A/N: I have been waiting patiently to write this one. : )
Challenge: Fifty Days, Fifty Songs
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, no copyright infringement intended.
Prompt: I Will Remember You by Sarah McLachlan
Pairing: Regulus/Marlene
The Raven haired man stood atop the hill and looked down at the small city below. He found it hard to believe that in less than a few hours it would be demolished. He was also trying to come to terms that, quite possibly, within the next few hours he would be dead.
Regulus Black ran his fingers through his windswept black curls as his ice blue eyes focused in on one house. Larger and grander than the rest, it stood out amongst the small wooden cottages and one-story brick houses that surrounded it.
Marlene. The love of his life; the woman whose heart he had broken just a year before.
"I'm sorry Marlene, this is over. We want different things; I can't be with someone I am meant to hate."
The memory brought tears to his eyes. He blinked them away, his eyes burning. What a mistake that had been. He hoped she realized he never meant it. He hoped she realized that she was the only woman he could imagine being with. Her golden locks and olive eyes popped into his mind as he turned away from the city.
He had only been doing what was expected of him. He was a Black and the Blacks were not to socialize, let alone love, blood-traitors. He hoped with all of his heart that when she thought of him she only thought of the good times, not the end of their relationship, when he closed himself off and turned cold. His heart, at one point, had been as dark as his last name.
He hoped she didn't cry for them, not anymore. She had never done anything to break them apart, it had been him. He had chosen the coward's way out and refused to stand up to his family and friends. Now he was going to pay the price.
His only hope was he could save her in the process. Regulus dropped his silver serpent ring into the grass and ran in the opposite direction of the village, hoping the deatheaters would find his pocessions he had dropped along the way and follow him instead. He hadn't given up his family for Marlene McKinnon but if everything went according to plan he would give his life up to save hers…
A/N: I think this one is my favorite so far. I never thought I'd write Marlene with someone other than Sirius but I actually enjoyed writing this. Hopefully you guys like it too : ) Reviews would be appreciated!