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• Pure as a Lily by luc_72

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  04 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Regulus Black/James Potter
  • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
  • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr. & Dorcas Meadowes & Evan Rosier
  • Regulus Black & Remus Lupin
  • Regulus Black & Dorcas Meadowes
  • James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
  • Regulus Black/Remus Lupin
  • Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Regulus Black
  • Sirius Black
  • James Potter
  • Dorcas Meadowes
  • Remus Lupin
  • Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Evan Rosier
  • How Do I Tag
  • POV Regulus Black
  • Non-Linear Narrative
  • i think
  • Gay Regulus Black
  • English Is Not the Author's First Language
  • please be nice to me
  • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
  • Angst
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Established Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes
  • they don't appear a lot but they get their own fic later i promise
  • Minor Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
  • Marauders Era (Harry Potter)
  • Fuck JKR
  • i don't even like hp bro the fanfics r just fire
  • fuck ai too while we r at it
  • reclaiming the em dash
  • ik pandora not being here is heartbreaking
  • dw i love her she WILL get her own fic
  • wilkes is a girl and dating evan for some reason
  • i don't think this is how you tag
  • Pining
  • LIKE A LOT OF ANGST
  • Asexual Regulus Black
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Minor Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
  • Chaotic Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Barty Crouch Jr. is a Little Shit
  • Regulus Black-centric
  • Regulus Black is a Little Shit
  • Regulus Black is Bad at Feelings
  • Regulus Black is So Whipped
  • Regulus Black Loves James Potter
  • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst
  • Everyone is Gay
  • Everyone is Bad at Feelings
  • everyone is a little shit
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

  Summary

  Regulus Black was the first to die.

  It was slow, and it was painful, and it was bitter. As he drowned, alone and unloved, he wished it felt unfamiliar. As his lungs burnt and everything numbed, he was consumed by an unbearable and suffocating sadness. As his eyes were forced to close one last time, the only thing he saw were happier times; when smiles hadn’t yet been tainted and hearts hadn’t yet been broken. Regulus Black spent his whole life trying to never let light into it, because he thought it would only hurt more when everything went dark.

  He was right.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The World We Knew (Over and Over)

  Language:

  English

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