I had to talk Lupin down. Not before Black broke my nose again. [ Can someone be both deadpan and bitter? It's a gift. ] Before that we were at odds but it was always circumstantial. I think something about it set Black off - since then he's been more aggressive, so much more convinced I'm out to get him and everyone else here.

[ Which Severus doesn't understand at all, but he sounds weary. Of course he gets worse shit for doing good things than anything else. ]

You know, I'd saved him before. We stopped at a space colony, and the natives there turned on us. He was drunk, sitting in an alleyway and ignoring the small window we had to get out.

[ I should have left him is tangible in his voice, even if he doesn't say it. ]