Sirius grows stiff as a board, laughter dying on his lips, the sound of it shattering like glass in the space around them. His wiggling finger drops from Regulus' ear. The hand in soft hair loosens and falls away. ]
What'd you say? [ Deathly quiet.
He's pushing himself up and away, until he's crouched low to the ground and staring at his brother, as if seeing the bloke for the first time. There's something sad in Sirius' gaze, something broken and lost--his brother, his little brother, the one person he adored...--before rage morphs his expression, hardening gray eyes into hard chips of slate. ]
no subject
Sirius grows stiff as a board, laughter dying on his lips, the sound of it shattering like glass in the space around them. His wiggling finger drops from Regulus' ear. The hand in soft hair loosens and falls away. ]
What'd you say? [ Deathly quiet.
He's pushing himself up and away, until he's crouched low to the ground and staring at his brother, as if seeing the bloke for the first time. There's something sad in Sirius' gaze, something broken and lost--his brother, his little brother, the one person he adored...--before rage morphs his expression, hardening gray eyes into hard chips of slate. ]
The bloody fuck did you just say? Muggle-fucker?