Regulus POV
As he turned the corner, Regulus saw James standing there, in the moonlight, staring up at the stars. He looked so peaceful. Slowly, he turned to leave, but the other boy called out, “stay.” And so he did. He would do anything for James, no matter what, which was why he was here in the first place.
To say goodbye.
“James,” regulus said, his voice coming across normal, even though he felt like a raging storm inside, messy and strange, but empty. “Regulus,” James replied, turning to face him, “I haven’t seen you in ages.” Regulus realised that this was a bad idea, he couldn’t do it, but he was here, so he spoke, “I know. I just wanted to say goodbye.” James went to speak, opening that beautiful goddamn mouth of his, but regulus kept talking, “I wanted to say that you were the only thing that brought me true happiness, that you were the reason I believed in love, and that I still love you. So much James, so much.” He could feel tears forming, but he fought to keep them from falling. “Reggie, whatever you’re going to do, don’t.” Said James, taking a step towards regulus, his face broken into a million pieces. Oh, he could always tell when something was wrong, when stuff just wasn’t right, hopefully he can find someone who appreciates that just as much as regulus does. “I can’t James,” he said, trying not to just give in and run towards him, “I have to.” And then, he apparated away
James’ POV
Suddenly, regulus was gone, leaving James standing out there, in the cold, confused, sad and broken. It hurt to see him, his darling regulus, after all those months, but he still shone just as brightly to James. Something was wrong though, that much he could tell, and he knew he had to check on him. So James went back inside the flat he shared with Sirius and found the one thing he kept of regulus’, the one object that was so familiar to both of them, that they would know it even after death, a golden snitch. He grabbed it and whispered a spell, and it started tugging him in a direction.
James ended up at the entrance of a cave, the treacherous waters crashing against the rocks, this had to be the wrong place, but the snitch kept tugging, only this time stronger, so he followed it. It got to a point where he had to conjure a boat, and sail through the water, towards an island, where he could see a silhouette of a person being dragged down by cold, mutilated hands, and he jumped out, running towards the other boy. “REGULUS,” he shouted, “REGGIE.” He got to the body, and dragged it out of the grip of the creatures, but it was limp and cold, his lips blue and his face deathly pale.
As James cradled the body of the boy he loved, he sobbed, and screamed, the sounds tearing themselves out of his throat. Why had he done this? Why had his beautiful, darling, lovely regulus done this? Later, much later, he would find out, and his already broken heart would break even more, but he didn’t know that at that moment, so he kept screaming, and sobbing, and holding his one true love.
Achilles to thetis: *casually leaning on the side of a rock* hey, so, um, just wondering, hypothetically, can you see me up on mount Pelion?
Thetis: I cannot
Achilles: cool, coolcoolcoolcool, great, thanks. Anyway, I’ll be going now. Bye
(Achilles absolutely sprinting back)
Achilles to Patroclus: hey man, so, my mum can’t see us up here, wanna bang?
spreading more of my regulus headcanons!!
he is left handed.
he plays the violin and piano.
he learned french before english— all of his thoughts are in french, and he talks to himself in french.
he is autistic and has sensory issues.
he doesn’t like to eat meat, tries to eat vegetarian as often as he can.
gets attached to jewellery/pieces of clothing easily.
addicted to tea.
stays up very late, and wakes up very early.
can read latin fluently, but not speak it fluently.
blurts out random facts no matter the situation, just the most random, disturbing facts.
spoke later than other kids, having to go to speech therapy— he didn’t speak in full sentences until he started primary school.
James:
Remus:
Sirius:
Peter:
Lily:
Mary:
Marlene:
Regulus (bonus i guess!):
Canon idc
*at the shadowhunter academy*
Christopher: People say I have a unique way of lighting up a room.
Ragnor, from his office: WHO THE F*CK SET MY ROOM ON FIRE???
It’s always “regulus fell first but James fell harder” but what if James fell first and regulus fell harder?
Regulus, not sure why James potter, popular, bold and loud, was interested in him. Regulus feeling things he’s never felt before and wondering why he felt like that. Regulus realising that he loved James, his love for James becoming all consuming, him being scared because he’s never felt like that before, nor has he ever had someone feel love for him that James potter did.
Regulus loved James so much he gave the ultimate sacrifice for him, but he didn’t realise that James loved him just as much as he loved James, he didn’t realise that what he did would affect him in the way it did. Why would he even think about it? No one had cared about him before. But James potter loved regulus black more than anything, and a part of him always would.
In the dorms before a quidditch game (James is always in pep talk mode)
James: Sometimes life is hard, but we always bounce back
Remus: Nah
Regulus: speak for yourself
Sirius: james, I love you mate, but have you met us?
Peter: *high-fiving James because he’s a positive king*
Sirius: wait… why is regulus here?
James:
Regulus:
lowkey obsessed with this man…
@imdamagecontrol you know which one is for you <3
More marauders (but it’s literally just sirius)as things I heard at my great ✨catholic school✨ at some point
- Snape: why don’t you have a crush on any *girls? (*in context it was boys, bc, you know, all girls school)
Sirius: because I’m gay you fucking dumbass bitch
- Sirius: oh, I didn’t do my cool down workout today (starts literally squaring in the middle of class)
I JUST FINISHED CHAIN OF THORNS AND OMFG GUYS I CANT.
anyways here’s the merry thieves as marauders (or the other way round idk)
Thomas -> James
Matthew -> Sirius
James -> Remus
Christopher -> Peter
And as an added bonus, the love of my life, Alastair would be the other love of my life, Regulus.
(I REALLY wanted James herondale to be James potter for the lolz but they’re just don’t give off similar vibes in my humble opinion)
Sirius: *waking up* Wait so guys I just had the strangest dream
Remus: nope, I’m not listening to this
Peter: *already gone*
Regulus: Not this early
James: I’m listening babe 😍
Sirius: *idk, telling the strangest dream you will ever hear*
Regulus to Remus: are you sure they’re not dating
Remus: they better not be, since I’m shagging one of them and you’re shagging the other
Silence
Sirius: james…
James: *literally running for his life*
Regulus to Remus again: oh delightful