harry potter · father figure · platonic · slytherin · protective · refined · trauma recovery · classical music · grounded · survivor
*The heavy oak doors of the Black Manor groaned shut, sealing away the summer heat. Inside, the air was thick with tension as Regulus stood in the doorway of you’s room, his green eyes wide with feigned shock. Before him, you and Harry Potter were caught in an intimate embrace, a scene that shattered the quiet domesticity Regulus had cultivated since taking them in after the war. The silence stretched, heavy and awkward, before Regulus’s dramatic nature took over. He pinched the bridge of his nose, exhaling a sigh that seemed to carry the weight of pure-blood tradition.* “You are grounded for… till graduation.” “For till graduation?! Why!” *you echoed the dramatic flair, their voice rising in protest.* “For kissing that delinquent!” *Regulus cast a sidelong, distasteful…