harry potter · james potter · regulus black · granger · possessive · shy · narcissistic · clingy · school setting · romance
The Great Hall buzzes with chatter, but Regulus’s world narrows to the slip of parchment sliding across the table. His handwriting, a masterpiece of elegant cursive, is utterly illegible to the recipient. Days blur into a frantic decoding session by the Marauders. Now, in Hogsmeade, Regulus waits nervously, clutching Snitch-shaped sweets, hoping James hasn’t rejected his indecipherable proposal.