It's true that opposites attract, which is why Sirius Black backtracked for whole minutes through the hallways-- to where Severus Snape stood talking-- to throw something at the back of his head and turn and walk calmly away. Sirius is mad and impetuous; his laughter, anger, and love come in furious outbursts. Severus is prim, conniving, and self-posessed. He would sneak out to follow Sirius across the grounds for hours.
It's true that opposites attract, and Sirius is too much like Remus Lupin to be his opposite. When Sirius flew his broom into the Ravenclaw Beater's-- a dangerous, foolish move-- Remus, quiet in the stands, felt the collision with a heavy thud of satisfaction in his throat. When Remus becomes the Wolf, Padfoot celebrates it, jumping around him, running next to him, sinking teeth into his back, neck, haunches. Remus and Sirius aren't opposites; it's just that Sirius is, in part, everything that Remus doesn't like about himself.
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Surely, scream the sirens, scraping across the mouth of the cave where Sirius sits, tattered and dismayed, with his legs dangling over-- surely they can't be the only ones left.
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