favorite liar | jegulus

seventeen

if this is what its like falling in love
then i dont ever wanna grow up
shawn mendes: kid in love
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the only noises james could hear was the crackling of the fire, the rain beating down on the castle, the whispers of conversations happening nearby, the flipping of book pages, and the beating of regs heart

it had been a very long friday for james and he was just happy to be by regulus's side as he read in the library. james sort of just sat there admiring him and watching him turn the page every couple minutes. he study his facial expressions attempting to guess what was happening in the book

before either of them knew it, it was far past curfew and the library was empty

"blood hell reg," james gasped looking around. "its just us, everyone else has left."

reg took his eyes off the book for the first time in hours and looked at the clock on the wall, "james look at the time!"

james looked up at the clock 11:30pm

"great," james groaned. "just what i need, another detention."

regulus laughed at this and closed his book for the night. he reached down to run his fingers through james's hair. it was his way of saying 'thank you for keeping me company all day'

james smirked up at reg

"no"

james pouted, "i didnt even say anything yet."

"exactly. no," reg chuckled

"well i was going to ask if you wanted to just sleep with me tonight," james said anyway

regulus frowned immediately at james and his fingers stopped playing with james's hair

he sighed, "its too risky jamie"

"common reggie, please?" james begged

"i dont wanna get you in trouble," reg protested

james smirked holding up his cloak, "forget that i can sneak you in without anyone seeing?"

"damn you and your invisibility cloak," reg chuckled as he playfully shoved james out of his lap

"wait-" reg gasped. "is that how we didnt get kicked out. you had the cloak over us the whole time."

james grinned wiggling his eyebrows

"you sneaky bastard," regulus added

"so you'll come?" james asked taking regs hand into his

reg squeezed his hand, "of course mon amour. of course ill come."

they both flushed with color as james threw the cloak back over reg and they walked to the gryffindor common room and into james's dorm

slowly james opened the door praying his friends were asleep so hed only have to explain himself the next morning and not right now

when he and ( invisible ) reg entered the room petes curtains were closed and so were the curtains around remus's bed. sirius's bed was empty. james smiled to himself knowing sirius was safely tucked into remus's arms

carefully they made their way across the room to james's bed

"sirius?" reg asked glancing at the empty bed

james looked towards remus's bed, "in there"

regulus sighed feeling relived, "were more alike than i thought."

james laughed softly, "you've got no idea."

he opened the curtains to his bed revealing the messy un maid sheets in the same condition he left it that morning

with no hesitation james slipped out his shirt and pants leaving himself in his boxers. reg followed his lead doing the same

neither of them had much to hide from each other anymore. being so vulnerable and revealed seemed like such a minor thing to them now

"shh dont wake them," james whispered as he and reg climbed into bed

james pulled the curtains closed and casted a silencing spell

regulus snuggled into james arms and laid his head on james's chest. it was different than usual but they both seemed to prefer it this way, switching roles

james liked holding reg close, it made him feel like he was his protector, that he could shield him from the darkness that was seeking reg out. no one was hurting him and james would make sure of it

"tell me two truths and a lie, ill guess which is the lie." james whispered while he subconsciously started tracing circles on regs arm

reg looked up at james, "the great gatsby is my favorite book, i want to be potions master after i finish school, and i prefer muggle music."

"the first was a lie," james said confidently

"then whats my favorite book?" regulus challenged

"the catcher in the rye, cause it helped you work through your own issues by seeing that you werent alone," james answered

"more?" regulus asked softly a small laugh escaping his lips

"please," james said quietly

reg hummed for a few seconds, "i prefer tea over pumpkin juice, i want a cat someday, and my least favorite class is divination."

"last is the lie, your least favorite class is herbology. its why you always do it last," james replied

"you know me too well," regulus smiled

"is that a bad thing?" james hummed

"not at all, love" regulus whispered tucking his head into the crook of james's neck. "just a bit scary," he joked

"prat," james shot back

"let me try," regulus grinned biting his lip

james kissed his forehead, "growing up i wanted a little sister, my favorite class is charms, and my eye sight is awful, bloody awful."

"your favorite class is transfiguration, so second was a lie." regulus answered

"go again," regulus hummed. "please?"

now tracing hearts on regs arm he said, "i can play the guitar, i have less detentions than sirius, and ive never been in the forbidden forest."

"hmm," reg thought intently. "has to be never been in the forbidden forest. theres no way you have more detentions than my brother."

"right again my love," james beamed

he looked down at the boy tucked into his bed and snuggled into his side. he could feel regs warm body against his and he could hear his faint heartbeat. without even realizing it they were breathing in sync and becoming more and more sleepy every second

"tired?" james asked as reg closed his eyes

"very," regulus yawned

james pulled reg closer, "then get some rest."

james gave him one last kiss on the forehead before he closed his eyes and began to drift off to sleep

it was a picture perfect moment. two teenagers falling in love wrapped safely in each others embrace  as they forgot about every last worry in their hearts. what more did they need? what else could they ever want? if it were up to james, theyd have died right then and there before anything could ruin what they had

the last thing james heard was the soft sound of regs voice whispering to him

"i love you," he said