👀 how do you really feel about Sirius having killed Regulus? 👀
“To put it bluntly, I’m devastated.
For Sirius, because it was his brother, for the rest of the family, because it’s hell losing someone, even if you’re a horrid human being. For myself, because…
Look. I can’t say it to Sirius, because I’m not an arsehole, and I’m not going to be the one to pour salt in that wound, but I think he made a mistake. I know-I knew Regulus, and yeah he’d made mistakes. Big ones. But he was…he was rethinking them.
We used to meet up. He and I. It started because of Quidditch, that’s where I really met him, and then I went back to Hogwarts before he left and we got talking…and it’s not like I could go up to Sirius and be like ‘hey mate, so I’ve befriended your Death Eater brother, can I have your approval’. So Lily’s the only one who knew. And he was a good bloke. Real dry wit about him; reminded me of Sirius, to be honest. And I liked him. Might’ve even more than liked him, if I’m really honest.
And we were making progress. He was going to…at least I think he was…he was close to turning back. He wanted out of the other side, and I was so close…I was real close to convincing him he could do it.
And I guess…you know what happened there.
So yeah…I’m devasted and it hurts, and it all happened in the worst fucking week of my life, but I’m not going to tell Sirius that.
I can’t lose the only Black I’ve got left.”