Drabble: After the Curtain Call

[mysid]

Title: After the Curtain Call
Author: mysid
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: They're Rowling's.
Prompt: Acting


"Buggerall, but I'm exhausted," Sirius said as he lay back and closed his eyes.

"But it's only half eleven." Remus immediately cursed the needy whine of his own voice. If Sirius was tired, then Sirius was tired. It wasn't Sirius's fault that Remus had spent most of James and Lily's engagement party anticipating being alone.

"All that smiling and 'Isn't this wonderful!' when it's the most dangerous thing they could possibly do. Flirting with silly birds—just enough that everyone's happy, but not enough that anyone expects more. I wish we could be ourselves," Sirius said as he snuggled closer.
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Comments

[kawaii-tenshi27.livejournal.com]

Aw! ::loves::

Love the title. (I'm something of a theatre geek, so such things hold a special place in my heart.)

And the pups are so cute, they just want to be together. ::huggles::

[mysid.livejournal.com]

Cute they are, but I don't think Remus was fully satisfied by just "being together."

[cac2372.livejournal.com]

Perfect. The honest truth of having to play a part in public. Loved it.

[mysid.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Between the brave facade in the face of danger and being in the closet, this Sirius had to do a lot of acting in public.

[marinliliz.livejournal.com]

I really like how you 'twist' the prompts not writing the immediate meaning of them. In this case it works wonderfully.
And I think it's the first time I read a Sirius thinking that James and Lily's wedding isn't such a good idea.

[mysid.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I do like thinking of alternate meanings of the prompts.

It just seemed to me that a pureblood marrying a muggleborn would have been a risky thing to do at that point in time--attracting the wrong attention--and I thought Sirius would have been aware of that too.