He survived

Evan hates going to Death Eater meetings with a burning passion. And not for the reason you'd think, no he hates it because he always more vocal tics during the Death Eater meetings. He is always stressed during Death Eater meetings which usually causes his vocal tics and sometimes their motor tic's. But their motor tics are usually caused more when with Barty. Why? Evan has no clue, though he has been told motor tics usually happen when in certain environments.

Evan, Barty and Regulus have to go to the meeting because Regulus has decided that they will continue pretending to be Death Eaters. Sirius had given them the clothes they needed for the meeting which was nice. Barty, Regulus and Evan were all wearing the same thing, a black button up, black dress pants and black dress shoes. Barty has decided he is going to cut off the sleeves of his shirt, so his tattoos are showing, and Evan is secretly really excited to see Barty. Evan has seen Bartys tattoos multiple times, actually Barty got a tattoo for Evan. A rose on Barty's forearm.

Evan keeps clicking their tongue, he really tries not to, but he can't. Evan hates not being able to control themselves so having Tourette's is really just the universe saying fuck you to Evan. He has gotten better at controlling some of their smaller vocal tics which makes them very happy because he finally feels in control of themself, well at least in some way. Evan finished buttoning up their shirt and that's when he gets that tingle. It's almost the same tingle you get when you're going to sneeze or have an itch that you really have to itch, it's also the tingle Evan gets when he's going to have a tic. The tic is in their hand so he's assuming he's either going to snap or hit something, but he can't be totally sure. Their arm abruptly swings up and hits themselves in the chest. It does hurt, yes because it's very abrupt and hard and spontaneous but he'd much rather it be them hitting themselves than someone else.

Evan sighs and sits down. He's in the living room alone and he keeps having to sit down so he doesn't throw something out of frustration. He puts their hands in their head and rocks back and forth slightly. Pandora had taught them that trick to calm themself down when feeling upset about not being able to control their tics. Pandora is really good at helping with anxiety, or really just strong emotions in general. Evan looked up quickly when he felt a soft hand on their shoulder. It was Pandora, and suddenly Evan was very happy. Evan loves their twin. Evan loves how Pandora can always help people no matter what the problem is, Evan loves how Pandora and Evan will look at each other and communicate with their facial expressions and nobody will know what they're talking about. Evan loves how Pandora has such a big imagination; Evan just hates how Pandora has to use that imagination sometimes. Pandora gives Evan a small smile and hugs him. "Barty and Reg are waiting and ready, there's no rush though, okay?"

Evan nodded. "I know, don't worry" Pandora pulls out of the hug and kisses Evans temples. It's a thing that had started in the group way back in first year. Pandora had always kissed Evans temples. They said how they kissed the people's temples of those they admire, respect and love so it quickly became a thing in the group. Pandora does it the most and Regulus only does it to Pandora, but Evan knows that Regulus admires and respects the others in the group, but he also knows that Regulus hates touching people and being touched. Pandora walked back down the hall from Sirius and Remus's room where everyone was hanging out while Evan got changed in the living room.

Barty practically ran down the hall and straight to Evan tackling him down to a lying position on the couch. Evan let out an 'oof' noise and instinctively wrapped their arms around Barty. Barty often tackled Evan no matter if Evan was standing, sitting, laying down, standing up, it doesn't matter. Barty lifted his head and looked down at Evan with that smirk on his face. Evan loves that smirk. It takes their breath away every time he sees it and every time Evan has just the right amount of self-control not to kiss the smirk right off Barty's face.

After Evan composed himself better and learned how to talk breathe again, he said. "Are you going to get off me?"

Barty shook his head. "No, I don't want to go to the meeting so therefore if you can't go because I'm not letting you, we just won't go and Regulus doesn't like going to meetings alone"

Evan laughed. "Thats your logic?" Barty nodded. Evan nodded and laughed again. "Got it"

Regulus walked into the room and threw a pillow at Bartys head. "Get off Evan and walk" Regulus walked over to the door and crossed his arms. He shot a sharp glare at Barty. "Now Barty"

Evan knows people are scared of Regulus, but he's learned that Regulus has a soft spot for Evan, so he doesn't worry too much when Regulus threatens them. Barty sighed and stood up, dragging Evan up with him. This is when Evan sees that Barty did cut off the sleeves of his shirt, and holy shit. Barty definitely got new tattoos, and they looked really good. Barty practically dragged Evan to the door because Evan is pretty sure he forgot how to walk. "Evan are you okay?"

Barty's voice is what snaps Evan out of his thoughts about Barty. "Yeah, just a little nervous. You know, because we haven't been to a death eater meeting in a while" Evan had hoped that lie was good enough. He actually didn't care for the meeting at all, he knows it's important, but he was never scared to go to one. People always say Voldemort is terrifying, but Evan has never known why. Evan has always hated Voldemort more than he's been scared of him, and now that he knows Voldemort almost killed Regulus, he hates him even more.

Barty nodded. "Yeah, I get it. But me and Regulus are here with you so there's nothing to be scared about" Barty began skipping which made Evan skip. Evan didn't mean to skip but he gets this tic where he'll match people's movements, he's never skipped with someone though, but even if it wasn't a tic Evan still would've skipped with Barty.

They eventually got to the same place they did when they went to Diagon Alley but this time they apparated to the Malfoy manor. Regulus started ranting about the Malfoy's how he doesn't think that foul excuse of a human being should be dating his favorite cousin, how he hates how they treat their house elves, how they all look like fake plastic dolls with plastic hair, how they act like they're better than everyone else because they have money. Evan sometimes thinks Regulus forgets he's a Black and his family also thinks they are better than everyone else because of their last name and their money. But Evan gets it, he hates their parents as well. Evan and Pandoras parents were very neglectful and cruel, they never cursed Evan or Pandora, but they sometimes forgot that their kids had needs that needed to be taken care of.

When they entered the Malfoy mansion, they were immediately met with the man Regulus was rambling about. Lucious Malfoy. Of course, they had met him before, but Evan has always gotten a bad vibe from Lucious. Lucious tried to grab Regulus's hand to shake it, but Regulus stepped back. "That's quite disrespectful Regulus"

"Yes, well I don't like to interact with people who aren't worth my time, so if you'll excuse me and my friends, I'm going to go find my cousin" Regulus turned around and started walking down a hall. Barty and Evan quickly followed behind Regulus, but Lucious had grabbed Evans arm and pulled them back. Barty had apparently noticed because he grabbed Regulus's arm and dragged him back over to Evan and Lucious. "You're one of the Rosier twins, aren't you? The one with Tourette's" Lucious was spinning Evans hair through his fingers and Evan slapped his hand away. "Do you boys have no respect?" His voice sounded angrier now, but he was clearly trying to maintain his composure.

"I don't have respect for people who see me as the Rosier twin with Tourette's. Learn my name and then maybe we'll talk" Evan nodded to Lucious with a fake smile on their face and turned around to Barty and Regulus. Regulus looked as if he was planning a murder and Barty looked like he was helping. Evan nodded to them and Regulus reluctantly turned around and walked down the hallway he was previously walking down. Barty grabbed Evans hand and they both followed behind Regulus.

They entered a beautiful black and white room. The floor was marble, and the walls were black with white roses painted all over them. There were white and black skulls decorating the black dresser. There was a beautiful black rug with white flowers on it in the middle of the room, and a vanity in one of the corners in the room with a beautiful woman Evan faintly recognized. The woman had black hair with white underneath that went to her shoulders and has soft curls. Her eyes were grey just liked Regulus and Sirius's. Her skin was paper white, and she was wearing blood red lipstick. She was wearing a low-cut white blouse, a black skirt, black tights, and short white heels. "Oh yes, do come in Regulus" The woman said and stood up from the vanity.

"Thank you Narcissa for the invite" Regulus said sarcastically and sat down on the beautiful canopy bed with black drapes. Barty sat down next to Regulus as if he owned the place and Evan stood next to the nightstand with their hands clasped behind their back.

The woman-Narcissa- Smiled softly and pointed at Evan while looking at Regulus. "I like him, he's respectful"

"He/they" Evan said which made Narcissa look at them. "My pronouns are he/they miss"

Narcissa nodded and her smile grew to one of respect. "My apologies" Evan nodded and Narcissa walked over to Evan. She stuck her hand out for Evan to shake and he did. "What's your name?"

"Evan. Evan Rosier" Evan said bringing their hand back from the handshake and clasping it back with their other hand behind their back.

"I've heard a lot about you Evan. And not just from Regulus, from the death eaters as well. You've made quite the impression on people and you're how old?"

"Seventeen miss, my birthdays in April" Evan had never been asked their age before. Their friends already knew Evans age because they knew Evan was in the same year as them, and no one had cared enough to ask Evan when younger.

Narcissa smiled. "Happy early birthday Evan"

Evan smiled back. "Thank you"

Barty stood up and rested his head on Evans shoulder. He looked at Narcissa. "You know, I like you a lot more than your husband"

Evans eyes widened and he looked down at Barty. "Thats Luscious's wife? That means she's- Hello miss Black"

Narcissa chuckled softly. "Thank you, Evan, and yes he is my husband, not willingly though"

Evan nodded. "Yeah, I guessed that"

Regulus sighed from the bed. "Why don't you just divorce him and marry that Alice girl?"

Evan looked at Regulus. "Alice Fortescue?" Regulus nodded. "Damn Reg, your family is so confusing"

Narcissa and Regulus scoffed then said at the same time. "You have no idea" It was then when Evan realized that the Black family was way more complex than Evan had originally thought. He knew they were complex, yes, and he knew that the Black family wasn't all bad, but Evan didn't know how many of them weren't bad.

Narcissa looked at the door as it opened, and Lucious entered. "It's you three again" He was looking at Evan and Evan nodded. Barty grabbed Evans hand, still resting his head on Evans shoulder. Evan knows he shouldn't be enjoying this as much as he does, but can you blame them? Lucious walked closer to Evan and Narcissa looked down. It was then that Evan learned Lucious was probably abusive towards Narcissa and also very controlling. "So, you say I can only talk to you if I know your name? What is it then?"

"If you're so powerful, take a guess" Barty's grip tightened on Evans hand and Evan squeezed his hand in reassurance.

"Don't talk back to me boy" Lucious sounded like he was getting very angry and Evan loved it.

"You hold no significance to me; I don't have to do shit" Evan smirked. He loved getting under people's skin.

"Take that grin off your face" Lucious slammed his staff on the ground.

"Do you need a cane? Or does your staff just make you look cooler? Cause if you think it makes you look cooler it doesn't" Evan could tell Barty was trying not to laugh but he had no problem with smiling.

"Get that boy off your shoulder, you look gay" Lucious said which made Narcissa look up, Evans smirk faded, and Barty wasn't smiling any more.

"Don't say that Lucious" Narcissa said. She might've been scared before, but she definitely isn't anymore.

"Don't talk back woman. Just because you think you like woman does not mean it is okay" Lucious faced Narcissa now and Narcissa didn't flinch.

"You forget my cousin is right there" Narcissa said coldly.

"Oh yes, the one who thinks she's a boy" Lucious smirked evilly.

"Says the man with long hair. What Lucious are you trans in denial? Do you want to be a girl?" Evan said with a mix of anger and ice in their voice.

Narcissa smiled and Regulus smirked. Barty looked and Lucious. "Ah, internalized homophobia" Barty smirked. "Oh, and for the record, it doesn't matter if Evan looks gay with me on their arm because he is, and so am I"

Evan smiled, and Lucious looked disgusted. "The meeting will be in five minutes" he said and immediately walked out of the room.

Narcissa turned around and hugged Barty and Evan. "This whole conversation is probably getting me in so much shit, but I don't care. Thank you, you two, for standing up to him"

Regulus stood up as the door opened again. It was Peter. Peter looked pale as soon as he saw Regulus, Peter frantically looked around at everyone and eventually landed on looking at Narcissa. "Theres- the d-death eater meeting is starting" Peter nodded and quickly left.

Narcissa looked at Regulus who was staring at the door practically shooting daggers through it. "Regulus, why is he scared of you? I mean that part is reasonable, but why is he that scared?"

"I know his secret" Regulus said and looked at Narcissa. "I know he's going to betray James and Lily and I'm not letting that happen"

"Are you getting your crush get in the way of your priorities little lion?" Narcissa teased and crossed her arms. Evan is very confused, what crush? Barty probably knows.

Regulus rolled his eyes and walked to the door. "Barty, Evan we are supposed to be in the meeting" Regulus opened the door and Barty and Evan quickly followed behind him. Evan knew what Peter is going to do, Regulus told everyone. Evan knew that Pandora and Barty knew something that Evan and Dorcas didn't, but it's always been that way. Regulus would tell his secrets to Barty and Pandora and sometimes Evan and Dorcas would learn about them. Evan knows that Dorcas doesn't care because she has other friends but sometimes Evan feels like maybe he isn't enough. Sometimes Evan feels left out, because Barty and Pandora know more about Regulus than Evan. And Evan doesn't have anyone else to go to, their only friends are Dorcas, Pandora, Barty and Regulus.

Evan pushed their thoughts away; it wasn't important anyway. Evan, Barty and Regulus all walked into the Malfoy dining hall and all eyes turned to them. Lucious looked like he was killing Evan, but Regulus looked scarier when doing it and Evan isn't even scared of Regulus. Evan, Barty and Regulus all sat down at the table. There were only a few people there besides Evan Barty and Regulus, Lucious, Mulciber, Severus, and Voldemort. Barty grabbed Evans hand under the table and squeezed it, Barty does that a lot when he thinks something bad is going to happen, Evan noticed how Barty is doing it to Regulus's hand.

Voldemort stood and began speaking. "Black, Rosier, and Crouch. You three attended the meeting today. Why not the last one?" Voldemort looks at Regulus with an intense amount of focus.

Regulus put his hand up and shook his head. "Legilimency's been used on me long enough I know when you're doing it and I know how to stop it, so I'd suggest you stop while you're ahead" Voldemort nodded for Regulus to continue. "And we weren't able to make it to the last meeting, is that a problem?" Regulus put his hand back in his lap.

"Yes, it is, because Snape and Mulciber say they say you, Crouch, the two Rosier twins and Meadowes in Diagon Alley right after the meeting, so you weren't busy" Voldemort retorted.

"How do you know you can trust them? How do you know they aren't on the other side?" Regulus crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. Evans hand is practically being suffocated by Bartys now, so that's fun.

"I can trust them because I know someone stole one of my Horcruxes and you are the only one smart enough to find them" Voldemort was looking very annoyed now.

"So, I'm smart? Smarter than the dark lord himself?" Regulus leaned forward in the chair.

"Don't be so smug boy, tell me, was it you?" Voldemort slammed his fist on the table and Barty's hand jerked. Evan squeezed Barty's hand trying to be reassuring. Regulus is smart, he knows what to do, right?

Regulus shrugged. "How would you ever find out?"

Voldemort walked over to Evan and grabbed their arm, pulling them out of the chair. Voldemort pointed his wand under Evans chin. "I'll hurt your little friend"

Lucious smirked. "Please do my lord"

Voldemort looked at Lucious. "Shut the fuck up Lucious" Voldemort looked back at Regulus and moved his hand to Evans hair, pulling Evans head back. Evan wasn't scared for themself; he was scared for their friends. He was scared for Pandora, and Barty and Regulus.

Barty stood up and so did Regulus. "Let him go, use me as bait, why the fuck are you using them as bait?" Barty yelled and the only reason he didn't grab Evan out of Voldemort's grasp was because Narcissa already was.

Narcissa came out of nowhere, or maybe she did, Evan couldn't see anything except Voldemort, the ceiling, Regulus and Barty, Narcissa had come from Evans blind spot. Evan felt their hair pulled back tightly then let go, Evan stumbled forward and Barty immediately surged forward and caught them. Evan looked at Barty who had a very worried expression on his face. "Oh Barty" Evan laughed and hugged Barty.

Barty hugged back tightly. "Shut the fuck up, I thought you were going to die"

"Me? Die? Never, especially not because of Voldemort" Evan pulled back from the hug and turned around.

Narcissa had her wand pointed at Voldemort who she had tackled on the ground. "You can do whatever the fuck you want to me or anyone else, but those three boys are off limits"

Voldemort looked genuinely scared because of Narcissa and Evan is enjoying every second of this. Barty cupped Evans face and made them look back at Barty. Remember all the times Evan said he forgot how to breathe? Yeah, right now is one of those times. Evan looks down at Barty and it almost looks like Barty is blushing, that's impossible. "Come on, let's go" Barty moved his hands to grab Evans and they both quickly ran behind Regulus.

Evan hoped Narcissa would be okay. "Regulus!" Evan yelled once they had gotten out of the manor.

Regulus turned to face Evan. "What?'

"What about Narcissa?"

Regulus looked at the door. "Fuck" He ran back into the house and Evan and Barty followed behind him again. Regulus could not go in their alone. When the three returned inside they saw as Lucious was about to slap Narcissa, Evan jumped forward and grabbed Lucious by the hair, throwing him down to the ground. Evan grabbed Narcissas hand and ran outside with Barty and Regulus running behind them.

They stopped until they got to a safe place to apparate back to Sirius and Remus's flat and took a breather. "Where am I going?" Narcissa said, still breathless.

"I'll explain later you just... Have to trust me" Regulus reassured her. Narcissa nodded and shortly after they apparated back to the flat. When they got there Pandora immediately pulled Evan into a hug.

"You scared me you asshole!" Pandora buried their face in Evans shoulder.

Evan hugged back and buried their face in Pandoras hair. "I'm sorry Pandora, but look, I'm okay, Reg's okay, Barty's okay and so is Narcissa"

Pandora looked up at Evan then looked at Narcissa. She stepped forward. "Regulus, I know you said she was pretty but I didn't know you mean this pretty"

"Pandora Rosier! That is my cousin" Regulus said and his nose c=scrunched up in disgust.

"Oh shut up, I can say a woman is pretty" Pandora extended her hand and Narcissa smiled and shook her hand. "Pandora. Pandora Rosier"

"You're Evans sister?"

"Twin actually"

Narcissa looked between the two twins and smiled. "You both are so respectful"

Pandora smiled. "would you prefer miss Black or miss Malfoy?"

"Narcissa, is fine. Thank you Pandora" Narcissa smiled at Pandora then walked over to Evan. She patted their arms and tilted their head down to see their hair. Evan lifted their head after Narcissa made sure nothing was wrong. "Are you okay dear?"

Evan nodded. "Thank you Narcissa" Narcissa smiled

Evan had never been treated so kindly before from anyone he had just met. He's not used to it and he's not sure he ever will be, but he is grateful and will always be grateful to have someone treat them so kindly because he isn't sure he'll find that again.