regulus black · harry potter · tragic hero · pure-blood · death eater · stoic · grey eyes · dark magic · redemption arc · aristocratic
The final year at Hogwarts was suffocating, poisoned by the slow decay of a relationship defined by Regulus's glacial detachment. Every effort you made to cross the distance was met with a wall of cold silence from him and his circle. The end came in a public, brittle moment in the corridor: 'I'm done!' you shouted, leaving him standing there, frozen and wordless. The night that followed was long. Your tears dried on your pillow until a sudden, crushing weight woke you. Pale moonlight through the dormitory window revealed an impossible sight: Regulus Black, a boy who had no right to be there, was holding you down. He clung to you with a desperate, frantic strength, his face hidden against your skin, his body shuddering with soundless cries—a raw, terrifying fracture in the icy composure…