Even before her hand landed on his forehead she could feel the heat of his fever radiating off of his skin, and the evidence of just how poorly he was doing made her heart prickle with fear. As he roused her breath caught in her throat, grateful to hear his voice however thick with illness it might have been.
"It's alright," Lily said gently, her hand lifting away from his forehead to brush through his hair, pushing it back from his face. It was far too familiar and intimate a motion to be proper, and she knew it, but she was much too sick with worry to care. Finding him like this made the harrowing experiences she had endured at the hands of his cousins forgettable in comparison.
"I'm here, I'll help you, Sirius." Looking down at his face for a moment longer Lily turned away, hoping she wasn't lying to him.
After wetting a cloth meant for his head and taking stock of the potions by his bedside Lily uncorked one meant to reduce his fever, gently dabbing at his brow with the cool rag as she brought the bottle to his lips. "Drink this," she murmured urgently, biting back the urge to call him darling as she carefully tipped the potion into his mouth.
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"It's alright," Lily said gently, her hand lifting away from his forehead to brush through his hair, pushing it back from his face. It was far too familiar and intimate a motion to be proper, and she knew it, but she was much too sick with worry to care. Finding him like this made the harrowing experiences she had endured at the hands of his cousins forgettable in comparison.
"I'm here, I'll help you, Sirius." Looking down at his face for a moment longer Lily turned away, hoping she wasn't lying to him.
After wetting a cloth meant for his head and taking stock of the potions by his bedside Lily uncorked one meant to reduce his fever, gently dabbing at his brow with the cool rag as she brought the bottle to his lips. "Drink this," she murmured urgently, biting back the urge to call him darling as she carefully tipped the potion into his mouth.