#sirius and reg are competing yes but they're also brothers

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Polyship ask, ignore if you're not in the mood for it! I remember seeing that delightful take abt James who’s type are Black boys and now I’m cracking up imagining the mirror of this – Black boys who’s type is James and they have opposite reactions to that. Sirius *ecstatic* James with his Quidditch-mussed hair and winning grin. Merlin I’m blessed. Regulus *tortured* James Potter…. with his wretched Quidditch-mussed hair… and damned winning grin… Merlin I’m cursed.

ooooh im definitely not against polyship!! reg will take me some time but im totally on board for this!!!

also,,,sort of imagining a competition between the brothers? for who wins his heart first? sirius has the advantage of already being super close to james but the con is he feels like he's firmly stuck in the platonic best friend side; reg has the advantage of being an outsider who can properly woo james from step one (take him on dates, get to know him etc) but the disadvantage for him is that he thinks he's in the familial best friend's brother arena.

little do both of them know--james is hardcore crushing on both of them, all the time.

and so it's like this constant push-and-pull where they're both showering him with attention, trying to one up each other, and james is overwhelmed and a little flustered and keeping up as best as he can.

the rest of the castle is alternatively envious, turned on, and confused.

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bartylus headcanons if u got any to spare....[shaking my mug]

Oh my god I love this question!! 😍 Anything for you my friend

They became friends on accident. Barty was a kool aid kid (yk the ones with a red ring around their mouth that are always on a sugar high) who was always kicked out of class to run laps around the yard while Reg scoffed Walburga-style at him. The teacher probably paired them up as one does with the best behaved kid and the class demon, hoping some sense will rub into the latter.

I think they would make the best team. With Regulus' penchant for accounting for even the smallest variable and Barty's ability to amplify anything's extra-ness tenfold they would have BANGER science projects and, later in life, they'd just be two highly competent dudes without a proper moral compass to hold them back.

They are a little bit TOO mean. It is not a front they put up, they genuinly think most people are stupid (reg) and boring (barty) and they treat them as such. They aren't cruel for the sake of being cruel but they don't really care/don't realize they're wrong.

Each other's #1 enablers. There's very little they will be critical of the other for.

Regulus calls Barty at the worst imaginable times and Barty always picks up.

Reg's also the only one Barty wouldn't curse out for calling at 6 am on a post-bender-Saturday only to debate whether he should just give in and eat Sirius' half rotten vegetables on the fridge or leave them so his brother can finally learn his lesson.

Regulus will say the most offhanded comment like, "I've always wanted to try this," or "My back's aching,," and the next time he sees Barty there will be takeout carelessly shoved into his chest as a greeting or a bottle of pomade will suddenly appear inside his bathroom cabinet.

Regulus simps just as hard. After asking Barty a hundred times over whether he was sure he wansn't hungry, Barty will claim he is craving Thai food after all just as they're pulling into the driveway. Regulus will groan hard but turn the car around nonetheless.

Reg will be cooking and have the living shit scared out of him by a voice coming from behind him saying: "Will it be enough for the both of us?" and Regulus almost drops the pot because Barty lets himself into his house with absolutely no warning whatsoever (he never gave him a key). "How?!!" and "Wouldn't you like to know? ;)" are a daily occurrence.

On the rare ocassion that Reg goes to a family event he always brings Barty who raids the kitchen, makes politicians uncomfortable with highly intrusive questions and announces loudly to the whole room when he needs to go take a leak.

Quickfire hcs:

Each other's firsts-everything!!

Wouldn't know how to read a room if their lives depended on it.

Laugh at at the least appropriate moments (yes, im thinking funerals but also someone proposing with a flashmob and getting rejected).

Banter is on a whole other level.

More than friends, not quite lovers yada yada ... <3