"Regulus Black is never going to catch a break. He wants to bury his face in his hands and groan into them. The only reason he restrains himself from doing so is that the other figure skaters have started glancing over at him-probably wondering why the hell he's talking to a hockey player. Regulus would very much like to know too. Oblivious to everything else, James raises an eyebrow towards Regulus. 'I guess we'll be seeing each other around, then?' Seriously, how has James still not gotten the goddamn hint?" ~ ~ ~ When Sirius moves out, Regulus Black thinks that maybe James Potter will finally be out of his life too. Good. Competition season is coming up, and it'll be his first year at the junior level. As the upcoming skating star of the Black family, Regulus can't afford to lose-and the absolute last thing he needs is a hockey player to mess everything up for him. All he needs is for James to stay out of his way, and he'll be good as gold. James doesn't stay out of his way. And Regulus has a long way to go before he can even think about bearing a medal around his neck.

Regulus Black has a secret. Among the many secrets he hides, this one might lead to his end. He knows everyone's secrets, every hushed word, his gift leaving him with the knowledge of every hidden truth. But maybe that gift wasn't a gift, maybe it was a curse; a curse that powers his magic and rots his brain. People would call it an idiotic decision; deciding to try to take control over it. But Regulus Black was going to try regardless of what will happen. What will he do if the curse fires back, and starts to morph him into sick creature? What will he do when that one person, who is the sun in disguise, starts figuring his secrets out, one by one? OR Regulus Black was born knowing. __________ i do not own any of these characters. they all, unfortunately, belong to JKR.

Tyler doesn't fit in. Josh doesn't fit in. Tyler is afraid to go to school. Josh is afraid to go home. Tyler is in honours classes. Josh is in a satanic cult. Those kinds of parallels don't happen for no reason.

"Pressure to go strike out on your own Pressure to learn from being alone Pressure to not leave it for too long Before you find another heart where you belong." -Julia Jacklin (Pressure to Party) This book is an au of my other stories, Lividity and Creek Blues. The characters are exactly the same, except they've been to therapy and have a bit more stability in their home lives. It can be read as a stand-alone fic too!