nobody's son, nobody's daughter (marauders band au)

CHAPTER TWO: back at that party, i was all over her

Regulus is in shock, he might actually throw up. Pandora grips his arm reassuringly. She's very good at soothing her friend.

Sirius looks at his younger brother. It's shortly after the show and they're sitting in the vip area, Sirius had just finished taking some photos with fans and saying hi to them. But stepped away to meet his brother.

It's been so long since they've actually seen eachother. And now that it's happening Regulus has no idea how to react.

Sirius looks him up and down before actually looking his brother in the eyes. He seems less shocked or just better at hiding it.

"Hey, Reggie...Uh-You look great. How are you?" he smiles in a way where you know he's being genuine.

Regulus looks down at his outfit, he dresses way different then he did before. He's wearing a t-shirt with The Cure's "Disintegration" on it, one of his favorite albums.  He's also wearing a pair of baggy black trousers with a chain on one side. He's not sure if they're his or Barty's because most of their stuff is similar sizes and styles, also Pandora's and Dorcas's hall closet is quite tight with both of their clothes in it. Last week Barty walked around in a sweatshirt for the entire day without realizing it belonged to Regulus and not him.

He's also wearing a cardigan that Dorcas crocheted for him. It's soft and warm. It's black with a few purple flowers and white stars on it. His shoes are black boots that he found at the goodwill bins, they're a little big though. He doesn't normally wear makeup but Regulus wore some black eyeshadow under his eyes and some contour to masculinize his face. He's got a rosary on (although it's Pandora's so it's pink) and a smaller necklace with a gold star on it. He looks good, but less gothic than he used to dress.

When Regulus identified as a girl he was pretty trad goth, except he didn't have a bats nest or wear white foundation. However he had almost everything else.

Regulus doesn't quite feel like his response will come out right so he just says he's fine and grimaces so it looks like he means it. What was he supposed to say? "I'm better than before but I'm off my meds and kind of homeless?" How would sirius respond to that?

"Good." Sirius says, "I've missed you."

"I've missed you too."

Sirius turns to Pandora, "It's Pandora now,  right? How are you?"

Pandora smiles, "Yeah that's it. I'm good."

Regulus forgot that the last time Sirius saw Pandora she had short curly hair that her parents wouldn't let go past her chin. And she exclusively wore white, pink, and green. Also at the time she went by her birth name because she couldn't change it without arousing suspicion.

Sirius smiles at her, "That name's so cute. I love it."

Pandora laughs, "Aw, thank you."

Regulus likes to think that Pandora lives in her own little world. She's often lost in her thoughts and feelings and sometimes forgets about other people being around her.

Pandora is fidgeting with her backstage pass that hangs around her neck on a lanyard. Suddenly Dorcas walks over with a very stoned Barty in her grasp.

Barty looks very delirious, his eyes are glossing over and he's got a huge goofy smile on his face. He also doesn't seem to care about either of those things.

"Hi Sirius," Dorcas says, then sighing with relief as she's been dealing with Barty since the show. "Sorry about him, he smoked some weed during the show."

Sirius hisses through his teeth, "They actually don't allow smoking in the stadium. But, lucky for you, I won't tell anyone."

It's now that Regulus is noticing how much more feminine Sirius looks now. His hips slightly curve and he has slightly thicker thighs. Is he on HRT? Sirius had publicly come out as genderfluid last year. However Regulus had no idea he was on estrogen.