Remus always knows...
James rambling about who he's falling for, and everyone thinks it's Lily until he slips up and says "he" and Regulus, who had been desperately ignoring it looks up at him. Just in time to see James go crimson and run away
"-just so fucking perfect, you know?"
James Potter's voice carried through the stacks of the library as Regulus paused, listening intently from his now-hiding space, staring at the words on his open book but not taking in a single syllable.
"I just...I feel like I'm invisible. Like no matter what I do, I'll never be worthy. Like, why is it the one person I fancy just thinks nothing of me, Moony? Like...just looks right through me?"
Regulus snorted a bit, unable to hear Remus Lupin's much quieter response. Of course Potter was still waxing poetic about Evans. of course he couldn't let her go. Of course.
"I know, but I just- there's nobody more amazing! So...smart, and...and gorgeous!"
More murmuring, then some shuffling as Potter and Lupin sat at a table nearby, now within Regulus's line of sight. He stared more intensely at his book, still listening closely.
"No, I...Moony, it's not just a crush. I can't even describe how I feel. Like, whenever we look at each other...I'm just...I just feel better, you know? Like I'm like light or something. It's so stupid and cheesy, I know, but I just..."
Potter's voice trailed off and Regulus chanced a glance up to see the taller boy also looking at him. Feeling himself go red all over, he quickly looked back at his book, feigning indifference.
But then Potter continued, his voice airy and distracted, as if he was almost drunk.
"Merlin, he's just so beautiful."
And at that, Regulus' couldn't help but glance's eyes snapped back up to meet James's. Because the words seemed to come from James's mouth quite without his permission. And both of them seemed to realize at the same time that James had said 'he.'
And then, before Regulus could react, James turned bright red and stuttered something about Quidditch practice before running off, leaving Regulus to stare incredulously at Remus.
"....Well. He's clearly not talking about Lily," Remus grinned, smirking at Regulus and walking away.
Omg this was such a good idea thank you for letting me write it! Keep sending ideas guys! Love you all!
if I don't get a fic with this exact scene I will be the one losing my mind
thinking about frat boy James who tells Regulus he doesn't do "relationships" and Regulus agrees to just be casual and see other people which is completely fine... until there's a party they both attend with different dates and James sees Regulus with someone else for the first time and he loses his fucking mind
Remus would joke with James saying that he had a crush on Fleamont just to mess with him, change my mind (he was not joking)
sometimes this fandom truly fucks with my head way too much
reminder that James constantly asking Lily out is a headcanon
So to sum it up, Regulus Black was indeed a Blood Supremacist but at the end, he realized his mistake and tried to make amends for it but somehow failed miserably. The purpose of fanon is to remind us that he did try to change. That he was ready to ditch his old beliefs for a new path. And the purpose of canon is to remind us constantly that he's a blood supremacist first who was groomed to worship pureblood ideals. Sirius realized it a long time ago but Regulus didn't. Not because he was just a coward, but also because he refused to believe that he was groomed. Both of them are true and it's quite sad.
Also, of course we care about canon. We've always had. Consciously or unconsciously.
"Villain and Violent, Infant and Innocent" is Regulus Black. He was juat a kid, a very impressionable kid who just wanted his parents to be proud of him, and at the end of the day, that's what we all want right?
I believe AND headcannon that when James started to like Lily he used to send her love letters just to fuck with her but when it got serious and he started to actually fall in love with her, he wrote her poems about how her hair was the exact shade of the winter fire that burned inside his soul for her.
Just a reminder that Lily and James are soulmates. <3
Destined to meet in every universe. <3
Born meant for a collision. <3
They’re a rare phenomenon. <3
There’s only a few other occurances of similar phenomena but they’re not soulmates - Tonks’ patronus changed to Remus, Snape’s patronus was Lily. That was closer to obsession than the pure cosmic twins that Lily Evans and James Potter are. It could not have been a shock to anyone to learn that a world-changing prophecy is made about their son.
They were always going to be someone important to each other, they weren’t chained to a pre-written romance. Their romance is entirely their own, and it’s unimaginable how much love they had because it’s something otherworldly.
If they were to be separated by death, neither Lily or James would ever fall in love again. They’re that cutesy.
rip james potter and sirius black you would’ve loved watching the paris olympics
OUCH. But yes I need that.
What if Sirius, after all those years in the darkness that is Azkaban, needed reading glasses? I want him in reading glasses
i love prongstail, i love prongsfoot, i love jegulus, i love jily, i love wolfstarbucks, i love jegulily, i love moonchaser, i love james potter shipped with literally ANYONE.
that man is SO full of love any ship with him in it is completely capable in my mind.