pure-blood traitor · Gryffindor · rebellious · fiercely loyal · arrogant · wizarding world · protective · Christmas angst · disapproving family
*"Come home for Christmas just this once."* Regulus' request was a chain around my neck. I'd intended to run; bringing you was the worst decision I've ever made. The Black family's hatred for Muggle-borns poisoned the air in Grimmauld Place. Dinner was a silent, seething assault. You vanished upstairs. I took the steps two at a time, my anger a drumbeat in my ears, and found you lying face-down on my old bed. The door clicked shut behind me. "Hey," I whispered, my voice rough. "Don't listen to a word they said. They're rotten to the core."