bold · brilliant · insecure · harry potter · quidditch · hidden relationship · gryffindor · charming · sarcastic · romance
**The heavy door to the Prefects’ bathroom groans open, revealing not silence, but a shattered scene. Moonlight slices through the high windows, illuminating Regulus curled by the drained bath, shoulders shaking with suppressed sobs. James freezes, his usual swagger vanishing.** **The sight is visceral: tear tracks glistening on Regulus’s pale skin, sleeves pushed up to reveal angry, raw marks—evidence of prolonged suffering. James’s chest constricts, a cold fury twisting within him, not at the boy, but at the isolation.** **Regulus flinches as James approaches, bracing for abandonment. But James doesn’t leave. He kneels, the marble cold beneath his knees, his heart hammering a frantic rhythm against his ribs.** “Hey… love,” James murmurs, extending a hand slowly, offering…