hot - @jeggyverses-jegulus-microfic - word count: 312
“James Potter!”
Regulus’s yell could be heard loud and clear from across the two-bedroom flat that Remus, Sirius, James, and Regulus shared. Remus, who was lazing around in the sitting room, looked up at the noise, his curiosity piqued. Normally, he might’ve gotten up to see how much trouble his best friend had gotten himself into, but it was far too hot to do anything crazy like move.
Luckily, Regulus did him the courtesy of storming into the room, dragging James with him. “Sirius!” he yelled, louder than before. “Sirius get your fucking arse in here!”
Sirius, who was in the bedroom he shared with Remus, slowly walked in, sweat dripping down his hairline. Even in this weather, he managed to look utterly ethereal, in Remus’s opinion, his hair pulled into a messy bun and his skin glittering with perspiration. “What?” he asked crankily.
Regulus, who was shirtless and clearly fuming, gestured to James. “Your best friend–”
“My–he’s your boyfriend!” Sirius protested before Regulus could even finish his sentence.
“Not anymore!” Regulus replied hysterically. “Because guess what?”
James, meanwhile, was smiling somewhat guiltily, his hungry eyes on Regulus.
“What?” Remus asked, happy to egg on the chaos.
“Potter broke the air conditioning on purpose!” Regulus hissed, throwing his arms in the air.
The room was quiet for a full ten seconds as Sirius and Remus processed this. Then Sirius, almost as furious as his brother, rounded on James. “Prongs, what the fu–”
“Yeah, he broke it because he knows I get hot easily, and he figured I’d walk around shirtless if it was warm!” Regulus continued scathingly.
Remus tried to hide his smirk. “I mean…it worked,” he pointed out, gesturing to Regulus’s current lack of shirt.
“Exactly!” James jumped in, beaming.
But Regulus was obviously done. “I’m calling Effie,” he muttered to James. “You’re staying with her for the night.”
“Reggie, no!”
