chapter 1
FIRST DAY,
MEETING PARENTS
(Regulus POV)
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*regulus taught at Hogwarts but it didn't really excite him, he thought he could have a special bond with his students but later found out teenagers aren't looking for a close bond with a teacher, he talked to the head master, Mr Dumbledore, and was sent to work at Hogwarts nursery, he was a bit iffy about it at first but thought it could be a good opportunity, he was never good with little kids so it could be practice if he got a kid of his own one day, atleast that's what he told his best friends (barty Crouch jr and Evan rosier) besides, Pandora rosier was the other teacher he would be working with in that room, he hadn't had a proper conversation with her yet, a few "hi"'s here and there but nothing too formal*
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FIRST DAY
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Regulus walks into his room, decorated with rainbows and butterflies, regulus cringes slightly at that, definitely work of Pandora, speaking of she comes practically skipping over to regulus.
"Regulus!!" -P
"Hey Pandora" -R
"Are you exited for your first day??" -P
"Practically jumping from joy." Regulus says in a snarky tone -R
"Don't be talking to the kids like that" Pandora crosses her arms and bends one of her knees so she is standing kind of slanted "you have no idea what they repeat to there parents so I'd be careful" -P
"Yeah yeah" regulus waves her off and walks over to the empty desk with a small sign saying "Mr Black"
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10 minutes later
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Pandora had left to gather supplies for "messy play" later as she had called it, regulus had now set up everything he needed in his desk when a parent walked in, a tall figure, but still only about a few inches taller than Regulus, messy brown hair and broken glasses being held together by some tape at the bridge, the young boy he was with had the same hair, and same broken part on his glasses, though his had small finger prints on the glass, the dad walked over to the working desk where handover is done and regulus swallows his pride and walks over to the man
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"Hello" -r
"Ah you must be the new teacher, I'm James, James Potter and this is my little boy" James crouches down "tell the teacher your name" james smiles and Regulus could feel the inside of his stomach jerk, he thought he was just hungry so he ignored it, the little boy looks up at him and whispers softly "harry.." Regulus's instincts kicked in and crouched down aswell "well Harry, I'm Mr black and we are going to have lots of fun today" the young boy smiles, just like his dad and lifts up his tiny hand and holds out his pinky "pinky promise?" The boy giggles quietly and regulus can't help but smile "pinky promise" regulus holds out his and the two interlock there pinky's, a few seconds later regulus stands back up and so does James. "Lovely meeting you" "You too" regulus holds out his hand for a handshake and James happily complies, shaking his hand, James doesn't look away from regulus until he is out the door and then the rest of the handovers go about as calmly as they could be, regulus's first day was stressful, and Harry was his favourite student he had to admit, he knew he couldn't have favourites but there was something about him.. and his dad, he just couldn't shake the feeling, him and Pandora got closer too, they had knew eachother for years but never really, knew, eachother, he's not even sure he understands that while saying it explaining to Evan, the rest of the day went well, the kids had fun, and obviously regulus kept his promise to Harry, making sure he had lots of fun.
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POV CHANGE
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James is one of those dads that hate letting there children grow up, wanting Harry to be his little boy forever, Lily finally convinced him to let Harry go to nursery at the age of 3, a bit late to join he admits, but he thought he was finally ready, he was trying not to get emotional while getting Harry ready "I love you daddy" Harry said while James was bucking him into the car seat. It took all of james's might not to burst into tears then, he just had his normal James Potter smile and kissed his sons head saying "I love you too harry" before shutting the door and getting into the drivers seat, the whole way there was James check listing the things he made Harry bring that he knows he would never need but made him bring anyway.
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James parks the car and gets Harry out
"Have you got everything"
"Yess dad!" Harry giggled in his usual sweet voice
"Okay, Luna will be there, you've met her before right?? And Draco, I know you don't like him much but keep your friends close but your enemies closer and-" he keeps rambling on before Harry hugs him tightly and he finally calms a bit, he brings Harry into the nursery and when he sees regulus his heart almost skips a beat, he was only a few inches shorter than himself, he was wearing guyliner (exactly James's Type but he shuts that thought down quicky) regulus approaches and they have there interaction, all he could think was how good he was with Harry, that didn't help with the whole "exactly my type" fiasco, as soon as he leaves and gets back into the car he is kicking himself for even having thoughts like that, especially about his sons teacher, he turns the music up really loud to drown out his own thoughts and drove back home.
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Wake up you sleepy head
Put on some clothes, shake up your bed
Put another log on the fire for me
I've made some breakfast and coffee
I look out my window, what do I see?
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
All the nightmares came today
And it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, you pretty things (oh, you pretty things)
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and papas insane
Oh, you pretty things (oh, you pretty things)
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and papas insane
Let me make it plain
You gotta make way for the homo superior
One, two
Oh, you pretty things (oh, you pretty things)
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and papas insane
Oh, you pretty things (oh, you pretty things)
Don't you know you're driving your
Mamas and papas insane
Let me make it plain
You gotta make way for the homo superior
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James pulls into the driveway after a quick stop at the shops to get stuff for cooking, Lily stress cooks, as much as she wanted this for Harry she was obviously still as worried as james, wanting him to have a good day.
James puts his keys in the small key dish by the front door before walking into the kitchen where Lily is frantically looking through the fridge.
"I've got the stuff lils" James puts the bag on the bench and sits at one of the tables at the island
Lily quickly turns around rummaging in the bag "where's the sugar?!" James points to the cupboard behind Lily "we already have some" Lily quickly turns around to get out the sugar "about tonight.. I know you wanted to pick up but.. could I?" Just then Mary walks in "you have a crush on the new teacher don't you" "shut up macdonald!" Lily finally stops her frantic cooking "tell us everything" Lily jumps up and sits on the island on one side of him and mary does the same on the other. "There's nothing to tell!" "Bullshittt" lily says in a sing-song voice, james sighs "is Sirius here?" "Nope" Mary finally pipes up. "Okay good, I think the new teacher is Sirius's brother, I mean he looks like a shorter, younger version of him, and his name is mr black" Lily's and Mary's mouth gapes slightly before they both burst into laughter "it's not funny!!" James tries to yell over them both, Lily finally calms down and hush's Mary "you’re gay?" Lily asks, james freezes slightly, was he gay? "Uhm. No! I'm not gay, I don't.. think?" Mary decides it's time for her useless input "your totally gay" she jumps off the bench and goes to the fridge taking out one of the brownies Lily made and starts eating it. "There's nothing wrong with being gay honey" Lily puts a hand on James's shoulder "I mean look at me and Mary, james does look at them, he was sad about the divorce and even though they are still as close as they used to be and still decided to live together (Mary moved in too of corse) he couldn't deny how much they where meant for eachother, Lily cuts him out of his thoughts "you can have pickup" "thanks lils".
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All of the students had been picked up now apart from Harry, regulus and Harry where sitting on the floor while Pandora was sorting out some more paperwork they will need james to sign, regulus looks up at Pandora while Harry went to go pick a book to read.
"Pandora"
"Hm?"
"Is Harrys dad single?"
Pandora giggles quietly
"Whyyyy?"
"So I know wether to bring up Harry's mother!"
"Yes, his dad is single, but him and Harry's mother, and Harry's mothers girlfriend live together for Co-parenting"
Regulus can't help but smile a little bit
"Oh regulus" Pandora leans againts the wall "your falling for a parent on your first day?"
"No!!" Just then James walks in but Regulus didn't hear the door "I'm not falling for him" regulus stands up and Harry walks over "are you talking about daddy?" Harry smiles a toothless grin "yes son" regulus can't help but chuckle slightly, james leans againts the wall and listens, Pandora finally pipes up "it's not againts the rules to date a parent" Pandora laughs and keeps sorting the paperwork, james clears his throat, regulus could feel his whole world sink around him but he plasters a smile back on his face and turns to face James.
"Mr Potter"
"Call me james, Really" *james Walks over with a grin on his face, picking up his son and giving him a cuddle.
"James, harry has had a lovely day! Havent we darling, just like I promises" harry giggles and rubs his face Into his dads arms. The two look at eachother for a couple of seconds before pandora walks over, has a conversation with James about the paperwork and then he leaves, Pandora laughs and shakes her head, walking back to her desk as regulus groans and puts his head in his hands.
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James's POV
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James buckles harry into his car seat and Harry starts to ramble about how much fun he had with mr black and miss rosier, harry even got closer to Draco, much to his Suprised, they had picked flowers for each other during garden time "young love" james joked got a "daaadd!!" Off of Harry, finally Harry asked for music on and James took that as finally an excuse to get away from hearing about mr black
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Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
La-la-la
Love when it comes without a warnin'
'Cause waitin' for it gets so borin'
A lot can change in twenty seconds
A lot can happen in the dark
Love when it makes you lose your bearings
Some information's not for sharing
Use different names at hotel check-ins
It's hard to stop it once it starts
It starts
I'm not sentimental
But there's somethin' 'bout the way you look tonight, mm
Makes me wanna take a picture
Make a movie with you that we'd have to hide
You better lock your phone
And look at me when you're alone
Won't take a lot to get you goin'
I'm sorry if it's torture though
I know, I know
It might be more of an obsession
You really make a strong impression
Nobody saw me in the lobby (saw me in the lobby)
Nobody saw me in your arms, mm
I'm not sentimental
But there's somethin' 'bout the way you look tonight
('Bout the way you look tonight) mm
Makes me wanna make 'em jealous
I'm the only one who does it how you like
(Only one who does it how you)
You better lock your phone
And look at me when you're alone (you're alone, you're alone)
Won't take a lot to get you goin' (get me goin', get me goin')
I'm sorry if it's torture though (torture though)
I know, I know
You better lock your door
And look at me a little more
We both know I'm worth waitin' for (waitin' for)
That heavy breathin' on the floor (on the floor)
I'm yours, I'm yours (I'm yours)
I'm not sentimental
I'm not sentimental
I'm not sentimental
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James pulls up to the house and as soon as harry is unbuckled he is running inside to give his mothers a hug, james throws his keys into the dish and sits on the sofa, grinning. Mary pipes up "what's up with you grinny" james has much pleasure saying this "Harry got flowers at school today" Lily smiles and looks at harry "who from??" "Draco" harry giggles, james laughs too, Mary ruffles Harry's hair "no dating till your 18 boy" "hey we aren't dating" all of them laugh at that
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Regulus walks into the building, hair messy and shirt creased yesterday was much more stressful than he imagined, slept through his alarm. He runs his fingers through his hair trying to quickly straighten himself up when James and Harry walk in, regulus quickly smiles and walks over to the handover desk.
"Well hello Harry! Did you have fun yesterday?" Harry nods and runs straight over to his favourite toy, both men look at each other and laugh "rough morning?" Regulus yawns and nods "rough night" "understandable, I think the Bain told me your entire life story last night" regulus chuckles at that "well I'm very fond of him too" both of them look at each other for a couple seconds, regulus slowly looks down at James's lips then back up to his eyes, he could tell James blushed when he did that, regulus was too shocked about how obvious he was about that, suddenly Harry shouts up "bye daddy!!" And that snaps them both out of the moment, James stutters a quick bye and walks out the door, regulus turns to Harry and rubs his hands together "right, want to help me set up for breakfast?"
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That night Lily does pick-up, regulus had mentally prepared himself all day to have another awkward interaction with James but when he turns around he sees a tallish, beautiful ginger girl, regulus walks up to her. "Sorry I haven't met you before, who are you here for" "oh I'm Lily Evans! Harry's mother" "can I see some ID? Protocol since I've never met you" "ah yes" she hands him her id and checks it over but just then Harry runs over and jumps into her arms, regulus chuckles and gives it back. "I think that's enough proof" Lily grins at that "Sirius blacks little brother ey?" "You know my brother" "me and my ex husband have a very close group of friends, Sirius included" "James is like best friends with my brother?" Regulus immediately knows James is now OFF LIMITS, atleast in his mind he is "since highschool" "ah, well, see you later Harry" he smiles "and see you later miss Evans" Lily smiles and leaves.
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-regulus groans and leans againts the wall when she leaves, pandora laughs.
"fuck you laughing at" "hey!" "there's no more little ears around." "just ironic he's best mates with your brother" "well what am i meant to do!" pandora shrugs and finishes locking up the room, they walk to the car park "think about it, you'll be able to see him more now, just go visit your brother or something" "i never visit him" "well this might be good for your brotherly relationship then" "oh whatever."
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that night regulus goes to his flat on the outskirts of scotland, he lived there when he was attending hogwarts, obviously, but then moved away after he graduated, he knew james in hogwarts, he knew james a lot actually, his laugh, the way he gets a small dimple on his left cheek when he chews his food, the way he holds his knife and fork in the wrong hands but it was okay because that's what worked for him, but james didn't know regulus, doesn't even recognise him, regulus tried to push away how much he hated james in school but now he can't help but smile whenever james walks into the room, it's like regulus is the stars and whenever james is around his mood isn't dark anymore, james is the sun, the only way he could possibly be described, he could light up the entire world with that smile of his, regulus groaned and flopped down onto his bed, he kept thinking about the way james ran his fingers through his hair, god he would love for those fingers to touch him atleast once, and that face, and that body, goddddd, regulus sat up againts his headboard and slowly unbuckled his belt, he knew this was wrong, he knew it but he wanted it, he pulled the waist down enough to touch himself and he leaned his head back, thinking of all the times james's grin made him want to kiss it off of that stupid fucking face, he hated james for making him feel like this but.... god did it feel good. Regulus finished and cleaned himself up, he walked out into the kitchen and sat down.
"what we eating tonight then" he grumbled, knowing the answer, barty looked up at him. "yesterdays leftovers" "of corse we are" "oi be greatfull you little shit" "oh and fuck you too crouch" regulus took his plate and started eating, barty grinned at him "what are you smiling at" "we shagged for 2 years i think i know that post O look" "oh piss off barty" "dont get mad at me!!" "your dating rosier now so can we please not talk abt it" "it's not like there was romantic feelings between us, it was just shagging" "fine okay maybe there is someone but it's definitely not something" "is it a parent" "am i that predictable?!" "yes, now come on who is it!" barty laughed and jabbed regulus in the side "ow! fucking prick. and i'm not telling you" "do i know them?" i mean not personally but you know who they are" "then tell me you tosser" "not if you keep calling me a tosser....... barty stop giving me that look.... barty. ........oh my fucking god crouch it's potter" barty looked stunned, (although the grin on his face widened)
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"regulus?" regulus finally looks up from his food and over bartys shoulder. "sirius?." barty pats reg on the shoulder sympathetically and he leaves. "i know you don't want to talk to me" he starts but regulus cuts him off.
"you left me, so what the fuck are you doing here 6 years later"
"evan told me your adress, i wanted to talk to you"
"then speak."
"i'm sorry"
"for what exactly?"
"leaving you"
"well you should be sorry"
"reggie-"
"dont fucking call me that."
"regulus." he corrects himself "mums dead"
regulus freezes, doesn't speak, can't even take his eyes off of his older brother. sirius moves closer.
"i want to fix this"
"how."
"move in with me"
"you expect me to just pack up and leave with you"
"obviously it's your choice!"
"don't you live with your little faggot friends"
"your wearing a gay badge, Lu"
"oh. whatever"
"i know i can't fix this by just moving in together but it's a start isn't it?"
"who else would be there"
"well me, james, harry, remus, lily and mary live in this massive house together" sirius smiles and sits down "we all help raise harry, i hear your his nursery teacher"
"yeah i am, wouldn't it be weird living with my student?"
"not at all, you'll have your own room, it's going to be next to james's room, i've already decorated for you"
"i havent said yes yet."
"you haven't said no either"