No Greater Sin

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
M/M
Other
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No Greater Sin
Characters
Regulus Black/James Potter, Regulus Black, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans Potter, Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter), Marlene McKinnon, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Regulus Black & Sirius Black, Evan Rosier, Fleamont Potter, Barty Crouch Jr., Pandora Lovegood, Sirius Black & James Potter, Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier, Walburga Black, Orion Black, Basilisk (Harry Potter)
Tags
Slow Burn Implied/Referenced Child Abuse First Kiss Forced Proximity Happy Ending Sort Of Regulus Black-centric Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst Bad Parent Walburga Black The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black Regulus Black Angst regulus makes a friend Parslemouth Regulus Black No one is having a good time It gets better but you have to work for it author projecting onto james no beta we die like... you know copious drowning metaphors Regulus and Basilisk friendship Regulus gets an animal sidekick like a disney princess except its just a really large snake No MCD ...you're just gonna have to trust me on that the angst is heavy in this one simply because it's in my nature
Summary
Regulus has always known he's destined to drown. He feels it somewhere deep in his chest, past his rib cage, nestled behind his organs. He feels it in his arm when his mother squeezes it a little harder than a mother should. He felt it, the water rising in his throat, when his brother slipped out the window and into the night. He often wonders if it'd be easier to just let himself sink.He often wonders if he has a choice.---Regulus gets sent back to school with a mission from the Dark Lord himself— find the “beast in the chamber” and claim its fangs without killing it. But when a certain curly-haired bespectacled boy asks for a rather large favor, everything suddenly gets a lot more complicated.

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