Regulus Black

She nodded and held him close. “I’ll let you know.” she said softly it might be a lie. She had a hard time telling people she cared about when things bothered her. “I suppose you’re right.” she said biting her lip thinking back to those days when she felt so worthless when he’d kiss her and run. “Gosh don’t say that. I’m not looking forward to the third act break up because of miscommunication.” she joked playfully. “Oh absolutely. But then no matter what you’d have to worry about that. Remus is as much my brother as Dahlia is my sistrer.” she told him feeling like she had to make sure he knew that. She’d had too many problems with Sirius and honestly everyone who thought her and Remus were more than close friends. She giggled lightly as she kissed him back happily. She’d never felt so light or happy before.

“You are not going to be have fun with that.” she told him. “I always will.” she told him knowing he could take it she just hoped he didn’t get overly sensitive like he had just moments ago. “You can like spending time with people and not have it in a bigotted event. The only reason that exists is to shit on halfbloods and muggleborns.” she said simply. “I could see that. You release such hufflepuff energy some days it’s exhausting like being back in my old common room.” she teased. “And there’s nothing wrong with that.”

“ I’m sure it will be plenty of fun. Should I get a tattoo?  Make myself look tougher?” He already had one, but it was as if he could showcase around and stay out of Azkaban. “ As a child, Sirius used to always sneak into the kitchen and steal dessert, and we would hide away eating. I know do it alone. And I have some friends that aren’t as biggotted.” Though them being decent people all around would be better. “ Hufflepuff energy? Please explain how I do that.” He laughed. “ I’ve heard it is boring, but my flat is nice, comes with paints, books an adorable pug and owl.”

“Tell me if you don’t.” she said softly. She didn’t know him not liking the nickname but she knew of a few of her own that people used that she wasn’t a fan of. “No. Cat’s you have to work for everything with them. I feel like our whole relationship has just been easy.” she said softly. “Natural is probably a better word.” she mumbled as she giggled. “Yes I’m calling your brother a puppy too.” she teased. “Honestly I think he’s more likely to hex you after I told him.” she teased playfully knowing her best friend. She giggled holding onto him kissing back. “Good. Cause I can’t get enough of kissing you.”

“Really Reggie.” she said running her fingers up the side of his face into his hair. “You’re so sweet. Just like Siri. I can just imagine a wagging tail and floppy ears.” she teased grinning. “I did in fact inform him you were a gentleman.” she said giggling as she kissed back sighing when he moved back. “I hope that’s a good thing.” she said softly

“Only Remus knows I was in France with a puppy.” she teased playfully burying her face into his neck just enjoying being held by him. “And he was expecting you to eat me up.” she said almost shy about the words she was joking but while her and Remus could joke like this she hadn’t actually joked this way with Regulus and it made her a bit nervous. “No we really shouldn’t.” she said leaning up and taking his cheek in her hand to lead him down to kiss him.

She couldn’t help smiing as she headed there and went over wrapping her arms around him. “You say you took me away like it wasn’t my choice.” she said kissing his cheek. “I’ve been thinking about you too. I missed you so much. It sucks now not waking up together.” she said shyly.

She couldn’t help but giggle lightly as she saw his response. “If you’re sure. I’d love to spend some time with you here. It looks really pretty under the snow.” she said smiling softly. “Stay over after. Or I can come over yours with Minnie.” she said softly.

She smiled a bit hearing that. “I’d love you to join me. But I know it might be dangerous so if you want I’d rather just be with you we can have a sleepover with our babies and cuddle and watch cheesy christmas movies.” she said letting him know she was good no matter what he wanted to do. “I love that. It’s so cute and yes total couple thing to do.”

She hadn’t expected the immediate response. She knew he was at his family thing, and she knew he had to be more careful around them. She couldn’t help but smile and blush when he called her petal. it was dumb and she normally would yell at anyone giving her a flower-based nickname for being unoriginal but hearing it from him just made her feel warm. “Sure. I was thinking of staying a bit longer, but I think I’d be happier just being with you.”

After spending as much time with Remus as she did she broke away from him and quickly opened up her phone feeling a bit nervous as she wasn’t normally like this but she was feeling cute and missing Regulus. “Hey love. Maybe we can meet up at my place after your thing.” she said trying to be a little vague as she took the video and quickly sent it to him through snap chat before sending him a quick text not to open it in front of anyone. She felt a bit nervous to try flirting the way she was and even more so now that they weren’t in France but she just wanted to see him again.”

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“Reggie. Sweetheart. You have no clue how stubborn I am.” she said grinning. “Here’s the thing. I know you’re trying. I’m still gonna call you out on your problematic bullshit because I don’t even think you always realize what’s problematic.” she told him. “A joke like that doesn’t hit well cause it’s slathered in blood purity rhetoric. That’s all I want you to see.” she told him. “But I do get that. Fuck the entirity of purebloods and that ball.” she said shaking her head. “I don’t think I’ve met anyone as Idealistic as you. And I’m a Hufflepuff.” she teased lightly. “Well fuck whoever told you that. As long as your idea isn’t hurting someone that fuck anyone that says you don’t know how to have fun.”

“ And I am more than willing to test just how stubborn you are, Stella.” Regulus chuckled. “ Please do call me out on it. I am working on myself and trying to be better.” Especially when he was now with Violet. He would hate to offend her with a joke. “ I do actually like the ball, is that bad?” He did have some pureblood friends that he liked even if they were just as bad as their families they had been there with him since he was a child. “ I would like to think I have some Puff in me, if I wasn’t a Slytherin I would have liked to be a Puff.” He was supposed to be one, but he begged for Slytherin, he couldn’t be like Sirius and disappoint his family. “ My fun is staying in my flat by myself.”

“I doubt you’ll be able to change my opinion on that.” she said grinning. “You do know that you still can have biases and view points even with friends in marginalized groups right. I’m not telling you you’re as bad as say the Lestranges. But it doesn’t change that what you said was fucked up and I’ll call you out on that shit even if no one else in your life will.” she said simply. “I didn’t say you had to. I don’t really feel like being a fucking soldier in a war. Doesn’t mean I expect because I’m not actively fighting that I’ll for sure survive.” she told him. “Sure why not. And I wouldn’t expect you to. There’s a fair amount of muggles and muggleborns here.”

“ Is that a challenge? I will make it my mission for the new year. Change your mind,” he said happy about having a challenge. ‘ I know, I am a work in process, trying to erase the programing my mother so happily gave me,” he said with an eye roll. “ It was a joke, I know see it was in bad taste. I would be honored to have a muggleborn on my arm, just I rather no one gets hurt because I decide to poke the bear that is my mother.” Stelle was lucky, she wasn’t forced into a side, as Regulus say it the only ones forced were pureblood, either you were good and wanted change or bad and was forcing the oppression. “ I hope as much of us as possible will survive.” Regulus had people on both side he didn’t want to lose, but he knew he probably wouldn’t be that lucky. “ That is a relief, I want to have some fun, but I’ve been told I had no idea what that is. Please lead the way.”

“Yes. Big and sad and innocent looking even when you’ve pissed the carpet.” she said jokingly. “We’re in a war that determines whether or not people’s existence is worthwhile or not. Not only did you basically tell me that muggleborns are worthless and bring you down in your eyes but you put me on that level as well.” she said simply. “It’s something that effects my family and even if it didn’t bigotry is something that is everyone’s business.” she told him. “If that’s what you care about then leave. All of the magical portion of the UK is at war. As long as your here it doesn’t matter what side you’re on or if you’re neutral. Being here means you’ve accepted that you could die no matter how careful you are.” she told him. Maybe it was a bit blunt and rude but she wasn’t one to use tact. “I’ll probably get more cider and then play games so I don’t get sick on the rides.” she said with a smile the offer to come with her there.

“ That is not the way I like to be describe, but I doubt that changes anything with you. I will just have to work on that.” Regulus chuckled. He rolled his eyes, “ Stella, I would think you knew me better enough to think I would believe such a thing. We are friends after all. If I cared about someone being a muggleborn or half blood I wouldn’t haver even spoken to you.” Or spend most of his time daydreaming about kissing a certain muggleborn. “ And yet it seems like you don’t have a leg on either sides. The war is going and as you said being neutral  doesn’t spoke you from dying, so why not fight for something you believe in,” he questioned.  “ Well mind if a puppy eyed Black follow behind you. I don’t see anyone else I know.”

“No I’m correct. Sirius and Regulus Black. Puppy dog eyes and loyalty up and down.” she said after a moment with a smirk. She raised her eyebrow. “You use the world muggleborn and still talk like that. What a fucking waste.” she said simply. “It’s one thing to know someone with a certain bloodline will piss off your family. It’s another to use that kind of verbage about them. Sounds like you either need to get onboard or combat those internal biases.” she told him. “I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.” she said after a moment. 

“ Puppy dog eyes? Is that what people say about us. Sirius I get, he is part dog I swear it, but me?” He wasn’t sure if he should be offended or not because of her comment. Loyalty felt like a stretch these days.  “ It’s a waste that you always speak about things that are none of your business. My life is a lot more complex than you need to know about,” he said with a shrugged, he really didn’t want to get into his traitors ways with her. “ I would rather be alive and will go with whatever option will keep me that way,” he added. “ Would you like to do something then? Rides or games, or are you more of the people watch sort?”

“I can only imagine. The puppy brothers are the scariest duo out there.” she said simply. Maybe it was her dealings with her family but she found so little terrifying about the purebloods or death eaters. She really didn’t care about what they thought or did but Regulus was a whole other level of not being worrisome. He did not in any way feel worrisome. “Of all things to piss your mother off. Why not just take a muggleborn to your fancy ball. That would piss everyone off.” she joked. “Does it look like I would care about a fair.” she teased.

“ Puppy brothers? I think you have us mistaken with the Lestrange.” He smirked hoping that somehow that got back to the annoying younger brother, he had yet to see him since he got back, but he know it was only a matter of time. “ Me seen with a muggleborn? I want to piss off my mother not degrade myself. Though I could always take you. A halfblood is just as bad in my mother’s eyes,” his mother cared about pure or nothing. “ If you don’t care, then why are you here?” he counted.