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Golden boy,
Lion boy;
Tell me what it’s like to conquer.Fearless child,
Broken boy;
Tell me what it’s like to burn.(...)
In which a very nosy James Potter notices that every weekend, when everyone falls asleep, Regulus Black sneaks into an abandoned fifth-floor classroom, and he can't help but try to find out what the little Black is up to.
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At the beginning of the Hogwarts 1977-1978 school year, James Potter finds a cat and Regulus Black finds a Horcrux.
These events are not unrelated.
What follows is a deal to their mutual benefit: James helps Regulus hone the finer details of advanced transfiguration, and in return, Regulus teaches James what he knows of occlumency and legilimency. James is pleasantly surprised by how much he enjoys their lessons, certainly more than he thought he would considering what (admittedly little) he knows of Sirius’s younger brother. Regulus, for his part, thought he was smart enough to know that anyone with as many secrets as him has no business teaching fucking mind reading to another person. Especially when that person is James Potter.
There is affection—the kind that only comes from meeting someone who you never expected to understand you. And there is war—a looming thunderhead that neither of them wants to see consume the other.
The rest is a matter of secrecy, family, and letting go.
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Regulus can always count on his mother to ruin his life, but after she actually tried to take his for good and failed, he’s more surprised to see everything aligning again.
When Sirius takes him home, he reconnects with his brother’s friend group who’s been inherently part of his teenage years until he ghosted them all to keep his sanity – and heart – intact before it would be too late.
He’s back and some things never changed. Regulus still loves James. James has always been oblivious but never indifferent. And if Sirius has always known about his brother, he's learning about James. Maybe… Just maybe, he fucked up – but he won’t do it twice.
A story of second chances and healing, of first loves that are stronger than worlds and domestic bliss.
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- Part 1 of Coming Home & Coming Home Side Stories
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An Education in Avoidance and Authenticity by Zenith02
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Nov 2025
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Twelve years is a long time to stay away. Long enough for old mistakes to gather dust, for memories to blur at the edges.
But some things don't fade. Not really.Regulus has spent years practising the art of avoidance, but some lessons demand revision.
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“For one week, you’ll follow each other around. Learn each other’s schedules, go to each other’s events, hell—even meet each other’s friends. If by the end of the week you still feel the same way, Regulus, you can write all of the articles that you want. You can write about how terrible Mr. Potter is here, and how toxic the culture here is at school, and…well, whatever you and your writer friends do.”
(or: regulus black writes an article about the toxic masculinity present in the football program at his school, and star quarterback james potter is dead-set on proving him wrong.)