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[mmm-shanrio]

hot (july 3) @jeggyverses-jegulus-microfic jegulus | 380 words

The display is downright obscene. James Potter—Cannons captain, war hero, father, utter tart—has been shirtless for approximately twenty minutes. He glows in the midday sun as if he’s made of it, his skin bronzed to gold, sweat shining across broad shoulders.  

And Regulus can’t even enjoy himself, because he’s too busy glaring at the group of players’ partners off to the side.

“Well fit, isn’t he? Potter,” one of them said the moment James shucked his jersey halfway through his laps. The group broke into appreciative, juvenile twittering, and Regulus thinks he might have cracked a molar for how tight his jaw went.

James can read it all over him as he jogs over for a quick drink—he’s beaming. He doesn’t hesitate to sling an arm around Regulus’s waist and draw him close. 

“It’s hot,” James says against his throat, sounding unbearably pleased. 

Regulus manages to catch the flutter in his chest before it takes him. “Is it?” he asks airily. “I’m not the one out there showing off, so I wouldn’t know.” Still, he shivers anyway when James huffs a warm laugh into his hair. 

“No. I meant you. This whole little jealousy thing of yours. It’s hot. I like it.”

A scoff. “I’m not jealous. ”

“My mistake. In that case, s’pose I should get back to it, then—” lightning-quick, Regulus’s hand whips out and wraps tight around James’s wrist. He smiles. “Or not.”

Regulus turns just enough to glance over his shoulder, eyes fixed on James’s mouth. The heat between them rises—it would burn, even on a cooler day. That’s all it takes, sometimes. A word. A look. 

But Regulus has more than that today. He guides James’s hand to slide down his stomach, stopping at the hem of his shirt. Of his own accord, James’s fingers dip into his waistband and—

“Hot?” James says again, this time in a whimper. “Is that—? What the fuck. That’s so bloody hot.” He makes another pathetic little noise when Regulus pulls away. “Where are you going? Have you been wearing those all day? Reg. Regulus.”

“Put a shirt on, and I’ll let you find out what color they are later."

James tears away to scramble back into his jersey—then does one better, and shrugs on his jacket for good measure. 

[snarky-magpie]

Regulus was a short, scrawny kid. Then over the summer at 15 he has a massive growth spurt and comes back to school in year six all tall and regal and all of a sudden, James who never spared him a glance before can't keep his eyes off him.

[thememedaddy]

[fairycosmos]

theyre saying you have to go to work again tomorrow even though you just went today

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[byjove]

idioms are always funnier in languages you do not understand, especially when a native speaker is struggling to explain and actively digesting how ridiculous it is in real time

[wolfishlysweet]

james and regulus fight a lot. not serious fights, just butting heads. but as soon as they’re done, they fuck like there’s no tomorrow, whispering and panting soft “i love you’s” and worshipping each other. they’re both so desperate to show their love for each other, to be as close as possible.

[vixvigil]

it’s never a normal temperature anymore it’s always some fucking bullshit

[emilxzz]

james, talking about regulus: my boyfriend gives the best kisses!

barty: on GOD he does

james: what

barty: what

[fairycosmos]

you literally have to unironically listen to some shit like party rock anthem so you don’t kill yourself

[arminsshawtyy]

i’m going to bash my head into a wall, his name popped up in my phone and my heart skipped a beat

[writingdose]

writers, instead of asking ai for help, you can always use your childhood trauma and repressed issues to help you with that fic

[anything-for-my-moons]

[xalatath]

I have never, and will never, use "ofc" to mean "of fucking course". It literally stands for OF Course...

[aureliagaming]

*coughs blood* youre all just jealous of my wound. yuore trying to make me get rid of it because you wish you had a wound this cool

[arminsshawtyy]

this is barty and no one can convince me otherwise

[v7lgar]

i love it when regulus absolutely fucks around w almost EVERYONE and then he gets a taste of real deal (james and his brown eyes) he gets obsessed w him and clear his roster for him

[my-castles-crumbling]

So many people: I don’t get why so many fanfic writers just stop writing?? Like why????? I want them to write more????

Also people: *Attacks fanfic writers for writing too much or not enough or about morally gray things or about things that are too perfect or about characters that have flaws or about characters that have no flaws or for asking simple questions for for having deep questions or for having a new idea or for using a well-loved trope or—*