When it was finally time to leave the cottage, Sirius felt a bittersweet twinge in his heart. Somehow, this place felt inexplicably like home; familiar, warm, and welcoming. He’d felt it the very first time he’d ever set foot inside the house all those weeks ago, and he felt it even more acutely now, as they were about to leave it behind. He heard the waves and felt them inside his body, like his own beating heart.