Northern Sky

There’s a distinct sensation that coincides with coming back to reality. It’s much like being a child, counting the seconds as you hold your breath underwater; baiting your burning lungs, testing them before you’re forced to resurface. It’s not quite like drowning, but it’s also not dissimilar. The stubborn thing holding you down here is not the waves, it is your own conviction.Regulus Black has always been stubborn. As much as he may deny it, it’s as ingrained in his bones as The Black Family Madness. As he grew up, he continued to test how long he could hold his breath for; how long he could slip under the surface of reality, existing only within himself.-There’s a quite corner of the world, where the time moves slowly and the salt-water can wash you clean.Here, Regulus Black comes back to reality.For twelve years, Regulus builds a life on simple joys. The most notable of these comes in the form of a baby boy, a blue-eyed menace who bears a striking resemblance to the brother he tried to forget.But you can’t hold your breath forever, the water will always come rushing in.On his son’s eleventh birthday, fate leads an old acquaintance to his doorstep.

Oh, when darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel