november dusk , where love finds us.
i have to talk about this little figure skating / ice hockey au i have in my head so you’re all victims .
the black brothers were heirs to a prestigious legacy of competitive figure skating . victories passed down from one after the other , all gone on to redefining careers and names for themselves .
of course , typically enough , sirius hates it . he thinks it all can burn in hell , set flames to the rink and watch it all melt lest he die along with it . it’s consumed every inch of his life, he’s done nothing but breathe the still cold of the rink and engrave the carvings of their skates into his eyes .
all it takes is an accident on the rink amidst one of his competitive performances to whisk him away . thick crimson staining white , and sirius never looked back at skating again .
until regulus calls him , in november’s dusk . ‘sirius , please . come home .”
and sirius is on the first plane back , abandoning the refuge he’s sought for his brother who denies him at the door — oddly enough .
‘you told me to come home ! you — i flew all the way here , reggie !’
‘it was a mistake! i didn’t think you’d actually—just go . you did it before , shouldn’t be hard to do it again .’
sirius thinks regulus is right . nothing tethers him to this town anymore , his mother released the shackles to his ankles that tied him to the rink when she’d sunk her claws into his brother instead . but for some reason— some menacing reason , sirius can’t get himself to leave again .
james’s skating partner — lily — faces a gruesome accident during practice that puts a destabilising halt in her career ( there’s more to her i swear ), and leaves him without a partner for the upcoming competition .
who better than regulus black , a shiny name and a beautiful figure skater . the two together , the sun and the midnight sky , would be an undeniably intriguing pair .
except regulus hates james . he’s cocky , and full of himself . he’s his brother’s best friend , and his greatest competition since his brother fell out of the race . the two together would be like walking with two left feet — and they do . at first .
it’s messy . pairing them together — whom walburga detests the idea of . she would never agree to such a thing had minvera , james’ coach, not swayed her for the success of her own son ( although if she had it her way , she’d think her son didn’t need a crutch to win the victory throne ) — and skating together .
perfect enemies to lovers trope here if you ask me …
on top of that , regulus is strained with the heaviness of it all . the weight of the crown , the unsafety at home , the return of his brother . the stress , the stress , the stress . he’s a perfectionist, and an internaliser . there’s not a world in which regulus asks for help , which is why it’s a good thing james is a saviour . an observer . he’s good at watching , especially regulus , and is the very thing that helps regulus uncoil himself from the tangles of his own home and mother .
and then you have remus because how dare i not mention wolfstar ?! tsk , tsk , tsk .
ex figure skater , now professional hockey player >>> . he couldn’t make the competitions with his developed disability , it getting in the way with all the fancy spins and tricks , so hockey it is . a perfect outlet to his anger and it doesn’t require much of twisting the bad knee he’s got .
of course i say exes ( or ex something , who knows ) / enemies to lovers wolfstar because how could i resist . remus hates that sirius left too . left town , left the rink for an injury that hadn’t thrown him off the ice for good , but remus has to live with his injury every day — and he fights . he fights for what he wants instead of just quitting . quitting like someone else did .
so there you have sirius , who’s grossed by the rink , and remus , who teaches sirius how to reconnect with it . slowly … but surely . and dare i say sirius becoming a hockey player makes me itch and if not then sirius finding his love for skating again and performing his competitive number for remus with their favourite song and a beautiful dance (oh that’s so much better …) .
now see i wanted pandalily but i could do marylily too … i need thoughts and confirmation bc idk which one to choose thanks !
and then there’s rosekiller that i must ponder as well — see ! everything is a work in progress but i just had to spit thoughts sorry !
