Between Fine Lines

Seven

They had barely been at the Burrow for a week and Regulus had already wanted to punch Ron in the face at least three times. After obliviating her parents, Hermione and Regulus apparted from the house out into the middle of a field where Remus was standing and waiting for them. They went over a few important things about Regulus' backstory they had to go over, and a few appearance altering charms that Regulus needed to his appearance to prevent any older wizards attending the wedding from recognizing him.

Hermione thought carefully about his appearance as she murmured the incantation, his dark mark disappearing from his arm, and his hair which had been nearing his shoulders, Regulus had impulsively decided to cut that morning, ended making his hair a bit curlier, one errant curl just hanging down his forehead, reminded Remus of James during their Hogwarts years in a way. Hermione lightened his dark brunette hair so it was closer to a chestnut color, added some freckles to his face, mostly a light dusting across his nose, adding a fake scar along his neck to match the many scattered ones Remus had on his face from the injuries that came along with being a "werewolf". His cover story for the time being at The Burrow would be that he was a recently infected wizard, taken under Remus' wing to learn how to properly handle being a werewolf after being found during a very hush hush Order mission.

The only problem was, after all of that planning outside, they had forgotten to come up with a pretend name for the younger Black heir. So, as Remus had ushered Regulus and Hermione into The Burrow and they were immediately bombarded by Molly and Arthur Weasley greeting them, Regulus had no choice but to introduce himself with the first name that popped into his head- the name of Hermione's father and a man who he had formed a fantastic friendship with over the last few months.

"Richard, you can call me Rich," He responded to the introduction as he shook Arthur's hand.

Ron and Harry stood off to the side, knowing full well the young man next to Hermione was Regulus, but that still didn't stop Ron from coughing "dick" under his breath, an amused chuckle following it, Harry trying to hide a small smirk. Regulus had shot Ron a glare, his fingers twitching, balling into a fist at his side, knowing that he could not reach for Hermione's hand at that moment.

"Well we're happy to have you here, Rich, the more to help with this wedding set up, the better," Bill had clapped the boy on the shoulder. "And if you have any questions..." he pointed to the two scars that lined the side of his face. "I know a thing or two about wolfish tendencies," he added with a small smile before Fleur pulled him away to show him some decorations outside.

"Come on, I will show you around," Hermione had insisted, pulling on Regulus' arm to head toward a waving Ginny.
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The first few nights just seemed to be so...loud. Regulus felt like every time he turned around he was being introduced to another Weasley.

He kept confusing Fred and George until Hermione cleverly pointed out that they each had different freckle patterns along their nose... and that didn't make Regulus a bit irritated or anything, he most certainly didn't wonder why Hermione had gotten close enough to both twins to figure out their faces.

Then Ginny muttered it was kind of obvious... y'know- George missing an ear and all.

He needed some air.

That was how he found himself outside with Remus setting up tents for the wedding on day four.

"I don't know how you surround yourself with these people..." Regulus muttered to the werewolf as they separated out the different pieces of the tent.

"I can't believe you, of all people, have been doing things the muggle way," Remus gave his boyfriend's brother a cheeky grin as he used his wand to make the sorting of the pieces go faster.