Written for Jas
Seeing Colour
James/Regulus (with some Wolfstar)
"Amber!" Sirius cried, laughing in delight. "His eyes are amber. Trust me, James. There's no more beautiful colour than amber."
James grinned widely. "I'm happy for you," he insisted. He was happy for his roommate of two months. After all, ever since they both got assigned to the same room at university, they had become inseparable. James knew he had a friend for life the moment he had met Sirius Black.
It didn't stop him being slightly jealous of Sirius though. He had been searching for his own soulmate since he was fourteen.
Sirius was lucky. He found his easily and Remus Lupin seemed just as captivated as Sirius was about him.
Though he could do without Sirius going on and on about colours, he didn't voice his annoyance. After all, it'd be him doing the same thing one day.
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Grey. Black. White. Dark grey. Light grey. Almost grey. Charcoal. So few colours, he barely realised that things had changed after looking into grey eyes.
Sirius had said that the second his eyes locked with Remus', he saw amber.
James only saw grey when being introduced to Regulus Black for the first time.
"Your eyes are… what colours are these?" Regulus asked, staring curiously at him.
James internally sighed. Great. Another Black with a soulmate and seeing in colour.
"I'm not sure. Not met 'the one' yet," he said politely.
Sirius' brother gave him a slightly funny look.
"No, Regulus hasn't met his one either, have you, Reggie?" Sirius threw an arm over Regulus' shoulders and James looked between them for a moment before his gaze locked onto the scarf Regulus was wearing.
"Your scarf isn't grey!" James exclaimed.
Regulus looked down. "I like this colour," he murmured, his fingers reaching for the green material.
"But if I can see your scarf in colour, why are your eyes and hair still grey and black?"
"Because that's the colour they're supposed to be," Sirius replied, frowning. "Wait. How can you both see colour?"
He looked between them suspiciously for a long moment before it clicked. He pulled Regulus tighter towards him and glared at James.
"This is my baby brother I'll have you know," he said, his eyes narrowing. "Bros don't date their bros' brothers!"
"Sirius, he's clearly my soulmate," Regulus said, pulling out of Sirius' grip. "You're kind of ruining the moment for the both of us."
"Like I care. I still have to threaten to kill James if he hurts you or touches you inappropriately!"
"I'm nineteen years old," Regulus pointed out. "Only a year younger than you. I can take care of myself. Go away. I bet Remus is lonely without you."
Sirius hesitated, looking eager to rush off to find Remus.
"Yeah. You know how attractive he looks in those cardigans. I bet someone is trying to get a look underneath them as we speak."
Without another word, Sirius rushed away, leaving the pair alone in the dorm-room.
"Shall we try this again?" James asked, reaching out and grabbing Regulus' arm. He stared into his eyes. "I've spent my life waiting to see more than grey, but I have to say that I'd really like to spend forever looking into your soft grey eyes."
Regulus rolled his eyes and tried to hide a smile. "Maybe it was better when Sirius was here. I think you're ruining the moment a lot better than he did."
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