I'm here with another drabble? (Someone stop me... I have actual homework to do!)
This was written for Hogwarts's (where I'm a Slytherin) Prompt of the Day: James/Regulus pairing
I also have a list of other prompts this satisfies at the end of the fic.
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Warnings: brief mentions of abuse, and allusions to depression.
Word Count (Excluding A/N): 595
Take Me Home
Regulus let out a slow breath, his eyes consistently shifting down to look at the watch on his wrist. It was nearly midnight now; Regulus had asked James Potter to meet him at eleven.
It had taken every ounce of courage in him to write that brief letter telling the older boy his feelings and fears, and to have them so blindly ignored…hurt. It hurt really bad. Regulus had even watched James open the unsigned letter, his warm eyes scanning the words before looking up with concern—Regulus had put everything, anonymous or not, about the abuse he suffered in the Black household, where he would be returning tomorrow; about him being forced into the Death Eater ideals; about the fear he felt every time he spoke in the Slytherin common room; about how much he hated what he was doing with his life. He really shouldn't have been surprised when James looked concerned; that's just the way the Gryffindor was built—empathetically.
He had really thought James would show.
"Out of everyone you could have sent your plea to, why me?" A voice cut through the chilly night air. Regulus spun around and came face to face with James Potter, startled by his sudden presence.
"Sirius," Regulus blurted out, his cheeks flushing blood red at how squeaky his voice sounded. He took a quick breath to calm himself, desperate to not seem like a blithering idiot. "I see the way you interact with him, and he trusts you."
James didn't reply; Regulus couldn't stand the silence.
"Sirius used to tell me that if you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark, that is all you'll ever see," Regulus whispered. "You were his light. You took him away, and I wanna come too."
Regulus felt so consumed, so torn by his past, lost in the hurt he felt. He was desperate; he wanted safety.
He wanted James.
"Please, James," Regulus said, his voice barely audible above the blood pounding in his ears. "My faith in humanity has been broken, but you are good."
James was inching closer, but Regulus hardly noticed. He was too wrapped up in the words he had been dying to say for… years.
"Be my light. James, please. Let me see the good. I don't want to live in the dark—it's so cold and lonely. James, ple—"
Regulus's words were cut off when James's hands cupped his cheeks, pulling them close together. Then there were lips; it was a searing kiss. So desperate and passionate—it was fire. In that moment, all that existed was Regulus, James, and their kiss.
And then that moment was over.
Regulus was panting when James pulled away, resting their foreheads together. "No going back now," James gasped. "If you come with me, you come with me for good."
Regulus was shocked, his mind melting as he tried to form thoughts. "You… You will take me away?" he asked, breathless. He had always looked to James, sitting across the hall, for light, but never had he truly believed that he could be directly bathed in it.
"You are an innocent. I can't leave an innocent in the dark" James replied. Regulus vaguely noticed that James's thumb was stroking back and forth on his cheek. "Especially not you. I've wanted to take you away from it all for so long, Regulus."
Something snapped inside of Regulus, and he felt the tears he had been pushing down for so long well up behind his eyes. "James, please," he whispered. "Take me home."
A/N 2.0:
Reg is my baby. I love him so much. I wanna write him constantly, so I finally let it happen XD
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Prompts:
Prompt of the Day: Regulus/James
Slash September: James
Writing Club:
Count Your Buttons (song) #4: Take Me Home
Disney Challenge (theme) #2: Courage - write about someone managing to be courageous despite their fear
Showtime #11: (dialogue) "No going back now."
Dark Lady's Diabolical Lair #9: Blood Red
Lo's Lowdown #16:(dialogue) "If you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark, that is all you'll ever see."
Ambers Attic #12: "Let's fall in love as if the world is on fire, and there is nothing left but ash and us."