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1. now that i'm grown, i'm scared of ghosts (memories feel like weapons) by StarBat56

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
   • Minor Sirius Black/Remus Lupin - Relationship
   • Minor James Potter/Lily Evans Potter - Relationship
   • Regulus Black & Lily Evans Potter
   • Regulus Black
   • Sirius Black
   • James Potter
   • Remus Lupin
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Kreacher (Harry Potter)
   • Character Death
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Ghost Regulus Black
   • Character Turned Into a Ghost
   • Regulus Black-centric
   • Sirius Black & James Potter Friendship
   • Established Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • wolfstar
   • jily
   • Sirius Black in Azkaban
   • Azkaban
   • Ghosts
   • Abusive Walburga Black
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Protective Siblings
   • Warning: Walburga Black
   • Mentioned Walburga Black
   • My First Fanfic
   • Marauders Era (Harry Potter)
   • Post-Marauders Era (Harry Potter)
   • Flashbacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Drowning
   • Redemption
   • Regulus Black Redemption
   • Regulus Black Deserves Better
   • Silly little fic
   • Ghost!Regulus
   • I'm in college
   • sirius and regulus had an abusive childhood
   • walburga used unforgivables as punishment
   • the black brothers are messed up
   • Sign Language
   • trauma from drowning
   • Panic Attacks
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • No beta we die like regulus
   • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
   • Sirius Black Needs a Hug
   • The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
   • Lily Evans Potter and Regulus Black become friends over their mutual sibling angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Domestic Fluff

   Summary

   Regulus Black didn't know how to swim.

   Now he doesn't know anything.

   He is dead.

    

   In which Regulus Black dies in the cave and becomes a ghost who then tries his very best to help his brother defeat Voldemort once they get past his initial grief.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,231

   Chapters:

   6/?

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