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And Lupin fakes the pass, handing it off to Smith and—

“You think we’re going to win this week?” Sirius asked, now leaning forward onto his knees, knee bouncing up and down.

“I think we’re going to win every week.”

“Come on, even that first one?” Sirius asked, “That first one without James?”

“Gotta believe in something.”

“And you believed in…him? That was a whole…lotta faith, Dad.”

“I wasn’t wrong.”

“S’pose not,” Sirius grinned softly, looking back toward the television. Even from an aerial view, Fleamont knew Sirius was spending more time looking at one player than the games these days. Of the things Fleamont thought could happen, bringing Lupin off of the bench after James got hurt, this with Sirius, with his quiet, bitter, stubborn, bright oldest kid, was the last thing he would’ve guessed. Remus Lupin had become a fixture in their home just as quick as Lily Evan’s had all those years ago.

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