Song: Lydia by Highly Suspect
Setting: Modern non-magical AU–a boat
Written For: Regulus Appreciation Week–Regulus and a ship
Warnings: anti-semitism, racism, attempted murder/murder it’s unclear which, general violence, pretty much typical Regulus stuff
Notes: I’m so fucking tired and ill, I’ve been up since 1 am, and when I sat down to write this my addled brain was like, “ahaha, wouldn’t it be funny if I wrote about Regulus and a ship? Like an actual ship. Right? Right?” And the answer to that is probably no but that’s the only idea I can come up with so that’s what’s happening.
Regulus pushed his sunglasses up on his forehead and squinted at Hope. She didn’t look half Jewish. Really, Regulus looked more Jewish than her and he certainly wasn’t, there wasn’t a drop of bad blood in him. Still, Regulus had looked into her parentage and there was no denying it. It gave Regulus a sour taste in his mouth to think about. She had looked deceptively innocent with her pale skin and light hair and generally demure manner. He couldn’t have guessed.
Sighing, Regulus walked across the deck of his yacht, where Hope was standing with her arms out, like Rose from the fucking Titanic. Except there wasn’t a breeze and she just looked ridiculous. This girl. How had he been so tragically wrong about this girl?
She turned and smiled at him. “This is great.”
Regulus shrugged. “It’s whatever.”
“Stop being such a downer. I’m enjoying myself.”
“You are too. I can’t be properly happy if you’re not enjoying yourself too.”
Regulus blinked at her. “That’s absurd.”
“You’re absurd,” Hope grumbled.
Regulus shook his head. The concept of caring about the feelings of the people around you to the extent that it affected your mood was foreign to him. He’d seen films, of course, and read books, but that wasn’t real life. People didn’t actually care that much about other people. Except, apparently, Hope. “Who says I’m not enjoying myself?” He leaned his back against the railing and smiled lazily at her. “I’m on a motherfucking boat.”
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