Goblins and Jealousy-Let the Holiday Season Begin!

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Remus threw up his breakfast. His hands were shaking and he felt faint. The morning paper had announced "Lord Black was Innocent: Peter Pettigrew Was the Real Traitor?" Sirius had been innocent and Remus didn't even have the decency to go and see him. He had left him in Azkaban, literally Hell on earth! He felt bile rise in his throat again. Throwing up for a second time, he was thankful it was a Saturday. He didn't think he'd be able to teach classes in his state. The full moon was a week away and he could feel how restless Moony was. Maybe his pack hadn't fallen apart? He still had the dog and his cub. Perhaps they could be happy together! Remus quickly squashed those thoughts. He didn't deserve to be happy after everything he had done. He didn't deserve any type of forgiveness from Sirius or his cub. Opening the bathroom stall, he saw Severus leaning casually against the wall.
"Done emptying your stomach, Lupin?" He sneered.
"Piss off, Snape."
"Oh my, someone's grumpy. Is it because your pet dog has gotten his freedom?" Remus had his wand in his hand in seconds.
"Don't call him that." He said quietly, his eyes showing the wolf within. Severus gave him a nasty look and said "Draco has been ranting about Black being in St. Mungo's. Perhaps you could visit him instead of wallowing in self pity."
"You wouldn't understand." Remus replied.
"I understand that you've always had a destructive habit of thinking the worst of yourself. Maybe you should talk to someone about that," Sererus continued "go see Black. Get some closure." Remus never thought that Severus Snape would give him advice but that day had come.

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Sirius couldn't believe he was free. The Ministry had paid him a large sum for his wrongful imprisonment and he was sent to St. Mungos. They had him taking potions for his health and he was seeing a mind healer. Turns out Dementors seemed to impact your mental growth if you were around them too young. Who knew. So he was trying to get his head on straight and not act rashly. It helped that Harry and tiny Malfoy kept sending him letters. Harry's were still short and to the point but he was just happy he was writing. Sirius grimaced as he thought of Malfoy's letters. The man had to read them in pieces because they were sickly sweet. He almost wanted to have the boy checked for Black Madness but he remembered Cissy courting Lucius. His cousin had once covered the other man's room in flowers for a week straight. He had reeked for days afterwards. So Sirius was content for the moment. He was working on not blaming himself for the Potters deaths and repairing his relationship with his godson. There was a knock on his door and it opened to reveal the Malfoys and the Tonks. Hearing that his two cousins had reconciled due to their children's actions had blown his mind. He remembered the horrible fall out that had occurred once Andy left the family.
"Hello Cousin Sirius! Have they decided if you're crazy or not?" Cissy said as she set a vase full of flowers in the room.
"Cissy, we're all crazy here. Well, except for maybe Ted!" Sirius gave a mock whisper "all the inbreeding!" Andy gave a loud laugh and leaned over to hug him.
"I've missed you, Siri! Nice to see even the dementors couldn't suck out your humor!" He gave a snort.
"I know I'm a little late but congratulations on having a metamorphmagus in the family. I bet Uncle was practically salivating at that particular trait reappearing" Sirius commented. Andy gave a mean smile and said "he was. Thank god the old bastard is dead." All three Blacks laughed at her words. The two husbands shared a look that said maybe it wasn't such a great idea for the last of the Black family to reunite. Someone knocked at the door and it opened to reveal Remus Lupin. He saw everyone inside and he said "I could come back" and turned to leave.
"Don't you dare leave, Moony!" Sirius barked out. His family slipped out of the room until it was just the two of them.
"You look like shit, Moony." Sirius said and it was true. The other man looked so worn down. Spending every full moon alone probably hadn't been easy.
"Right back at you, Padfoot." Remus shot back. His shoulders slumped before he said "I am so sorry. I know there is nothing I can do to make this right. I-"
"Oh shut up, Remus. I thought you were the traitor too" Sirius said. Remus hunched into himself and said "I know." Both men stared at each other before Sirius said "you know tiny Malfoy has been writing me books on how much he loves Harry? He's also been demanding I send him copies of my medical charts so he can see "how stable I am" and if I don't pass his inspection, he's going to have someone named Dobby murder me in my sleep." Sirius rambled on. Remus gave a slow smile and said "you should see them at school. The students have a bet on how long it'll take for Snape to throw himself down the stairs." Sirius started laughing. Everything wasn't suddenly okay between the two old friends. It would take time to heal their wounds but this was a good start.

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