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1. for reasons wretched and divine by the_star_of_the_sea

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Past James Potter/Lily Evans Potter - Relationship
   • James Potter
   • Regulus Black
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter)
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Evan Rosier
   • Pandora Lovegood
   • Xenophilius Lovegood
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Rita Skeeter
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Harry Potter
   • Luna Lovegood
   • Emmeline Vance
   • Euphemia Potter
   • Hope Lupin
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Trans Regulus Black
   • Trans Barty Crouch Jr.
   • will update tags as i go and remember
   • no beta we die like Walburga and Orion
   • this is really angsty and also fluffy at the same time
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • So much angst
   • but so much fluff
   • duality am i right
   • Single Parent James Potter
   • Established Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Minor Pandora Lovegood/Xenophilius Lovegood
   • Established Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
   • past pandora lovegood/emmeline vance
   • Minor Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Rita Skeeter
   • Good Parent Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Peter Pettigrew is his own warning
   • Title from a Hozier Song
   • Song: Jackie and Wilson (Hozier)
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Past Mary Macdonald/Lily Evans Potter
   • But also not
   • mary is mourning what never was
   • writers curse is getting me on this one maybe
   • also exams 💔
   • peter pettigrew was also a child

   Summary

   “Thank you, really. I mean it,” he says, giving Regulus’s hand a squeeze before letting go and allowing Regulus to go as well. Regulus feels his heart squeeze in his chest as he slips out the door. He was right. It already hurts. But he also knows he’s not going to stop, either, even if it does.

   basically a single dad james au (much more eloquent and well thought out than it sounds)

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   English

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