Marauders Headcanons

Marlene Mckinnon

The one girl to make The Sirius Black settle down was Marlene Mckinnon. They began dating at the end of seventh year and though he'd never admit it, Sirius fell quite hard for the girl fairly quickly. They dated for two years and Sirius for a change decided to remain constant to her. James and Lily got married and had Harry but Sirius and Marlene remained an unmarried couple because both thought secretly that the other might leave them. They didn't want to rush things too much.

In the summer Marlene was killed, Sirius was ready to propose, realising that Marlene had occupied a very important place in his heart, one which no one else could replace. The ring was in his pocket when he found out that the only true love he had found in his life was dead.

On the ring was inscribed a word which James had made up while teasing Sirius about Marlene during their time in Hogwarts. He would often take out and stare at the word while in Azkaban, half dead yet alive, knowing that for Marlene, for James and for Lily he must get out of this hell hole and fight, again. It was that ring and the memories which refused to fade in spite of the incessant torture he faced which kept the fire for revenge burning in his heart. Softly shimmering, bright in the starlight that seeped in through cracks in the cell of the wizarding prison, shone the ring and on it the inscription : Blackinnon.