#there's always one microfic each month that's just unnecessarily angsty

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@jegulus-microfic december 24, worth, 120 words

It’s for the best, Regulus tells himself as he waits for James inside the Room of Requirement.

It’s for the best, Regulus tells himself as his hands shake and he takes in the way James smiles at him, knowing it might be the last time.

It’s for the best, Regulus tells himself as he watches James’ eyes fill with tears when he tells him that he’s ending things.

“For what it’s worth, I would have married you, if you’d have stuck around,” James says quietly, and Regulus thinks Crucio would hurt less.

At least he holds it together until James leaves, waiting until the door has slammed shut behind him before sinking to the ground as sobs wrack his body.