philophobia-the fear of falling in love
or becoming emotionally connected
to someone...
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This is a story you've heard before, passed down through generations, about a young girl and a young boy who utterly despise each other.
Then, somehow, t...
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lxv||like it was before
Maria gasps awake from the unpleasant dream and her breathing picks up, looking around with tears welling in her eyes and Regulus stirs before groggily sitting up and grabbing her shoulders gently. Noticing her uneven breaths, Regulus grabs her chin with his index finger and thumb and forces her brown eyes to look into his grey ones.
"Hey—Ria, you're okay." Regulus smooths down some of her hair. "You're alright, I'm here."
Maria lets out a small sob and he strokes the pad of his thumb across her cheekbone, his eyes soft as he pulls her into in his arms, feeling her relax slightly in his familiar embrace. He gently kisses the top of her head and sits her up so she's looking at him.
"Sorry." Maria sniffles, wiping under her eyes with her jumper sleeves and Regulus shakes his head with slightly furrowed eyebrows.
"Why?"
"Woke you up." Maria shrugs, her voice quiet and nasally. "It was just a dream."
"Pretty terrible dream." Regulus sighs, tucking some stray hair behind her ear making her huff and nod softly, her eyes tired and droopy. "Go to sleep, I'm sure McGonagall won't mind us missing transfiguration this morning."
"No—it's fine." Maria shakes her head, kissing his chin as she stands up. "I have to go to the owlery anyway, James should've gotten back to me with the cloak by now."
"It can wait a day, Maria." Regulus says as she walks into the bathroom and he huffs out a breath, falling back onto the scarlet sheets of her bed and looking at the clock, seeing it reads '6:38am' making him grumble and begin to get ready.
"I should've heard back from Andromeda too." Maria says as she brushes her teeth and Regulus frowns slightly.
"You owl Andromeda?"
"Yeah, she's been loads of help about the whole thing." Maria shrugs, taking off her jumper and throwing it on the bathroom floor as she strolls out and he strolls in. "Eyes, Regulus."
"Sorry." Regulus apologises sheepishly, snapping his eyes away from her chest as she does up her bra.
She shrugs on an off white shirt, Regulus walking over and doing the buttons up whilst she grabs his shirt off the dresser.
"I have to go, I'll meet you." Maria says, slipping on her robes and Regulus nods, tying his emerald and silver tie.
"Skip care of magical creatures with me!" Regulus shouts after her and she rolls her eyes making him smile softly after her as she closes the door gently.
Walking up the icy steps of the tower towards the owlery makes Maria feel a certain kind of happiness, remembering the time when James had took her up for the first time to send a letter to her parents. She remembers almost stumbling down the stairs into Regulus and Narcissa Black as they send letters to their parents together. She remembers Narcissa sheepishly apologising as Regulus just looked Maria up and down.
