Harry Potter Headcanons

Sirius + The Potters

Ok but let's imagine little 12 year old Sirius and before they got off the train to go home, James told him he could come to his place if things got bad at home (because we all know the other Marauders would have figured out by then that Sirius's house was basically a living hell) And little 12 year old Sirius showing up at the Potters at 2 o'clock in the morning all bruised and bloodied and crying and stumbling out of the fireplace covered in soot from head to toe. And little 12 year old Sirius hysterical and repeatedly apologizing to Mr. and Mrs. Potter (who came downstairs to find that the large bang they had heard was Sirius tripping over their coffee table and knocking over a vase or something) and saying that James had promised he could come stay with them and please don't kick him out don't make him go back to his awful parents. And little 12 year old James coming down to see what all the racket is and finding his very best friend traumatized and panicky and so he goes over and hugs him and tells him everything will be ok and that's he's safe now. And Mr. and Mrs. Potter are horrified at how terrified little Sirius is and they don't understand how anyone could possibly be so mean to their own child and Mrs. Potter goes to get him a cup of tea and Mr. Potter goes to look at Sirius's injuries (to make sure they don't need to take him to Saint Mungo's) but Sirius doesn't realize Mr. Potter just wants to raise his chin a little to get a better look at his face and thinks Mr. Potter is trying to hit him so he flinches and starts freaking out because oh god I shouldn't have come and now he's mad at me what have I done they must hate me. And the three Potters spending several hours trying to calm Sirius down and eventually Sirius is just so exhausted he cries himself to sleep and Mr. Potter has to carry him upstairs to James's room (because James insisted that Sirius have his bed) and Mrs. Potter fixes him up a bit but then he wakes up a little and starts crying and whimpering so James crawls into bed with him to try and make him feel safer. And James inviting Remus and Peter over to make Sirius feel better and Mr. and Mrs. Potter deciding that they're going to take care of Sirius because he's such a sweet boy but he's petrified of getting sent back to his family so he's always trying to help out around the house even though he doesn't really need to. And little 12 year old Sirius never being happier in his life and feeling all warm and fuzzy inside whenever Mrs. Potter calls him her darling or Mr. Potter calls him 'son'. And I just can't right now guys sorry I'm afraid I've made myself cry