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Prompt 27 - Open

@jegulus-microfic August 27, Word count 810

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“Flitsy!” Sirius cheered, scooping the little elf up into his arms and twirling her about. “I’ve missed you, you beautiful elf!” He kissed her cheek wetly. 

“Master Sirius put Flitsy down!” Flitsy screeched, brandishing the wooden spoon in her hand. Sirius promptly put her down after she’d got a few good whacks in.

“Master James, you is back already and with more guests!” She cried out, exasperated. 

“Sorry Flitsy but it’s important.” James apologised and walked past her, leading the small group towards the library. 

“Flitsy has put Master Regulus’s bunny slippers by his usual desk!” Flitsy called after them and Regulus definitely heard her cackle before she disappeared. Why was she picking on him? He hadn’t done anything to her. He shook the annoyance from his head and followed the others to the library. 

“Damn, James, you live like a king,” Marcus exclaimed as they neared the top of the stairs. 

“I don’t,” James muttered. “It’s my parent’s house, I have a flat in London.”

“Oh, alright. So where are they, your parents?” Marcus asked. 

“Dead,” James said gruffly before flinging both of the double doors into the library open. 

“How was I supposed to know?” Marcus hissed under his breath to Remus. 

“Just try to keep your mouth shut, Marcus.” Remus sighed as he followed James into the library. Regulus and Sirius walked in together, leaving Marcus to sulk.

Regulus went up to James and rested his head against his arm. He knew James would probably need some comfort, but he wasn’t sure what to do. It seemed to be enough though, as James leant his head over on top of Regulus's and sighed. 

“Sorry,” James said. Regulus leant in harder. 

“You’ve nothing to be sorry about,” He told him. James moved away, only to wrap his arms around Regulus and draw him in as close as he could get him. 

“I’ve never had a boyfriend like you before, you just seem to know what I need,” James said, burying his head in Regulus’s shoulder. Regulus swallowed and blinked hard. Had James Potter just called him his boyfriend?! 

“I found it!” Sirius cried out, waving a bit of yellowed parchment about before Regulus could respond to James’s words. Sirius skimmed through the long text and began reading aloud from the bit that interested him.

‘So the Ministry called upon Morfin. They did not need to question him, to use Veritaserum or Legilimency. He admitted to the murder on the spot, giving details only the murderer could know. He was proud, he said, to have killed the Muggles, had been awaiting his chance all these years. He handed over his wand, which was proved at once to have been used to kill the Riddles. And he permitted himself to be led off to Azkaban without a fight.’

“Holy shit, that’s it!” Sirius grinned at the others. “There’s a connection somewhere between the Riddles and the Gaunts.”

‘Morfin was arrested and convicted previously for assaulting the head of the magical law enforcement squad, Bob Ogden, while he was trying to prevent Marvolo Gaunt from attacking his own daughter Merope Gaunt,’ 

“James, do you have a pureblood families book? The one with the family trees in it?” Sirius asked, already looking at the shelves behind him. 

“Er, yeah, it’s on one of those over there,” James pointed at a set of shelves in an alcove and Sirius raced to it. James took Regulus’s hand and led him over to Sirius as he pulled the heavy tomb from the shelf. 

He dropped it onto one of the tables and began flicking through the pages until he got to Gaunt. He continued to flick until he hit Greengrass and then flipped back a few pages to the end of the Gaunt family tree.

Regulus peered over his brother’s shoulder and there it was. Merope Gaunt married Tom Riddle and below it connected with a black line. Tom Marvolo Riddle.

“Sirius, you’re a genius!” James cheered, picking him up like Sirius had done to Flitsy when they arrived and spun him around. 

“Ahhh, Prongs put me down!” Sirius yelped. James eventually put him down and grinned broadly at him. “Thank Merlin, that you have a knack for remembering useless information that turns out to be very useful.” 

“I think I’m going to be sick,” Sirius mumbled, sticking his hand out and fumbling for Remus’s hand. 

“Not so funny now is it!” Flitsy appeared in the doorway and stuck her tongue out at Sirius. Regulus felt a warmth for the highly stung little elf that he hadn’t before as she told them she’d set out snacks in the drawing room for them for after they’d finished messing up the library. James lifted Regulus's hand to his lips and kissed his knuckles. Regulus swallowed as the words James had said to him came flooding back. Boyfriend. 

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Prompt 12 - Look

@jegulus-microfic August 12, Word count 642

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“James,” He breathed, still reeling over the information he’d learnt and the supposed prophecy. 

“Seriously, how did that book even get into the pile? I didn’t put it there, and I’m sure you didn’t. Why would you pick out a book on forestry? You wouldn’t, so how did it get there?” James was still ranting about his wasted time on the wrong book. 

“James!” Regulus snapped, getting James’s full attention. “I found it. I found the way to defeat Voldemort. And there was also this weird…” He couldn’t finish his sentence as James strode around the desk and lifted him into the air. 

“You are amazing,” James beamed at him. Regulus felt slightly precarious, he tilted forward a fraction. His hands flew up to steady himself and landed on James’s chest. He could feel the strong muscles beneath his fingers and the vibrations rumbling in his chest as he spoke. “I can’t believe you did it. So now all we need to do is figure out how to speak parseltongue.” James spun Regulus around in a circle before gently placing him back on his feet. “Come on let’s have a break. I’m sure Flitsy will have dinner ready any moment,” He took out his watch and checked the time. “Yep, she’ll be after us any second to get us out of here and force us to eat whatever delicious meal she’s made,”

“We don’t have time, we need to keep looking for answers,” Regulus argued. James’s hands were still on his waist and he was beginning to feel flustered. 

“I don’t think we have a choice in the matter. She will hunt you down with a wooden spoon. She’s done it before. One time, Sirius and I were,” James started, but Regulus pushed his hands away from him and stormed back into the shelves of books. “What’s wrong? Did I say something?” James called after him, but he ignored it. He shook his head to get rid of the ridiculous notion that James felt anything for him at all. To James, he was just Sirius’s death eater little brother, nothing more. He was stupid for hoping for anything else. But when James had picked him up and spun him around. 

He slammed his hand onto a shelf. The skin stung where he’d made contact. “Hey, what’s going on?” James had followed him. 

“Nothing,” He muttered. “There’s just so much to do,” He took the nearest book off the shelf, ‘Look into my crystal ball’. He quickly shoved it back, he’d had enough of prophecy and the like for today. 

“Don’t lie, Regulus. Something is eating you up inside, I can see it. What’s wrong?” James crowded him. He couldn’t move apart from pushing back into the bookcases. “You can trust me, Regulus, I won’t tell anyone if you don’t want me to,” James looked at him kindly, and he didn’t know if it was his smell, the warmth or the fact that he was exhausted and just wanted something good for a change.  Regulus reached up, put one hand on the back of James’s neck and the other on his cheek and brought him closer. 

He pressed his lips to James’s and he melted. James inhaled sharply, but then his hands came up and grabbed hold of Regulus’s hips, dragging him closer with his strong hands. He kissed Regulus back and Regulus could have cried. 

“Dinner is being ready! No more playtime, Master James," James stepped away from Regulus and turned to the house elf. 

“Yes, Flitsy,” She waited for them to move, tapping a wooden spoon on the side of her leg for emphasis. Regulus was in shock. He couldn’t believe James Potter had just kissed him back and when James took his hand and led him from the library towards the dining room, his stomach did a happy little flip. 

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