When they both arrived at Hogwarts, bleary-eyed and souls in sorrow, not even the light of it could brighten their inner selves. Their friends were worried but they themselves looked a little bad. He spoke to Evan and Barty and they told them the same thing he had discovered at home. A shady politician.
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The days were endless, but the nights were even longer. He had nothing to entertain himself with, only his own thoughts. Thoughts that only made his heart race and he tossed and turned yet another time in bed with the purpose of falling asleep.
It did not work.
He often went to the astronomy tower, sat looking at the stars and wept silently. He would breathe in the cold night air and fantasize looking at the stars. Sometimes he would even read, but most of the time, he was alone. He was alone with himself.
And that sucked.
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It was one of those nights, when he was sitting in the tower, looking up at the stars once again. Suddenly he heard a noise, and before long James Potter was beside him.
-Can I sit down-he asked, shyly.
-Sure, why not- Regulus said, dryly.
-What do you do every night in the astronomy tower?
-What? well, um, I look at the stars, I guess.
-Do you want to go for a walk? -James said, smiling.
-Potter, it's the middle of the night, if the prefects see us....
-Who said they were going to see us? -James said, as he held up a bloody invisibility cloak.
Wow, Regulus was, wow.
-Okay- he said.
-Okay?! How many times have you seen an invisibility cloak? James was stunned, and Regulus loved that.
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They ended up under that cloak, all the way out of Hogwarts. Once outside, they sat down on the grass.
-Don't you think you can see the stars better from here?-Jamaes asked.
-Yes, they do,-Regulus looked at James in thought. For the first time since he'd arrived from the vacations at Hpgwarts he felt.... good. Almost happy.
James looked at him with a grin, gawking. He brought his hand up to Regulus', and grabbed his hand. Regulus was startled, and looked at James in surprise. He didn't understand. James knew who he was. He knew what he was.
Before he had time to react, James moved in very slowly, coming within inches of his mouth. One push and their lips would touch. Regulus' heart was going very fast. And then, James pulled away.
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Beautiful Boy (English)
FanfictionRegulus Black feels trapped in a body and in a house that doesn't feel like home. Since he was little, they taught him that he couldn't be the way he was. But when the time passes and he gets older, he chooses to escape. Escape from that body, that...
