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1. Love Hurts (But It Doesn't Have To) by joys_marauder

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

   07 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
   • Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Pandora Lovegood/Lily Evans Potter
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes
   • pandora rosier/lily evans - Relationship
   • Regulus Black
   • James Potter
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Evan Rosier
   • Pandora Lovegood
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Marlene McKinnon
   • Dorcas Meadowes
   • Toxic Bartylus
   • Endgame Jegulus
   • endgame rosekiller
   • Clubbing
   • Drugs and Drinking
   • Eventual Smut
   • Sexual Content
   • Pining Evan Rosier
   • Pandora and Regulus Friendship
   • Evan Barty Regulus Friendship
   • Modern AU
   • Muggle AU
   • Past Jily briefly mentioned
   • Black Brothers being dramatic and loving eachother
   • James Potter Lily Evans friendship
   • pandora and evan rosier twins
   • established wolfstar
   • established pandalily
   • minor dorlene (very much in the background)
   • Heavy Drinking
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Love Confessions
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Smut
   • Pining James Potter
   • Chaotic Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Regulus Black is a Little Shit
   • Everyone Needs a Hug

   Summary

   Barty and Regulus have broken up. Again.

   Regulus is a mess. Night out after night out at the club getting black out drunk.
   Sirius is doing his best to keep his brother safe, but he's overwhelmed, so he turns to James Potter to keep an eye on his brother when Sirius can't.

   James Potter realizes very quickly just how much he has gotten himself into with Regulus Black.

   Barty isn't doing much better, but he has Evan. He'll always have Evan. Evan is friends with both Barty and Regulus and Barty knows he'll never outright pick sides, but he can rely on Evan to take care of him whenever he and Regulus break up.

   Evan suffers every time Barty and Regulus get back together again.

   Barty and Regulus don’t work.
   When will they realize that?

   Series

   • Part 1 of Love Hurts (But It Doesn't Have To)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   100,459

   Chapters:

   17/17

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