#regulus black and barty crouch jr friendship

[illustriousday]

method acting (like you love me) by illustriousday

Chapters: 1/29

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Regulus Black/James Potter

Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Idiots in Love, Minor Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Minor Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Past Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr., also some present oops, denial is a river in egypt, Inspired by a Lizzy McAlpine Song, actually her whole discography, Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst, Regulus Black & Sirius Black Have a Good Relationship, eventually, POV James Potter, POV Regulus Black, Everyone Is Gay, Regulus Black Needs a Hug, Walburga Black’s A+ Parenting, Rivals With Benefits, Meeting the Parents, Fluff and Angst, Mild Sexual Content, Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, because it’s regulus and sirius come on, Gay Regulus Black, Pansexual James Potter, Alternate Universe - Actors, Musician Sirius Black, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Hurt/Comfort, Social Media, Trans Regulus Black, British Regulus Black, American James Potter, the story is split between Europe and the US, Press and Tabloids, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction, James Potter & Lily Evans Potter Friendship, they are not and will not be romantic ever, No Lily Evans Potter Bashing, she's my girl i love her, Minor Mary Macdonald/Lily Evans Potter, Mutual Pining, French Black Family (Harry Potter), Enemies to Friends to Lovers

Regulus Black has hated James Potter for years. He’s obnoxious, and arrogant, and stole his brother away. James Potter has hated Regulus Black for years. But only because he’s so mean to him. And James, frankly, doesn’t think he deserves it. When the two star as romantic leads in a new coming-of-age movie and have a very public catfight at the wrap party, the publicity team scrambles to find a way to fix this before social media runs wild with it. Something like… a relationship between the two Hollywood golden boys? Featuring fake dating, lots of late-night talk shows and interviews, getting a little too heated “for the paparazzi”, and denial being a river in Egypt.

CHAPTER 1 IS OUT RAHHHHH!

[fiasco95]

(Jegulus, Rosekiller, Wolfstar!) MODERN AU where the 3Bs heard someone disrespect Regulus and the outcome of it is well..

Regulus, putting his jacket on:

Dorcas: Oh, where are you off to?

Regulus: To bail out the 3Bs.

Pandora: 3Bs?

Regulus: Brother. Bestfriends. Boyfriend.

Dorcas & Pandora, sighing and getting ready to go out as well: Fuck’s sake.

Bonus…

Regulus: I’m not mad that you did what you did. I’m mad that you got caught.

Sirius, James, Remus, Barty & Evan: Sorry.

Dorcas: Can’t believe you didn’t invite me.

Pandora: Exactly. Then you guys wouldn’t have been caught if we were there to help.

[until-the-house-shakes]

Barty: GIRL. DO NOT TOUCH MY SHIT!

Regulus: Oh so you see me as a girl?

Barty: wait no i-

Evan: it’s because he’s trans huh? And trans boys aren’t ‘real boys’ Barty? Is that it?

Barty: NO NO NO I-

Regulus: I knew you could be mean but.. *tearing up* I.. I thought we were friends Barty.

Barty: Reggie I’m so sorry. Please listen. I didn’t mean it that way. I pr-

Evan: You’re fucking sick.

Barty: *tearing up* Boys please. I’m so s-sorry. I promise I d-didn’t m-

Regulus and Evan: *fucking losing it*

These two LOVE fucking with Barty any chance they get, and Barty definitely uses ‘Bruh’ and ‘Girl’ as gender neutral terms.

[isabel-lillah]

"You bastard!" Barty doesn't think twice before throwing himself at the idiot who decided to try and push Pandora around. It's not that Pandora can't take care of herself - she absolutely can - but she also is one of Barty's best friends. And he will stand up for her no matter wha-

"Barty, you already have a detention for fighting, they'll call your father if you fight again now," someone murmurs while draging him away. Regulus. It's Regulus. But isn't he supposed to be on a date with James?

That question is answered to him when he hears a yelp and turns around to find James punching the bastard, twice.

Huh

Maybe Barty does like James after all

[morsmortish]

i find barty and regulus’s friendship so funny. we have the permanently offended, supremely uptight, haughty, easily scandalised, victorian woman-esque, judgemental heir to the richest and most prominent wizarding family on one side, and then we have the sleaziest, most lewd and reprehensible ‘human being’ on the other. everytime barty forms a full sentence a year is taken off regulus’s lifespan. and yet barty is still significantly more intelligent than his best friend, and everytime regulus is reminded of this (every day) his eye twitches and he visualises how lovely barty would look without a head.

[pearlynia]

"I beg you don't embarrass me mother fucker"

But make it Regulus taking Barty and Evan to the zoo

[theblackstar04]

regulus kreacher friendship but it's the skittles finding out

dorcas: you know, you always talk about this kreacher guy but none of us have met him

regulus: oh yeah that's cause he's an elf

literally all of them: ...

regulus: ...

evan: you've called him your best friend multiple times

dorcas: you called him your only friend before us

barty: and he's been your house elf this entire time

pandora: i think it's sweet, but i'm so glad you have us

regulus: what's wrong with him being my best friend??

[aidyaiden]

you with the dark curls (regulus), you with the watercolor eyes (evan), you who bares all your teeth in every smile (barty)

[moonyswarmsweaters]

Regulus: James , how do I get revenge on my enemies?

James: The best revenge is letting go and living a fulfilling life.

Regulus:

Regulus: Barty, Even, Dorcas, Pandora, how do I get reven-

All four at once: Knife

[alpha-canis-major]

James:*accidentally walking into Regulus* Oh hey Reg, how are you?

Regulus:*scowling* watch where you're going Potter

Later

James: I just don't think he likes me Moons, and I don't know what to do with myself because I like him so so so much

Remus: It'll be alright Prongs, and maybe it's better this way so Sirius doesn't kill you

James: Yeah, maybe

Meanwhile

Regulus: I just like him so much

Evan: We know

Regulus: Every single thought I have is about him

Barty: Yes, we know

Regulus: I wish he would just slam me against the wall and have his way with me

Dorcas: Regulus you say this every single day we are aware

Regulus: He's just so ARRRGGGAAARRGGGG and I want to EAT him I need this man biblically he makes me feral

[noblehouseofgay]

I think

Ship whatever you want (within reason, don't be disgusting)

But

I also wish we focused on platonic ships more sometimes yk

Give me two people who are just super close friends. They don't fuck. They don't kiss. They're just super super close in a different way. They're just friends. And sometimes its ok for that

All kinds of love are important <3

[xkittyxkattzx]

the lack of James angst in this fandom make me cry

pls i Need more of my baby being sad and mentaly ill😕

if you have any fics plss<33

[fiasco95]

Regulus: I’m trans.

Barty:

Barty: That’s great, Reg!

Regulus, relieved and shakily smiling: …Yeah?

Barty: Yeah!

Barty:

Regulus:

Barty: ….Well, actually- What is that? Like what does that mean?

Regulus: 😄…🤨….😑

Little backstory:

Exposing myself. This was a real convo I had with my best friend at 8 in the morning around 7 years ago! I was 15.. And was heavily uneducated about the LGBTQ+ community at that time. I’m a lesbian btw. I may have been confused but I was very happy for my bsf and will always support him. I’m so thankful that he trusted me to come out to and am very proud of him. For context, I was being filmed in a documentary show at the time so we weren’t able to see each other for that whole month but he asked me to meet him before my classes started. Our schedules didn’t match and I had no time to go see him during breaks so it made me cry a little bit at the fact that he really wanted me to know as soon as possible. I love him sm.

[ttroubledwaters]

literally all I want right now is a small ish group of friends who collectively obsess over the same thing. preferably the marauders but anything will work. I want groupchats on every possible app. discord, insta, tiktok, messages, all of it. I want group posts "my friends and i's favorite marauders ___" I want to follow all of their marauder fan accounts and watch the povs or read the fics they write. I will literally do anything.

[isabel-lillah]

Barty and James becoming besties after James and Reggie got together is an iconic thing to happen

especially at the point when really only the skittles know about the relationship, so noone has a clue that Barty and James are a duo

and then when they're seen helping each other with an injury half of Hogwarts loses their shit (because come on, Barty? and James?? being friends???)

the other half doesn't believe it until they see James dragging Barty away from a fight so he wouldn't get a detention and Barty actually letting him do so

meanwhile Sirius is having a stroke trying to figure out when the hell did James befriended Barty Crouch Jr. of all people

[bri-cheeses]

| Rosekiller microfic | Word count: 629 |

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“Is this your shirt?”

Barty looked up as Regulus’ confused tone filled the space between them, turning off his phone as Regulus pinched a tee between his thumb and forefinger and held it up to the light. It was a light cream color that Barty could admit would look extremely out of place in his closet, an odd bright spot against his band tees and general dark ensemble of clothes.

“No, it’s Evan’s,” he said breezily. Never mind the fact that it was in his apartment, despite Evan living… not in Barty’s apartment.

Regulus let the shirt drop to the floor and wrinkled his nose. “Then what’s it doing in here?”

He tucked his legs up, sitting sideways against the back of the couch, and tilted his head at Barty.

“Oh, you know—” Barty unlocked his phone and went back to scrolling— “he just leaves things here sometimes.”

“Like his shirt?” Regulus asked skeptically.

“Well, he does have other clothes here.” A bit of an understatement, considering Barty had an entire drawer dedicated to Evan’s clothes alone, but Reg didn’t need to know that. “So it’s not like he was just walking around shirtless.”

Not that Barty would complain about seeing that, though.

“Ignoring the fact that you two are entirely too codependent, what were you even doing in the first place that caused his shirt to be left on your floor?”

Barty doubted Regulus really wanted to know the answer to that. He raised one shoulder in a half-hearted shrug, still looking at his phone. “Things happen.”

“Things?”

Barty flicked an unimpressed gaze up at Regulus, who was staring at him with furrowed eyebrows. If Regulus truly hadn’t figured it out by now, Barty wasn’t going to help him.

“Yeah, things. Showering, spilling something on your shirt… do us a favor and pick whichever puts your mind at ease.”

Regulus sighed. “Why’re you being so vague?”

“Why’re you being so nosy?”

Barty swore that Regulus actually rolled his eyes.

“Can you just spare me the dramatics and tell me why Evan’s shirt is currently lying on the floor by your couch?”

Regulus was staring him down now, clearly intent on getting an answer. Barty didn’t particularly feel like giving it, but he supposed it would be easier in the long run to tell him now instead of getting hounded about it for the rest of today.

So Barty held eye contact with Regulus as he flatly replied, “It was getting too hot in here.”

Well, no one could accuse him of lying, at the very least.

“And why couldn’t you have just said that in the first place?”

Barty simply sighed and went back to his phone.

“Because it’s not necessarily your business what Evan and I get up to when you’re not around.” If only Regulus knew how true that really was.

“I suppose that’s fine, considering I’m not entirely sure that I even want to know. Unless the police are involved and I need to pay your bail. But also… he has clothes at your place?”

Barty didn’t see how Regulus hadn’t put the pieces together yet. It’s not like him and Evan were actively trying to hide it or anything. What’s more, Regulus was a pretty smart guy who should’ve realized what was going on between his two friends ages ago. Barty just figured that James’s general obliviousness must’ve been rubbing off on Regulus.

“Yes, he does. Why, are you jealous? I can get you a drawer too, if you want,” he offered.

Regulus looked around the room, unimpressed.

“I’m good, actually,” he said. “What I was getting at is that you and Evan are way too close of friends to be healthy.”

Barty just smirked at his phone.

That was certainly one way of putting it.

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