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when jegulus started dating james would practically melt whenever regulus initiated affection, because he knew regulus had spent most of his life without knowing how to love without being punished, and so james just wanted him to know every attempt was so precious and cherished

when james discovers that the black family is involved in a secret cult responsible for unspeakable horrors, he makes it his mission to get the black brothers out — he manages to save sirius, but regulus is left behind and james spends the rest of his life blaming himself for it

when reggie fell for james at first sight as kids but james rejected him and so regulus started being mean to him, which then made james fall in love with regulus but he was dating someone else at the time, and so it took them years to actually get their shit together and date fr

regulus that’s helping james with potions because he’s basically a potions genius and every time james gets something right regulus praises him — and james is fighting for his life because if he keeps going james is going to get embarrassingly hot down there and if sirius knows-

james potter takes being disliked as a personal challenge, so when regulus said he has never met a bigger idiot, obviously, the only right option james had in mind was to create a 10-step plan to be so disgustingly nice and useful that regulus has no choice but to fall in love