Sirius didn't respond to the hand on his arm, no more than shifting his gaze so he was staring down at it as though needing confirmation of the touch. The world had taken on a surreal quality but the pain was too real for this to be a dream.
"Hagrid took him, said it was Dumbledore's orders. He wouldn't let me hold him."
Perhaps if he had things might have turned out differently. The rage inside him might have calmed or else, once he handed Harry back to Hagrid, it would have fueled it. Holding the godson he'd orphaned and then being forced to hand him away might have sent him beyond reason that even Remus couldn't bring him back from.
"I gave them my bike so they could get to wherever they're going faster."
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Date: 2012-12-04 03:04 pm (UTC)"Hagrid took him, said it was Dumbledore's orders. He wouldn't let me hold him."
Perhaps if he had things might have turned out differently. The rage inside him might have calmed or else, once he handed Harry back to Hagrid, it would have fueled it. Holding the godson he'd orphaned and then being forced to hand him away might have sent him beyond reason that even Remus couldn't bring him back from.
"I gave them my bike so they could get to wherever they're going faster."