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[seriousmarauder]

WHO: Sirius and OPEN. Very open...
WHAT: Confession week + booze? Best idea.
WHERE: The Sanctuary
WHEN: Tuesday night
WARNINGS: None for now

Sirius was sitting at the bar in the Sanctuary, having a drink or two. He didn't plan on getting too drunk...he did have work the next day, after all. He knew Ianto probably wouldn't be impressed if

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[jim_lovesrobes]

Not!Chuck remembered being able to drink a lot more before things got this fuzzy. A lot more.

But he'd watched a young girl get mugged, and most likely killed, today. The guilt at not being able to help her ate at him, as did the guilt at not remembering anything that would have helped him find out if she was alright now. Whoever else he was, he knew he should have stopped that.

Drunkenness be damned. He threw back another shot and eyed his companions at the bar, most of them as solitary as him. One of the guys looked familiar, like Pasha had. And that doctor.

Sick of this amnesia, Jim got himself up and moved down the bar. "Mind if I join you?"

[seriousmarauder]

Sirius shrugged. "Can't promise I'll be the most brilliant company, but I don't mind if you do," he replied, honestly. "Sirius Black, by the way. I don't think we've met."

[jim_lovesrobes]

"I'm Chuck." There was a last name he'd been told, somewhere. But it fit even less than the first name, so he wasn't using it.

"You sure? Maybe I've just seen you around." With a shrug he slid into the seat next to his.

[seriousmarauder]

"Fairly sure, but I've been in the city awhile. Might've forgotten." It didn't really matter, either way. He was happy to have company, familiar or not.

"How long have you been here?" he asked, curious.

[jim_lovesrobes]

There was a pause while he tried to work it out, from the little he could remember. "A few months, I'm pretty sure." He downed some of his drink. "Sure feels like a lot longer."

[seriousmarauder]

"I know the feeling," Sirius replied, sympathetically. "But I've been here for almost a year now, I think. And I don't want to leave, despite everything I've been through."

[jim_lovesrobes]

"Yeah?" That made him pause. Not want to leave? Admitedly not!Chuck couldn't remember... anything about who he was or what he'd done before he arrived here, but he knew he wanted to get back and do- whatever it was that needed doing.

"Don't want to leave, or don't want to go back to what you left?"

[seriousmarauder]

"...Both," Sirius admitted, after a moment. "Things are good, here. Well, not good, but...better than they were before. Which is not saying much, actually."

[jim_lovesrobes]

He nodded slowly, thoughtfully. "Do people ever make it home?"

[seriousmarauder]

Sirius nodded. "They don't get a choice about it, though...people just disappear. It's happened a few times now...two of my best mates are gone," he said, quietly. He still missed James and the other Remus desperately.

[jim_lovesrobes]

"I'm sorry," It couldn't be much comfort, but he wasn't sure what else to say. He was sure that somewhere he had best friends, even if he couldn't remember them.

"What were they like? Wizards too?"