The gentle swaying of the sea was the most beautiful music for that moment. The beach breeze caressed their faces so softly and sweetly that it could evoke what the stories mention that a mother's caress feels like. Regulus and Sirius never felt it, at least not from their mother, but from their moms.

For Sirius Euphemia was his mother in every law. The woman who loved him, who cared for him, who took care of him and protected him in the nights when the remains of torture were present in dreams... in nightmares. That woman had been a balm in his life, the maximum reference of goodness on Earth.

In Regulus' case, the love came in a beautiful package named Hope that gave him hope when he felt almost all was lost. She was his salvation. When he closes his eyes he can feel the warmth of his mom's gaze that in no way compared to the icy daggers Walburga would plunge into him.

They were there, newly married to the most beautiful people who could exist, not only physically but internally, in soul and mind. The Black brothers had a long road to reach the point where they perceived themselves worthy of those loves.

"I never would have imagined our fate, Sirius."

"Me neither, Reggie."

"All this peace felt so far away, happiness was only something I could dream of but I never imagined myself feeling it" he turned to look at Sirius' face.

"The darkness of Grimmauld Place, the screams of it... I didn't think we could ever leave them behind." He fell silent. "I shouldn't have left you with her, Reggie, I'm never going to be able to stop regretting that."

"I must confess that at first I hated myself so much for that, I hated myself for not being enough for you to take me and get me out of that place" he sighed and turned his eyes forward to stare at the sea skimming the shore. "But then Remus came for me, he was there and he took me with him. He made me understand that I was worth it, that things were very difficult and complex for you too. He took me with him and then I met Mom. If you had taken me Hope didn't... We were with the people we should have been with at the time we should have been. You should stop regretting that because my life and your life would not have been the same. You wouldn't have Effie and I wouldn't have Hope. You wouldn't be James' brother and I wouldn't be Remus' brother. You wouldn't have married Remus and I wouldn't have married James. It happened exactly what was supposed to happen, when it was supposed to happen."

"I still have a hard time understanding that we deserve all of this. Not because I feel we're not worth it but because I firmly believe they're all so fucking awesome."

"I know, I feel that way too."

James appeared behind them accompanied by Remus who like them were wearing a white linen shirt and matching pants with necklaces made of wooden beads. Laughter accompanied the waves and the Blacks couldn't help the smiles on their faces.

Both Remus and James grabbed their partners' hands and pulled them with amusement into the sea. The crescent moon was so beautiful and bright that it painted the sea its color. The reflection of the beautiful moon was just the spot where the four of them decided they had gone far enough into the water.

They splashed some water on each other which made everyone have salt on their lips. They laughed and like magnets Regulus moved closer to James as Sirius moved closer to Remus and they kissed. On the shore the shouts of glee let out by Euphemia and Hope followed by Fleamont made them laugh out loud.