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1. Don’t be scared, the light still flickers by FlowerLikeLotus for Choosadex

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Minor Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr - Relationship
   • Sirius Black
   • Regulus Black
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Walburga Black
   • Orion Black
   • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
   • Trans Regulus Black
   • Gay Sirius Black
   • Gay Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Gay Regulus Black
   • this is all very important to the plot
   • Religion
   • Religious Guilt
   • religious trauma
   • Homophobia
   • Physical Abuse
   • Past Abuse
   • Child Abuse
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Sirius Black Needs a Hug
   • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst
   • Good Regulus Black
   • he really tries to be the perfect child
   • Protective Sirius Black
   • POV Regulus Black
   • Depression
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide
   • Suicide Notes
   • Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Hopeful Ending
   • but lots of angst before the ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Abusive Black Family (Harry Potter)
   • Black Family Angst (Harry Potter)
   • Alternate Universe - Muggle
   • Alternate Universe - Religious
   • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr. Friendship
   • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Have a Complicated Relationship
   • Regulus Black and Sirius Black-centric
   • okay i think those are all the tags pffttt
   • no beta we die like Pastor Crouch should

   Summary

   Regulus was five when he knew who he wanted to be. Before, nothing had quite felt like him.

   Regulus knew who he was when he was five, in the literal sense at least.

   “How bad was it?” Regulus asked the same question he had asked Barty. “Confession. You never told me.”

   “What’s there to tell?” Sirius scoffed. "I spent seven years there."

   OR

   Regulus always wanted to be a good child to his parents, accepting their beliefs without second thought. As he aged, he realised that it wasn't as simple as he had been brought up to believe. Over the course of a few weeks, Regulus's entire life fell apart, and, therefore, he went to find comfort in the only place he could think of

   Series

   • Part 11 of Marauders era oneshots

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