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Prompt: Forbid (Forbade)

04.04.2024, @jegulus-microfic

179 Words

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Regulus gave James clear rules right from the start. The two have now been together for 5 years and none of these rules have ever been broken.

The rules are as follows:

No cheating (obviously)

Sirius does not find out details about things that happen in the bedroom (Sirius rule)

No spontaneous house parties

And most importantly, no surprises.

Regulus hates surprises, which is why he forbade James from planning anything for him from the start. Be it a surprise party, holiday, no surprise pets either! (This would have to be added later, even though Regulus loves her little cat more than anything)

James often brings him flowers, or small gifts, he doesn't let that stop him, but at the moment there is something much more important going around. Regulus doesn't know what's going on, but everyone is acting strangely. James, Sirius, and even Remus.

It's known that the two of them are going on holiday soon, and it's also clear where they're going.

Well, Regulus just doesn't know yet that his boyfriend will hopefully soon be his fiancé.

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Jegulus Prompt: Heart

09.04.24, @jegulus-microfic

449 Words

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James drives after the ambulance at the speed of light.

After Regulus suddenly collapsed while cooking and James could do nothing more than wait for the ambulance, it now feels like an eternity until he arrives at the hospital.

There he has to wait what feels like years until a doctor speaks to him.

"So you're Mr Black's flatmate?"

"Yes... So no, so yes, but I'm his friend. So his... we're engaged."

"I see, okay. So Mr Black is stable at the moment, but we're still keeping him here to find out what happened."

James jumps up from his chair and replies, almost shouting:

"So he's conscious again? Is he asleep? Can I see him? Oh God, I have to call Sirius!"

The doctor smiles slightly: "He's in room 59"

James runs off in the direction of the room in question and rushes straight in.

There he sits.

Regulus with a glass of water in one hand and a chocolate bar in the other.

He immediately looks towards the door and smiles as soon as he recognises him. James immediately runs to him, puts both hands in Regulus' face and looks him up and down. Regulus immediately sees the tears in his eyes.

"Are you okay? You feel good? Hello Love!"

Regulus smiles: "I'm fine James"

"You just... Collapsed. In the middle of the kitchen. You didn't wake up. Oh, I thought you were having a heart attack or a stroke or a seizure! Did they say anything?"

Regulus puts the glass down and puts his hands on James, which are still on his face.

"Im fine, James. I told you my circulation isn't good sometimes. I'll just eat some chocolate now and then I'll be fine."

James exhales with relief.

"Are you sure? Just circulation problems? Because... I... I don't know what would have happened if you...if you hadn't woken up. My heart wouldn't have made it. I can't do any of this without you, love." He presses a kiss to Regulus' forehead.

"You don't have to, Jamie. I'm here. I'll always be here. As long as you let me."

The tears flow from James' eyes, he leans forward and buries his face in the crook of Regulus' neck. They stay like that for a while. Regulus runs his fingers through James' hair as he clings to him. Later the doctor arrives, says that it was really just the circulation and they go home, but James doesn't let go of Regulus for a second. He wants to savour every moment with him, to feel, see, sense and hear him for as long as he can. Once again, this fear has shown him that everything he needs is already in his arms, sleeping peacefully.

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Prompt: Regret

379 words

07.04.2024

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Regulus likes to make decisions. When he makes them, they usually lead to a better end than James' decisions.

But when James asked if the two of them could go to a shelter just to walk one of the dogs there, and Regulus agreed, he had to expect that it would be one of the few decisions he made wrong.

As soon as they entered the shelter, James had only heart eyes for all the dogs there and Regulus regretted his decision.

"We have to keep them!"

"Which one?"

"All of them!"

"James, we can't just walk all the dogs here."

"Our garden is big enough, Reggi"

"Why should we go for a walk in our garden?"

James looks at Regulus pleadingly

"Well...once they've moved in with us..."

"No."

"Why not?"

Regulus looks at his fiancé in shock

"Regulus, give me one reason why not."

"We can't keep 200 dogs in a species-appropriate way."

James is silent for a moment

"Okay, but one for sure"

"No James, we're not getting a dog!"

"Why?"

"Because..... Yes, because we have a cat. You don't know if that will work"

"Padfoot and Kitty have always got on well"

"But Padfoot isn't a normal dog, is he?"

"Look here" James points to a puppy "he's hardly bigger than Kitty"

"We're both working James. The dog can't be alone all day like the cat!"

"Sirius looks after him and I can take him to the office four days out of five!"

"I'm sure my brother has better things to do than look after your dog"

"Firstly," James starts, pulling out his mobile phone, "It's our dog, and secondly," he puts the call with Sirius on speaker, "Hey Prongs, what's up?" You hear the voice from the phone.

"Say, Pads, would you look after our dog? For a few hours every Monday?"

Sirius' voice is 10 octaves higher when he answers: "Oh my God, you have a dog? I need to meet him! How old is he? Can I come round? I look after him every day too! MOONY WE HAVE TO GO TO-" James hangs up and lets Sirius continue shouting.

Regulus looks briefly at the small, actually very cute dog and at that moment Regulus regrets his decision a little less.

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Jegulus Prompt: Football

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11.04.24

261 Words

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Regulus doesn't understand.

James and he are two of the most famous Quidditch players. Harry could fly before he could really run. He got his first real broom for his 3rd birthday and Sirius gave him the rest of his Quidditch equipment.

And now?

Now Regulus is sitting here in this stadium. Next to him is James, as expected, but there's no Quidditch pitch in front of him. It's a white ball with black dots?

When Lily first talked about Muggle sports, Regulus was just confused but Harry was head over heels in love.

He brought his first ball home straight after spending the weekend with his mum.

"What just happened?" Regulus jumps up from his seat like everyone else and asks James about the rules. Again.

"Harry! Our little one!" James yells in reply. He turns to Regulus and gives him a big smack on the lips. "He's scored a goal! Oh Reggi I'm so proud of our little boy!"

Regulus grins. A goal gives you a point. At least he knows that. And points are good here.

There are still cards. A red one and... A blue one? Or a yellow one? He thinks the red one is really bad, and the other one is semi-crap. There doesn't seem to be much more.

"He's going to make it big one day!"

"James, he's only 13, let's see what happens."

"He's going to play in the World Cup, I can see it! Our little man!"

Regulus smiles slightly.

Maybe this football isn't as bad as he first thought.

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Prompt: Slap, 05.04

208 Words

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Part 2 (Can also be read on its own)

Part 1 Here (Prompt 04.04, Forbid)

After James and regulus get off the plane, they do the same routine as usual. In their 5-year relationship, they have already been on one or two holidays together. Regulus goes to the baggage carousels and waits for their luggage, while James looks around for funny souvenirs for Sirius.

A whole time passes, Regulus has his suitcases together and is ready for the rest, but his boyfriend doesn't turn up. So he goes back with the suitcases to look in the little shops to find his boyfriend.

He then finds James at the far end of the airport. But contrary to expectations, he is running around in circles and talking to someone on the phone.

As soon as he sees regulus, he falls silent, says goodbye and hangs up.

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

"Well, your..." Regulus points vaguely at James, "that"

"Oh, I was just on the phone"

"Yes, I saw that"

"Good, you've got the suitcases? Perfect, then lets go!"

Without Regulus being able to say a word, James takes both suitcases and walks off quickly.

It hits Regulus like a blow. Is James breaking up with him?

It also hits James like a slap in the face. He has forgotten the ring.

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Jegulus Prompt: Devotion

08.04.24, 161 Words

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Regulus loves a lot of things.

He loves rain when he is sitting at a window, watching it patter down against the pane while he is reading a book.

He loves animals, especially cats, snakes, crocodiles and all the weird animal creatures that used to exist.

He loves freshly baked brown bread and the smell of it coming out of the oven.

He loves the night and all its marvellous stars and the abstract images they form.

Regulus also loves his friends, Pandora, Barty, Evan, and although he rarely admits it, his brother Sirius.

He loves many things, but his devotion is to only one thing in this life. Probably in every other life.

The sun that warms the air in summer.

The one that brings light into the dark.

That shines the dark thoughts out of his head.

It dazzles, but he won't complain about it.

The sun, and its personification on earth

His devotion is only to James.

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Jegulus Prompt: Traitor

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10.04.24, 404 Words

This is the perfect word to write Angst but my heart won't let me. So just peaceful stuff.

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James leans back with a big grin on his face and looks at Regulus.

Reg thinks about how he can still win the game. He is usually the best at chess. Apart from Monty. James' father is the best man the chess world has ever seen. But now the genes seem to be awakening in James too, because Regulus simply can't compete with his boyfriend. No matter what move he makes, James seems to have planned everything three steps ahead and is slowly running out of options. This must not happen.

"Come on Reggi, you know what we bet on."

Regulus sighs, annoyed. "Potter, I'm not going to sit next to Sirius and Remus on a ten hour car journey."

James' grin gets bigger.

"Then I guess you have to win now."

Regulus closes his eyes and slumps backwards, lying on the soft carpet on the floor of the Potters' living room.

"I think I have a better chance of winning the trip if I just strangle Sirius tonight."

He then hears a voice laughing

It sounds like James, but even if the difference is barely noticeable, Regulus knows James' voice better than anyone else. He immediately opens his eyes and looks up into the face of Monty, who is looking down at him with a grin.

"Oh Potter, you Traitor! How long has he been helping you?!"

Monty replies: "If it wasn't for me, he'd already be out of check after your third move."

"Well, now that we've sorted that out," Regulus begins, "you can sit next to Barty and Evan in the back seat tomorrow. Sirius and Remus in the middle on the two and I'll sit in the front next to Pandora."

"HEY!" shouts James, "you haven't won yet. So there's still a chance that I'll sit next to Pandora and you'll sit with your brother and Moony."

"You cheated. That definitely counts as losing!"

"It doesn't"

"It does"

"Don't"

"Does"

"Dad!"

Monty laughs "You're cute, you two. How about you two sit on the two seats in the middle and the others have to take care of the rest?"

Regulus and James look at each other briefly and smile.

The chess game long forgotten as soon as they imagine being in total connection for 10 hours.

They don't notice Monty leaving with a grin.

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Jegulus Prompt: Ski

14.04.24, @jegulus-microfic

316 Words

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Regulus doesn't like skiing. He can do it, he had to learn thanks to his parents, but cold winters and stormy mountains are not for him. James and Sirius, however.... Well, let's put it this way. Regulus is sitting in the café, relaxing and looking out of the window.

But when suddenly two shapes slide way too wildly and uncontrollably down the most difficult ski slope, he simply has to get up and stand at the railing with the other curious people and watch

Yep, as expected, he then finds his brother and his boyfriend at the bottom of the piste. Both lying face down in the snow because, oh wonder, they didn't have the skills to actually ski down the piste.

After paying for his espresso, he skis an easy route down to the two of them.

James sees him from a great distance and looks at him happily. "Reggi!" He shouts from afar, "Did you see that? That was so cool! Well, not necessarily the end, but most of the time it worked so well! Sirius and I-" He is interrupted by a snowball being thrown in his face. Sirius laughs behind him, but only until he gets a snowball himself. "If I have to call an ambulance here because of you, then you'll both move back in with your parents! The flat's on me!"

Even though Regulus is a very threatening person, James can't take him seriously when he stands in front of him with his woolly hat, gloves and a snowball in his hand. So he goes up to his young friend to kiss him, but before he gets that far he has another snowball in his face. Well, maybe Regulus isn't so much fun after all.

"I love you too, Reggi," James confirms with a big grin on his face.

Sirius can only be heard gagging briefly in the background.