By Starlight - a Severus/Regulus drabble
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: implied Severus/Regulus
Summary: While students at Hogwarts, Regulus and Severus venture into the Forbidden Forest to gather a rare potions ingredient.
Challenge: Starlight for slytherin100
Word Count: 200
Rating: G
Regulus held his wand higher. Lumos did little to illuminate the forest, but he felt safer.
Severus stopped abruptly. “Douse the light,” he commanded, and Regulus obeyed, despite his fear.
His heart thundered, and he heard only whispering fabric. Severus brushed against him, and Regulus seized his hand, glad for contact in the darkness.
Severus pulled him into a clearing, tugging his hand. “This is it.”
“But I don’t-“
“Just wait.”
And he did. Slowly, his vision adjusted, and he glimpsed pale skin, glowing in the night. Severus studied the forest, eyes reflecting stars. A tiny cosmos hidden in those black depths.
When he looked at Regulus, he was smiling. It was crooked and out of practice, and heart-breaking for its rarity. “Beautiful, isn’t it?”
Regulus could only nod. Around them, delicate flowers blossomed, softly glowing.
“They bloom only by starlight. Even the moon’s glare is too strong.” His voice was full of wonder. “They are only harvested during the new moon, when the night is dark and free.”
They held hands, ghostly lights dancing over them, before Severus set to work.
His classmates couldn’t understand why he’d befriended Severus. But they never saw him, really. Not by starlight.
Pairing: implied Severus/Regulus
Summary: While students at Hogwarts, Regulus and Severus venture into the Forbidden Forest to gather a rare potions ingredient.
Challenge: Starlight for slytherin100
Word Count: 200
Rating: G
Regulus held his wand higher. Lumos did little to illuminate the forest, but he felt safer.
Severus stopped abruptly. “Douse the light,” he commanded, and Regulus obeyed, despite his fear.
His heart thundered, and he heard only whispering fabric. Severus brushed against him, and Regulus seized his hand, glad for contact in the darkness.
Severus pulled him into a clearing, tugging his hand. “This is it.”
“But I don’t-“
“Just wait.”
And he did. Slowly, his vision adjusted, and he glimpsed pale skin, glowing in the night. Severus studied the forest, eyes reflecting stars. A tiny cosmos hidden in those black depths.
When he looked at Regulus, he was smiling. It was crooked and out of practice, and heart-breaking for its rarity. “Beautiful, isn’t it?”
Regulus could only nod. Around them, delicate flowers blossomed, softly glowing.
“They bloom only by starlight. Even the moon’s glare is too strong.” His voice was full of wonder. “They are only harvested during the new moon, when the night is dark and free.”
They held hands, ghostly lights dancing over them, before Severus set to work.
His classmates couldn’t understand why he’d befriended Severus. But they never saw him, really. Not by starlight.