ᴏʜ, ʜᴏᴡ ɪ ᴀᴅᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ || 𝘑𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴/𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳
8 parts Complete 'I loved him.
Shit! I 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 him.'
~~~★ Starchaser // Jegulus ★~~~
♬ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs,
it's hard to accept love, that willingness to prioritise anothers well-being or happiness above our own even if we do not want to or are not willing to do so.
Regulus Black finds it unbearably impossible to accept that enamoured feeling that makes his chest ache and stomach dance especially when it's towards the popular and irritatingly optimistic:
❥ James Potter -> Brother Theif
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"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦." 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.
𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦, "𝘖𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦!" 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘥. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵."
𝘙𝘦𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, "𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥." 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
That was when they realised this wasn't going to stay casual...
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A/N: This is an old draft that I figured I'd just post 😭