Hermione and Sirius had been writing to each other with more and more frequency over the past few months. It was clear that Sirius was struggling in the quiet of his childhood home with all the kids back at school, and Molly and Arthur were home at The Burrow. Other than Remus, who had moved into the townhouse permanently, it was mostly empty unless The Order had a meeting. Hermione was increasingly becoming worried about Harry, and knew he wasn’t telling Sirius the truth about Umbridge’s tyranny, or the frequency of which his scar was bothering him. Sirius in turn appreciated having someone to take care of Harry while he was at school, and unbeknownst to Hermione, wanted to be on friendly terms with his best mate’s, well mate. It didn’t matter to Sirius if Remus was going to act on their bond or not, she was important to the man, so she was important to Sirius.