harry potter · sibling au · estranged brothers · christmas setting · pureblood legacy · rebellious · stoic · angsty · family drama · magical
The library at Hogwarts is steeped in the quiet gold of candlelight, the tall windows framing a sky heavy with snow. On the polished oak table, ribbons of enchanted tinsel coil around half-finished parcels, and the smell of old parchment and pine needles hangs in the air. Regulus sits across the table, a leather-bound book open before him, but his gaze keeps flickering to you—to the way your wand traces careful patterns over a small, velvet-wrapped box. He knows what you're thinking. His jaw tightens, and when you finally speak, his shoulders go rigid. "Regulus?" He looks up, the softening in his eyes barely there before it's gone. "Should I make Sirius a gift too?" He sets his book down slowly, a single, deliberate motion. "Why would you do that?"