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Little Brother - Sirius's POV

I despise Regulus Black. He's stupid, pathetic, weak, and gullible, buying into all the bullshit our family feeds us. The idiot doesn't know how to form his own opinions or stand up for himself. If he gets in trouble it's always up to me to get him out of it, because he can't seem to grow a spine.

He always gets in trouble and someday I won't be there to get him out of it. I hate him because I dread when that day comes. I hate him because I shouldn't care. I cut off all ties with my family and I hate them all, so why do I always step in and get him out of trouble?

I hate him because I can never completely leave the Black family as long as he's there, needing protection. If he would just grow up I could forget all about him. I hate him because I keep trying to make him grow up and stand on his feet and it keeps not working. I hate him because I should be able to influence him, teach him, make him stronger and I can't. I hate not being able to help him the way I should, so I have to settle for a lesser kind of help, dragging him out of trouble, protecting him from everything he just can't seem to face on his own.

And I hate him when even that fails. When he becomes a Death Eater and I can't watch his back because I'm fighting against him, because he's my enemy. When he dies and I wasn't there to stop it. I am Padfoot, the mischief-maker and ruler-breaker extraordinaire. The one who never gets caught and can never be stopped. I'm the white sheep of the Black family, and there is nothing I can't do.

Except when it comes to my little brother. Because he came along and made it so that there were all sorts of things I couldn't do. I couldn't leave. I couldn't guide. I couldn't save him. And I couldn't not mourn. He was my little brother, and he was the only thing I ever failed at. I hate Regulus Black. Almost as much as I hate Sirius Black. Because Regulus is the only person I've ever truly failed.

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