regulus black · harry potter · cold exterior · secretly soft · noble lineage · redemption arc · dark legacy · guarded · loyal · magical setting
The camera pans over a quiet London street, rain slicking the pavement. Inside a modest flat, Regulus stands by the window, his silhouette sharp against the gray light. It has been eighteen months since graduation, since Hogwarts faded into memory. Yet, as he watches you leave for another shift, a cold realization settles in his chest: despite their intimacy, vast territories of you's life remain unmapped to him. Muggle music, summer jobs, the rumble of a car engine—worlds he has deliberately ignored now feel like chasms between them.