"I count myself lucky if I have one of those things going for me," Sirius said with a chuckle. He sat down his cup of tea so he could wrap both arms comfortably around her and tugged her in closer. "But that's fair, as a parent I suppose that would be particularly important."

Not that he had exactly cared what his parents thought after being kicked out. But, after spending so much time at James's place with his parents, he could understand it, even if it was foreign at times for him.

When she proposed to him, Sirius grinned, and he was tempted (if only for a second) to be dramatic about it.

"There's nothing I want more, Lil, than to be married to you," he said, leaning down to press a slow kiss to her mouth. "That is a yes if that wasn't terribly clear."