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reaching for the truth (when it's no longer there) by olivehead
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Dec 2024
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One seemingly normal morning, Regulus had woken up to find Sirius’ room looted of its stuff – only a few pictures and horrid posters left up on the walls. His trunk was gone, as was all of the detritus that typically littered his older brother’s floor.
Regulus had wanted to pretend that he was shocked by this turn of events. But, really, Sirius had been warming up to leaving ever since he came back after his first year at Hogwarts. What he really found surprising was that Sirius hadn’t even said goodbye. Hadn’t even hinted that he was planning to leave.And as he watched the seven years of student begin streaming in, Regulus drifted off. Knees tucked up close to his chest and forehead stuck to the cool window, creating little puffs of fog with his slowing breath.
As Regulus finally lost consciousness, he could just feel the hair on the back of his neck raising in warning... of something...he thought. Perhaps.Regulus returns to Hogwarts after a seemingly normal summer. Except Sirius ran away, and he's not really sure why. He's just haunted by a shadow in the corner of his eye and gaps in his memory.
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Sirius Black never escapes Grimmauld. Instead, at 16 years old, he dies in that house, by his parents’ hand.
This is a tale of love and loss, of choices and power, and of what it means to live in a way that even death cannot conquer.
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“What are you doing here?”
“Couldn’t sleep,” James said with a grin, flashing straight, white teeth. “Decided to take a midnight stroll. You?”
“Could you stroll in any other part of the campus?” Regulus responded.
“Oh,” James murmured, smile faltering. “Well, I didn’t mean to intrude. I didn’t know you would be here, and I heard you playing and it was really, very good.”
“Wonderful,” he said, voice dry. “Now if you would be so kind and leave.”
“Can I listen?” James blurted. His nose scrunched after the words left his lips, and he reached up to scrub his fingers at the skin just beneath his eyes, behind the lenses of his round-rimmed glasses.
“No.”
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Or, Regulus wants to be a classical pianist but can only bring himself to practice at night, and James has insomnia and finds music is the perfect cure. An exploration of Regulus's mind and struggle with the Black family, his journey to accepting himself, and his path to mending broken relationships, building new ones, and maybe, possibly, finding love. (circa 70s in a boarding school much like Hogwarts, only muggle)
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20 Jan 2025
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When Arthur rises from the Lake, it isn't immediately clear what new purpose he's meant to be fulfilling this time around. Thrown into a strange new world with strange new problems and next to no clue what to do about them, Arthur finds solace in the only two things that remain from his old life:
Merlin, and the mysterious stranger who wants Arthur dead.
Just like old times.
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02 Jan 2025
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Regulus Black's final days
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Regulus walked slowly off in the direction he came, all of ten steps before turning to catch one last glimpse of his brother.
“I’ll see you then?”
“Wait,” Sirius whispered, voice heavy. “What’s going to happen, Reggie?”
The younger boy just smiled back as he spoke his very last sentence to his brother, meeting Sirius’ bright blue eyes.
“I love you.”
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- Part 6 of The "Just Hearts" Continuity
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25 Nov 2024