the moon and the stars| a hp fanfic

𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆

AFTER waking up from a nightmare, Harry tried to stop shaking, looking at the clock on his nightstand. It was three a.m, which meant that Cassius was probably asleep right now. But Harry needed him.

The nightmare had been the same one he was having for years: a green light, his mother's scream, and Voldemort shouting the killing curse.

It never failed to make Harry scared and lose sleep over it.

Harry stood up from his bed and walked out of his bedroom, hesitantly walking into Cassius' room, brows furrowing when he realized the boy was awake.

Cassius looked concerned as the boy walked into his room and closed the door behind himself. "Harry? Why are you awake?"

"Can I sleep here tonight?" Harry asked instead of answering, biting the inside of his cheek.

"Of course," replied Cassius immediately, patting his bed as a motion for Harry to come.

Harry walked over to him and laid down next to him, feeling himself relax as soon as the boy pulled him into his arms. "I had a nightmare," he answered the boy's question.

Cassius softly kissed the boy's forehead. "I'm here. Sleep, love."

And so Harry did. He fell asleep in his boyfriend's arms. The one person that made him feel safer than ever.

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"Reggie!" Regulus heard someone say while he was sleeping. He let out a groan and rolled to his side on his bed, not opening his eyes.

Someone shaking him made him groan again. "Regulus! Wake up!"

Regulus rubbed his eyes and opened them tiredly, looking at his older brother. "What?" He mumbled sleepily.

"You have got to see this," said Sirius, pulling his brother's arm and making him get out of bed.

Regulus merely let himself be dragged by him.

"I was wondering why they were getting along so well," started Sirius, looking excited and happy. "This is why," he then whispered, pointing to the two boys that were asleep in each other's arms in Cassius' room as soon as they were there by the doorway.

"Oh," Regulus said, not as shocked as Sirius. "I did have a feeling about this."

"They're so adorable!" Sirius whisper-shouted to his brother, eyes not leaving the two.

"No wonder Cassius seems happy," mumbled Regulus with a small smile, happy for his son.

"Harry, too." Sirius said immediately with a huge smile. "Get a camera! We have got to take a picture of this!"

Regulus let out a laugh, which alerted Cassius enough to open his eyes. The man winced when his older brother slapped his arm. Cassius, meanwhile, glared at them, then his eyes widened when he realized Harry was still in his arms and that the two men had seen them.

"Sorry," whispered Sirius from the doorway, not looking sorry at all as he closed the door to Cassius' bedroom.

Regulus shook his head with a chuckle again. "Merlin, Sirius, grow up."

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"They saw us?" asked Harry a few minutes after Cassius finished explaining what had happened before Harry woke up.

Cassius, who was still holding the boy, pulled him closer to his chest and nodded. "They did."

"Is that a bad thing?" mumbled Harry, closing his eyes again.

"No," replied Cassius truthfully. "I don't care even if the whole world knows. I want them to know, actually."

Harry smiled when he felt a kiss on his cheek, then on his forehead. "Good."

"Good." Cassius repeated, smiling when the boy opened his eyes again and looked at him. "You've got beautiful eyes."

"Not as beautiful as yours. They're grey."

"And yours are green. Much more beautiful than mine." Cassius shot back, kissing the boy's eyes.