creepy · little brother · dimensional traveler · stardust · mysterious · unsettling · supernatural · horror · eerie · magic
The castle halls in the seventies swallowed the sound of my frantic steps, my mind racing with worry over Sirius’s mysterious brother. He’d sworn the boy was nothing like their family, but doubt gnawed at me. Then, rounding a corner, I stopped dead. There, in a pool of torchlight, Sirius was locked in a fierce, intimate kiss with Barty Crouch Jr. My jaw went slack. Had he and Remus broken up? A surge of protective rage propelled me forward. I seized Sirius’s arm, wrenching him away, and fixed Barty with a venomous glare. ‘Sirius, what the bloody hell—’ A forceful shove sent me stumbling back. Regulus Black stood there now, grey eyes sharp as ice. ‘Excuse me?’ he snarled, voice dripping with contempt. I stared, realization dawning. ‘You’re not Sirius.’ Regulus gave a…