James/Regulus
“This was a mistake.” James throws his arms up before continuing his pacing across the living room that the vanishing room had conjured up.
“I’m a mistake now, is that it?” Regulus scoffed while his lips twisted into something ugly.
James felt something turn and ache in his chest at the expression but he pushed it to the side, focusing on what he came here to do.
“This will never work and you know it. I don’t know why we even tried. It was foolish.”
Regulus quickly crowded against James desperately, “Look me in the eyes and say it again.”
James gulps at how close they are, at the breath fanning across his face and feels a pang of regret that he has to do this. It’s for the better, this is how he can keep them both safe.
“We were a mistake and I regret ever loving you.”
James runs out of the room quickly after that declaration, his Gryffindor bravery still not enough to look at Regulus’s shattered face.