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1. A Habit to Kick (The Age-Old Curse) by supernova_stardust

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, F/F
   • Complete Work

   24 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
   • Regulus Black & Remus Lupin
   • Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
   • Pandora Lovegood/Lily Evans Potter
   • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr. & Evan Rosier
   • Regulus Black & Pandora Lovegood
   • Regulus Black
   • James Potter
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Horace Slughorn
   • Evan Rosier
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Pandora Lovegood
   • Poppy Pomfrey
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Suicide
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Depression
   • References to Depression
   • Regulus Black Lives
   • Regulus Black-centric
   • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
   • Gay Regulus Black
   • Coffee Shops
   • James potter is a barista
   • Regulus Black Feels
   • Regulus Black & Sirius Black Have a Good Relationship
   • Brotherly Bonding
   • Regulus Black Has OCD
   • James Potter Has a Crush on Regulus Black
   • Regulus Black Has a Crush on James Potter
   • Regulus Black is Bad at Feelings
   • Regulus Black is Not Okay
   • Regulus Black Will Be Okay
   • Established Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Demisexual James Potter
   • Regulus Black Needs Therapy
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • POV James Potter
   • POV Regulus Black
   • James Potter Has ADHD
   • Regulus Black Has Issues

   Summary

   A few weeks ago, Regulus Black jumped off a bridge. It's not that he really wanted to die, but he didn't really want to live either. He didn't think anyone would care one way or another, if he's honest. Now he's stuck learning how to live.

   James Potter was used to seeing Reg every day at the cafe he worked in, until one day he stopped coming in. When he finally sees the guy he's been crushing on come back into the cafe, he knew he had to take his chance at asking him out on a date.

   ***This fic deals with heavy themes of depression, lack of a will to live, and suicide, but will have a happy ending***

   Series

   • Part 1 of a Habit to Kick Universe

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   English

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