The Adventures of Captain Sirius Black and His Most Excellent Dragon Padfoot by OptimisticDinosaur
Podfic Text-to-Speech (TTS) reading of The Adventures of Captain Sirius Black and His Most Excellent Dragon Padfoot by OptimisticDinosaur Cover Art By: Weighty-Ghosts Summary Captain Sirius Black had long prided himself on outrunning (or, considering his career as a Privateer, out-sailing) any commitments whatsoever beyond following the call for adventure. It was then, perhaps, one of Fate’s greatest jokes that he was about to be irrevocably selected as lifetime companion by the most loyal and stubborn of beings, and one who was also absolutely guaranteed to outlive him. This is the story of how Sirius Black adopted a dragon named Padfoot.Or, perhaps more accurately, this is the story of how a dragon named Padfoot adopted one Sirius Black.It is also the story of how Captain Sirius Black met and fell hopelessly in love with one Lieutenant Remus Lupin, long-time dragon aviator fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, and, because Fate really does love irony, the only man on British soil less partial to commitment than himself.But that part comes later.First, we must turn our eyes to the bustling ports of Istanbul, where one frantic James Potter and his placid dragon, Prongs, are either swearing voraciously (James), or calling attention to particularly interesting cloud formations (Prongs), as they have just missed their boat…CreatorsOptimisticDinosaur | Tumblr | AO3 Weighty-Ghosts | Campsite.bioBurningAurora | Tumblr | AO3 | Linktree Chapters00:00:00-Chapter 1: In Which Sirius Black is Adopted by a Dragon00:57:57-Chapter 2: In Which Sirius Black Makes a Friend01:54:14-Chapter 3: In Which Sirius Black Fights a Battle02:35:00-Chapter 4: In Which a Duel is Fought03:02:17-Chapter 5: In Which Sirius Black Writes a Letter