Cigarette Daydreams - Regulus Black X Reader

Chapter 101 - February 1979

The months that passed held awkward conversations with my parents about my current situation and more fights with the DeathEaters as we all just made an effort to get on with it despite what had happened. What else could we do? I was coming to the end of my pregnancy which was both absolutely horrifying and exciting as I decorated the old nursery with Reg and my mum and went shopping with Lily picking out baby clothes. The boys waited on me hand and foot as much as I swore I was still capable, it was all futile. After a while, I learned to love breakfast in bed. Reg stopped by for a few hours most days, I did not insult him with the notion that he had anything to do with Marlene.
We were both afraid, that much was obvious, but when we were together, it didn't feel so bad anymore.

James, Lily and Remus had gone off for a DA meeting. My friends refused to leave me unsupervised these past few days so Sirius stayed behind with me. We were in my kitchen making cookies, well, he was making them. I sat at the breakfast bar and chatted with him while he did. I had been seriously craving cookies with ice cream to the point where he gave in and decided to become a chef for me. "I learned to cook very recently actually." He grinned over at me while stirring the mixture. "Remus will probably say I make an excellent house husband."

"Had you ever fetched your own glass of water in your life before you ran away?" I laughed. My hair was tied up in a bun and I was still in my pyjamas, even walking around the house was becoming so tiring I really couldn't be bothered for much. If I didn't have my friends and brother with me, I'd be bored beyond belief.

"Of course not. We had Kreature." Sirius chuckled and accidentally spilled half the mixture on the kitchen side.

"Go on house husband." I teased until I felt a cramp in my stomach like a sharp pain. I winced in pain and stood up feeling more contractions. "Sirius."

"What?" He frowned but his eyes widened in an unspoken understanding of what was happening. "Oh fuck! Fuck fuck fuck! Y/n what do we do?! Quick get on my bike I'll take you to hospital."

"No way." I chuckled through the discomfort. "I'm a healer I'll be alright. Can you get Reg?"

"Im not leaving you by yourself! I'll send a patronus!" He quickly put an arm around me and helped me up to my room, his pale complexion was translucent.

"No it's too dangerous." I shook my head, laying down on my bed. I winced in pain as another contraction kicked in.

"And leaving you alone isn't?!"

"Sirius what do you actually know about delivering babies? I heal werewolves for a living this will be light work. I promise." I assured him while he ran a hand through his hair nervously before I got up and went over to my dressing table. "Besides, delivering a baby can sometimes take a whole twenty four hours."

"Alright alright." He sighed. "What on earth are you doing?"

"My makeup." I shrugged while applying concealer to my eye bags. "I'm not going to look at state to see my Reg now am I?"

"Girls are so weird." He chuckled. "Right. Reg. I'll be two minutes you won't even know I'm gone."

"Stop stressing." I chuckled while putting on mascara. "I'll be alright."

Sirius nodded and ran out the door. I looked in the mirror and took a deep breath, preparing myself for the next twenty or so years of my life.

.・✫・゜・。..・✫・゜・。.

Regulus Black

The spot under the tree was somewhere that I found myself a lot these days but it was not the same knowing that I wouldn't ever look up from the book I was reading to see y/n walking up to me again. Once again, I had been left behind.