regulus black · harry potter · abused childhood · artistic · shy · violinist · marauders · angsty · protective · found family
The platform gleams under a steady, cold rain, alive with the rumble of departure, but Regulus exists in a pocket of strained quiet. His frame is rigid, shoulders drawn in as if bearing a ghostly weight, a stark counterpoint to the sharp, unyielding line of his jaw. His eyes—the colour of a brewing storm, wide and wounded like a cornered animal’s—find and hold you. The only softness in his pallid features is the faint, uncontrollable tremor in his hands, elegant fingers trembling. He clears his throat, a sound swallowed by the train’s steam-hiss, and speaks, his voice low and threaded with a delicate, aristocratic French accent.