This is actually based off of a short film I saw ages ago called 'Starcrossed' about two brothers who fall in love. This is practically the same as the final scene in Starcrossed, but I altered it with Sirius and Regulus instead, because I do love my Blackcest ;D
Written as my entry fic in 'The Great Maze Challenge/Competition' on HPFC.
Surrender
I close my eyes and then open them again. I don't know why I do it. Maybe there is some part of me that hopes that by closing my eyes and then opening them, all of the bad things will just disappear and a new, more perfect world will take its place. I should know better than to think things are that easy.
I glance towards Regulus, standing to my left and I let out a sigh. How did it ever get to this? When did things become so messed up? He's my brother. We shouldn't feel this way about each other.
I call out to him and his head turns instantly. My eyes meet his and we just look at each other for a good minute, before he takes my hand and pulls me towards him.
"I love you," he says quietly against my hair, and I let myself droop against him.
"I love you," I reply as we drop down to the floor. We dangle our feet over the side of the pool and I take one last look at him before I let myself fall into the cold water. Moments later, he's in the water with me and he takes hold of my hand. We share a quick look and swim towards the ladder.
We don't need to talk to know what each other is thinking. I lift up the pair of handcuffs that I've had with me since we came to the pool. He hands me his wand, and I take it. I carefully place our wands out of reach and then turn back to him.
It has to be done. There is no happy ending for us, and we know that. We both know exactly what we're going to do. He gives me a look that almost makes me break, and then we both take in as much air as we can, and let ourselves sink to the bottom of the pool.
It's blurry under the water, but we can see each other. We both hold on to the rungs tightly so that we stay down, and I shakily attach one of side of the handcuffs to my wrist. I pull the other side around the ladder and attach it to him. We are stuck.
I smile and remove my eyes from the handcuffs and to him. He's staring right back at me with a smile.
He takes my hand and pulls me closer to him. I wrap my remaining hand around his neck and press my lips against his. Our mouths move together perfectly, but every breath is wasting more and more of our air, and I know that soon enough our time will be up. I want this to be my last moment. I love him.
I can't complain. At least I know that we'll be there together – wherever it is we're going. All I know is that we'll be happy.
As the air leaves my lungs I look into his eyes one last time and we share a smile.
We're gone. It's over. They can't get us anymore.
~The End~