Love You To The Moon And To Saturn
Christmas Eve, 1972
Grimmauld Place, Islington, London, England
Regulus hated Grimmauld Place. Regulus hated his parents, hated hearing Sirius' screams all evening long while Regulus couldn't do anything, trapped and locked in his room through every possible exit or entry. It stopped eventually, as always.
Regulus heard Sirius brought back up to his room across the hall and waited until the house elf delivering Sirius back upstairs was gone before softly whispering through the door. "Hey Siri; Goodnight, I love you."
Sirius did not respond. Oh. Asleep, probably. Crucio was usually a tiring affair, he supposed.
If Sirius only thought about it, he would know why Regulus had built up his wall while Sirius was at Hogwarts without Regulus over a year ago.
Well, that was just life. Sometimes people would never figure some things out.