It's been three years since he returned, and she should be happier than this. Maybe she could, if she loved him less.

[Real World AU. Perhaps.] Pursuing 3am trains of thought is never a smart thing to do. Especially after you just woke up from a disturbing dream in which you died, just like that. Falling through drapery, his mind ridiculously supplies.

…but, if you're Hagrid, lost in a reverie of dullness and heartache and shame, you're not the inhabitant of Azkaban that it's having it the worst. Because, a couple of cells removed from yours, there's a prisoner who, against all odds, has it worse than anyone else. Because, if you're Sirius Black, you're sane.

Possibly, it holds true that no one has ever cared for Peter Pettigrew as much as an 11-year-old kid named Ronald B. Weasley.

(Real World AU). It's 1999, London, and a twenthysomething guy called Sirius Black is reading a book because, what are the odds, it's about a guy that's called like him.

What starts as an unlikely, mundane misfortune might trigger a (familiar) turn of events in the life of an older Seto. [eventual blueshipping]