loveless; regulus black

ೃ⁀➷ xxviii. controlling

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ophelia and regulus didn't have the best track record when it came to parties celebrating james potter's birthday. last year, sirius—out of jealousy—made regulus think he and ophelia had done something in the gryffindor dorms. though that argument led to ophelia revealing some things, regulus hoped nothing wrong would happen today.

she's been moody and cranky for the past few days and no one knows why. actually, james knows but instead of telling any of her friends, he would just shrug and chuckle as he walked away. they've actually been hanging out a lot more lately, ophelia and james.

which is why it wasn't surprising to find ophelia having a drinking competition with the birthday boy a few feet away from regulus. venus and evan were somewhere in the red and gold common room, but he hasn't seen them since the four of them arrived.

"suck on that, prongs!" ophelia announced as she threw her cup on the floor, finishing the alcoholic beverage before her friend. she grinned as she used her sweater to wipe the spilled beer on her mouth.

james, despite loosing, still finished his drink and glared at his younger friend. "ever heard of letting the birthday boy win on his birthday?"

"now what's the fun in that, love?" the greengrass girl said as she shrugged, walking away from the potter boy who was being consoled by his girlfriend.

regulus didn't expect to be friends with lily evans, of all people. but when she had given him her notes on potions, the two of them started talking. they both liked the same book and lily even recommended him some more.

it appears that lily also knows why ophelia has been so cranky lately, however. because when the redhead and regulus makes eye contact, she simply gives him a knowing smile before leading james to the couch.

before regulus could interrogate the gryffindor girl, his mind went back to ophelia. 'where did she go?' he asked as he scanned the room. he halted when he saw her exit the common room, 'merlin's beard, what is happening with her.'

he moves through the sea of people, trying to catch up with ophelia. regulus doesn't know what kind of drunk ophelia is but he's a bit worried about unleashing a drunk ophelia to the entire castle.

"sirius!" ophelia said as regulus exited the common room. she was leaning against the wall, a grin on her face as though she were just named queen of the world. ignoring the pain in his chest, regulus placed both hands on her shoulders and was about to lead her back to their dorms when she spoke again, "did prongs tell you?"

"tell me what?" he felt bad for pretending to be sirius but he was dying to know what's going on with her.

"oh, he didn't tell you. shame, i guess you aren't best friends after all," she teased before she stopped abruptly, regulus almost slammed his nose at the back of her head. "my feat doesn't want to walk anymore."

regulus rolls his eyes before standing in front of her, hunching his back slightly. ophelia lets out an approving sigh before she lets him carry her using his back. his hands find her thighs and her arms wrapped around neck.

silence followed as the two of them walked towards the common room. "i love him."

he almost dropped her. "what—what?" and when regulus collected his thoughts, he added, "is that why you've been so cranky lately? what's so bad about loving him?"

"hey!" she swats his shoulder and he playfully yelps. "i haven't been cranky," she grumbles like a toddler who just got their toy taken away. "i just—i've said it before. i've said 'i love you' to you a thousand times over and look at us. i'm crying because i love your brother. it's so fucking terrifying. love is terrifying."

and then regulus understood. "because you hate things you can't control."

"thats me, the controlling bitch," a humorless laugh escapes ophelia as she leans her head against regulus'.

"i think it's nice how you know what you want and do whatever to get it."

a full minute of silence was regulus' response, and he began to wonder if ophelia had fallen asleep or not. but then she spoke a few seconds later, "you know... if i was given the ability to control who i married, i would have picked you," regulus smiled but remembered she thought he was sirius and his smile turns into a frown. he was about to drop the topic, tell her to sleep or something, but she quickly added. "would. like past tense, you know? cause i would go through every stage of heartbreak to realize that regulus black is the one for me.

"he's it. he's the shit poets write about."

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WOOOOOO !! everyone cheered!! this is def one of my fav chapters just bcos pan's confession

also, WTF i was editing this and there was sm missing words-