- Day 67 of 366 Days of Writing Challenge: Butterflies
- The Emotion Challenge: Cautious
- The Funfair/Carousel: Car 2/Seat 4 - (dialogue) "I've seen better."
Pairings/Characters: Regulus/Narcissa
Word Count: 319
J'Adore
Your soul is haunting me, and telling me, that everything is fine, but I wish I was dead.
Regulus was always cautious around his older cousin. There was something oddly unnerving about Narcissa. He wasn't sure if it was her dazzling good looks, combined with her icy personality, or whether it was just the way that she treated him. For as long as he could remember, Narcissa had always looked down on him, and treated him with an air of disdain that he was sure wasn't acceptable.
However unacceptable he deemed it, Regulus still didn't mind. In fact, the way she glared at him whenever she and her sisters came around gave him butterflies. The little critters swarmed and bubbled around inside his stomach, causing him to act stupid and tongue-tied whenever he tried to speak to Narcissa.
"D-do you like my..." Regulus babbled as he entered the drawing room. Narcissa was sitting on a gilt-footed armchair like it was a throne, with Bellatrix and Andromeda lolling around on the floor at her feet. "I painted this for you," he garbled, thrusting a small canvas painting in her hands, which he had completed the day before.
It was a golden and blue watercolour of a silken-haired princess with wide, blue eyes. He hoped that Narcissa would see the resemblance. He watched cautiously as she rose an eyebrow and tossed the canvas onto the arm of the chair. "I've seen better," she replied nonchalantly. Bellatrix snickered cruelly, and Andromeda rolled her eyes.
Regulus backed off until he was in the kitchen, and he stood by the breakfast bar, sighing. Andromeda entered shortly after, giving him an apologetic look. "You know it will never work, Reg," she told him, coming over to stand beside him. "She's infatuated with that Malfoy bloke. Give it up while you've still got your heart."
"I just can't help it," Regulus sighed. "I adore her."
