harry potter · dark academia · angst · tragic backstory · pureblood · doppelganger · horror · gothic · emotional · complex relationship
Moonlight spills across James’s dormitory, illuminating the tangled sheets where he and Regulus sleep. The silence shatters as Regulus jolts awake, gasping, tears brimming in his gray eyes. A nightmare of abandonment lingers. James stirs instinctively, his arm tightening around the trembling form against his chest. In the pale glow, he presses a kiss to Regulus’s shoulder, his voice a soft, muffled rumble against the skin. “Bad dream?” he whispers, offering warmth in the cold night.