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• so by the time you wake, i’ll be brave by mothseasons

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  04 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
  • Regulus Black
  • Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Sirius Black
  • Minor Original Character(s)
  • Based on a Mitski song
  • Song: I Will (Mitski)
  • Out of Character
  • like severely
  • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
  • Regulus Black & Sirius Black Have a Good Relationship
  • Good Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
  • Sirius Black Raises Regulus Black
  • Sirius is Like 10 Years Older Than Regulus
  • Alternate Universe - High School
  • Sickfic
  • but only one chapter
  • Bullied Regulus Black (Implied)
  • Soft
  • Feelings Realization
  • Alternate Universe - No Magic
  • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Both Run Away
  • but like
  • Established
  • Tags Are Hard
  • Slice of Life
  • Not Beta Read

  Summary

  "Tenderness is the most modest form of love."
  — Olga Tokarczuk, "The Tender Narrator"

  Regulus learns that the bravest thing might be letting someone in, allowing them to hold the parts you’ve always thought you had to hide.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  19,295

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  49

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  1,105

• and through it all, the rise and fall. by mothseasons

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
  • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Regulus Black & Kreacher
  • Regulus Black & Walburga Black
  • Barty Crouch Jr. & Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Sr.
  • Regulus Black
  • Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Sirius Black
  • Kreacher (Harry Potter)
  • Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Sr.
  • Orion Black
  • Walburga Black
  • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
  • Order of the Phoenix
  • Death Eater Characters
  • Other Character Tags to Be Added
  • Regulus Black-centric
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
  • Horcrux Hunting
  • Slow Burn
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Moral Ambiguity
  • Family Dynamics
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Redemption
  • Character Study
  • love as defiance
  • Implied/Referenced Torture
  • Might be Graphic at Some Point
  • Queer Themes
  • Alternate POVs
  • My Chemical Romance References
  • Except its All My Chemical Romance
  • Hurts So Good
  • Idiots in Love
  • Except They're Really Smart
  • BAMF Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Ravenclaw Barty Crouch Jr.
  • War
  • Not Beta Read

  Summary

  “The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.”
  — James Baldwin

  Hogwarts taught them to follow orders.
  The war taught them to break them.

  Regulus Black was born to serve.
  Barty Crouch Jr. was born to obey.

  Together, they learn how to unmake everything they were told to protect.

  An alternate First War.
  Horcruxes, ruin, love, survival.

  There’s beauty in the wreckage. There’s light in the decay.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,542

  Chapters:

  3/156

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  11

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  133