start by pulling him out of the fire and hoping that he will forget the smell. he was supposed to be an a n g e l, but they took him from that light and turned him into something ( hungry ), something that forgets what his hands are for when they aren’t shaking. he will lose so much, and you will watch it all happen because you had him first, and you would let the world break its own neck if it means keeping him. start by wiping the blood off of his chin and pretending to understand. repeat to yourself, 'i won’t leave you, i won’t leave you,' until you fall asleep and dream of the place where nothing is r e d. when is a monster not a monster? oh, when you LOVE it. oh, when you used to sing it to sleep.
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* @colovariias . ↷ ❛ REGULUS & AMELIA !
location. diagon alley. date. may 13th, 1979. status. closed.
FINGERS BURIED IN the pockets of his cloak, searching for that last bit of warmth ( it’s almost summer, he thinks, irritably. damn london. ) regulus peers into the window of quality quidditch supplies, almost wistful as he examines the newest cleansweep. not even a full year since he’s left hogwarts, and already he longs for the team. it’s not as if he can play with the elves, and the dark lord is shockingly ambivalent about quidditch. the thought of trying to convince him -- team bonding for his army, only with significantly less death than usual -- almost startles a laugh out of regulus. a last longing glance, a sigh, and he turns--- only to find himself a breath away from crashing into an auror.
❝ miss bones ! ❞ he looks, suddenly, as young as he is, fingers clasping helplessly at his side. the mark on his arm, hidden under two layers, almost seems to burn. ❝ my apologies. ❞
#this sucks pls know it's 12 am#i know this is gonna spit out at like 10 or w/e its queued#colovariias .#‹ ⁽ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵉᵇʳᶤˢ ᵒᶠ ᵒᵘʳ ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈˢᵗᵃᶤᶰˢ ⁾ ⑊ convos . ›
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* @rabastvns . ↷ ❛ REGULUS & RABASTAN !
location. number twelve grimmauld place. date. may 12th, 1979. status. closed.
THE TOUCH OF his mouth slants across rabastan’s own, hot and insistent, hands on the other man’s shoulders, neck, curled around the curve of his jaw--- and he is abruptly, terribly glad his mother and father are long since gone, off to some affair or another. he finds he hardly cares for the specifics, just for the blessed gift of privacy. well--- relative privacy, that is, but the dark velvet of the curtains is drawn over grandmother’s portrait, and the house elves have long learned that some secrets must be kept. regulus thrills in it, in this--- the slow curl of heat in his belly, the slick press of skin against skin. in having this, having him, something all his own. he’s not quite in love with rabastan. he doesn’t need to be. this is more than enough.
❝ not that i’m complaining, ❞ he murmurs, muffled against the hollow of rabastan’s neck, ❝ but is the sofa really the best place for this ? i do have a perfectly serviceable bed. ❞
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* @erosicrs . ↷ ❛ REGULUS & EVAN !
location. some random death eater hangout idk. date. may 12th, 1979. status. closed.
WHEN HE IS being honest with himself, ( a rarer occurrence than one might assume at first. indeed, much of his time seems spent lying to himself as of late. that he’s sure of what he’s doing, of what he’s done. that he isn’t scared, isn’t sad, that he is sure of who he’s become. father might call it pathetic, if he knew. a good thing, then, that they so rarely speak. ) regulus can admit--- he is not quite sure how to act around the rest of the dark lord’s forces. silly, perhaps, for how long he has been sworn to this life, but he finds he cannot help it. how many years now has he known rosier ? enough that he cannot easily recall, and yet the sight of evan makes him pause, fingers stilling around the neck of his bottle. ---it’d be remiss, though, to not even say hello. there are many things one can claim about regulus black, but never let it be said that he is not well - bred.
❝ rosier. ❞ brisk, polite, though the proof of his nerves lies in the shuffle of his feet, his hesitant smile. the man is enough his elder that regulus can’t quite bring himself to call him evan, so his surname will have to do. ❝ good to see you. how are you, and felix ? ❞
#okay we didnt plot so i just rolled w it BUT we can flesh it out more !!#also i just . love that hes felix's dad TRULY my favorite prefect#‹ ⁽ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵉᵇʳᶤˢ ᵒᶠ ᵒᵘʳ ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈˢᵗᵃᶤᶰˢ ⁾ ⑊ convos . ›#erosicrs .
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* GREVBACKS . ↷ ❛ REGULUS & ALICE !
date & time: may 5th 1979, evening. location: the ministry of magic.
he trespasses on holy ground, but there is stealth within a battalion of pristinely tailored suits. BAGNOLD’S elocutions result in a lip that draws rearward – taut like a bowstring – and razor-bared canines. werewolves and vampires are but two adversaries she’s struck, and both bite. though he’s been known to bark, a global radius of wanted posters prove his malevolent capabilities. there is a furor of dissent that security proceeds to quell, yet tongues permeated by wine lacerate over crystalline-rimmed glasses. a leathered flask is slipped from an inner pocket, its cap revolved twice, then raised to pursed lips. ❛ she’s going to find a lot more than just her name scratched off the ballot. ❜
SWEEPING CEILINGS, MARBLE halls ; every other smile carefully painted on. odd, that the ministry ball should remind him so much of HOME. ( a child weaned on poison, on ice, will find his peace in the cold. he watches his mother’s practiced laugh, and wonders just when he’d forgotten warmth. ) no matter, it is a blessing. he knows the role he must play. golden child, perfect heir, ever seen and never heard. lips pressed against cool cheeks, an aunt fussing over just how tall. when he takes his leave, he doubts they even hear his quiet goodbye. merlin -- he needs a drink.
❝ planning to share, greyback ? ---what do you have against her ? ❞
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* CARROWLY . ↷ ❛ REGULUS AND ALECTO !
i. date, april 1979. ii. location, knockturn alley.
high risk ? how utterly laughable . crook had practically doubled over at the sight of her . knee presses into unforgiving concrete , jagged expanse digging into bone . fingers , pristine and clean , curl into collar of felon’s ragged coat . free hand administers cracking blows to already roughened visage , her knuckles are bloodied and RAW . red sputters from thin , cracked lips . she revels in the sight . “ we take law breaking very seriously . ” she sneers viciously . corrupt is she , onslaught hidden behind position of authority . alecto rises from knelt position , aphotic gaze flickering to corner of alley where another had made themselves visible . imbrued hand brushes locks away from her face , staining side visage with a striking crimson . “ help .. ” felon sputters from ground , grisly appearance a telling sign of exactly what she’s doing . with a horrifying calm , the heel of her boot meets his visage , the cracking of what she can only assume to be his nose echoes almost serenely . femme stalks forward nonchalantly , closing distance between her and the other . full stop , lips slowly upturn into a chilling smile . “ can i help you ? ”
WERE HE A a different man, a prouder one ( like his brother, whispers a voice in the back of his head. it sounds, oddly, like their mother. ) he might have trouble admitting this fact -- alecto carrow, in all her glory, scares the merlin out of him. some may call it cowardice. regulus, for his part, prefers ‘ a healthy respect. ’ his hands raise above his head, the universal sign of surrender, of acquiescence. he may not enjoy the gruesome scene before his eyes -- never has, can never seem to take the glee in it so many seem to. were he a gryffindor, he may even think it a virtue -- but alecto will do what she pleases, and he won’t be the fool who interferes.
❝ what did he do ? ❞
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* FIIIREMADE . ↷ ❛ BROTHER MINE !
⚠️ / ❛ LITTLE BROTHER, WE ARE NOTHING BUT FADING CONSTELLATIONS / feat. regulus ( @littlckings· ) !! ❜ / 〉
DATE & TIME: APRIL 1979, 3AM. LOCATION: THE EDGE OF HIGHGATE WOOD —— NORTH LONDON.
HAVING WADED SO FAR INTO THE NIGHT THAT IT WAS CLOSER TO DAWN THAN DUSK, sirius orion black stood looking at the stars. in the deep hue of his eyes there flickered a flash of HATRED & SCORN ; expression falling & twisting & torn to reflect an unnamed & indefinable emotion that bordered somewhere between the melancholic & indignant. the STARDUST that formed these beautiful, glimmering fires in the sky —— cold & faraway ; at peace and out of reach —— was the very same stardust that fuelled the delusions of grandeur of the NOBLE HOUSE OF BLACK. named after stars and constellations ; every single one of them, as if their blood made them beings of purity & their name made them celestial. oh, how sirius black had grown to HATE the stars ( ! ) —— yet it was only under the safety of their black canvas cover that the young lion was able to embark on tasks such as these without risking his tediously cultivated armour and reputation of strength & carelessess & reckless abandon should anyone witness him ( the gentle, fragile creature tucked away in the crevice of his tender palms, sirius carried along a slight BOWTRUCKLE in his hands as he walked along the perimeter of the HIGHGATE WOOD ; making the sojourn to the edge of the forest of his childhood to return his companion home ).
TO HIS RIGHT there stirred a shift in the air —— the shuffle of disturbed fallen leaves & the creak of an old branch. brown eyes snapped over to investigate the noise’s source, and eclipsing the small slivers of moonlight that snaked through the trees, there stood a DARK FIGURE. BREATH CATCHING, blood freezing —— sirius drew his wand, aiming at the shadow’s neck ; the cover of night obscuring the nebula’s features. “ if you’ve a fondness for life you’ll reveal yourself now —— i’m a good shot. ” the soldier called into the night ; chords sharp & dangerous, hand unwavering.
he says nothing. night has fallen what seems to be all at once, wrapping close across his still form like a heavy cloak, like a vice, dark and silent and barely broken by a thin, pale sliver of moon. ( it had not yet been three when he’d startled into wakefulness, the torches unlit in their brackets and the cool marble underfoot dimmed with night, the path into highgate a black and soundless river that swallowed his feet to shadow as he had stepped from the back door. he is not yet sure what had called him into the wood. perhaps something in him had reached for sirius. perhaps something in him always will. )
❝ you are--- ❞ he says, and the trees catch the whisper to throw it back, you are you are you are. ---here. HOME. something aches like a fist inside his heart. the sliver of moon and the stars above, always just out of reach, are his only witness as he draws in a breath ; gathers his broken, jagged edges into something smoother.
the air is thick with almost - summer heat and things unsaid, pressing close enough that regulus can feel its tightness in his chest, and his b r o t h e r ’ s--- as distant and untouchable as the stars overhead--- wand is at his chest.
❝ do it, if you’ve got a mind to. i was always a faster shot than you. ❞ four years ago, of course.
#‹ ᶤᶰˢᶤᵈᵉ ʷᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ʳᵘˢᵗ ; ⁽ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᵉᵇʳᶤˢ ᵒᶠ ᵒᵘʳ ᵇˡᵒᵒᵈˢᵗᵃᶤᶰˢ ⁾ ⑊ convos . ›#reg: how do i deal with being :(#reg: i'll call him a coward and dare him to shoot me#fiiiremade .#okay tbh sirius can actually shoot him or not im down w both.
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* RABASTVNS . ↷ ❛ RABASTAN & REGULUS !
date & time: april 1979, 8:00pm. location: the white wyvern, knockturn alley.
perspired cobblestone remained glistening by the stain of evening rain, and accompanied, dense fog enveloped him. soaked in his dark-pigmented ensemble, black boots swept the earth’s surface with the reticence of swirling mists. he drifted, an assassin stalking his own shadow, along the familiar path toward an archaic establishment. the pub’s fortress existed beside those of sinister endeavors, its insidious exterior unfeasible to overlook. fragmented firebrick columns comprised its castled stability – what murky moats it lacked made up by its immorally corrupt occupants.
from his molten peripheral, there is a flash of neon viridescent. an obscured being exhumes the alley, is vanquished by a spectral of their own apparating retreat. the epoch is customary; executions linger at every hexed corner. in his department of the ministry, the hit wizard’s desk is littered with fugitives – a plethora of the dark lord’s knights await termination. another’s tread reverberates rearward, and the atmosphere retorts by conjuring up another saturating deluge. as he pivots on spined fulcrum, the white wyvern’s gateway is hindered by a sepia-hued notice: UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. the wizard snorts – of course they failed to remain inconspicuous. on an expelled breath, he remarks, ❛ so much for firewhisky. ❜
booted feet against cracked cobblestone, lazy rain drops beating a soft staccato in the background. from a grime covered window, an old witch leers. the more the wizarding world changes, the more knockturn alley stays the same. when regulus had been a child, the old street had frightened him, a little hand bunched tightly in his brother’s robes. now--- he is not so easily cowed. ( now--- he doesn’t have a n y o n e to hold on to. ) his footsteps slow, coming to a pause before the pub, his hands buried in his pockets for that last bit of warmth as he stares up at the sign.
the white wyvern. an institution of the alley, older than even he. where he’d had his first drink, the summer before his fifth year, sneaking off in a rare bout of rebellion while his mother mingled. and yet--- he cannot seem to muster up any sense of nostalgia, any hint of melancholy for days long gone. the look upon his face is almos a sneer. they’d have to have known that the ministry was on the hunt. desperate for martyrs to hang, as the dark lord continues to elude them. ‘ see ! ’ the words seem to boast, ‘ we’re getting somewhere. ’ if the wyvern’s people were fool enough to be caught, he has no doubt they had it coming. still--- it does put rather a damper on their plans.
❝ don’t tell me you’re giving up so easily, lestrange. i’m sure we can find a drink elsewhere. worst comes, we’ll filch my father’s stash. ❞
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* MERICMULCIBER . ↷ ❛ MERIC & REGULUS !
it’s anna koldings’ grimoire —- held together by a sliver of rotten deerskin, a few braids of hempen twine, and a primitive horse-shoe latch so rusted that it nearly turns to dust at his touch. it had been found a few leagues under the sea in a locked box off the coast of norway, obviously cast to the dreary depths by the men who had seen to the witch’s execution. despite its poor outward condition, many of the pages within are completely preserved by, what meric assumes, is a very potent, very old charm. so, amidst the soured pages ( no doubt personal entries forever lost to the salt of the sea ) and mottled scrawl of no consequence, are bouts of pristine calligraphy as clear and concise as the first hour they were written. spells, incantations, ingredients, curses, unfinished notes on alchemy, poisons.
“in the wrong hands, that little book can do a lot of damage, boss,” says artillius hencher through a mouthful of sugary biscuit.
“that’s all very well, but i don’t care whose hands it falls into. i care more about how much they’re willing to pay for it.”
the werewolf lifts a brow as his swarthy companion shoves an inappropriate amount of treacle toffee into his mouth. “we’re done.” the finality in his voice is indisputable.
as hencher leaves ( his ratty pockets lined with mulciber’s galleons ), meric takes a moment to flip through the soiled pages. his hands, wrapped in black leather, seem impervious to the swell of dark magic lapping at the edges of coiled parchment. it’s rare he keeps an uncovered treasure to himself, but it is the devil’s mother’s manifesto. the collector in him staunchly drowns out the needling voice of the greedy vendor.
flickering lamp light spills out into the damp streets, raucous laughter ringing as the door crashes shut. a muffled charm, and regulus’s rain - soaked hair dries, and once again he cannot help but marvel that the nearly tangible scent of alcohol hanging in the air yet hasn't set the place to flame. it is not oft he finds himself with time to spare, rarer still that he spends it in seedy pubs. the H E I R of house black must conduct themselves well, after all. but as the days drag on, the war looming ever nearer, the walls of the manor almost seem to close in--- pressing tighter and tighter till he can’t seem to breathe. kreacher will keep his secrets. he always does.
then, there--- at the back of the room. a familiar dark head bent over a book, the discreet exchange of coin. it seems, even here, he can’t quite manage to escape the dark lord’s reach. the smile on his face is a tad rueful as he makes his way across the rickety floors, but he goes all the same. at the very least, he should at least say hello. he is bred far to well for anything else.
❝ something interesting ? ❞
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guess who’s back, back again? i don’t know why i’m suddenly singing songs from when i was four, but i’m all out of clever vine references. now that ted’s out of the way, here’s all the juicy details on reggie black, the human personification of this vine. if you’ve forgotten in the two minutes since i posted ted’s intro, i’m teddy, ( nineteen, est, she/her ) and my discord is fuck this ‘shitsburgh’ team#6050 for all your plotting needs.
i. the basics.
the dark lord has targeted regulus black ! the muggles say he holds resemblance to thomas hayes. the eighteen year old male was vigilant & conscientious before the war, but has now become callous & pugnacious. though they were once a part of slytherin, they have now taken up the position of a socialite. whispers throughout the ministry claim that the pureblood is actually a death eater, but i wouldn’t report that to the daily prophet.
ii. the aesthetic.
cool marble halls, murky lakes. black coffee in the morning, firewhiskey burning down throats. midnight flights going nowhere, feet skimming over tree tops. a shining prefects badge, perfect owl os. crescent bags under hooded eyes, weary with more than simple fatigue, hands that shake in the morning light. a tight lipped smirk, a king toppling with checkmate, velvet sheets and chapped lips, crumpled letters, the melancholy notes of a piano song. a pale throat, a green tie twisted tight around a finger. nights in a drafty tower, a house elf awaking him just before dawn. gloomy forests, branching trees. bitten nails, a rough laugh, anger like a coal in his chest, the smoke thick enough to choke. porcelain tubs with claw feet, dark hair drifting upwards from under the water. black ink, black heart, black blood.
iii. the story.
this is how regulus enters the world – a baby’s cry splitting the air, echoing against the marble ceilings. there is little warmth to the way his father’s eyes sweep over him, assessing, to the sigh his mother gives. it’s barely minutes before a house elf sweeps him away.
the elder blacks are ever cold, ever fearsome. though his brother incurs most of their wrath, regulus learns quickly how to hide. at times, in the literal sense. a kitchen cupboard where kreacher will smuggle him sandwiches, in the dreary attic listening to the shouts from down below. at others, in plain sight. children will be seen and not heard, as his mother says. regulus doesn’t fidget, hardly speaks. a darling, a visitor calls him once. perfectly polite, he smiles.
the first words regulus ever remembers saying are ‘ sirius, don’t, ’ and that is largely indicative of the rest of his life. as a child, regulus is rarely seen away from his brother’s side. which is why, when sirius begins to rebel it shakes him so. regulus has never been lonely, before.
by the time regulus’s letter arrives, orion and walburga have all but given up on there eldest child. it falls to regulus, then, to make them proud. he should be happy, he knows, to buy his first wand ( rowan wood with a dragon heartstring core, twelve inches, supple ), to have a snowy owl in a cage. instead, he finds, he is mostly scared.
slytherin, to no one’s surprise, and the pleased letter from his mother is almost enough to forget the sight of his brother, all the way across the hall. he makes few friends, save his cousins and the pureblood he has known all his life, but he excels in classes.
in second year, he joins the quidditch team as seeker. dueling club in second, prefect in fifth, head boy the year he turns seventeen. the bags under his eyes are near permanent, and the nurse clucks at the way his hands shake, but to his parents – it’s not enough.
nothing is, until the day two weeks before his sixth year begins, when the dark mark is branded on his arm.
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