~ The Dark Blue Waters of Acheron ~

Weddings are boring. Four-year-old Sirius fidgets until Walburga hisses at him, "Sirius, sit still!"

"Yes, Mother," the child replies in a monotone, tensing as if anticipating a punishment.

Orion, hoping to keep his elder son from making a scene, takes the stuffed toy dragon from Regulus - who is sleeping on his lap - and pushes it into Sirius's arms.

"Here, play with this and stay quiet," Orion whispers.

As the wedding music begins to play, Sirius strokes the plush dragon absentmindedly.

Meanwhile, Walburga wonders when exactly it was in this past year that she stopped being Mama in the eyes of her elder son and became Mother.

~ end ~

A/N: And that concludes this collection.

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