Characters
Regulus Black/James Potter, Regulus Black, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Marlene McKinnon, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Frank Longbottom, Alice Longbottom, Albus Dumbledore, Tom Riddle, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Euphemia Potter, Fleamont Potter, Walburga Black, Orion Black, Mary Macdonald, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter (mentioned), Bartemius Crouch Jr.
Tags
Angst
Not Canon Compliant
Implied/Referenced Torture
Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Major Character Injury
Hurt No Comfort
Minor Character Death
Child Abuse
Gaslighting
First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Good Peter Pettigrew
Dark James Potter
at first
Semi Slow Burn
regulus isnt bad
but he isnt really great either
morally grey is a better term
are we surprised? no
James just wants to save regulus
Summary
James Potter was always a person who took things to an extreme. Always has been and always will be. He was the kind of person to live and die for the people he loved most in this world. However, the downside of James Potter was that he would live or die for the people he loved most in this world. He liked to think that he had a very good moral compass, but when he met a certain Black heir who walked around like he was made of stone, he realized he would set fire to the earth and watch it burn if it meant he could do it with Regulus. James Potter was a boy of extremes and nothing was more out of this world than Regulus Black.In which Regulus turns James