over to Remus and Astrid who was standing in a corner, enjoying the party in silence. He distractedly toyed with the box in his pocket.

"So, did you decided to do it?" asked Remus.

"What if she says no?"

"Did you talk to her parents?"

"Kelsey's mum was elated. Theo was agreeable.." Sirius drifted off.

"The man hates you."

"Pfft," Sirius scoffed. "He loves me." Remus looked at him unconvinced.

"He can barely stand being in the same room as you. Especially since that adult toy incident.." Astrid reminded him.

"That was three years ago! It'll be fine."

"It took him six months to look Kelsey in the eye! And only after she insisted it was yours, although I don't see how that was any better."

Astrid considered how the children at her daycare adored Kelsey's visits. Unfortunately, it was her who had to fend off angry parents who kept asking where their children picked up such unholy words from.

"SHE DID WHAT?!"

"I'm sure Theo will come around." Remus cut him off before he could lose it and add more words to the children's vocabulary. He spied at least five in their immediate vicinity.

Sirius grinned cheesily as Kelsey beckoned him over to the dance floor where kids and adults were dancing.

"Can you imagine?" Kelsey asked as they swayed to a soft tune later when the party was finally settling down.

"Yes, love?" murmured Sirius.

"We've come a long way. From that first quidditch party where I thought you were finally kind of okay to right here. And to think I almost danced with Augustus Bell at that party." Her eyes scanned the room where all their loved ones were. Lily and James were dancing together in a corner holding Harry between them.

"Who?" Sirius had vague memories of that party including how jealous he was of some bloke trying to dance with her. Some bloke that wasn't him.

"That seventh year Gryffindor you said was the two-pump chump?" said Kelsey innocently.

"Wouldn't know," said Sirius as it came back to him.

She looked at him shocked.

"Sirius Black you are like so dead! The guy just wanted to dance with me! A-and you made him out to be some poor sod who can't satisfy women!"

Sirius chuckled. "Sorry, but have I ever given you a reason to be unsatisfied," his voice was low as his hands now wandered down her body on her hips. "Admit it. You can't resist this, Jones." He leaned in to lightly nip her ear.

"Says the man who'll be sleeping on the couch tonight," Kelsey joked.

"Says the one who'll yell at me to come back and cuddle in less than fifteen minutes." Sirius knew her too well. Kelsey bit her lower lip as they gazed at each other heatedly. Sirius distractedly felt for the outline of the box in his pocket as he considered his next move.

"Excuse me, but this is a G-rated party!" Astrid called out.

"Can you like believe it?" Kelsey rolled her eyes. "After all the effort I put in for 'Plan: How to Woo a Marauding Werewolf', this is the thanks I get."

"After the what?!" This was the first Sirius was hearing of it. Ever.

Kelsey patted his head with a secretive smile. "A story for another day, babe." She winked at Astrid, eyeing her hand that was entwined in Remus'.

Before Sirius could protest, he felt a little funny. Squeals from the children around them drew his attention to the fact that they all appeared to be pointing at them - no just him.

"You didn't!" Sirius was horrified as he felt the magic work its way through his hair. Not again! At least a few times every year, it was a game of what colour their hair would be. Last time, Kelsey had been left with Red and Gold hair for the second time in her life (which didn't come off for a week). Luckily that was around Halloween.

"Oh but I did!" Kelsey gleamed.

"And Lily let you use Harry?" He sent accusatory looks at her while James stifled a laugh.

"Should've known better than to piss off a sick Lily, mate," defended James.

Sirius grumbled. Kelsey burst into laughter, cooing him as he helplessly tugged at his locks in dismay. This was payback for Sirius sending some very x-rated strippers to Kelsey's place of work at 3 in the afternoon no less to embarrass her.

Even at the Ministry, Sirius had made sure that Kinky Kelpie lived on. Three years later, there was never a boring day between them and Sirius was sure that it would never die out.

This was their love story.

Once more, Sirius subtly felt for the box in his pocket, as he pulled it out and knelt on one knee. The spitfire in front of him was definitely the right person. He stared at the smile that lit up his heart.

Kelsey watched in surprise as a purple-haired Sirius Black knelt only to be met with a piece of cake on the ground as his knee dug right into it. It didn't even faze him. He grinned and looked up at her expectantly.

Somehow this completed the picture.

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