the archer, regulus black

15- queen

irl!

"WAIT SO YOU grew up in india?" regulus asked.

"yeah. and we moved here when i was seven cause my dad bought a hotel in london. and my parents send me back most summers."

"growing up somewhere else seems cool," he leaned against the shelf behind him.

"i mean i suppose it could seem cool. but like i grew up in the poorer part of india, so i always thought it was nicer here," she moved a vial of gillyweed around in her hand.

he nodded. "that makes sense."

a wave of silence settled over them as they looked around the closet, unsure of what to do or say.

"um," gracie cleared her throat, "do you have any pets?"

"i have an owl named hades, but i've always wanted a dog" he answered.

"i don't technically have a pet, but there's this cat, i call him milo." gracie missed the way regulus tensed. "he's really cute, and i only ever see him when he wanders the castle."

"do you know who his owner is?" regulus straightened.

she shook her head, "i've been trying to figure it out, but he doesn't have a collar and no one's got a clue whose he is."

regulus decided to test out the waters, "what if he belonged to someone you didn't like?"

"i dunno," she shrugged, "i don't think i would care unless it was someone i really hated. like lucius, maybe?"

"makes sense." he nodded.

"i mean, if it was your cat," she joked, "i don't think i would care. but you don't have one, so there's no need for that."

"yeah," he rasped, "i don't have a cat."

...

"you really think the weird sisters are better than devil's snare?"

"yes," regulus scoffed, "clearly you lack the sensibility to recognise that."

"i just would rather listen to decent music over whatever you would call the music the weird sisters put out."

"and who's your preferred band?" he shot back.

gracie shook her head, "you wouldn't know them."

"try me."

"queen."

"like of england?"

"freddy mercury?"

"the planet?"

"the band."

"i don't know them."

"i told you so."

"whatever," he mumbled, "sounds stupid anyways."

"here," she moved to sit next to him, "i've got some loaded onto my phone."

"what is that?" the black looked disgusted by the device.

"an earbud. it goes in your ear so you can hear but everyone else can't."

"muggles are so weird," he mumbled as he put the earbud in.

"this is my favourite song of theirs at the moment."

"don't stop me know?" he read off her phone.

"mhm, two-hundred degrees, that's why they call me mister fahrenheit," she sang.

"i suppose this isn't too bad."

...

"pinch me," sirius said.

"i didn't mean it literally," he snapped at evan as he rubbed his arm.

"that's your fault."

pandora was ecstatic, "can't believe their asleep on each other again."

"listening to queen, of all things," remus mused.

"i will never let him live this down," barty moved closer to take an unclose picture.

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c speaks!

kinda not vibing with this story at all...

like i have plans for this book but like idk just regulus doesn't give off the vibes of someone who posts a lot

:))