the gentle moon / george weasley

onion, right?

August let out a drag of smoke, the part of the moon that was showing glistened off the surface of the lake and back on the cloud of smoke floating over it.

"They all want me to be angry." She tells the twins. Her eyelids were almost too heavy to keep open wide.

"Why?" Fred coughed, taking a drag, "Being angry sucks."

"Right!" August passed the joint to George for Fred.

"You have a lot to be mad about." George pointed out. August and Fred shared a look and then at George, "Okay, never mind."

"Like sure. Yeah, I am angry at them. I have a shit life." She tells them, picking at the moss growing on the tree stump she was sitting on. "But like, can we just move on already? Like I thought having Sirius there would be fun, but he won't stop telling me I'm hiding away."

"Mhm." George hummed

"What does, 'mhm', mean?" She looked over at him.

"Nothing." He coughed, putting his hands up in defense.

"Mhm." She mocked him.

"Okay," George laughed, "He's not wrong." He tells her, and she grabs the joint from him.

"I'm taking this from you." She rolled her eyes, taking a drag.

"You do hide, August." He tells her, "You act shy, but you are far from it. And you could probably do worse than Fred and I, but you hold back."

"Okay, I get it. Everyone wants me to be reckless!" She groans.

"Why don't you?" Fred leaned over snatching the joint from her, "Thank youuu."

"I don't know." She tells them, "I really don't."

"Are you angry?" George asked

"Of course I am." She says, "I'm still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them. My mum's parents weren't great. My grandfather has learned, my grandmother... Not so much. I found out tonight that Remus' dad,"

"Why do you do that?" Fred coughed on smoke, pointing at her, "You still call him Remus."

She shrugged.

"It must hurt him," Fred says

"Why are you so deep all of a sudden?" August snapped. Fred just laughed, handing the joint back to George.

"What did your grandfather do to you dad?" George asked

"He's the reason he's a werewolf."

"Shit..." The twins said in unison.

"And like Sirius, is a mystery to me. He supposedly would die for me. But like I barely know the bloke."

"Yeah, but you would die for him." George pointed out.

"That doesn't matter." She told him, causing him to grin, "It's easier to ignore my anger."

"Why? That must be so bloody annoying." Fred points out

"It's also, unhealthy," George added

"Then what should I do?" She asked them.

"Punch me," George said, causing Fred to fall into a coughing fit mixed with laughter.

"I am not going to punch you." She told him

He stared at her a for a bit.

"I'd hurt you." She says

"I think I can take it." He laughed, standing up, "Come on, punch me."

"No." August laughed

"You should." Fred laughed, "I would love to see that."