Sirius wasn’t exactly sure when it started like a switch flipping inside his head. It was more of a brief acknowledgement that something was wrong when he was up all hours of the day and night, but unable to bring himself to care.

The confines of his room soon bored him out, but he didn’t dare venture around the house this late at night so he snuck out.

He’d done it a few times before usually going off to James’ house but this time he just walked around London trying to find something or someone who suited his fancy.