#caregiver!regulus

[tvbbosdarling]

HII BACK AGAIN :3 YES GLAD YOU CAUGHT ON TIMMYS MY FAVE ACTOR HEHE COULD U DO A REGULUS BLACK MOODBOARD??

Hello again~ Honestly I need to make a tag for you -^- it's kinda hard not too /lh plus you did mention it I just didn't realize how many of the ones you request would be him :3 not like I'm mad tho I love requests and his characters have a satisfying color scheme~ But on it !! Oh also credit to Babey.Crimes on Pinterest for the bottom right image :3

Caregiver Regulus Moodboard !!

Always makes sure he stays within your vision, always carries you with him or holds your hand- and if there's some place you can't go into, he makes sure to reassure you he'll be back soon and he gets in and out as quickly as possible. Clingy caregiver, also everyone probably assumes he'll call you like really cool pet names. Like, "My rebel" or "my little devil" or something, but he absolutely adores you and will call you the most gooey of pet names <3 Honey, Cutie, My baby.

[aew-kun-age-regression]

hii, I dunno if you still do them, or if you know about the marauders at all!

if you do, and it's totally up to you, can you pretty please (wif a cherry on tops) make a regulus black caregiver moodboard?

I think your moodboard are so super cute :')))

Hiii!!! I absolutely can and I hope this is okay!!! <333

[remusslove]

your writing is beautiful what about little!regulus doing bad on his exam and he gets teased by one of his friends so his mommy comforts him? i am a sucker for comfort

Teased ~ regulus black

Includes age regression, cg!reader, little!regulus, and tooth rotting fluff

“At least I got a 100% on my test” Evan teased. They were both walking back to the common room from potions class. Evan didn’t mean any harm to his light hearted jokes, especially since he was slowly slipping. Little did they know you were around the corner listening to their conversation.

You walked out of the corner causing regulus to perk up at your figure. “I don’t think your daddy will be quite impressed at you teasing Reggie Evan” you said with a raised eyebrow and causing Evan eyes to widen. “Was just joking” Evan pouted. “I know you were Evan. Now go, your daddy’s waiting for you in his dorm little one” you said dismissing him.

“You didn’t have to do that” regulus mumbled blushing crimson. “I know baby just get mad when people make my baby upset” you said simply. “Don’t tell Barty Evan didn’t mean it” regulus said holding your hand. You chuckled and planted a kiss on his cheek before walking into the common room.

Five minutes later regulus was on top of you wrapped in a blanket in the common room. He whined hiding his face in your shoulder. “Sowwy I failed my test mommy didn mean to” regulus apologized softly. “It’s alright love you can retake it I’m not mad at you” you reassured him. He smiled warmly at your words listening to his friends conversation. “Your such a good boy for me baby” you praised.

His heart fluttered at the praise he was receiving. You wrapped your arms around his waist causing him to giggle as he felt butterflies forming in his stomach. You grinned placing a kiss on his cheek.

[honeybeewritings]

floor time{r.b.}

✰ 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: none but let me know if i should tag something :D

✰ 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: caregiver!regulus black x little!reader

✰ 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 300 words

✰ 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: you lay on the floor with regulus and watch cartoons and color!!

✰ 𝐀/𝐍: for @mad-elia and everyone whoe needs a little floor time in their lives and wants someone to spend it with, i got you all in my hands and i hope you enjoy 💖

you were laying on the floor and watching your favorite show with reggie! he wasn't laying next to you though but that's okay!

he was still with you and that was enough to make you happy.

"reggie?" you asked, making your way toward him.

he looked down at you, giving you his full attention. "what up sweet pea?"

you held up the page you had been coloring and smiled. "look! it's a... it's a puppy! like uncle siri!" you said proudly. "and instead of black it's yellow! see?"

reggie got down on his knees next to you and took the page. "can i give this to uncle siri?" he asked, even though he knew what you were gonna say.

you nodded your head excitedly with the biggest smile. "lemme put ma name on it!"

you got a bright marker and wrote your name across the top. "see reggie? i did it!" you squealed.

reggie took the page and put it on the coffee table. "good job sweetheart! uncle siri's gonna love it," he smiled.

you yawned and reggie got you a new blanket to put over you and got your favorite stuffie.

"bagels!" you squealed when he handed it to you.

"yep! just to protect you."

"don' need bagels to protect me, got you." you yawned again.

reggie laid down next to you and closed his eyes, putting an arm over you.

"night reggie."

"night sweetheart. did you have fun during floor time?"

"uh-huh."

"good. sweet dreams hon."

you closed your eyes and felt reggie cuddle into you. "wub you."

"love you too."

[goldenromione]

I saw your post about Lily and... PLEASE go into the stuff with this fandom and mothers. I feel like they erase everyone who doesn't fit in with their ships, and the result is that Nymphadora/Lily/etc get zero credit

Fandom loves to reject the idea of a nuclear family. This is perfectly fine - we need more representation of other types of families: single parent, same sex parents, grandparents as primary caregivers, etc.

The issue is that (9 times out of 10) fans will sacrifice the female characters in order to entertain these "alternate" timelines.

Lily is moved out of the way so James can explore his gay feelings for Regulus. Regulus will replace Lily as Harry's mother. Andromeda is killed off so that Harry (who never married Ginny) can be a single dad to Teddy. Tonks is ignored completely in favor of Wolfstar. And more.

In other cases, the mothers are vilified. Lily resents having a kid at such a young age. Molly becomes someone with malicious intent, who only used Harry for fame. And Walburga is turned into an abusive, evil woman with no redeemable qualities.

[spiderversesys]

Who are we?

We're a DID system of, known so far, 15+ alters including the host. The body is dating someone and we are medically recognised, our therapist is just cautious to diagnose us.

Things to know about us

The host has some disorders like Rheumatoid Arthritis and Autism

We either have long gaps between switches or multiple a day

We do know technically all of us are autistic, a lot of us aren't heavily impacted by it and don't want to say we're autistic when we don't really experience much of it. Hence why the HOST (which we're saying because we were told was proper) is autistic. All of us technically but some of us hate labeling ourselves as it

Yes we aren't fully diagnosed, our therapist is making sure we're not in a psych ward

Who all's in the system?

Regulus (🌌)-Host, fictive of Regulus Black

Lucifer/Lucie(👹)-Protector, Trauma Holder, fictive of Lucifer Morningstar

Valkyrie/Val(👼)-Protector

Jezebel/Jess(👻)-Trauma Holder, Protector

Alex(🌋)-Fictive of Alex Halprin

Apollo (🌞)-Caregiver

Derek(🔨)-Protector, trauma holder, fictive of Derek Morgan

James (🍶)-Little

Lewie(🐺)-Caregiver

Magnus(✨)- Trauma holder, fictive of Magnus Bane

Mike (🐻)-Anger holder, trauma holder, fictive of Mike Afton

Peter (🕷)-Protector, teenage, fictive of Peter Parker

Phonix(🔥)-Trauma Holder

Sarah(👗)-Trauma Holder, teenage, all feminine traits/parts that were traumatized with

Spencer (📚)-Protector, fictive of Spencer Reid

AIDAN (💻)-Nonhuman, protector, fictive of AIDAN from Illuminae Files

Will(🤕)-Trauma Holder, fictive of Will Solace

As you saw we have a lot of fictives, the only way the host really knew how to cope was to hide himself in books and shows, leading to them forming

DNI

Fake claimers

Homophobes

Transphobes

Radqueers

People who hate alters based on sources

TERF's

Endos/Endo supporters

Bullies

Assholes

We're happy to meet y'all!

Editing to add this on: Yes only some of us are affected by things like autism. Please for the love of anything you believe in, please don't try to come tell us we don't actually work that way. A lot of us are fictives which means we don't all have the same things and unless you provide us an academic study, please don't try to. We don't have the time or energy to argue this-✨

[ninety-two-bees]

kit's marauders masterlist

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about me!! they/she. 21. student. environmental/geological researcher. very passionate about james potter. gaeilgeoir (irish speaker). neil josten variant. really bad at shutting up.

ao3 ☼ microfics

my completed fics

and morning comes (not knowing it will come again) — [M | 3/3 | 13.8k words | regulus/james] — regulus attempts to take his own life and ends up in a coma instead. an exploration on grief and mental health and healing

and love was the only thing assumed — [M | 1/1 | 1.7k words | regulus/james] — a oneshot sequel to amc. regulus walks sirius down the aisle at his wedding

all this rot tastes just as sweet — [G | 1/1 | 1.2k words | regulus/james] — oneshot sickfic with caregiver james

my ongoing fics

inertia — [E | 5/40 | regulus/james & remus/sirius] — marauders dystopian au. james is just trying to keep his best friend alive, and somehow becomes the face of a deadly revolution

until one of us forgets — [E | 1/? | regulus/james & harry/draco] — jegulus raising harry vigilante au. harry has been brainwashed into working for the enemy, and his dads try to get him home safely

your life begins by leaving (and our love is stored in the letting go) — [E | 1/? | regulus/james] — james convinces regulus to run away from his wedding, and the two of them take a roadtrip across the US

be good to me (i beg of him) — [E | 1/? | regulus/james] — smutty age gap au, ft. single dad james (taken down for editing)

other

my microfics

my writing snippets

ask me anything here or find my ask box on my profile <3

[strawbabys-blog]

Hi I have one-shot request, regressor regulus (1-4 age range) and CG James, in which regulus regresses because of trauma and stress and James gives him CG cuddles

Ofc!!!! Baby reggie is such a cute concept istg! Ty for the request <333

Baby Black

"Reggie!" James shouts in his usual cheerful manner, slinging an arm around the younger Black brother as he spots him in the hallway, "How's my favourite Slytherin doing?" He asks. James and Regulus had gotten very close over the last year, Regulus had eventually followed his brother out of Grimmauld Place and straight into the welcoming arms of the Potters. Of course that included James, who was like the sun to Regulus, always filling him up with light. James had naturally taken on the role of Regulus's caregiver, he was naturally inclined to take care of the people around him. The first time Regulus has regressed and stumbled crying through the house to find James and Sirius, James had found him and held him and kept him safe. So the next time it happened Regulus went to him again... and the next time, and the next time and every time after that. Their relationship quickly progressed from platonic to romantic (outside of Regulus's headspace of course) and after a brief period of horror from Sirius ("James you brotherfucker!!") The pair were accepted by pretty much everyone with ease.

"I'm fine," Regulus says, it had been a long day and he really wasn't feeling up to going back to his dorm, the older kids hated him ever since he'd left his parents house. James frowns at his tone.

"Are you really or are you just saying that for my benefit?" He asks, raising his eyebrows. Regulus sighs, looking up at James with tired eyes. He pouts.

"Can I come to the Gryffindor common room for a bit?" He asks. James face breaks into a smile.

"Of course you can Reg," he says, "do you need to...?" He doesnt need to finish for Regulus to get it.

"Maybe, but later, the older kids were being dicks again," he says. James frowns again, it was well known at this point that the older slytherins had taken to harassing Regulus in the halls when he was alone, so much so that the Gryffindor's take turns walking him places when they can.

"Okay," James says, his arm slipping down to link with Regulus's, leading him back to where the other Marauders were waiting, "We've got a visitor," he announces to the other three. Sirius grins.

"Brilliant! I've missed you too much Reggie, it's been painful," Regulus laughs and rolls his eyes.

"I saw you at lunch," he says.

"Far too long," Sirius says with his usual dramatic flair that sends the other boy's laughing too.

"Come on you lot," Remus cuts in, "Let's be getting back, the girls will wonder where we are,"

"I think they've lost hope in us Moony, they'll think we're doing something we aren't supposed to, as always," Peter says.

"Well they'll wonder where I am," Remus says with that signature smirk that has Sirius swooning while James hits Remus's shoulder.

"Rude! They love us," he says incredulously. Remus rolls his eyes.

"Siruis, can you stop with the goo goo eyes, I'm going to be sick," Regulus says, looking at Sirius's lovesick expression with disgust. Sirius turns to him, sticking out his tongue.

"Payback for every time I have to see you thirst over my best mate," he says. Regulus flushes red and James takes the opportunity to put his arm around his shoulders again, grinning teasingly.

"Reg, you've gone all red, do you have a temperature?" James says, innocently, knowing full well that he's being a dick. He glances around for a moment, deeming the coast clear he leans in and gives Regulus a peck.

"Oh for fucks sake," Sirius groans, leaning into Remus as if he's just been fatally wounded, "could you wait until I'm not around to suck faces with my baby brother?" He groans from Remus's chest.

"Oh fuck off Pads, that was as PG as kisses get," James says.

"You're just using it as an excuse to cuddle up to Remus," Regulus says. Both the boys flush red and Sirius pushes away from Remus, turning to flip Regulus off.

They continue their playful teasing as they walk up to the common room, James's hand not leaving Regulus's until they reach the portrait hole, where he helps him step in.

Regulus was determined to hold of his regression for as long as possible, he liked hanging out with the older Gryffindor's when he was big and wanted to stay for as long as possible. But being looked after, even in a small capacity, was really making things difficult.

"Reggie?" James questions, "are you okay?" Regulus nods absentmindedly, humming a confirmation, "Alright, let me know if you need anything," he says, kissing the boys cheek as he drags him to sit on an armchair in the common room.

Regulus floats in a bit of an in-between space as they hang out together, leaning against James contentedly as the Gryffindor's around him chat to each other. James seems to catch on to Regulus's drifting headspace and after a while he nudges him.

"Hey Reg, do you want to go on a walk?" He asks. Regulus's eyes light up at the thought of spending time with his caregiver and he nods happily. James turns to the group, "I'm gonna take Reggie on a walk, we'll be back later," He says. Sirius bounds over, giving Regulus a kiss on the head and a hug.

"Stay with Jamie, yeah?" He says, smoothing down his brothers hair. Regulus nods.

"Mhm, stay with Jaime," he parrots.

They say a quick bye to the rest of the group before heading back out the portrait hole.

Walks like these had become somewhat of a thing between the two boys, no matter what headspace Regulus was in. They make their way down to the great lake, walking around the path surrounding with their hands interlinked, chatting a little.

"Are you slipping?" James asks. Regulus thinks for a minute.

"No, I nearly was but I think it's cleared a bit," he explains. James nods.

Suddenly there's a rustling from behind them and both boys whip around to see people stood behind them.

There was three Slytherins stood looking personally offended just at the sight of the two boys. Malfoy and Snape were at the front, wands already out, while Narcissa hung back a bit, glancing between the two boys.

"Can we help you?" James asks, stepping in front of Regulus slightly.

"Just going for a walk," Malfoy answers, "that's allowed isn't it?" James raises an eyebrow, "Oh don't flatter yourself, what would we want with a couple blood traitors?" Regulus could think of plenty of things.

"Right, well we're heading back now," James says, grabbing Regulus's wrist and trying to pull him past the two boys. Malfoy stops him with a hand on the shoulder.

"Don't let us ruin your night," he says. Snape takes a step towards Regulus and James blocks him with his body.

"Jumpy, Potter," He drawls, peering around James to sneer at the younger boy. Regulus had frozen in place, resisting the urge to clutch James's arm, suddenly the idea of showing any form of weakness felt sickening. The voice of his mother rings in his head.

"You are weak! Disgusting! Get up!"

James steps closer to Snape, sheilding Regulus from his view again.

"Leave us alone," he says, reaching back to give Regulus's arm a reassuring squeeze. Malfoys eyes zero in on the small interaction and he scoffs.

"Can baby Black not look after himself?" He spits. James eyes flash angrily, attempting to shoulder past the two.

"Okay, we're going now," he says. Snape goes to grab Regulus, who whimpers and flinched away, but Narcissa clears her throat.

"Let them go" she says, voice clear and strong. Malfoy looks at her, confused, but something in her expression must make hom fold because he turns to Snape and nods.

"Love has made you weak," Snape hisses, begrudgingly letting go of Regulus and stepping aside.

James wastes no time, grabbing Regulus's arm and speed walking away from them, nodding to Narcissa as they pass, a brief moment of understanding passing between them before the two boys disappear back into the castle.

James stops in the entrance, turning to look at Regulus.

The boy looks wrecked, tears streaming down his face, eyes wide in shock and fear. James immediately knows that Regulus was reliving some none too pleasant memories.

"Are you okay baby?" He asks. Regulus whimpers, headspace immediately plummeting after teetering on edge, "How's about we go up to bed?" James asks. Regulus nods, reaching his arms forward and making a grabbing motion.

"Up," he whines.

Snape and Malfoy were bad enough but the sight of Narcissa had thrown Regulus right back to that house, to his mother, to the unspeakable things that happened to him and his brother. Regulus needed comfort right now. James smiles and scoops his baby up and Regulus immediately tucks himself into his caregivers neck, immediately soothed by the physical contact.

"I've got you baby," James murmurs, walking up to the common room.

They climb through the portrait hole and James gives a quick gesture to the boy clinging to him and that's all the explanation their friends need, letting them go up to bed without another word.

"Baby boy," he gently puts the boy down on the bed, feeling a tug on his heart as Regulus makes a noise of protest, "I know, I know, I'll be right back, I'm just getting you some clothes," he murmurs, Regulus pouts but nods. James quickly rushes to his drawers, pulling out a soft jumper and some shorts before going back to his baby.

"Daddy," Regulus mutters, grabbing hold of James shirt and tugging.

"I know baby, let's just get you changed and then Daddy will come cuddle," he says, making quick work of helping him change before pulling off his own shirt and climbing into bed, arranging them so that Reggie is layed comfortably on James's chest.

"M'sorry" Regulus murmurs. James was used to this, Regulus tended to feel like a burden whenever he regressed, it was rare that he slipped without apologising at least once.

James moves his hand to run through Reggie's hair, looking down at him.

"None of that baby, you have nothing to be sorry for. This helps me too, remember?" He says. Reggie screws up his nose adorably if James does say so himself as he thinks, before huffing and nodding a little.

James smiles and pulls Regulus a little closer, running his hand up and down his back to comfort him as he plays with the younger boys hair. Regulus buries his face in James's chest and makes a content little noise in the back of his throat. James thinks that if he were a cat he'd be purring.

He wants to talk to Reg about what happened earlier but he's found that Regulus isn't great at talking when he's little, that's something for him and big Reggie to talk about, so instead he watches as Regulus's eyes slip closed, his breathing slowly evening out into slow steady breaths.

Only once he's sure that Regulus is sleeping does he let his own eyes close.

[hpdabbles]

Hey! Is there a chance to continue " jewel of wool's orphanage"?

Would the blacks find out about regulus and take him?

What would happen when he gets to Hogwarts?

When will reg find out that tom is actually Voldemort??

Life at Wool's Orphanage was better than Regulus thought. Yes, they had very little in earthly possessions, and the roof over their heads didn't keep the elements out as well as it should, but all in all, Regulus found that the dynamics were close to the Slytherin Common room.

Meaning he was excellent at handling his surroundings.

The first hurdle he conquered was the caregivers, specifically Ms. Cole, who held no sympathy for the children. He quickly realized that she chose to work in this institution because muggle women didn't have many options in the workforce, unlike the magical one, and she liked to be praised.

She glowed whenever someone mentioned how "brave" and "strong" she was for taking on the heavy burden of dealing with the worthless brats of society.

In the muggle world, orphans were seen in the same scorn light as Squibs were. They were to blame for their misfortune and would likely amount to nothing because of it too.

So the way to make her look better and gain her approval was to play up his physical age and publicly thank her for everything she did for him. He was careful to not come off as a boot licker, but before long, Regulus would join her in errands, sweetly telling the muggles who watched them how amazing it was to be saved by Ms. Cole.

His perfect mannerism was a product of Ms. Cole.

His perfect speech was a side effect of Ms. Cole.

Ms.Cole was the reason little Regulus was like a doll. And oh, how she adored the way muggles congratulated her for everything that made him.

If only he wasn't a pennyless orphan, Regulus would be the perfect young boy. The muggles whispered to each other as he held the door for others, smile sweetly, and followed Ms. Cole like a little duckling.

She adores that he did what she said and when she said it. Never noticing how strangely intelligent, he was for being able to keep up at the tender age of three. The rest of the caregivers quickly picked up he was one of her favorites- a majority were orphans who, upon aging out, returned after not making it out in the world and bitterly took jobs in the hell hole. They acted slowly but surely, treating him better to not earn the headmistress' wrath.

They all remembered what happened when the Headmistress of Wool's lost her temper and had the scars to prove it. It was better to treat Regulus like a naive little prince- likely thinking him too stupid to be of any actual harm.

Regulus knew this would cause the rest of the orphans at Wools to become bitter at the favoritism, just as the other Slytherins had been when he first joined the Quidditch team. In Slytherin, he had the House of Black to fall onto and keep himself safe from their jealous sneers but in Wool's, he had to make do with what he had.

That came in the form of carefully placed kindness.

The other children didn't have to steal from Regulus. No, the boy gave his things away but never without a price. He watched the children and saw what each could offer for trade and what they needed before the child realized it themselves.

For example, Billy, who clutched his pet rabbit as his only emotional support, did not notice his rabbit was growing too big and would need a new pen. He had given one of the older girls a stylish scarf, gifted to him by one of the nuns Ms. Cole likes to flaunt him in front of, in exchange for her large shoe box. He then filled it with newspaper, stuffed it with hay from the stable, and approached Billy, offering the "bunny bed" to the boy's delight.

They had never spoken before that, but it meant that his bunny bed seemed much more genuine. Billy happily placed his rabbit in the box and named facts about the animal while Regulus smiled and listened.

Not once did he tell Billy to shut up, roll his eyes, or make the boy feel stupid for his love of rabbits, and that endured him like no other to the muggle child.

Later when Regulus mentions how fantastic the ribbons that decorated his room are, Billy thinks nothing of giving some to him. He seemed unaware of the uneven trade because it wasn't in the other boy's mind.

The ribbons were Regulus' gift for being so thoughtful.

A gift he then used to make Sally's hair look spectacular for her school dance, his tiny fingers still able to do the hairdos of the aristocrats. When he convinced her to let him do her make-up, he had turned a dull girl into a beauty. She returned with a bright smile, a filled dance card, and a little surprise teddy bear as a thank you.

That toy found its way to a nine-month baby in the nursery, who had been struggling to fall asleep, keeping everyone up with her constant wailing. One well-placed teddy to hold and a sweet lullaby had her slumbering and, more importantly, making the nurse in charge of the room internally grateful.

Soon Regulus developed a reputation for being thoughtful. He listened to everyone, was kind to everyone, helped anyone, and he become a well-respected boy at the orphanage.

It also became an unwritten rule that Regulus was a neutral party. No one bothered him because he was on friendly terms with every clique and power. Of course, he wasn't a leader of anything, but the other kids would stand up for him if anyone tried to bully him.

After all, how could they be mean to Regulus? The boy is so kind.

He was always willing to help when needed, crafting the image of a harmless little pushover without anyone the wiser that he was carefully manipulating them to his advantage. Three years since his arrival, no one had noticed.

Well, nearly no one.

"Nuse Jane thought a box of chocolate would mean you come back to change diapers for her, didn't she?" Tom asked, placing Regulus in his lap and peering at the small box the head nursery nurse had passed him that morning with a wink. "No wonder she can't get anyone to marry her. She's stupid."

"She has her usages. Manipulation is not one of them." Regulus sighed, allowing the strange muggle-born to bury his nose in his hair and smile against his skull.

Since meeting that fateful night in the nursery, the two had been roommates and nearly inseparable.

Oh, others tried to pry them apart but accidents tended to happen to them not long after. It was no secret that Tom was the cause of them even if there was never any proof.

The fact that Regulus was the only one who could curve his violent outburst only further made him more liked to the rest of Wools.

He needed to figure out what to make of Tom.

The boy was gifted when it came to magic, ridiculously so, already having control over it far better than most adults.

The three wandless spells Regulus taught him were so easily mastered that Tom took it upon himself to learn different kinds independently. The scary part was that he succeeded, having uncovered Lumos and a color-changing charm on his own, after spending weeks concentrating enough.

What could he accomplish with proper training? With a wand? Obviously, Tom wouldn't go on to make much of a name for himself since Regulus could not recall a single Tom Riddle, but he was useful now.

If he was honest with himself, Regulus also liked having another wizard about, even if it was a muggle-born.

Tom seemed to adore showing Regulus his progress, but the time traveler noticed that the muggle-born treated him much like a toy. In Tom's eyes, Regulus was a shiny plaything, and he wasn't sure if that was healthy.

Tom's crush on him may be less so. But Regulus grew up in the House of Black- healthy relationships weren't common there, and he didn't mind the boy's feelings so much.

It was nice to be someone's obsession.

"Regulus!" Billy yells, breaking the peace by throwing open the door without knocking. At once, he felt Tom's magic swirl in displeasure, so he quickly leaned back into the boy and clamped a hand on the arms around his middle.

Tom settles again, but likely glaring at the intruder, who looks pale.

"What is it, Billy?" He asks carefully, making his voice soft but sharing his articulation. It usually makes the other orphans listen to him faster.

"You won't believe it," Billy says after a moment, his eyes wide. "A pair of men arrived claiming to be looking for you!"

"For me?" Regulus tilts his head. "Why?"

"They think they're your family! A mister Marius Black with his father, Cygnus Black, saw your picture in the Christmas choir and came as soon as they could. They're speaking to Ms. Cole now." Whatever fear of Tom quickly disappeared as Billy hastily threw open their closet, taking out Regulus' church clothes- the best he owned. "Quickly, you have to change! They may take you home with them if you can impress them enough."

For Merlin's sake, they found him? After putting so much effort into securing his place in Wool's Orphanage, the house of Black was trying to exploit him again?

"They're wrong," Tom hisses, his voice dipping into the perfect imitation of a snake. "Regulus is mine. He's not going anywhere."

"I'm comfortable with that," Regulus tells him, snuggling closer. Tom's silly crush is perfect in times like these. He blinks big eyes at the boy, whose cold expression slowly melts into a blush. "Will you hide me, Tom? I don't want to go away."

As predicted, Tom folds faster than wet paper. "We can hide you in the backyard shed. Hurry."

"But Regulus! Mr. Black could be your father. you could leave!" Billy protests, but the two are already running down the hall. Regulus' tiny six-year-old legs are no match for Tom's fast stride, and sadly that is his undoing.

"Regulus is Wool's jewel. The boy could do no wrong, I assure you, sirs- oh, here he is now!" Ms. Cole says when she rounds the corner with two men behind her. Tom skits to a stop before colliding with them, but Regulus is not as lucky, crashing into the legs of once great-grandfather Cygnus Black.

The worst part was that he landed on a magic stone the man was wearing as a ring. A stone meant to glow when near family magic. Likely a test to see if Marius has produced a magical child after all.

One he just unwillingly passed.

"Marius, my son, you have found my grandson." The aged man says, hiding the glowing ring before Ms. Cole or Tom sees it. The Squib's face lights up, kneeling to stare at Regulus like he is his salvation.

And Regulus is his salvation because being called son after being disowned meant the disownment was officially over. Marius has just earned his way back into the Ancient and Noble House of Black.

"Hello there, son. I've been looking for you everywhere." Marius says in a fatherly tone, and it's so different from how he had first sounded when his whore mother dropped him off on his doorsteps three years ago. It's upsetting.

He knows deep down that his body is still young, and he can not control all of his emotional outbursts because of it. The anger he feels for this squib trying to take advantage of him so their so-called family can give a flying crap about them is enough to have his magic's careful control slip.

He feels a tingle around his scalp and the three adults mouth's drop.

Ms. Cole gasps in horror. "What in the world?! "

A strand of hair falls into his eyes, and Regulus is about to push it out of the way when he notices an alarming change.

His hair is an angry red, not the raven black he has had all his life. Both of his lives.

"A metamorphmagus." Cygnus breaths, hand over his chest and smiling widely. "Marius, you sired a metamorphmagus."

For fuck's sake, Regulus did not want to deal with any of this.

[cuddlebugsirius]

honestly I totally agree with anon who talked about caregiver Sirius!!

Like he is the oldest brother it's in his blood to look after someone he loves and make sure they had enough water & sleep & food though the day. He remember to reminds Remus about idk his vitamins or a cup of water in the morning for example

He always have take out coffee for Remus (and Lily too!!) when he is still at work while Sirius is already done. Sirius stops by the Atelier to give it to him and ask Lily to make sure that Remus goes home no later than he should today and then he go on about his business and texting Moony sometimes to ask smth stupid & make him smile

Like !ofc! Remus the best dd ever but he chose Sirius the oldest brother Black who can accidentally hit himself with a closet door for 3 times or sometimes needs to get a command to do something but he also can be LIKE THIS

He just doesn't need to think as much as he does with Regulus because Remus is ready to take care of everything for him but forgets to take care of himself

Should I apologize lol??

Hi Anon! I feel like this has been sitting here a few days because my energy has been caput, sorry about that ♥️

Definitely no need to apologise! Although I think Sirius is probably more middle child than he is older brother because of Effie's fussing, but he 100% takes care of the people he loves and loves doing it. Maybe that's why Remus is so great for him, helps him to accept that he needs to look after himself too and know he's deserving of good love.

I think his love language is both physical touch and acts of service, and once he's in he's all in. He knows just what Remus needs, sees him wincing as he stands? Hot water bottle for Remus, anti-inflammatories at the ready. Remus is at work still? Coffee for Rem- Remus and Lily are at work still?! Coffee for both of them!

[veesstar0555]

PLEASE HELP ME- i read this fic where james was a shark tank caregiver, and regulus bought a subscription to the aquarium to see him. but i cannot find it anywhere. if anyone ANYONE knows the name pls tell me

[aew-kun-age-regression]

Hii!! Regulus Black agere moodboard pls? Have a good day

I tried my best for this but I don't know Regulus very well 😅

[gmanwhore]

Random thought: it’s probably taboo for any being in the multiverse, no matter how ferocious, to harm Darlessen, since they are the ultimate caregivers who would extend a hand to anyone… that’s why Regulus probably envies his caregiver, since they can offer help to anyone without fear of harm…

Yeah I can totally see that

OH ALSO UUHHH do you remember Zinnia the Darlessen I made for you what if what if he was Regulus' caretaker

[mischiefm4n4ged]

Ooo this popped in my head regulus meeting little sirius/the lupins/potters meeting little sirius

Regulus black 

I think he would be a bit confused like he would straight out ask: “why are you acting like that?” And when Remus explains he would still be confused but he would just go along with it. He would make a surprisingly good caregiver and little Sirius brings out an affectionate side of him barely anyone ever sees.

The lupins

Hmm this is tricky, I think they would be concerned. They would ask Remus if Sirius was okay, but not to judge them, it’s a foreign concept that takes getting used to. Remus explains as well as he could and they start understanding. Hope makes Sirius his favorite little food and hangs his colorings on the wall. Lyall would be shockingly accepting and engaged, he would sit with Sirius and color, tell or read him stories and play pretend with him.

The potters

The potters wouldn’t be phased, they would be like oh really? Sirius is already our baby. So they would be happy to take care of him as they usually would. Euphemia would make him nuggies and give him juice boxes. Fleamont would buy him toys and tuck him in at night.

[theinvisiblemuseum]

top five marauders blorbos?

oh, these silly little homos i’ve made up entirely in my head 🤒

sirius

pandora

regulus

lily

narcissa (i share custody w yaz, they’re the primary caregiver & i get weekends)

ask me my top 5 anything

[rabcantswim]

alright, listen. me before you au, but it's james as the caretaker and regulus as the one in the wheelchair. and barty is the ex-girlfriend who is getting married to the former best friend aka evan. sirius is the guy who was the primary physical caregiver. edit: REMUS. IT'S REMUS. and sirius is just regulus's brother. please i am begging, someone write this.