#all this because i think regulus and percy we’d be the perfect mentorship relationship

[gullyheiress]

i want to write a fanfic where Regulus doesn’t die but instead graduates from hogwarts and escapes the black family by doing an extended studies in France.

there he meets a muggleborn that he falls in love with. with distance from his family and the political pressure, Regulus beings to unlearn his pureblood values and starts to see them for what they are.

i imagine him really just going out to study politics and being intrigued by liberation and freedom movements in muggle politics and drawing parallels to the wizarding world. he being to find spaces where muggleborns are talking about thier liberation and freedom. this is where he meets this guy that will show him the muggle world and calls out his bullshit.

through him he begins to unpack a lot more than just blood purity, but he beings to develop a queer identity that is political. the relationship is fun, healing and beautiful, but it’s not sustainable.

the man eventually breaks up with Regulus because it’s entirely unbalanced and Regulus depends emotionally on him. his partner rightfully feels like he’s always having to teach regulus and advocate from himself in the relationship.

the break is bad for Regulus. he goes down a depressive episode and falls back of toxic behavior. Evan and Barty grow concerned in the lack of letters and when there are letters Regulus is well. so they take a trip to see him.

Barty and Evan see the state Regulus is in and decide to extend stay and be there for awhile. they help regulus be in a better space so that regulus can see he had no one else in Paris besides his boyfriend. he starts to see how maybe not perfect the relationship is.

Regulus shows Evan and Barty the places he spends time and the things he’s learning. they begin to learn to and they take those sprouting seeds to london. there the two find spaces to learn more about what has transformed their friend and begin to wake up themselves.

Regulus will then try to do the same thing again be know he needs to create genuine community and support systems. He would in total spend three years in france, before getting a position that would set him on track to be a minister of magic.

he will stand his ground with his parents and fight his inheritance with promise that he would isolate them from britain, if they leave him behind to do as he wishes. there will be a legal battle public and humiliating enough that would send them out of british society.

and then….regulus will run into his brother on his climb up to minister.