mamas boy

-REGULUS BLACK LEAVES FANS SOBBING IN AUDIENCE AFTER PLAYING UNRELEASED SONG ‘MAMAS BOY’

It wasn’t only ‘fans’ crying in the audience, Regulus’ brother was stood still whilst everything moved too fast around him. He was stood with his love, Remus and his best friend James. Of course Sirius wouldn’t intentionally go to see his brother live, but Remus surprised him with them, just so he could see his brother even though he was meters away.  And of course Sirius couldn’t be mad at Remus.

As Regulus came on the stage, followed by his other band mates, Barty, Evan, Pandora and Dorcas, the audience erupted into screams and cheers, leaving the three young men to stand somewhat awkwardly silent.  Remus looked over to check to see any signs on Sirius face of uncomfortableness but all he saw on his face was pride. James just looked in awe?

Regulus was wearing a black shirt, black pants and an eyebrow piercing with silver necklaces decorating his neck, he walked up to the microphone and greeted the audience.

“Hello we are The Valkyries and we have a surprise for you all tonight,” Regulus laughed into the mic.

It was as if the world reduced to just Regulus and Sirius, god Sirius hadn't heard his voice in so long let alone his laugh. Everytime the band played on the radio, he would turn it off, more so out of fear than hatred.

“Don’t be a prick tell them!” Barty shouted with a smile.

“Would it be better if it was a surprise?” Evan said, looking at Barty, and Barty? Well he just melted.

“We’ll do the song later then,” Barty said crossing his arms, the crowd laughed.

“So cute just like a child!” Pandora said giggling. Regulus gagged into the mic.

“Pandora stop babying him, we have a show to perform!” Dorcas turned to the audience, and well one of them fainted.

“Right yes, Regulus would you do the honours?” Pandora said walking over to him. Regulus gave her a kiss in her hair, times like his he appreciated how far they’ve come.

“Of course, this is Barty, Evan, Pandora, Dorcas I’m Regulus and we are the Valkyries!” He shouted.

“This is Jigsaw falling into place!”

Barty started the drums started first.

Evan came in with the bass.

Pandora with the acoustic guitar.

Dorcas with the guitar.

And Regulus with the vocals.

Sirius didn’t realise but he held onto Remus’ hand gripping tightly.

“Just as you take my hand,” Regulus sung, James was enticed.

“Just as you write my number down,” His voice was light and heavy at the same time, James wanted to hear on loop.

“Just as the drinks arrive,”

“Just as they play favourite song,”

“As your breath disappears,”

Regulus sung the next few lines with ease, cruising through casually, although he may not be showing it on his face he was fucking enjoying himself. This is what he lived for, the thrill, excitement singing or screaming your heart out only for people to love you even more.

“The walls are bending shape,” Only the rest of the band mates knew that this was a reference to Regulus’ past drug addiction. Something they all had struggled with, overtime Regulus became sober.

“They got a cheshire cat grin,”

“All blurring into one,”

Sirius watched, still holding Remus’ hand watching Regulus with wide eyes.

“Before your comatose,” Regulus visibly winced at this line. He had been comatose, overdosed on ketamine, wouldn’t be alive if his brother, Barty didn’t walk in asking for a condom.

Barty played his heart to the drums, Evan played his soul, Pandora played her love and Dorcas played her happiness. Regulus sung with emotion, whatever emotion that may be.

“Before you run away from me,” Regulus nearly snarled into the mic. Sirius’ breath hitched and squeezed Remus’ hand tighter.

“Before your lost between the notes,”

“The beat goes round and round,”

“The beat goes round and round!” Regulus sung with so much meaning.

The crowd sung as well, every line. Sirius thought it was quite scary, almost like a cult.

It got to the climax.

“Jigsaw falling into place,” He increased his vocal volume

“And there is nothing to explain,”

“Regard each other as you pass,”

“He looks back you look back,” He almost pleaded into the mic. Sirius watched.

“Not just once, not just twice,”

“Wish away nightmare, wish away nightmare,” Regulus got frequent nightmares from a lot of the traumatic events in his life, the band mates helped him dearly. Him singing about it shows to the band how far he's come.

“You got a light you can feel it on your back, a light you can feel it on your back,”

“Jigsaw falling into place,” He finished breathless. Surrounded by clapping audience. Praise flooding the crowd.

Sirius was left stuck, he wasn’t sure if he wanted to stay or leave (again). After speaking with Remus and James they convinced him that nothing bad would happen, ‘it would just be nice to see your brother again’.

The group stood through five more incredible songs that brought tears to a lot of the audience.

“Here is our surprise,” Regulus said into the mic, “its an unreleased song, and part of it is a recording from when I was younger,” Regulus laughed.

“Singer since birth,” Dorcas said followed by agreements from the rest of the bandmates.

The stage was quiet for a minute as Barty stood from the drum set and walked over to Regulus, he moved them away from the mic. “You sure you want to play this?” Barty searched Regulus’ face.

“I’m sure,” Regulus gave Barty a reassuring smile before pulling him for a side hug.

This surprised Sirius, when they were younger no one except Sirius could touch him, his heart tugged.

“Be prepared to cry,” Evan said into Regulus mic. Regulus chuckled, he sighed and said, “This is Mama’s Boy.”

Pandora started with the acoustic before Barty joined her with a light drum beat, Dorcas next with the electric guitar and Evan with the bass.

“How do my plans fit in with yours?” Regulus started with a soft voice.

“You're such a doll and I'm a boy,”

“Where did my parents go?” After Sirius left, when his parents weren’t at home beating him, they were away. Usually fancy places like Italy or France.

“I’m not in Italy,”

“They like vacation homes much more than they love me,”

“You're made of plastic, I'm just blood,”

“When I was born, you were produced,”

“I wish I was a toy,” Regulus used to think this often, if he were a toy, he would have no worries, but he would still have a purpose.

“You say, ‘Hahahahahaha’,” As a child Regulus used to do anything he could to make Sirius laugh, even if it was at his own expense.

“And you laugh,”

“And I cry,” Regulus was finding it hard to sing now, this song had been a secret, until it wasn’t.

“Half of my heart is in your chest” When Sirius left Regulus felt like half of his heart had left, heartbroken.

“I’m not a mama's boy,” He sung with a frown.

“I’d go see Italy,”

“I’d go see Tuscany,”

“If you could come with me!” Regulus shouted. He was somewhat happy that he could pause singing so his voice didn’t feel so thick.

His younger voice flooded the arena.

“Maxa-Maxa-Million, what you waiting up for?” His first friend aside from Sirius was his first cat, Max.

“Please come out and play with us more,”

“Siri, Siri, Sirius likes to stay in the house,” Regulus hid behind his hands and let out a sob as he heard his younger voice.

“Please come out and play with us now,” He regained his breath and wiped the one tear and began to sing, with his younger voice.

“M-A-M-A-B-O-Y, mama's boy, mama's boy,” The contrast in voice set a harmony step foot.

“M-A-M-A-B-O-Y, mama's boy, mama's boy” The sheer emotion was so raw it made everyones, especially Sirius' heart crack a little.

“Mama's boy, mama's boy,” Regulus looked through the audience with a sad smile on his face.

Just as the beat dropped he met eyes with his brother (run).

“M-A-M-A-B-O-Y, mama's boy, mama's boy”

breathe

“M-A-M-A-B-O-Y, mama's boy, mama's boy”

breathe

“M-A-M-A-B-O-Y, mama's boy, mama's boy”

breathe

“M-A-M-A-B-O-Y, mama's boy, mama's boy”

Regulus sucked in a harsh breath as the song ended he rolled his head on his shoulders, dug his nails into his palms which were hidden behind his back.

There was not one person in the crowd who wasn’t crying, even his brother (brother?).

He smiled through wet eyes and said into the mic, “Thank you everyone, we're the Valkyries, goodnight!”