- Day 53 of 366 Days of Writing Challenge: Messy

- The Emotion Challenge: Distracted

- Potions Club - Scurvygrass: Write about being attracted to something or someone that has a negative influence.

- Sirius/Regulus especially written for A Sirius Crush on Moony, I hope it's okay!

Author's Note: This is a BLACKCEST piece. You have been warned. Please move on if this is not for you.

Pairings/Characters: Sirius/Regulus

Word Count: 391


Distraction

Don't you breathe for me, undeserving of your sympathy, because there ain't no way that I'm sorry for what I did.

"Sirius," Regulus muttered, trying to ignore the way that Sirius's breath made his neck tingle. "Sirius, you're distracting me."

"I know," Sirius replied, winding an arm around Regulus's waist. "I'm trying to distract you. I want you to stop talking."

"But we need to talk about this!" hissed Regulus, pushing his older brother away. Sirius lost balance on the edge of the bed where he had been laying, and crashed onto the floor. "Stop messing around."

"Things are going to get messy if you don't stop being such a whiny little brat," Sirius snapped, jumping back onto the bed. Regulus scurried up towards the back of the bed before Sirius could advance upon him once again. "Oh, fine," Sirius groaned finally. "What is it?"

"Don't you see how wrong this is?" Regulus replied, his dark eyes wide with worry. "What are we doing?"

Sirius rubbed the bridge of his nose with his forefinger and thumb. Regulus was right—things were wrong, but he couldn't help how he felt. Regulus and Sirius had been brought up with an unusual upbringing, and their parents hadn't exactly treated them right. They had sought solace within each other, and when their feelings had progressed into something more...they had just accepted it.

But Sirius knew, deep down, that one day it would have to end. They couldn't have a public relationship—no one would ever understand. They would ruin the name of the House of Black, and their mother would probably murder the pair of them.

"What are we supposed to do?" he finally replied, after what seemed like hours of silence. "We can try to stop what we're doing, but we'll only end up being dragged together again." It was true. No matter how they tried to manage their relationship, this awkward flame would always be ignited between them.

Regulus sighed and looked at his hands. "I don't know."

"I do," Sirius said quickly. He reached forwards and tilted Regulus's chin upwards gently. "Let's run away. Somewhere far from here, where no one has to know anything about us. Where we don't even have to acknowledge...what we are."

Regulus's eyes watered. "Really?" he whispered. Sirius cupped his brother's cheek gently, and smiled.

"Wherever you want."