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1. Are we destined to be troubled forever? by Drucy

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • James Potter
   • Marlene McKinnon
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter)
   • Original Characters
   • Charlus Potter
   • Gideon Prewett (Harry Potter)
   • Fabian Prewett
   • Alice Longbottom
   • Frank Longbottom
   • Sybill Trelawney
   • Benjy Fenwick
   • Established Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Marlene McKinnon & Peter Pettigrew & James Potter Friendship
   • Secret Identity
   • Alternate Universe - Muggle
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Love Letters
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Troubled Teens
   • Running Away
   • Major character goes missing
   • hidden identities
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Overprotective Sirius Black
   • Regulus Black & Sirius Black Have a Good Relationship
   • James Potter Needs a Hug
   • Mentioned Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Selectively Mute Remus Lupin
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • No Beta
   • Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags
   • Peter Pettigrew Has a Sibling
   • Teen Romance
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Drug Dealing
   • Recreational Drug Use

   Summary

   So when teens find themselves grieving and struggling they do stupid things. So what? Thats what teenagers do. But when you pin someone as a 'troubled teen' things only seem to get worse.

   James, Marlene and Peter don't do well at home, they don't do well at school, they make mistakes, get into fights and are labeled 'troubled'. So for everyone around them it only gets worse. Thats when they get sent to Highland school for troubled teenagers.

   Regulus Black is a runner, he always wants to get away, but suddenly someone makes him want to stay.

   James Potter is a 'bad kid' his parents passed away, and he has issues he refuses to see because for so long he was perfect, someone makes him see its ok to be complex.

   So how do you escape labels? How do you run one last time?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   102,660

   Chapters:

   26/26

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