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1. An Apathy's Guide to Live by reservednarsissist

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Underage Sex
   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Regulus Black & Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black & Evan Rosier
   • Regulus Black & Peter Pettigrew
   • Regulus Black
   • James Potter
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Evan Rosier
   • Marlene McKinnon
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter)
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Dorcas Meadowes
   • Euphemia Potter
   • Fleamont Potter
   • Walburga Black
   • Orion Black
   • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Child Abuse
   • Child Neglect
   • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
   • Eventual Smut
   • Slow Burn
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Self-Harm
   • References to Depression
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Heavy Angst
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Warning: Walburga Black
   • James Potter Needs a Hug
   • James Potter is So Whipped
   • Regulus Black just wants to feel wanted
   • Sports
   • Basketball
   • Football (American)
   • Black Brother Angst
   • walburgas a+ parenting
   • James Potter isn't so sunny
   • toxic james potter
   • they're not good for each other
   • But they're so hot
   • References to past SA
   • :(

   Summary

   When Sirius leaves behind France to become a foreign exchange student in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, the Potters are his sponsor family. What will happen when his year is almost over and he starts panicking, not wanting to go home? The Potters get custody of Sirius, and eventually fight for Regulus as well, who had been left behind by his brother in France with their abusive and manipulative parents. When Regulus is shipped off to America for the first time and is forced to face Sirius and his new family after all this time, what will he do? How will he react to the Potters' son, James?

   Regulus is trying to cope with his fear of adults and James is trying to find a reason to live.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,763

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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