@willowguarded
Everythingās fine.
Of courseĀ itās fine; why wouldnāt it be? Heās got just what heās always wanted. Heās free of his mother and the oppressive weight of Grimmauld Place, and heās living with James and Jamesā parents, who are a realĀ family, the kind that donāt hate each other. Itās the dream. Nirvana.
All right, so heād asked James if they could not tell the others, just yet, but it wouldnāt be the first time he and James had held some secret between them, just because they can, because theyāre capable of talking about things without ever opening their mouths. And yeah, heād been terrified of seeing his parents dropping Regulus off on the platform, and there might have been some embarrassing hand-holding heāll never admit to, the neat half-moons that his nails had pressed into Jamesā skin accepted without complaint.Ā
So what? Everythingās fine. So fine. The most fine.
Which is what heās saying when he catches sight of Remusā face, recognises the expression on it, and grinds to a halt.
Ā Ā Ā āWhat?ā he demands, already keyed up into something defensive and tense. His fingers curl against his palm and thereās something hot at the base of his throat. He repeats himself for perhaps the eighth time. āI said I was fine, didnāt I?ā













