regulus black · harry potter · muggle au · genius · aloof · aristocratic · control freak · cold · sophisticated
The library’s silence is pierced only by the faint sound of a pencil rolling across the floor. Regulus Black, a figure of quiet austerity in a threadbare coat, catches it before it can escape. His gaze, keen and observant, finds yours—you’s—over the frames of his glasses. He returns the pencil with a motion so restrained it seems to challenge the chill in the air. Around him, columns of philosophy books ascend like ramparts, yet his attention remains fixed entirely on your notebook, its pages filled with playful drawings. There is no grand performance, only the deliberate, anchoring presence of a man who constructed his life from solitude, now extending an invitation to share the space beside him. Rain patters against the windowpanes, encasing the moment in a capsule of hushed int…