Family Line
“Who is that?”James asked, looking at a photo of Sirius Regulus and someone he didn’t recognise.” He…is my older brother…Dorian”. Sirius said, taking the picture and turning it down.
“What happened to him, Sirius?” asked James.”Nothing, he is just like Reg, a puppet to my parents, a heartless asshole who doesn’t care about his younger brothers…”. He sat next to James hugging him and hiding his face in his best friend's chest.
“Guys would you like something too…” Lily looks at both of them, especially at Sirius. “Sirius, is everything alright, darling?”. Sirius looks up with tears in his eyes and shakes his head with a “no”, Lily gave him a tight hug and ran her fingers through his hair” What's wrong Sirius? Did something happen?”. Sirius denies it and shows her the picture of the three black brothers. ”You miss them ? ”Sirius nodded, wiping his tears ”I just want them to be happy and safe…”
Suddenly, there is a knock on the door ”Coming! ”James shouted, rushing to the door. He opened the door and found a crying Regulus caring someone (or trying to). ”James help me, please…”. James looked at Regulus and the man in his arms and helped them get inside. ”Sirius, I need your help. Come here please!” Sirius went down and when he saw who it was, he rushed to Regulus, who was shaking and crying .” Hey Reg, what happened?”. Regulus looked at his brother trying to utter a single word but he couldn't.
”Hey Reg, it's ok. You are safe here, no one will hurt you, you are safe” Regulus finally found the words he wanted to say looking at his brother “Mo-mother tried to kill me and Dorian got in the way trying to protect me and now he is injured” Regulus started crying again. Sirius looked at his brother in shock, why would his mother attempt to kill Regulus? He always did what he was told to do, right? “Reg, what have you done to make mother want to kill you?”
“I just said that I wanted to be with you and not in that old house …”. He looked at Regulus and then looked at Dorian, and when he saw him, he turned pale as a ghost.
Dorian was unconscious laying on James’ sofa, bleeding and almost dead. Sirius got near him and looked at him with fear in his eyes. He knew that his parents were bullies and that they were able to hurt their children, but this? He never thought that they would be able to kill one of them. James was trying to heal Dorian’s wounds. Lily tried to help James, but since she was pregnant and almost due date, she wasn’t able to help them, so she went upstairs and went to Remus' room and asked him to help James and Sirius.
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Dorian was awake and with his wounds treated and healing slowly, he was sitting on James’ couch alone since the rest were in the kitchen trying to comfort Regulus, who was having a panic attack due to the situation.
After Regulus calmed down a bit, he went with Dorian and hugged him, being careful not to hurt him or reopen the wound. ” I’m sorry Dori…” said Regulus, who looked like a baby all curled up next to his older brother. “Why are you apologizing to Reggie? It wasn’t your fault, you didn’t do anything wrong”, he said looking at him and caressing his head. Sirius entered the room while the rest stayed in the kitchen, since they thought it would be better to let them have some time alone.
“So, apparently, you do have some heart and care about people..”, said Sirius, who was sitting in front of him. Dorian looked at him and said nothing while Regulus just looked at both of them in silence until he dared to speak again, “Kreacher sent me an owl saying that mom and dad had thrown away all my things and that they will be here to get you, Dori…” Sirius looked at Regulus ''So I guess that you are staying with us now, Reggie, and that you” He said looking Dorian dead in the eye” are going back to them”.
Dorian said nothing. ”What, you don’t know how to talk!? You are just a useless puppet that mother and father love to mess up with just to do what you are told or what!?” Sirius shouted with tears all over his face, cheeks all red and trying not to break before them, even though Regulus knew that apart from Sirius’ anger, he was also worried about Dorian and that he didn’t want him to go back to that house and just stay the three of them together, like when they were kids.
Dorian looked at Sirius ”Do you think that I want to go back there!? Do you think that I enjoy being their puppet!? No, I don’t want to go back there and do what they tell me to, but I do it so you and Regulus can have a happy life out of that miserable house and family, and have the life that you deserve because no one should ever experience what mother and father did to us. But as the oldest, I prefer to suffer than watch how my little brothers get hurt” he looked at Sirius with tears forming in his eyes.
“Tell me, Sirius, what do you think happened when the next morning mother and father ignored you and didn’t put a hand on you? Who do you think begged them to let you alone and not to put their hands on you?Who do you think was the one who stayed up all night trying to convince father not to make you marry someone you didn’t like so that you could stay with Remus?, Who do you think that was the one who gave everything, their childhood, their happiness, so you and Reggy could get out of that fucking house?, tell me, Sirius, who do you think it was?”. Sirius was speechless looking at Dorian .
”I-I didn’t…” he said “Of course, you didn’t know, Sirius, but that doesn't matter to you, right? You just see me as the heartless and useless big brother who only does what his parents tell him to” he gets up and grabs his jacket and opens the door “But don’t worry, I will leave before mother and father come here, so you and Regulus can have a happy life while I die in that miserable house. Bye Sirius, you know where to find me. Oh, and by the way, I love you both so much, ok?, don’t forget that” Dorian leaves. A crying Sirius and a crying Regulus hugging each other “Dori…”Regulus broke down falling on his knees and crying as if someone had died. Sirius hugged him and tried to get him up and seat him down on the sofa to calm him down and relax.
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Dorian arrived at the Black mansion with a hand on his hip, where his injury was,”Master Dorian your back” said Kreacher, “Your parents were on their way to your brother’s house” He looked at Kreacher “Where are they now?” Kreacher looked at him “They are-” “Dorian!!” said his mother running towards him and hugging him, he winced as his mother touched his wound.
“Mother, I’m fine, don’t worry,” he says as he sees his father coming from behind, his mother looking at him “You are not fine Dorian, you need to see a doctor to check that wound. I don't trust them taking care of a wound like that” he looked at his mother and then at his father “Mother, I swear it's nothing I’m total-” his father interrupts” You are not fine Dorian, stop trying to act as though you are always fine. You are the Heir of the Black family and we need to make sure that wound won't cause your death; just because you feel fine doesn't mean you are fine to understand?” said his father, looking at him seriously.
“Yes. father. I understand,” said Dorian, trying to cover his wound since it had been reopened and it was bleeding.