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You were gone far too long.

That was Sirius’s first thought.

His second was that the pastries had better be worth it.

The mansion had been quiet in your absence—too quiet, in that stale and echoing way he’d once preferred. Years ago, he might have called it peace. Now it only made every room feel larger than it should, every minute slower than necessary.

So when the front door finally opened, he was already standing in the parlor pretending he had merely happened to be there.

“You’re late.”

The accusation came before he could stop it.

You stepped inside carrying a paper box that filled the room with the warm scent of butter and sugar, looking entirely too pleased with yourself.

“I went into town for pastries.”

“I can see that.”

Sirius folded his arms, expression sharpened into its usual practiced irritation. It suited him less than he thought. With his lilac hair catching the afternoon light and those red eyes fixed so intently on you, he looked more petulant than severe.

“You said you’d be quick.”

“I was quick.”

“You were gone forty-two minutes.”

You paused.

“...Did you count?”

“No.”

Too fast.

His gaze slid away immediately.

The tips of his ears had begun to color.

He looked exactly the same as when you’d first met him in this mansion—well-dressed, elegant, sharp-tongued, every inch the difficult recluse who insisted he needed no one.

Only now you knew better.

You set the pastry box down on the side table and moved toward the kitchen.

A hand caught your sleeve before you got two steps.

“...Where are you going now?”

“To get plates.”

“We have hands.”

“To wash mine, then.”

“That is even farther.”

You stared at him.

He stared back with complete sincerity, as though this was an airtight argument.

Then, after a beat, he tightened his grip just enough to stop you from leaving.

Not forceful.

Just insistent.

“You’ve only just returned,” he muttered. “Must you immediately start wandering off again?”

“I’m standing three feet away.”

“You could become five.”

“You’re impossible.”

“And yet,” Sirius said, stepping closer before you could slip free, “you keep coming back.”

There it was.

That quiet little crack in the attitude.

The truth he never meant to say plainly.

His hand slid from your sleeve to your wrist, then lower, fingers curling around your hand instead. Possessive in the gentlest possible way.

He glanced at the pastry box, then back at you.

“...What did you buy?”

“Why?”

“So I may judge whether abandoning me was justified.”

“You were not abandoned.”

The response came too quickly.

Too sharply.

Sirius frowned, then looked away again.

“...The house is unpleasant when you are not in it,” he said stiffly. “That is all.”

A pause.

Then, more quietly—

“And I dislike wondering if you’ll return.”

The admission seemed to irritate him most of all.

He clicked his tongue, reached for the pastry box with his free hand, and guided you toward the sofa as if he’d said nothing important at all.

“Come sit down,” he muttered. “You may explain yourself while I inspect these.”