Sirius had mate it to the outskirts of the party after nicking a bottle of Firewhisky from one of the tables. He kept walking, fast, making his way over to a spot on the shore of the black lake. Once there, he sat down up against a tree and opened the bottle, taking a large swig from it. He was angry. Angry at himself, and at pretty much everyone else, though he didn’t exactly know why. Maybe he was pissed about the whole situation? He pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his jacket, both of which he’d found in his room at the Potter’s when he’d woken up there. He was about to light his smoke when he heard someone approaching. He groaned, annoyed at his isolation being interrupted. “
What do you want ?” he asked, not bothering to turn around and see who it was.
it took a good deal of courage for regulus to even walk in the same direction as sirius. he wasn’t good at talking to his brother, he hadn’t been in years. if he were an optimistic person, he would think about this being a chance for them to reconnect back to how they were when they were children. but that made the existence of alternate timelines seem possible in comparison. regulus approached and cleared his throat, radiating energy that screamed how uncomfortable he was. “just curious if i could bum one?”
Whoever pulled off this party really knew how to get a crowd and even though Dorcas wasn’t the fondest of parties like this – she didn’t mind it today. Was she partaking in getting wasted? Absolutely not. But as a prefect and as someone who did want to socialize a bit with her peers, she went to be more of a chaperone of sorts. “Hi, HELLO, do you know where the water is?”
“the lake is right over there,” regulus remarked. this new — timeline, universe, whatever they were calling it — was fascinating, sure. but not knowing who the hell anyone was? it was getting very old, very quickly. same faces, brand new people behind them. still, he hid his smirk behind his plastic cup. they were really going for all the cliches, weren’t they? “i think i saw some next to the punch, but there’s a spell for that, you know?”
have you been re-introduced to regulus black? last we heard, the pureblood was most familiar with timeline two. I don’t recall if they were always a slytherin, but I’ve heard the sixth is still empathetic, incisive, trustworthy and callous, temperamental, vindictive, so that’s familiar. at least he remembers their way around the castle.
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timeline one:
regulus arcturus black is born the younger son of walburga and orion black, little brother of sirius
he’s raised to believe that purebloods are superior and, while he never takes it to such extremes as his parents, he’s never given adequate reason to doubt his beliefs
he splits his time between his studies and quidditch and excels at both
with no war to create tensions or cause a distraction, regulus falls in line and fulfills his duties as the prodigal son
he’s quiet and thoughtful, focused and loyal — the ideal pureblood boy
timeline two (his timeline)
regulus learns to resent his parents much more quickly here, but seeing sirius leave quickly diminished any hopes he had of forging his own path
once again puts all his energy into schoolwork and quidditch
however, the war creates an opportunity for his parents to raise their status even further — get in good with the dark lord
orion promised regulus’s loyalty to voldemort, and before he knew it, reg found himself with a dark mark on his arm fighting for something he barely believed in himself
here regulus is stuck between having grown up too soon and feeling in over his head
timeline three
very similar to timeline three tbh
his parents haven’t passed him along to voldemort — yet — but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a possibility
this regulus is the one most likely to break away; the war’s crept along a little more slowly, and provided him a chance to really evaluate all sides and realize that his parents might not be in the right here
still terrified to do his own thing, given the sirius of it all, but there’s at least a small chance here
overall the most well-adjusted regulus, not striving-for-perfection but also not a baby soldier. this one’s just kinda doing his best all things considered
general stuff:
regulus is also gay but are we surprised
given the fact that his parents are his parents, he has....... very little understanding of anything muggle
rn as things stand, regulus is just............ really fucking happy that he’s in a timeline where there isn’t a dark mark on his arm. that’s it. that’s how low the bar is.
cares about playing quidditch more than he cares about 98% of the wizarding population
honestly is probably prefect in all timelines and all future reguluses (reguli?) will be highly pissed if he doesn’t make head boy bc he’s That Bitch™
has a lot of feelings but is bad at expressing them and even worse at talking about them
and yeah like i said before i’m really bad at plotting and connections but !!! i’m down for brainstorming!!!
