Just hold on

Chapter 5: The night terrors

The next time Harry wakes up is in the middle of the night. He was unfortunate enough to wake up from a very vivid nightmare. He rubbed his eyes, trying to delete the picture of Uncle Vernon's ugly face from his mind but he couldn't.

All he could see when he closed his eyes was Uncle Vernon raging towards him, calling him a freak and a failure. he immediately knew he wouldn't be able to fall back asleep.

He checked his watch and sighed when he saw it read "3:06am" He sat up in his bed and restlessly stared out the dark window. He watched as it became brighter and brighter until the sun was completely out and it was 7:30am.

Harry could hear the clashing of pots and pans from downstairs, alerting him that Sirius was awake and making breakfast. Harry dragged himself out of bed, downstairs, and into a chair at the table.

"Morning Harry!" Sirius announces cheerfully. Harry groans as a reply. Sirius frowns at the boy, temporarily forgetting the burning pancakes. Remus walks in and up to Sirius and kisses his cheek.

"Good morning Padfoot, Good morning Harr-..."

Remus freezes when he looks at Harry. He was slumped over at the table, his head resting in his hand, his glasses crooked as his eyes were closed.

Remus and Sirius shoot each other knowing looks. Remus was about to mention something when he was interrupted by the smoke alarm going off. Sirius and Remus jumped into action. Sirius's removed the food off the stove as Remus stopped the alarm from beeping.

It took the two, several minutes to get everything under control. Remus playfully bumps his shoulder into Sirius'.

"I'll make the food from now on," He teases. Sirius rolls his eyes. He places the plate in front of Harry on the table.

"Here you go Ha-"

Sirius looks to see Harry laying his head on his arms, dead asleep.

The two marauder's eyes widened in concern.

"Do you reckon he's alright?" Remus whispers. Sirius shrugs his shoulders. "I would normally bring him to bed but he didn't eat last night"

Remus nods. Sirius approaches Harry and slowly shakes his shoulder. "Harry?" He calls, softly.

Harry's eyes open, looking at Sirius sleepily and confused.

"S-sirius?"

Sirius smiles warmly and nods. "It's me..  Are you hungry harry?" To be honest, Harry wasn't in the mood for eating but remembering last night immediately changed his mind. "sure," he resounded.

Sirius grins and nods. Remus walks over and places a plate in front of Harry as he starts a conversation with the tired boy.

"Did you not sleep too well last night Harry?"

Harry closes his eyes and shakes his head. He takes a bite before starting, "I had a nightmare in the middle of the night.. i- i couldn't sleep since."

The two sit in either side of harry and they look at him sadly. "you could've told us Harry. we would've stayed with you"

Sirius engulfs Harry in a hug tightly against his chest.

"I didn't want to bother you guys... and.. it's nothing i can't handle myself" Remus smiles before ruffling harry's hair.

"We know that kiddo, we just don't want you to suffer... and trust me, you've suffered way more than either of us would like."

Harry shrugs. " 'm fine"

Sirius shakes his head. "You're not. But you will be. Especially when you eat your breakfast like your Godfather says."

Harry rolls his eyes and smirks as he pulls his plate of food closer to him.

A/N: Hey bestiess! it's been a while! i missed you. i'm kinda fighting some writers block if you couldn't tell but I'm not going to give up..

Your kind words always help! See you in the next chapter!!
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