It was a Tuesday and everyone was in the kitchen eating breakfast a little earlier than normal for them
James still being on his run was the only one absent, he had left before everyone got up
Regulus was sat eating some pancakes that Effie had made him and talking with Sirius, Pandora and Remus who was half in the conversation and half in his book
James walks in and Regulus looses all track of the conversation, had he been eating or drinking he probably would have choked on it, his new focus on his boyfriend still sweaty from his morning run, wearing a thin shirt that was also old as it clung to him tightly and that was not due to sweat but it also acted as a sort of crop top as he stretched so his back clicked.
He either didn’t notice his friends, or choose not to give them attention till he had some water
He greets his mum and she hands him a small plate of pancakes which he takes with a thanks, he then sits at the table across from Regulus whose attention is still on his boyfriend
He looks up, finally locking eyes with Regulus as he smirks and simply says “Hi Reggie, morning everyone, it’s a sunny morning today”
Regulus gives a quiet “morning” back before going back to his breakfast, quietly admiring his boyfriend as he started having conversations to everyone in the room
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The Wednesday morning after, Regulus wakes up to find himself still wrapped in a hug
He lays in bed admiring a very rare view of his sleeping partner as the sun rises lighting his face
Regulus hears the rest of the house start to stir and decides to get up, and if he does it without waking James he’d let him sleep in for once
He climbs out of bed carefully, moving the curtains to block the sun from waking him
Gets dressed quietly and swiftly, steals a glance at his partner every so often and then walks downstairs to join the others at breakfast
20 minutes later
James wakes up feeling very groggy, he feels around for Reggie, He gets up and decides to go down for a glass of water before getting ready for his jog.
Hoping to find Reggie along the way he takes a longer route down to the kitchen passing the library to see if he was in there
Eventually he found himself outside the kitchen door hearing quiet conversations in the room he walks in quietly and immediately spots Reggie who was still engaged in a conversation
He walks over to the sink grabbing a glass of water and leaning against the kitchen counter he looks back to the table looking at Reggie again only to see that he should have locked eyes with him… if his eyes were looking at his face, not lower.
Regulus
I hear the door open and I know it’s James so I continue and finish my conversation before turning around to wish him mornings
The words never leave my mouth, I am stuck staring at the gorgeous man getting a glass of water, his hair is messy but all it does is show off how good his curls look on him, you can see his muscles and his definition on his arms and shoulders, he turns around and I look over his abbs admiring how they look in a different lighting to their room or either of their dorm rooms, finally he makes his way to his hips where he can see the band of his boxers that he slept in underneath the low hanging joggers that he must have thrown on in the morning to cover up
He looked to his face to see him once again captured in sunlight and as an added bonus his chocolate curls framing his glasses and in turn his eyes
No pov
They lock eyes and James gaze softens as he smiles at Reggie
He washes up his glass and leaves it to drain by the sink before heading to leave the kitchen stretching to release tension in his shoulders (or to mess with Reggie) he calls a good morning over his shoulder
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Regulus is finishing his look for the day doing a last hair check, doing final makeup checks and making sure his accessories don’t clash or take from the outfit (somewhere along this time he misses the shower turn off)
Glancing in the mirror one last time he spots a movement on the edge of the mirror, turning he locks eyes with James stood there naked if it hadn’t been for the towel around his waist
“I forgot clothes”
Regulus made a point to look him up and down before walking over to James and kissing him gently
let’s just say they both needed to have showers and re- get ready for the day after that
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James
I’m in the kitchen eating breakfast when an extremely groggy looking Reggie walks into the kitchen, he doesn’t look around for food he just walks up to me and silently asks for a hug, I of course hug him as I am a good partner, when I release him to eat some more food and tell him to eat some food
He sits on my lap kisses me then rests his head on my shoulder breathing into my neck gently as he starts to drift off
This is when I start to process what happened, he had slept in later than normal but I had chalked that up to his broken night having had nightmares throughout the night about his old house life he had walked into the kitchen wearing my tshirt (oversized and very cute on him) and a pair of shorts that are just visible beneath the tshirt
I start hand combing his hair lulling him to sleep while also cutting down the amount of time he has to spend on his hair later
I continue my conversation with the other two marauders (Peter is on holiday) as if nothing is different, and I’m not getting death glares (unaffected and fake) from Sirius