Eternal Light | Regulus Black

Easter Holiday 1976

I was sitting by my vanity table. I tried different makeup styles with the makeup Ruby gave me. I tried on eyeliner while I hummed the lyrics to ABBA's Lay all your love on me.

It was actually harder to do the eyeliner than I thought and tried on various shades of lipstick. While I tried all of the products on, I daydreamed about my date with Peter. We hadn't had our first kiss yet, but I think once we get back to Hogwarts after the break, I'll steer us to that direction.

I surprised even myself once I realized that I really liked him. I had no idea where that would go, but for now, I didn't want to overthink it. It doesn't have to be forever and he doesn't have to be perfect for me. It's enough that in this moment, it felt right to be with him.

"I've had a few little love affairs. They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce. I used to think I was sensible. It makes the truth even more incomprehensible. 'Cause everything is new. And everything is you. And all I've learned has overturned. What can I do?

Don't go wasting your emotion. Lay all your love on me. Don't go sharing your devotion. Lay all your love on me." I sing loudly.

It was time to go downstairs for the lesson. I found Reg already warming up on the sparring room. Of course he would do something like that. I saw that Magni had dragged chairs and rope in the room.

"What's all that for?" I furrow my brows and gesture towards the chairs.

"Today, we'll have a different kind of lesson. You'll be tied up to these chairs and you need to learn how to get out."

"Great..." I say sarcastically.

Next hour Magni showed us multiple different ways of getting out of binds. It was hard to keep up and every so often I found myself looking over at Reg, instead of Magni. He was wearing a white T-shirt and slacks. His hair was ruffled and his silver chain necklace was visible from the back of his neck.

I tried to consentrate on Magni again but he was already done. He instructed us to sit on the chairs and he tied my hands toghether in the back so they were tied to the chair. He did the same for Reg. We were sat face to face, our legs almost touching.

"Good, now hopefully you paid attention, see you tomorrow," Magni said blankly and left. I gaped after him.

"But — what? He can't leave, what if we can't get loose?" I complain, looking at Reg wide eyed.

"We'll just have to figure it out," Reg calmed me down and started tugging at the ropes. I did the same and tried wiggling my way out.

"These are too tight," I complain after 20 minutes.

"You can't give up yet," Reg huffed while clearly struggling with his ties. I rolled my eyes and continued to try and open my ties.

"I don't know how to do this," I hiss annoyedly.

"Maybe you should have paid attention to Magni instead of staring at me," Reg stated smugly.

"I was not staring at you," I insist but feel a slight blush creeping to my face.

"I can hardly blame you, I certainly am more interesting than Magni's lessons aren't I princess?" He boasted, finally relaxing on his chair instead of struggling.

"Don't call me that," I hiss at him.

"What? Am I making you feel uncomfortable Princess?" Reg shrugged.