She doesn't push any more affections on him after that. Just holds him and rubs his back. That's all. "There's no blame to place on you," she murmurs, but doesn't press that either. They can work on it.
"Sirius." It's firm again. "You were hurting. In a vacuum, sleeping with people isn't wrong or make you a whore. Doing harder drugs is worrisome but not something to condemn you for. On top of that, you were being manipulated. You were near a horcrux. Do you realize what that does to you? Regulus was—he was by one for less than a week and you saw what it did to him. You were by one much longer. It's not your fault. You can't convince me that you're trash and you can't convince me that you shouldn't come home. You're not going to infect or ruin anything."
It's a lot to say at once. She lets it sink in.
"We've all been manipulated, Sirius. It doesn't make us bad people."
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"Sirius." It's firm again. "You were hurting. In a vacuum, sleeping with people isn't wrong or make you a whore. Doing harder drugs is worrisome but not something to condemn you for. On top of that, you were being manipulated. You were near a horcrux. Do you realize what that does to you? Regulus was—he was by one for less than a week and you saw what it did to him. You were by one much longer. It's not your fault. You can't convince me that you're trash and you can't convince me that you shouldn't come home. You're not going to infect or ruin anything."
It's a lot to say at once. She lets it sink in.
"We've all been manipulated, Sirius. It doesn't make us bad people."