“we’ll just pretend”

I’ve been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it. He meant you’re gold when you’re a kid. Like green. When you’re a kid everything’s new. Dawn. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That’s gold. Keep it that way, it’s a good way to be. I want you to ask Dally to look at one, I don’t think he’s ever seen a sunset. There’s still lots of good in the world.

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“You treat people the way you want to be treated. I think that’s a valuable lesson that everybody needs to really understand.”

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 “I certainly wanna continue performing, an actor, I wanna work with people I can learn things from, I wanna work with people who push me and make me better… I love what I do and I love telling stories, I love playing characters, I love creating, film and television and I will keep doing it into some capacity for as long as I can.”  —  Jensen Ackles, SDCC 2018

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TW: mentions and descriptions of smut, attempted sexual assault (nothing major)

He’s a Soft Boy no doubt.

and a Shy Boy

It took him months to ask you out

and your relationship is a complete secret

He doesn’t want a public relationship because of his family and stuff

But behind closed doors…

MHHMMM he’s a registered romantic

always buys you flowers

and if you don’t like flowers he buys you one of those fruit bouquets that look like flowers

and if you don’t like fruit he’ll buy you candy

and jewelry

expensive jewelry like Cartier and Tiffany’s

One day, after a night in his dorm room, you hear him singing in the shower

in French

and your ears have never been more blessed.

this boy has a gifted voice

soft and smooth

and he speaks French???

when he got out of the shower you harassed him about it

“Reg, you didn’t tell me you could sing. Or that you spoke French!”

As I mentioned, he’s a Shy Boy

so he gets all flustered

“What? No. I can’t sing.”

“I heard you in the shower.”

“I’m not even that good, y/n/n”

I forgot to mention he’s an Insecure Boy

:(

He puts himself down and compares himself to other people, especially Sirius a lot

You obviously try to change his attitude

“Reg, you’re phenomenal! you have the voice of an angel.”

“Y/n/n, I really don’t…”

He’s so stubborn and insecure it makes you angry

But everyone has insecurities, so you understand where he’s coming from.

You always have to reassure him you love him.

Sometimes the way that persuades him the most are the simple things you do.

when you say things like

“Have you eaten enough? Has enough water?”

“I feel safe around you.”

“I hate everybody except you.” when you’re in a bad mood

His heart just warms up at the simple things.

He also hates getting things.

Like birthday and Christmas and anniversary presents

He’ll spoil you since he’s rich and loves to give you things

but feels bad and embarrassed when you give him things.

at first, you thought he didn’t like what you gave him

and that made you sad

then you realized it wasn’t your fault

It was the fact that he never got very thoughtful presents growing up

and that made you even sadder

because most people light up when they’re given a homemade card or present

Reg is just ashamed in a way

He doesn’t do it on purpose

He doesn’t want you to feel upset

He just can’t control it.

(He eventually realizes that most people, unlike his parents, are caring and thoughtful. He gladly accepts presents after some time passes. He grew a certain fondness for homemade things, like sewn sweaters, cards, collages of pictures, etc. Especially if you’re not very crafty and they’re wonky.)

Steamy times ahead

You had your first time in 6th year. 

Nothing was planned

you were both virgins.

it just happened one night.

You were in his dorm

And it started with a kiss

Then he was on top of you

gently thrusting into you

and you never felt so good in your life

He finished in under 3 minutes

and was very embarrassed 

He kept apologizing

you told him it was fine and everyone’s first time is awkward

Then he finished you with his long and skinny fingers

and he was less embarrassed

It was a couple months after your first time and you had sex a couple times after that

But you started to notice he was avoiding sex

You understood, assumed maybe he was stressed with school or family or something

But then he became distant

You started feeling insecure

Was he not interested in you anymore?

Did he just use you for sex?

You tried pushing those thoughts away, knowing that Reg would never be bored of you or use you

But you couldn’t help but doubt yourself :,(

He always hung out with people you didn’t like.

People who had a certain fondness for the Dark Arts

You confronted him a couple times about it before

“Reg, those ‘friends’ seem a little… concerning, don’t you think?”

He obviously denied

“They just like Dark Magic, what’s the problem in an interest?”

You didn’t argue with him.

you thought you just made an unfair assumption on people’s interest.

and if they’re not using dark magic against anyone, what could be the problem?

But in Regulus’ span of ignoring you, you noticed how his ‘friend group’ changed

These weren’t just people who liked dark magic

they were people who used dark magic

People you knew would become death eaters

You wanted to say something to Reg, but you didn’t know how.

A few days later, you got a letter from Sirius. 

You had never had a full conversation with Sirius, and you did not know how he knew about your’s and Regulus’ relationship

But the letter asked you to make sure Reg didn’t have the dark mark

Reading that letter made everything feel real to you

Would Regulus actually join the death eaters? No…right?

You started questioning if you really knew your boyfriend at all.

So you asked him to meet you at the astronomy tower later that evening

Everything in between the moment you asked him and the moment he walked up the stairs to the astronomy tower was a blur

You barley remember making conversation with him

You just remember holding his left arm and pulling up his sleeve

and seeing the mark of Voldemort’s followers on his arm

You dropped his arm and put your hands on your face

You were frustrated and sad

Tears were about to spill

“I thought you were different, Reg. I thought you weren’t like them.”

You cried now

and pulled your hands down from your face

and slapped him in the chest

His face was unreadable

“What the fuck, Reg?”

You hit him again

You slaps were barley hurting him

“No! You’re not like them.”

You kept yelling at him

you kept hitting his chest

until he grabbed your arms

and pulled you closer

so his head could rest on yours

You cried in his embrace

tears and mascara ruining his dress shirt and green tie

you didn’t return his hug

your arms felt bound to your chest

“I’m sorry, y/n.”

His smooth voice cracked

he let you go

and stared into your eyes

He focused on every detail of your face

“So sorry.”

He walked you back to your dorm that night

The only sound in the quietness of Hogwarts that night was your sniffling.

You went to bed without another word

Much later, you had not forgiven Regulus

It had been a couple of months since you last spoke

You were nearing the end of sixth year

One night, you couldn’t sleep so you decided to go for a walk

An orange cat followed you through the halls, then disappeared around the corner when a group of male voices appeared

You could distinguish the mischevious laughter from anywhere

It was Regulus’ death eater ‘friends’

You tried walking faster, not wanting to gain their attention

“Oi! Aye, you!” One of them shouted at you

You tried to ignore them, but one grabbed your shoulder and turned you around

There were three boys standing behind you

“What’s your name, pretty girl?”

You were scared

You tried walking backward, but they only backed you into a corner

You left your wand in your dorm, not thinking you’d need it

So you had no way to defend yourself

They were all significantly bigger and stronger than you

and you knew their intentions

“Why so quiet?” Another one asked, “Cat got your tongue?”

The other boy grabbed your shirt and was about to tug it off when you heard a familiar voice

“Get the fuck off her.”

All the boys turned around

There stood Regulus

The boys scrambled when they saw him

The next morning, you would report the three boys to Dumbledore, Regulus as your witness

They were expelled :)

And that was the last you ever saw of Regulus

You didn’t speak once the following summer or seventh year.

And, when you graduated Hogwarts, you assumed you never would see him again

You were invited to his funeral, but you never went

You didn’t think you could handle it

You always meant to ask him how he knew you were in trouble that night

You knew there was no way he just happened to be out at the same time as you, walking in the same hallway at the exact time you needed him

You only reached a conclusion on your first day of teaching at Hogwarts, many years later.

You were in the courtyard, reminiscing about your days at Hogwarts when you saw a big orange cat perched on a railing

You automatically recognized it as the one you saw on the night Regulus saved you

It was undoubtedly the cat you saw in the hallway that night

And the more this cat stared at you

The more you began to wonder.

Then the cat winked at you and lept down and rubbed at your feet.

He purred at you, reminding you of Regulus’ smooth voice and when he sang

“I’m so sorry Professor!” 

One of your students ran up to you and grabbed her cat.

“It’s alright, Hermione. He seems lovely.”

“He is lovely. Even though Ron would disagree.”

You laughed at her comment. 

“What’s his name?”

“Well, I just got him before school started. I didn’t like his original name, so I call him Crookshanks”

“Crookshanks is a great name. But what was his original name?”

“Well, the shopkeeper called him Reg.”

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