"Someone Snitched"
Regulus paced around the room, James sitting next to Barty on the young Slytherin's bed; both trying to calm Regulus down.
"I just don't know what we are going to do. Sirius-"
"Sirius isn't our boss, love. I'll handle Sirius-"
"No, I'm not letting you fight my battles."
"HE'S PISSED AT US BOTH THOUGH-"
"Enough, you two," Barty snapped, causing both of them to quiet down, though Regulus looked like he wanted someone to die a very painful death.
"If anything happens, I'll personally see that the dog never has a word to speak again."
"You aren't going to cut off his tongue, Barty."
"Watch me-"
"ALRIGHT NO NEED FOR VIOLENCE- Barty no, no hurting Sirius. Regulus calm down. It'll be fine," James says quickly, getting between Regulus and Barty.
Regulus glares at Barty, who glares right back. It was hard to believe they were best friends sometimes.
"I just wish we knew who fucking snitched. Who in the fucking world would fucking tell Sirius that I'm dating you, James?!" Regulus annoyedly speaks, looking like he was seconds away from murder.
"Technically the mysterious bastard said you were fucking James, not just dating-"
"DOES THAT MAKE THIS ANY BETTER, BARTY?! NO, IT MAKES IT A MILLION TIMES WORSE!" Regulus shouts at Barty who just rolls his eyes.
"Barty, get out, you aren't helping."
Barty opens his mouth to argue, but thought better of it and closed his mouth again.
"Alright, but if anyone fucking hurts you little Black, there will be no stopping me from giving them a nice punch to the nose," and with that, Barty leaves.
Regulus continues pacing once Barty leaves like he was never even there, looking seconds away from a panic attack.
James, hesitantly, grabs Regulus's hand, whispering, "Deep breaths, Reggie. We'll figure it out. For all we know, Sirius could be perfectly fine with us dating. Relax.. Come here."
Regulus lets himself be pulled onto James's lap, where James runs a comforting hand through his dark hair, trying to calm him down.
Regulus would never admit it helped, or that he liked it.
They sat there for awhile in silence, James humming quietly to Regulus, while rubbing his back and occasionally stopping rubbing his back to play with his hair; while Regulus sat their in silence, trying not to show that he enjoyed it and that it was in fact calming him down.
"Love you, babe. Nothing Sirius says or does can keep me away from you."
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