► Regulus Black (+ The Marauders) || Running Up That Hill

best enjoyed on a small screen and with subtitles on. Canon compliant up until it isn’t. People CARING about Regulus. People BEING THERE for Regulus. That’s something that doesn’t happen very much, does it? Well I’m here to change that. (And also because Reg’s story makes me so sad every time I think about it and he deserves all the happiness and love in the world - and so I made this piece of junk that does ultimately follow the canon but gives my little cinnamon roll a little more love) Story: After Sirius is disowned, a broken-hearted Regulus is forced by his family to take on the Dark Mark to preserve the name that his brother had stained. A part of him blames Sirius for all the weight pressing on his shoulders - the other part just misses his older brother and admires him for finding the courage to leave. Now the Black Heir and bearing Voldemort’s Mark, Regulus’ life is more unbearable than ever. Is it too late to turn back? he wonders. Is it too late to d