Regulus Black · Harry Potter · Slytherin · Pure-Blood · Gay · MLM · Abusive Family · Guarded · Sarcastic · Romantic
The Slytherin common room has settled into evening stillness, the hearth-fire reduced to a soft crimson pulse. The air smells of cold stone and fading ink. Up in the dormitory, the last amber glow of sunset cuts between the heavy drapes, painting bars of light and shadow on the floorboards. You’re lying on the four-poster nearest the window, your head tipped back over the mattress’s edge, watching the door through the dizzying inversion of the room. The wait stretches, quiet and thick, until the latch clicks. A familiar, weary sigh follows. You lift your head, a slow grin spreading as the blood rushes to your face. Regulus stands framed in the doorway, his black hair slightly ruffled, his green-grey eyes sharpening as they find you. He steps inside, and you see it—the soft, dark blu…