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Regulus sat awake in bed anxiously awaiting the meeting of the Order in just a few hours. “What’s wrong, Reggie?” James asked sleepily. “Nothing, sweety. Go back to sleep.” Regulus said calmly. “Reggie, I know something is wrong.” James said softly, sitting up a little bit more. “I just can’t seem to fall asleep. I guess, I’m just excited for the meeting tomorrow, I’m glad I can finally be with you and Harry after all of this time.” Regulus said with a faint smile on his face. “I’m glad you’re finally here too, love. Regulus, can I ask you a question?” James asked softly. “Of course, mon amour.” Regulus whispered to James. James reached over to the nightstand and grabbed a small velvet box. “Will you Marry me?” James asked, revealing a small ring inside the box. The ring was a light silver color and had a bright green gemstone on it. Regulus’ eyes widened in surprise and he was silent for a moment. Regulus’ face lit up with joy as he opened his mouth to respond. “Yes! I would love nothing more than to marry you.” Regulus said, presenting his left hand to James.
James took the ring out of the box and gently slid it onto Regulus’ ring finger. Regulus looked into James’ hazel eyes and in that moment he was the happiest he had ever been, he laid his head gently on James’ chest with a content smile and felt the hours go by as James slowly drifted off to sleep. If Regulus thought he wouldn’t be able to sleep before he definitely couldn’t now, he simply spent the night feeling James’ chest rise and fall and his heart beat softly in his chest.
The next morning
Regulus couldn’t stop gazing at his ring. When it first caught your eye you would think it was an ordinary engagement ring but upon further inspection you could see the fine details. The ring depicted a small snake wrapping itself around a bright green gemstone. It didn’t look like it was very expensive but that didn’t matter to Regulus, all that mattered to him was that it was given to him by the man he loved.
Regulus got dressed quickly and walked down the stairs to join James, Mary, and Lily for breakfast. He walked into the kitchen and saw James standing over a pan of eggs. Regulus walked over to the coffee pot and saw that it was freshly brewed. He grabbed a mug from the cabinet that looked like it was James’ and poured some coffee into it. “Are you drinking out of my mug?” James asked with a small smile on his face. Regulus took a sip of the coffee in his mug before responding. “Maybe, do you have a problem with that? Nous partagons beaucoup plus que salive, mon amour.” Regulus said, stepping closer to James. “If you keep speaking French to me we’ll never leave the house today, love.” James said somewhat flirtatiously. “Tu est tres beau, Mon soleil.” Regulus said flirtatiously as he pulled James close to him. James leaned into Regulus and kissed him gently.
When the two separated Regulus looked up at James with a gentle smile. “Your eggs are burning.” Regulus pointed out with a small chuckle. “Shit…” James whispered to himself, desperately trying to save the burning eggs. “Why are you cooking, mon amour? We both know you’re a shitty cook.” Regulus said mockingly. “That’s hurtful.” James responded. “You just burned scrambled eggs, I think it’s a safe assumption.” Regulus said, taking another sip of coffee. “Well, we have a rotation of who cooks and cleans on what days. Mostly the days I cook we end up eating scrambled eggs and sandwiches all day but at least we’re all fed.” James said with a small smile. Regulus gave James a small kiss on the cheek and walked into the dinning room to say good morning to Lily and Mary (also to show off the ring that James gave him).
After breakfast James and Regulus quickly said goodbye to Mary, Lily, and Harry and headed to the order meeting. Over the past few years the Order had several meeting places in order to ensure the safety of the meetings, This particular meeting was to be held at Sirius and Remus’ home in muggle london. In order to blend in with the muggles in the area they would have to take a muggle train there which would take about two hours, luckily Regulus had brought a book with him for the train ride.
Regulus and James stepped off the train after about two hours and headed to the address Sirius had written down for them when he came to visit. While Regulus didn’t like having to travel so far for a simple meeting he did see how clever it was to hold a meeting so sensitive in the last place the death eaters would suspect; a muggle city. Once they finally reached the flat Regulus rang the doorbell hesitantly and waited for the door to open.
Sirius opened the door eagerly and hugged Regulus tightly. “Are you going to do that every time you see me?” Regulus asked with a grumpy look on his face. “What, I’m not allowed to give my baby brother a hug!” Sirius said enthusiastically. “Please let go of me.” Regulus said with a straight face.
After a few minutes of talking, the tree of them entered the flat and had a seat at a large dining room table. In almost no time at all more people began to show up and take their respective seats at the table. Once all of the members had arrived the meeting began, Regulus paid close attention to the plans though most of them didn’t involve him, Dumbldore (The main organizer of the order) didn’t want to risk Regulus’ cover being blown as he intended to use Regulus as a spy on the death eaters. “Regulus, when is the next death eater meeting?” Dumbledore asked, shifting the topic away from other plans being discussed. “Tonight, I’ll be sure to tell you of any pressing concerns from the meeting tomorrow.” Regulus replied with a serious expression on his face. “Very well, I expect to see a letter from you tomorrow. Oh, and welcome to the team, Regulus. We’re glad to have you here.” Dumbledore said with a sweet smile on his face.
- later that day, after James and Regulus returned home-
“Goodbye, soleil,” Regulus said with a soft smile as he hugged James close to him, “I’ll be back late tonight so don’t wait up for me.” James was always nervous whenever Regulus had to go to death eater meetings, he didn’t like that Regulus had to be in such a dangerous situation so often, especially since most of the blood purist pricks at these meetings were also very homophobic and as willing to kill over it as they were to kill over blood status. “You know that I will no matter what you tell me, love.” James said with a worried expression on his face. Regulus gave James a quick kiss before quickly transporting to the grand wiltshire manor house, the home of his cousin Narsisa and her husband Lucius as well as their newborn son Draco.
Regulus walked out of the chimney quickly and brushed the ash off of his shoulder. Regulus played with his rong nervously as he joined the death eaters in the dining room. The long table easily stretched across the gigantic room and had plenty of space for all of the death eaters as opposed to the order meeting where several people had to stand as there wasn’t enough space for everyone at the table. Regulus spotted his cousin across the room holding her new son, he had bright blond hair and looked almost exactly like his father. Narcisa spotted Regulus and walked over to him to greet him. “Hello Regulus.” She said with a small smile. “Hello, Narcissa.” Regulus responded. Now his fidgeting was glaringly obvious as his heart raced faster and faster, he knew that Narcissa must have heard that he had disobeyed their parents and was waiting for her to reveal him as a spy and a blood traitor.
Instead of exposing him Nracissa simply smiled at him and spoke softly as she said, “Is that from who I think it is.” as she gestured to Regulus’ ring. Regulus didn’t reply, he only looked at the ring and back at her. “If I were you I’d stash that in my pocket before anyone noticed.” She whispered to him. Quickly he took the ring off and placed it in his pocket discreetly. “Why are you helping me cissy?” Regulus whispered. “I don’t want to be here anymore than you, the least I can do is help you in the process. Oh, and also, congratulations Reggie.” Narcissa whispered with a small smile on her face. “Well it’s nice to see you.” She said loudly to make their conversation sound more believable to passers by. “Good to see you too, Narcissa.” Regulus said in a similar tone of voice.
Regulus didn’t pay much attention to the meeting though he knew he was supposed to report anything to Dumbledore. There weren’t many things that struck Regulus as very important or urgent that needed reporting. After a few boring hours the meeting had finally ended and Regulus decided to talk to Barty and Evan for a while afterwards so it wouldn’t look too suspicious that he wanted to leave in such a hurry.
“I have so exciting news” Regulus whispered to Barty and Evan. “What is it?” Barty whispered back. “I can’t say it too loudly but,” Regulus whispered, pulling the ring out of his pocket as inconspicuously as possible, “James proposed.” Regulus quickly stowed the ring back in his pocket before anyone noticed. “Congrats! That’s amazing mate!” Barty whispered. “Well, we have something important as well.” Evan whispered. “We’re getting a cat.” Barty whispered. “Not quite that big of news but it’s still important to us.” Evan whispered. Regulus chuckled under his breath.
“What’s going on over here?” Snape questioned walking up to the trio. “Oh, you know, just catching up.” Regulus said simply. “We left school a few days ago, what could possibly have already happened?” Snape asked. “Oh, you know, just a few small updates.” Barty said calmly. “Well, what news do you have to share?” Snape asked. “Nothing really. You know I think I’d better head home.” Regulus said, slowly walking away from the group. “Why, it’s not like you have anyone wait for you to get home?” Snape asked rudely. “Well, I'm tired and I’d like to get home so I’ll see you around, Severus.” Regulus said with an annoyed look on his face as he walked off. Regulus could tell that Snape was trying to get him to admit something and he was not willing to risk blowing his cover so soon (or at all).