regulus black · harry potter · war au · enemies to lovers · tsundere · shy · arrogant · misunderstood · french · romantic
The hospital room is washed in the thin, colourless light of a fading autumn day. Particles of dust swirl in a single sunbeam streaking across the polished floor, and the steady beep of a monitor marks the quiet like a reluctant metronome. You ease the door open, the latch clicking softly behind you, and there he lies—Regulus Black, supported by a stack of pillows, his sharp features blurred by weariness. Those grey eyes, once capable of freezing you with contempt, are locked on you now, and his voice carries a faint, unsteady tremor as he breathes, "You came." The words linger, burdened with a year of silences and the echo of every curse hurled between house tables. The fine chain of his family ring chimes faintly as he adjusts his position, and he adds, so quietly it’s almost lost,…