Chapter 2
Regulus had been comfortably sitting with the woman for a good few minutes. He had found out she was called Euphemia or Effie as she preferred. He wanted in all his heart to tell her thank you or anything at all but his throat felt trapped and locked, unable to mutter a word to anyone.
He just wanted Sirius, he would help him, that was his job. Sirius would hug him and play with his hair and whisper in his ear about how everything would be okay. Almost as if he summoned him, Sirius burst into the room making Regulus jump.
“Shit Reg sorry, I just wanted to make sure you were okay,” He walked over to the sofa Regulus was sitting on and sat next to him, leaving enough space so Regulus would be comfortable.
“Hello Sirius Dear, Effie said warmly, “Where is James?”
“Hey Effie, He’s upstairs in his room last time i checked” Sirius responded with a smile
“Thank you love, I will leave you boys to it?” She said smiling whilst leaving the room, shutting the door.
The second Regulus was sure she had left the room, he practically threw himself into Sirius’s arms and sobbed.
"Oh Reggie, tu vas bien maintenant. Tout va bien. Je suis là. Je vais te garder en sécurité." Sirius said, knowing Regulus would prefer to speak French right now
"Pourquoi avons-nous fait ça Sirius ?" Regulus whispered into the hug not wanting anyone but Sirius to hear, "Nous ne pouvons jamais rentrer à la maison maintenant"
"C'est notre maison maintenant Reg"
Sirius pulled away from the hug and looked down at his brother, he looked so little, his eyes were red and puffy from crying, his legs wouldn't stop shaking, his fingers picking at the skin around his nails making them bleed.
"Come on Reggie, lets go find Effie and we can go see your room, is that okay?" Sirius said pulling himself off the sofa extending his hands towards his brother. Regulus just nodded taking Sirius's hand and letting him pull him off the sofa.
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Regulus's room was smaller than the one he had at Grimmauld place, but Regulus preferred it. It was cosy, homely. The walls were painted Regulus's favourite colour: dark green. There was a single bed, desk and a piano!!!! Regulus couldn't believe it: A piano, no one other than Barty and Sirius knew about Regulus's love for piano.
He placed his bag on the floor and let himself fall into his bed, it was soft and comfortable, unlike anything he had ever felt before.
Regulus felt like he was about to fall asleep when there was a knock at the door, he sat up because he thought it might be Sirius or Effie. It wasn't though, but Regulus could quite easily guess who he could be. His hair was a turning grey but you could still see the dark brown curls in there, he had the same silver round glasses and the same dark skin as James.