Sirius squeezed a stolen reassurance to Draco’s upper arm as he passed him to climb the stairs.<br/>His words had perhaps been an overstatement, the house too thoroughly Sirius’ and Remus’ for there to be any real trace of the generations that preceded them. He had, however, found comfort in the sense of belonging there was in having a home, and Sirius wanted to extend that gesture to Draco, who might just have lost any sense of connection to his childhood home.<br/>“We have a garden out back,” Sirius offered, if nothing else then to break the silence as he made it to the landing.<br/>He slowed his pace, but didn’t immediately stop, eyes on Draco as he tried to gauge his level of interest. “Bedroom’s are upstairs.”