james making it his main goal to make regulus laugh. but like, an actual laugh. the ones you have to go sit down or just straight up fall on the floor because you lose all strength and there are tears in your eyes and you're out of breath and you just can't. stop. laughing.
he has never seen regulus having one of those and he spends almost two months doing the stupidest things and trying out dozens and dozens of different jokes until he finally makes regulus laugh and he laughs alongside him and jumps around throwing his hands in the air celebrating like he just won the lottery and. and.
and he actually stops to look at regulus. his whole face had turned into the prettiest shade of red and his lashes are wet from where tears had slipped and he's breathing heavily and james' whole world collapses when he opens his mouth — probably to call him stupid once again — and his voice cracks and he just laughs more at it.
james has stopped laughing for a while now, but now he's staring at regulus and he's just as breathless as him.
Summer Medics for yall, cos I hate the heat and needed to project that onto my favorite doctors. Red is havung it worse and will die of heatstroke before he finishes that popsicle.