As Regulus set into wait he remembered the first time James had felt like a Heir to him.
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It was when ma mère was dropping Regulus off for his first year, and Sirius for his second. He was on ma mère right, & Sirius to her left, and Sirius eyes lit up as soon as saw the youngest Potter. Sirius’ shoulder muscles untensed, he straightened up, and his foot that was tapping stoped and he almost started bouncing. When I first looked at Potter, he was getting a forehead kiss from his mother, then started waving ridiculously at Sirius, with a warm smile on his face. Then as mère stepped in fount of his gaze to give Sirius a public reminder of what was expected from him at Hogwarts (that he would most likely ignore) his honey brown eyes slide to ma mère… It almost seemed to focus, to frostbite/the sun on a winters day or a raging fire. He settled into a proper formal stance but his hands curled into fists, and his mouth firm. He seemed like a perfect Pureblood if you decided to ignore the violence that was hidden in his body & shined though his eyes. Regulus looked to see if the Lord & Lady Potter noticed Potters Presence and the only he noticed was that Lady Potter hand was frimer, held like an order, and that their stances had also shifted with their Heir. Both of them were still talking with (Lupin?) scar boys parents, trying to peer at Sirius. Potters eyes slide to Sirius & softened and in return his parents relaxed as his focus turned on my brother. As soon as Sirius was able to slip away, He did, and mère started on my own reminders.
Now here is the thing, Potter saved Siri.
Sirius light had been dimming getting swallowed by the Black night sky, but helped getting my Siri back. Sure there was some undercut jealousy & dislike, because why couldn’t myself do that for Siri or why did you make his so bold, he keeps getting hurt more but… I got my Siri back again, he was smiling & he has the twinkle in his eye. He was telling me off for being reckless like he used too. He was still Here, not fading.
I slipped through the crowds to find Siri again, but then he doubled back to me while dragging the Potter Heir.
Then Siri induced us, “Jamie, this is my little brother, Reggie, and Reggie this is James Potter! Now I’ll just to find the other two.” Off he when to go and went back to Lupin probably to ask where Pettigrew is.
I shifted my stance into a Lord stance and he mirrored me, his eyes turning more focus & cold. I took a breath, looked into his eyes and took as deep as a bow as I could without drawing much attention, especially ma mère.
Then I then spoke with one of most sincerest tones I had, “Greetings James Potter, Heir of Lord Potter. I, Thank you, for being my Brothers confidant and taking care of him while he was at school. From what I have heard from him you bring joy into his life. I hope that both of us can be pleasant to each other in the future.”
The Heir of Potter face relaxes slightly and his eyes turn a bit warmer. He then bows back and replies, “Regulus Black, the second son of the House of Black, I also wish for peaceful relations between the two of us and just as I am Sirius confidant, as much as he is mine. I hope that me being Sirius confidant, brings him as much joy and more as he does to me.”
As I start to relax then Potter runs a hand through his hair, his other hand slips into his pocket, and his stance loosens. I almost start mirroring him, relaxing & loosening, but then I feel ma mère eyes on me.
I go tense and just as I was going slip away and join ‘Cissy. Potter reaches a hand out and makes a request, “I do have a request, Scion Black, for you to call me by my first name, James.”
I refocused my eyes at him, and I then requested the same from him, “If it’s not too much trouble, would you mind referring to me as Regulus, James?” It felt natural to say his name, but also weird. It wasn’t being whispered to Sirius while breathing in the London air, in the dead of the night, to see Sirius eyes light up.
I took his hand, knowing the crowds would hide it. His hand was warm, and mine cold. Then a huge smile appeared across his face, and it felt blinding. Everything Heir about him seemed to disappear, and now he felt like the person of Siri stories.
Then footsteps were heard, I slipped my hand out of his, and rested mine back to my side. His hand slipped out of his pocket then Siri jumped onto James back, and his hands caught mon frère.
I glanced from where he came from and saw Lupin trailing behind a boy who was taller then Siri with sandy hair, who had freckles laying over his nose, and blue eyes. I came to the assumption that this was Pettigrew.
Pettigrew gave me a nod, before greeting James teasingly, “Hello, traitor, how’s your new best friend treating you?”
James then replied with a playful tone, “Pete! How dare you insult me and say I am a traitor! I would never! You are my best friend, and you were my first! How dare you discard this honor!?!”
I heard a snort, and glanced back at Lupin. I remember Sirius saying that Lupin reminded him of me. So as Pettigrew continued with the feasting, I gave Lupin a once over. He seemed to draw in on himself, his left hand coving his face and his right holding his books. Both of his hands covered in freckles and his eyes were twinkling. His hair was lighter than his eyes, which reminded me of chocolate. I wondered beside the book reminded him of me. I then realized that Remus was also doing a one over on me too.
I titled my head because maybe Siri was right, not that I would admit to it. Then we locked eyes, and realized I noticed that he had done, then he looked away with his ears turning pink. I refocused back on James and Pettigrew who had drawn Siri into their banter.
I faked coughed, to get their attention, then all of their focus was on me. I forced myself to keep my shoulders straight, and not to curl in. I looked into mon frère eyes, titled my head, then glanced at Pettigrew & Lupin, then looked eyes back to Siri. Then he realized that he still hadn’t introduced me to the two of them.
Sirius straightened his back with bright eyes, and James had to quickly counterbalance so neither of them fell.