Falling for a mistake | Jeverus

Part 9

" I missed you." Regulus whispers and leans in for a kiss.

James complies and smiles into it, hands on Regulus' waist. His hands come up to cradle his jaw and James almost freezes.

The sensation feels good but reminds him of a few nights ago when Severus did the same thing. And this morning when he gave a goodbye kiss at the door.

" Want a drink?" Regulus asks and sits at the bar, taking James' hand in his.

" Yeah, a negroni." He replies and sits down across from him.

Regulus' hand stays in his as they order and James has a small smile on his face. They sat there for hours, talking and drinking until Regulus was tipsy and enough to lean in and kiss him out in the open.

" Let's go to a hotel." He whispers as he leans back and James mindlessly nods. He gets dragged to a hotel a few blocks away and doesn't even question the time.

By the time he sobers up enough to go home, Regulus is asleep in bed. He kisses his cheek and gives him a squeeze, apologizing that he has to go.

There was no way he could drive so he orders a cab and the whole ride home his head is reeling.

He has a headache, his body hurts and he isn't sure if he should even give an explanation to why he's so late.

He comes home at nearly 4 am, tired and stumbling through the threshold. He carelessly shrugs his shoes off and practically limps to the kitchen when he realizes there's light.

" You're home late." Severus looks back and he's sitting at the kitchen table with ice cream, watching something on his phone.

" Yeah...late night." James says and walks around him to see what he's watching.

" Murder documentaries?"

" Mhm."

" It's 4 am how could you have the courage to watch it this late?"

" Like how you have the courage to put your hickeys on display." Severus takes a spoonful of ice cream as James realizes what he just heard.

He rubs at his neck and turns to the glass cabinets to see his reflection. There's a bruise on his neck.

" Shit."

" You should tell Reggie to be more careful. If i was a woman you'd end up like this guy right here." He points at his phone screen with his spoon and James is almost unnerved.

Severus is unusually calm about this. He's always calm but this time it's almost like he's being....playful?

" You're not mad?"

" I finished a 16 hour open heart surgery today and they're gonna make a full recovery so i'm in a good mood." He smiled back at him and James nods.

James chugs water like there's no tomorrow and leans against Severus, watching his show over his shoulder.

" It's the aunt."

" What?!" Severus shrieks and James raises his eyebrows.

" It's so obvious."

" No it's the babysitter."

" The aunt had 24/7 access to the house." James argued and Severus rolls his eyes.

" She was allowed on the odd days. The babysitter used to take the kids on days long trips, of course it's the babysitter."

" The aunt has a grudge."

" The babysitter was having an affair with the father." Severus turns his body to argue with him and James' eyes widen.

" What?!"