@tttimeaaa I think he wanted to leave, to come clean and clear Sirius’ name but he just didn’t know how to, surely no one would believe him now? And before he raise the courage to do so, he died, he was just a scared and vulnerable boy who was manipulated and taken advantage of
@tttimeaaa My take is that he was manipulated into doing it by someone older and someone he probably trusted, we forget he was basically a child in a war and was likely terrified, and he got in over his head and couldn’t get out, no matter how much he wanted to