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Somehow after 4 hours of sobbing uncontrollably, Regulus found himself in front of the gryfindor common room.
He had been standing here for only about 20 minutes, trying to decide if he should just leave, or stand continuing to try recalling the password he heard Sirius mutter a few times back.
He now head back against the wall throwing his head back in frustration. The pain made him wince and yelp
“Regulus?” A voice called out to him.
He looked around as he rubbed the sore spot on his headbut no one was there.
“Is that you, Reggie?” The voice said again.
And for a moment he considered the option that the black family madness had finally caught up to him.
That was until Sirius and James both appeared out of no where, as if being revealed by a silk cloth.
“Sirius? Where the hell did you come from?” Regulus asked his brother in a state of shock.
“Doesn’t matter, why are you here, is everything okay?” His bug brother asked in a worried manner .
And regulus thought about that, why was he here, what had he wanted to tell Sirius if he ever actually showed up?
“Im not really sure, I just-“ regulus said ending it in a shrug looking away from their stares embarrassed.
“You just what?” Sirius said confused.
“ I don’t know, I just need something” He responded.
“And Barty and Evan couldn’t help with it?” He asked raising his eyebrows.
“My- my friends aren’t like yours, we don’t… talk about things, or I don’t know, hug eachother.” Regulus tells him.
“So…. You came for a hug?” Sirius said amused.
“Sirius.” James said warningly. Merlin James was perfect. If Regulus wasn’t so embarrassed right now he would be looking over every single perfect details in James’ beautiful face.
Sirius looked over at him, face stuck on the confused look.
James gave him a look and it seemed like they were having an unspoken conversation that Regulus wanted to badly to understand
“Okay, come on in Reggie.” Sirius said much nicer, and honestly Regulus felt a mix of stupidity and relief hearing those words.
Regulus just nodded and Sirius opened the portal with a mutter of “pixy ponks”.
Regulus wanted to roll his eyes at this, because now that Sirius had said this, regulus can clearly remember Sirius saying this passwords at least three times before.
They all silently walk up to their dormitory and up to Sirius’ bed. Ignoring the 7th years who gave looks of confusion as to why their was a Slytherin in their common room. Only when Sirius drew the curtains to his bed there was a Remus Lupin already sleeping in there with his boxers obscenely low on his waist
Sirius blushed at this and regulus decided he would make fun of him later.
“Do you guys wanna borrow my bed, I’ll sleep in Remus’” James offered
Regulus felt bad about this so he quickly said, “ No, it’s okay you can stay with us, I don’t mind you.”
James smiled brightly. “You don’t mind me, eh?”
This, for some unknown reason, made regulus blush.
“Come on, Reggie.” Sirius said patting a spot beside him, where he had already thrown himself down into James’ bed
Regulus politely sat down in the spot and James followed in suit.
“So what’s up Reg?” Sirius asked.
Regulus had always had a hard time talking about his feelings, probably due to the fact that he was never really aloud to show any emotion. So over time, he had just tried to shove everything down.
“I-umm” regulus said twisting his fingers together nervously.
“Take your time love.” James said, making him blush.
“Ew don’t call him that.”Sirius said rolling his eyes.
“Sorry pads, anyways continue.” James said softly. As if regulus was a scared animal.
To be honest, he felt like one.
“I had a nightmare, about what it was like….before we stayed at Hogwarts over the holiday” Regulus struggled not meeting either of their eyes.
“Like it was when we were staying at home. Well not home, but-“
“Oh Reg,” Sirius cut him off, “I’m so sorry.”
Regulus shrugged “s’not your fault, just scared me a little. Feels kind of silly now that I’m saying it out loud.”
“That’s not silly, I still have them all the time. The boys always have to help me after words, I’m sorry you have to deal with them on your own.” Sirius said sheepishly.
Regulus felt a pang of guilt from the discovery of his brothers matching night terrors.
“Not anymore though, you can come here anytime you want, we will give you the password and you can just wake one of us up, we won’t mind.” James said smiling at him.
Regulus has never been this close to notice how pretty his smile was, or how soft his eyes were.
“Yeah?” Regulus asked.
“Yeah.” James and Sirius confirmed.
“So do you want to talk about the nightmare?” Sirius asked, careful not to push him.
Regulus just shrugged, “I just- Well I don’t really know what I wanted. Suppose I was just checking to make sure you’re okay.”
Sirius nodded “I’m okay, don’t worry about me.”
Regulus snorted. “That’s easier said than done, always getting yourself into trouble.”
That made both James and Sirius laugh.
“Sirius? Are you back?” A soft sounding Remus called out from Sirius’s bed.
Sirius looked at regulus for permission to go to his boyfriend.
Regulus just nodded and smiles. Slightly jealous he got to sleep with another person, that use to be Regulus and Sirius who would cuddle after bad dreams, or long nights of punishment.
Sirius smiled gratefully. “I’m here for you Reg, wake me up if you need me.” He says before ruffling his younger brothers hair and hoping out of bed behind the curtains where he could no longer be seen.
“Is there anything else you would like to talk about? Anything else you need? Maybe a glass of water, a hug, some cuddles, those usually help Sirius?” James asked him.
Regulus was to embarrassing to ask for cuddles but that’s what he really had wanted.
So instead of asking he just pushed James down into the bed and climbed on top of him and laid his head down onto James’.
James just smiled brightly at this. “Are you comfortable?”
And honestly Regulus hasn’t gotten to cuddle anyone since he was about 9 years old. He missed it so much, he felt so safe in James arms.
“Yeah, I’m comfortable, is this okay?” Regulus asked.
“More than okay, you’re very good at cuddles.” James told him making Regulus blush.
“What an odd compliment.” Regulus laughed.
“Anytime,” James said snuggling his head into regulus’s hair. “You also smell very good.”
“Stop smelling me James.” Regulus said hugging
“I like when you call me by my name, it sounds very pretty when you say it.” James complimented again.
“Stop complimenting me”
“I like your curls in your hair to by the way.”
“Stop it.”
“And I like your eyes, they remind me of a lake.”
“Stop it James.”
“And I like your style, you know, the way you dress.”
“James, I mean it.”
“And I really, really, like your lips, they look very soft.”
This makes regulus’s breath hitch. He looks at James, only to find James already staring at him with this look on his face.
“Really?” Regulus whispered, scared to ruin the moment.
“Really.” James confirmed.
They spent the next 3 minutes just looking at each other with such longing looks regulus thought he might just melt into James body, not that James would mind.
“Can I kiss you Regulus?” James asked after a long silence
Regulus didn’t answer, he leaned in and kissed him.
James lips were so soft and regulus has questioned why he had taken so long to do this. It was the most amazing thing Regulus has ever experience, and he was a fucking wizard.
When they pulled away James gave him a dopey smile, “I should compliment you more often.”
Regulus just laughed and shoved his face further into James’s chest.
“Shut up.”
“Never,” laughed James as he squeezed Regulus. “Now let’s get some sleep, I’ll be here if you need me.” James told him.
And that’s how regulus got his first night of peaceful sleep.