occasus [regulus black]

𝐱𝐱𝐱.

Regulus landed in the hallway of their apartment and saw the doorknob twist. Estelle! It struck him so hard he almost screamed for her to stay inside out loud, instead he sent all of the silent protection and muffling charms he knew against the door. Making it impossible for her to leave the room for the next hour. All of that happened in the split of a second, before he turned around and saw his cousin standing there.

"Be a good boy and give it back to me." Bellatrix ordered looking at him with furious eyes. He backed away a few steps and held his wand a bit tighter. He could feel Estelle reaching out for him trying to use their connection, but he didn't let her.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he walked further back, away from the door he had just sealed to keep Estelle safe, "This must be a misunderstanding."

"You lunged forward and ripped my dagger from my body. I want it back!" She was now screaming and he could see the craziness reflect in her eyes.

Meanwhile, Estelle tried to open the door of their apartment to help Regulus, but every time she reached for the door knob, she burned her hand. Pulling it back, cursing from the pain she saw blisters all over it.

"Regulus!" She hit the wood as hard as she could but nothing happened. No one seemed to hear her and the door didn't even move a bit.

"Do you think you could just play dumb now? After you stole from me?" Bellatrix threw the first curse towards Regulus, but he dodged it quickly. Furious, because of that, Bellatrix was now shooting curses at him repeatedly. She was restless and only stopped, when the red light hit him in the chest and a gut wrenching scream tore from his throat.

"Regulus!" Estelle could feel his pain cutting through her brain as if it once had been hers. She now threw her whole body against the door but nothing happened, "It was me! He didn't do anything!"

Deep inside she knew that they couldn't hear her, otherwise Bellatrix would've made her way inside. Tears of defeat ran over her cheeks, after she hit the door with every destructive spell she knew and nothing happened.

"Please," Regulus laid on the ground after Bellatrix had hit him with the Cruciatus Curse repeatedly and was now clearly begging for mercy. It felt like his organs were on fire, being pulled outside of his body. His muscles were spasming and he wasn't sure if he could get up, if she would leave him there. Slowly Bellatrix approached him and kneeled down next to him. Her hand reaching forward, caused him to flinch, fearing that she would hit him, but she just traced his scar and smiled smugly.

"This was just to give you a taste of what is about to happen, when I don't have my dagger back by tomorrow," she stood up again and spit him in the face, "I never thought you were stupid enough to pull a stunt like that. Tomorrow little cousin, or you'll regret it."

These were her last words before she left him laying on the floor shaking and not able to control a single muscle of his body. The next thing he could remember were shaking hands searching for his pulse. He would've laughed if he had any control over his body. The hands started wiping something away from his face and he remembered that Bellatrix had spit on him.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I- I'm so sorry." Estelles voice was shaking and he knew her well enough to know that she was forcing back tears. He forced himself to move his hand towards hers and could hear her let out a relieved sigh at his movement. Then she took out her wand and tapped it against his head softly. Afterwards she could pull him up and bring him inside the apartment. He wouldn't have been able to move by himself, every muscle in his body was spasming and cramping.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." She kept repeating herself while her hand started mixing something inside a small vial and putting it on his mouth. Regulus didn't knew what it was but he could feel her worry and guilt so he gulped it down thankfully. Almost immediately he could feel the tension in his muscles easing a bit and the spasming getting less intense. Without a word he got up and walked into the bathroom, he could feel Estelles presence behind him but he wasn't sure if he could remain calm if he would talk to her now.