#eros and psyche jegulus au

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eudaemonia by other means, chapter one.

James doesn't know what he's done to anger the Gods, but he won't let anyone else suffer. However, instead of finding himself in Hades, James finds himself in a lonely paradise. His captor, Regulus, a mysterious entity upon which he is forbidden to gaze, seems much more interested in getting to know James than torturing him for his supposed crimes.

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i am actually writing my eros and psyche jegulus au, and it is going pretty well, but i can make absolutely no promises on when i will actually post it because now i keep getting distracted by research. asked a friend that does archeology what they know about roman architecture, and now i have three whole papers and ten powerpoints on the topic and it's so fucking cool.

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james as psyche, he offers himself up to save the town

regulus as eros, monster/god/son under the thumb of his mother 

same set up as the myth, lovely mansion in the clouds, invisible servants, regulus only comes at night and orders james not to look at him because he wants/needs to keep his identity a secret 

walburga (aphrodite) wants to wipe out the town because her son (Sirius) left olympus to live among the mortals (James and Remus). Reg has been trying to stop her but can’t protect against all the abductions, cuts a deal with her to stop terrorising the town in exchange for james’s life, but says he’ll handle it himself - fully intends to, but reg has been watching james with his brother and upon finally meeting him, he just can’t bring himself to - and so begins the secret relationship, james can’t know who reg is, but they talk all night reg talks about his family and his brother (not mentioning names ofc) and james talks about his family and the pressures he’s under

eventually effie and fleamont are allowed to visit, they trust that james is happy but they’re suspicious about the identity of this being the whole village has believed to be a monster for generations. 

so late at night, james does get a candle, and looks at regulus sleeping and immediately recognises him as sirius’s brother. in his surprise he spills wax, and the story plays out again as the myth, with regulus fleeing, james undergoing walburga’s trials and eventually being granted godhood to live with regulus.

this is what i have so far.

and if i said eros and psyche jegulus au, with reg as eros and james as psyche… what then?

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10 lines 10 people

thanks to @demidreamer for the tag :))

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. if you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway. 

even in the darkest times

harry finds a box of letters to regulus from his dad. completed.

Harry now understands why Molly had nagged them so much about helping her cleaning out Grimmauld all those years ago.

2. eudaemonia by other means

eros and psyche jegulus AU. WIP.

James Potter, Give Yourself Up To The Wind Or An Innocent Will Pay For Your Transgressions Against The Gods.

3. some of the time

aftermath of a suicide attempt by bipolar james. completed.

some of the time, james thinks he’s happy.

4. freaky friday

james and regulus end up swaping bodies after a charm goes wrong, secret relationship. WIP.

“Okay, James, are you sure this is how the charm is supposed to be performed?” Regulus asks. His brow has been furrowed in scepticism during all of James’ explanation, thoroughly unconvinced.

5. All you need is love

i can't really summarise this. it's like dark!jegulus, but a bit more complicated. completed.

James’s head is spinning, he doesn’t know how he found himself in this situation – well that’s not entirely true – Regulus has been quite forward ever since James won him over.

6. it's you, it's you, it's all for you

lily confesses to james. completed.

If Lily from first year could see Lily now, she would probably start screaming at her seventh-year self for being so stupid, for wasting so much time and energy on someone like James Potter.

7. i don't love you (like i did yesterday)

song fic, regulus takes the dark mark. completed.

“It doesn’t have to change anything, James.”

8. les mots bleus

a fluffy jegulus one shot, also bickering in french from the black bros. completed.

If someone had asked James ten years ago if he could ever see himself in a relationship with his best friend’s brother, James might not quite have laughed in their face, but it certainly would have been very hard to take them seriously.

9. but my brother's where i cry

barty confront sirius after he leaves grimmauld. completed.

Sirius hadn’t really been nervous about going back to Hogwarts.

10. French 101 with Sirius Black

remus learns french behind sirius' back. completed.

Sirius had a habit of speaking French.

no pressure tags: @cr-amber, @arakhnee, @thestarsincapricorn. @underburningstars, @queerdeadwizards

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incomplete list of things i am going to write/work on once i'm done with uni:

my eros and psyche au (i'm 2 ch in and i have an outline for ch3 and i literally love it so much i just don't have the energy/time rn)

marylily friends to lovers/only one bed (kinda) oneshot

rewrite my dark!james fic cause it's the first jegulus fic i wrote and i'm not happy w/it anymore

regulus x fleamont in something because reasons.

ghost!regulus one shot with massive massive black brothers' angst

bitchkiller frenemies with benefits

maybe actually finish my wolfstar single parents wip that's been sitting on my laptop for like a year

aro james aro james aro james

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and if i said eros and psyche jegulus au, with reg as eros and james as psyche… what then?

[touchlikethesun]

εὐδαιμονία (eudaemonia): blessed with good conscience, fortunate, and therefore, happy.

chapter 2.

eudaemonia by other means, chapter one.

James doesn't know what he's done to anger the Gods, but he won't let anyone else suffer. However, instead of finding himself in Hades, James finds himself in a lonely paradise. His captor, Regulus, a mysterious entity upon which he is forbidden to gaze, seems much more interested in getting to know James than torturing him for his supposed crimes.

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