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People make mistakes, but they also make choices. It’s important to James, that difference. He does his best not to confuse the two.

Kill Your Darlings: To remove or refrain from using something in spite of one's affection for it Years after Regulus loses his brother they're reunited, and as he struggles to figure out where he fits in Sirius's life he also struggles not to get lost in the impossible feelings he has for Sirius's best friend.

Regulus Black, presumed dead for over 2 years, shows up at an Order of the Phoenix meeting with 6 mangled horcruxes and Voldemort's corpse. How does the wizarding world move on following the abrupt end of the war, and how does Regulus come to terms with the last four years of his life? Not on his own evidently, as his brother makes an effort to return to his life, James Potter tries to weasel his way into his heart and the friends he left behind in the name of the war aren't willing to leave him alone any longer. An endgame jegulus, wolfstar and rosekiller longfic with regular updates, angst and drama.

Regulus has it all figured out. He keeps men on a rotating roster so none can get too close, works nights as a dancer to make the most of his chronic insomnia, and pushes everything he doesn’t want to remember about the past ten years into the recesses of his mind. It’s easier to pretend none of it ever happened. But when James Potter crashes into Regulus’ life with his fancy sports car, wealth beyond measure, and devil’s smile, it marks a switch in the natural order of things. James is a client; Regulus isn’t allowed to fall in love with him. Except James is the first man in a long time who can see past Regulus’ carefully constructed façade, and who could ever resist the temptation of being known? Or, this is a story about identity, addiction, self-expression, and love in all of the varying shapes they can take.

"Baby Black, do you maybe not hate me?" James joked in a way that made Regulus feel uncomfortable."You are the most annoying person I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. And that says a lot considering the absolute gems I've met in Slytherin.""A joke. Regulus Black made a joke. A mean one, at my expense, but a joke nonetheless... You know baby Black, we could be friends.""I would rather fling myself off the Astronomy Tower..." ***Or: Regulus is concerned about Sirius after their mother orchestrates a horrible attack. And with Sirius out of reach he relies on James Potter to know his brother is okay. Except their meetings keep happening, and their conversations keep falling away from Sirius. Falling for James Potter might just be the most reckless thing he's ever contemplated.

Once upon a time there was a pirate, who fell in love with a king

There’s something on his tongue, velvet soft and foreign. Regulus pulls his hand away from his mouth. In his palm, a flower petal. - Or, Regulus is in love with James, but James doesn’t love him back. Now there are flowers in his lungs and vines wrapped around his ribs, for this is a love that might kill him. Unless…

Regulus Black is perfect. He is poised, pretty, and the best ballet dancer in the world. He was never not anything but his best. James Potter is messy. He’s reckless, impulsive, and he is a distraction that Regulus should stay far away from. During a performance, Regulus gets injured and ends up having to spend time with his brother and the marauders on their first North American tour. It doesn’t exactly go as he expected.

James Potter wasn't surprised to get the owl he was needed in the Headmistress' office after his son was caught in the middle of yet another prank. What he wasn't expecting was to be so caught off guard by the Professor who had caught Harry this time around. The last time he had seen Regulus Black was years ago, and now here he was immaculately dressed, scowl on his face and James couldn't stop staring. Why hadn't he seen Regulus in years? Regulus has spent the last five years avoiding James Potter because he couldn't take suffering through his childhood crush a second later. Now all of that was for nothing, because James Potter was standing across from him, smirking at him from behind those glasses of his, calling Regulus 'Professor Black' and setting Regulus' skin on fire.

The very first of the Marauders band performance, where Regulus tweaks a few things and comes to an interesting revelation.

To think of a time in James's life where he hadn't loved something to a completely maddeningly blinding level; would be impossible. Regulus could spit venom in James's face and he would still think he was the most lovely creature to grace the earth, it's wrong and James knows it. (Fic is written just typing up when i have the chance!)

Sirius Black has been living with the Potter’s for nearly 2 years and is constantly filled with guilt and regret about leaving Regulus behind. In the summer before the Marauder’s sixth year, Regulus turns up at the house with nowhere else to go and no one else to turn to. Can they forgive each other? Can they both let their guard down enough to be loved? Can the Black brothers move on from their past?

Muggle University AU - James Potter POVJegulus/Wolfstar/Dorlene/PandalilyA friend requested sassy Regulus, simp James, and secret Jegulus. Happy to oblige. Sirius has drawn a firm line between his family and friends, but James and Regulus flirt their way into a secret relationship. Add in insomniac Remus with a Marvel addiction, plum fights, sneaky smut, unhinged Barty with an ax to grind, rabidly possessive Sirius, and a brief horror sub-plot with Peter for maximum chaos.

Later, when Regulus was safer, healthier, no longer actively bleeding, Regulus would accept that Sirius hadn’t meant to. He was naïve and careless with Regulus’ safety in a way Regulus had never been with his, but it wasn’t malice that led Sirius to make his mother question.When Sirius had spit those hateful things at Regulus he hadn’t known that his mother could overhear. He hadn’t known that his words, which were meant to hurt only his feelings, would cause this. But they did. A slip of the tongue leads Regulus, Sirius, and their friends down a different path. This fic deals with themes of surviving an abusive household, a realistic progression of healing/ rebuilding relationships, and navigating new relationships in the context of trauma. Sometimes people's action impact us even when they don't mean to and just because someone doesn't mean you harm doesn't mean you walk away unscathed. This fic runs from the middle of Regulus' 5th year through to the War.

Complete <3 "The need to protect Regulus from harm, from anything that would threaten him, has become a near obsession. James knows that he has a habit of single mindedness, latching on to things so tightly that they consume him. Of all of his unruly fixations, his protectiveness of Regulus has proven to be the worst." Trilogy of Marauders era/Hogwarts AU + after school (1975-1982), focused fully on James and Regulus POVs. Canon-divergent (adjacent if you squint), but the path to defeating Voldemort lies not in the prophecy but in Regulus' hands. Book 1 (1975): Chapters 1-32Book 2 (1976-1977): Chapters 33-72Book 3 (1978-1980 + epilogues 1982): Chapters 73-92 Choices inspired - but I only write happy Jegulus endings, do with that what you will.

Complete! <3 (Edits made Feb 2024, bonus story added August 2024) The Black family and the Potter family grew-up spending their summers at neighboring lake houses a few hours off the East Coast. Then one summer, James Potter stopped coming. Regulus can admit he was a little disappointed when his first crush suddenly disappeared from his life. But it's been seven years. He's clearly over it. That is until his last summer before starting college, when that same golden-skinned boy steps out of the car, grown and beautiful, and crashes back into Regulus' world. Some works that inspired this fic:-The entire Lover album by Taylor Swift (Specifically Cruel Summer and Daylight)-The novel Every Summer After by Carley Fortune-The Summer I Turned Pretty Series-The song Lakehouse by Of Monsters and Men

🍉 Climbing into his head was easy. When pleasure reached its peak, all walls crumbled down, allowing him a glimpse inside. Another trinket, another location. It was worth the pain. The blood. The numbness. War was made for sacrifices, and Regulus Black had given his own body, his sense of sanity, his life, up for the Greater Good. It was okay. It was fine. Everything was fine. But when a certain green-eyed boy gets thrusted into Regulus’s arms, and he’s given the responsibility to care for him until it’s time for the butcher to come out, Regulus is forced to decide whether the end of this war is worth setting aside his morals, his soul, and possibly his life. — Or; the one where Regulus gets forced out of hiding to face the world, make the right but painful decisions, and fights with more than just one Dark Lord. — NEW: Find me on tumblr! 🍉

in a parallel universe Sirius grabs Regulus' arm right before he vanishes into thin air when he's sixteen

Remus works at a primary school. Sirius owns a gym and tries to hide his relationship with Remus from James. James tries to hide his crush on Regulus from everyone. Regulus has something to hide, too. Lily is too smart for these boys. A Wolfstar & Jegulus AU fic!

Accompanying Playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SvhIAIs98qykIKlb0qP6F?si=GrgOckPLRAOiSIBjUkP0Zw Complete <3 1999 - SF Bay Area Regulus thought after what happened when Sirius came out, his mother would have reacted differently when it was his turn to make the confession. That she wouldn’t lose both sons. But he was wrong. That’s how he finds himself waiting to be picked-up by the brother he hasn’t seen in 3 years. Ready to crash on his couch in the small city of Berkeley, California. Sirius’ roommates are a far cry from his London friends. There’s his boyfriend, Remus. A graduate student who plays albums that sound more like noise than melody. Peter, who’s quiet and kind and brings everyone coffee and bagels from his job. And James, who seems intent on ignoring Regulus’ presence completely, even when Regulus gets a job beside him at their local record shop. Or, James Potter was doing his best not to defile his roommate's younger brother because Sirius told him to “keep his slutty hands off of Regulus or else," but finds himself unable to keep the promise.

Number neighbour: A number neighbour is someone who has the same (cell) phone number as you, except the last digit is one lower or higher.