Timeless: Chapter 34, harry potter - j. k. rowling fanfic

Liliesfullofstars

Characters

Regulus Black/James Potter, Regulus Black, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Walburga Black, Orion Black, Alphard Black

Tags

Self-Esteem Issues Fluff and Angst Alternate Universe - Soulmates Marauders Era (Harry Potter) Marauders No Smut Alternate Universe - No Voldemort Soulmates Soulmate-Identifying Marks Romantic Soulmates Trans Regulus Black Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies Pansexual James Potter POV James Potter Established Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Indian James Potter Swooning Minor Sirius Black/Remus Lupin Regulus Black Being an Idiot Indian Potter Family (Harry Potter)

Summary

(Well. Inspired by a TikTok I saw by @jiltedloversclub and written as a birthday gift for a friend. This is part 1 (fully written), there'll eventually be a part 2 (to be written) and a Wolfstar pre-story (also tbw). Maybe Alphard will also get his own work one day, we'll see.) Sirius always used to say there were two kinds of people in this world – the ones who live, forever dying, and those who die to live a little. While it's common knowledge that no wizard ages before being touched by their soulmate, staying forever 22 until so, he had a theory that our souls do. That our souls keep ageing until they die, even if the body still remains 22. As I pulled on my gloves and my turtleneck gown, I cursed him, once again, for leaving. For being right.

Note

Hi!This may not be my first time writing fanfiction, but it is my first time posting on here so hi! I'll be probably posting this a couple of chapters at a time, we'll see how it goes, but it is actually complete pretty much actually. Even binded it for a friend. This is just part 1 tho, there will eventually be a part 2 too (I'm a jegulily shipper so yk, there will be lily in part 2 too).Anyway. I really really hope you will enjoy it!!!PS! English isn't my first language, though I think I'm fairly good with it, just keep that in mind <3

Chapter 34

April 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM

James

It took me hours to find the cave but I did, or at least I hoped I was in the right place because god if I was venturing into the wrong cliff-tunnel while Regulus was out there in the other one…

I reached a dead end. Shit. Fuck.

“Regulus!” I called out on top of my lungs, just in case.

“James?” a familiar voice echoed back. He was there. He was there and he was alive. Guess it was not a dead end but an already closed door…

“Reggie. Please. Get out of the water. Let me in. I cannot- I cannot lose you, please,” tears were prickling my eyes as I banged against the wall separating me from him.

“Go away, James,”

“No,” I wouldn't. He didn't respond. I banged harder. “Reggie? Let me in! Please, please, please, please, we will figure it out I promise just. Please.”

The cave was dark and black, the walls cold and sharp and I would not stop banging at the dead end, would not stop trying to dig my fingers through the stone, even when they started bleeding, even when my tears ran out and it felt as if I had no air left in my lungs and had been there for days.

“Reggie, please,” it must've been hours now, I'd ended up on the ground, still softly banging at the wall. “I love you. I cannot lose you.”

When I went to hit the wall again it wasn't there, the dead end now open onwards.

I pushed up and ran through the tunnel, not paying attention at any corners I bumped against, any places my clothes got stuck and thorn. And then the tunnel widened and the lake glistened softly, glimmering back from the crystals on the cave walls and ceiling. The place was empty, I couldn't see a soul, the water still as could be.

Except for something floating in the water in the distance.

Unmoving. Just. Just floating.

“Reggie?” my voice came out soft and broken, filled with tears as I fell to the ground on the shore. I couldn't breathe and it felt like I was drowning. Maybe I would. Maybe I'd get in and drown too.