Toujours Pur ~James Potter x O/C

a nightmare

Mentions/implied sexual assault (from the ***, until the next ****) PLEASE DON'T READ IT IF IT COULD BE TRIGGERING FOR YOU

The train ride to go home for Christmas could only really be described as...odd.

Most of the student body above 4th year were at least a little bit hungover, Sirius Black included. He had managed to sneak fire whiskey into the punch, leading to the masses of hungover students. Sirius said it was to make the night more enjoyable, but most his friends assumed it was so he could watch James and Luna dance without wanting to kill James for going anywhere near Luna. He could have never imagined it being Luna who broke James' heart. That was a shock!

Peter Pettigrew was running on about 3 hours of sleep, having gone back to his dates room after the dance. So was now sitting with his head against Sirius' slumped form, just 'resting his eyes' whenever Sirius told him to stop snoring

Remus Lupin was also exhausted, but from staying up all night making sure James was ok, rather than getting any action. While James had told the other boys he had slept, Remus' werewolf hearing had allowed him to hear James 'silently' sobbing throughout the night, and he wasn't able to fall asleep knowing James was so distressed.

And James - James was miserable. He felt like he had failed. His one job as a boyfriend was to make Luna feel like she was perfect, and she had somehow managed to think the opposite. James felt it was all his fault, and while he had stopped crying, he couldn't manage to get the red puffiness of his face to go down.

On this day, the Marauders carriage was feeling particularly quiet, seeing as the 3 recent additions had moved back to their old carriage.

Peter, being quite oblivious, especially as he was so tired, didn't quite read the room properly, instead he asked "Why isn't Luna sitting with us? Did something happen? Is she ok?"

Very calmly, Remus tried to explain in a way that would upset James the least "Wormy, Luna and Prongs are taking a break right now. She's ok, just tired I think"

Still confused, Peter asked again "Taking a break? Why?"

Calmly, Remus tried to explain a different way "They-"

Cutting in, James was growing sick of them all dancing around what had really happened. So he decided to set the record straight "It's ok Moony, you can just say she dumped me"

Continuing to ask, as he was still confused "But w- ouch!" Peter was cut off by a sharp elbow to his ribs, as a foot kicked his shin simultaneously "Why did you do that?"

Sliding his back down the chair whilst rubbing his forehead, Sirius groaned "Learn to keep your thoughts to yourself Wormy"

As the Marauders fell back into their own thoughts, a soft knock at the door made them all turn to look, only to see Luna standing there nervously, her face matching James' being red and puffy as she looked around trying to look anywhere apart from the boy she loves.

As the door slid open, Sirius spoke up before an awkward silence could fill the room "You ok Looney?"

Rubbing the back of her neck, Luna spoke in a cracked voice, one that was usually heard after a person had just stopped crying. When they still felt like crying, but their body physically couldn't produce any more tears "um, yeah...can I talk to you for a sec Siri?" Pointing behind her "Out here?"

Slapping his knees as he got up, Sirius walked out of the carriage, pulling the door shut behind him.

Looking at his sister's dishevelled form, Sirius would be lying if he said he wasn't worried. "Are you ok?" He asked, his concern written across his face.