holiday movies
Regulus was splayed across the couch casually, picking at a bowl of popcorn as some shitty Hallmark movie plays on the TV, something about a big city girl going to the country for the holidays, meeting a guy, and totally uprooting her life to be with him. Basically every heterosexual love story ever.
James was out with whomever; Regulus wasn’t quite listening when James told him. Anyhow, he was home alone watching trashy movies and being bored. He’d already cleaned the house and read almost every book in his bookshelves in an attempt to entertain himself, but time seemed to move much slower without James there to entertain him.
Regulus sighed as the doorbell rang. Probably some carolers, he assumed. And boy was he wrong. The second he opens it, Pandora, Barty, Evan, and Dorcas come bustling through, not quite caring for his personal space as they take up the couches and continue talking very loudly.
“What are you all doing in my house?” Regulus asks over the incessant talking.
“We figured you might be bored with James out shopping and all, so we’re keeping you company,” Pandora says calmly, stealing the popcorn from Barty and passing it over to Regulus to join him into the group. He smiles helplessly, sitting in between them all and allows them to engulf him in their antics.
When James finally gets home with way too many bags from the store, he smiles at the sight before him: Regulus and his friends curled into a pile on the couch sleeping, more movies playing in the background. He smiles softly, tucking them into blankets and carrying Regulus off the bed before joining him, kissing his forehead and dozing off serenely.