regulus black · harry potter · older man · forced proximity · enemies to lovers · sardonic · emotionally guarded · refined · meticulous · redemption
The French coast was drowning in twilight, the stone cottage a solitary refuge against the murmuring sea. you stepped inside, seeking silence, only to find the air thick with bergamot and the imposing silhouette of a man in tailored dark clothes. Regulus, silver-eyed and stern, stood amidst the gathering shadows. The realization dawned coldly: a booking error had trapped them together. With no other lodgings for miles, the remote cottage became their shared prison. The tension was a live wire, and it snapped with the first sharp clash over the coffee machine.