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Regulus has always known he's destined to drown. He feels it deep in his chest, past his rib cage, nestled somewhere behind his organs. He feels it in his arm when his mother squeezes it a little harder than a mother should. He felt it, the water rising in his throat, when his brother slipped out the window and into the night. He often wonders if it'd be easier to just let himself sink.
He often wonders if he has a choice.
Regulus gets sent back to school with a mission from the Dark Lord himself— find the “beast in the chamber” and claim its fangs without killing it. But when a certain curly-haired bespectacled boy asks for a rather large favor, everything suddenly gets a lot more complicated.
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08 Jul 2026
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At the beginning of the Hogwarts 1977-1978 school year, James Potter finds a cat and Regulus Black finds a Horcrux.
These events are not unrelated.
What follows is a deal to their mutual benefit: James helps Regulus hone the finer details of advanced transfiguration, and in return, Regulus teaches James what he knows of occlumency and legilimency. James is pleasantly surprised by how much he enjoys their lessons, certainly more than he thought he would considering what (admittedly little) he knows of Sirius’s younger brother. Regulus, for his part, thought he was smart enough to know that anyone with as many secrets as him has no business teaching fucking mind reading to another person. Especially when that person is James Potter.
There is affection—the kind that only comes from meeting someone you never expected to understand you. And there is war—a looming thunderhead that neither of them wants to see consume the other.
The rest is a matter of secrets, family, and letting go.
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08 Jul 2026
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Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Amor Mori) by nicodiangelol, SevenSidedStories
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
15 Feb 2025
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"Remus Lupin is the winner!"
Remus lifted his eyes to take in the royal family. The queen sat on an ornate chair, looking haughty and cruel with a particular twist to her lips. His gaze drifted to the prince. He was pretty. Remus had expected that. He had the same high cheekbones and arched eyebrows as his mother, with a piercing blue stare. His raven-hair was carefully arranged as it cascaded to his shoulders. He looked too angelic to be involved in the kinds of atrocities his family had committed. But he had been. And Remus would kill all of them for it. But for now, he had to stick to his stupid mission and play nice enough to get picked as their new dog.
He glared up unflinchingly at the man seated in front of him. The announcer cleared his throat and gestured at his face. Remus reached up and peeled off the mask. He spit out the blood in his mouth and made a slight bow.
The announcer made another frantic noise. Balling his fingers into tight fists, he lowered down and dropped on one knee, bowing forward to the man but holding his gaze. "My prince," he muttered through gritted teeth, just loud enough to be heard, "I humbly ask for your favour."
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02 Jul 2026
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I adored you Madly, Extravagantly, Absurdly. by MiriamMT
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Marauders - Fandom
21 Jan 2024
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The Blacks want to marry off their youngest child. He begs Sirius for help and tells him a secret: He is a man and would rather die than be forced to be anyone's wife.
Panicked, Sirius arranges a marriage between his brother and his friend James Potter, knowing that Regulus can be the man he is in the English countryside on James' estate.James wants to ensure Regulus' happiness, even at the expense of putting his life on hold for a while.
Regulus wants to ensure James doesn't fall into societal ruin because of him.
Sirius wants to be loved.
Barty must decide whether he wants to keep causing destruction or choose redemption.
And Remus is just a very tired butler who watches James and Regulus dance around their actual feelings (literally).(Trans Reggie; set in the Victorian Age, 1890s. No horrible homophobia or transphobia depicted. Dysphoria is thematised.)
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21 Jun 2026
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When James Potter is hit with a spell which makes him lose his memory, everyone is understandably freaked out. Everyone except for James, of course, who is too busy trying to reassure his boyfriend that he hasn’t forgotten him and never will.
Except, James Potter is single, and Regulus Black has no idea why he seems to think otherwise.
[or, James is confused but still a sap, Regulus is flustered, and everyone else is just along for the ride.]
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09 Jun 2026