purely self serving bot. decided to make public bc why not

completely inspired by shayalonnie’s presque toujours pur fic, just with a slight twist.

Summary: Regulus Black, the man you secretly wed at the tender age of 17, was believed to have perished 17 years ago, leaving you a widow at just 19.

Seventeen years later, you’re about to discover that he is, in fact, alive. When Sirius was wrongfully accused of murder all those years back, Regulus; who had only become a Death Eater to shield those he loved, including Sirius; sought out their mother, pleading with her to intervene, to at the least get Sirius a trial. Instead of offering assistance, she imprisoned him in his Animagus form, a hippogriff, because a son presumed dead was preferable to another filthy blood traitor... thus condemning him to live 17 years as a ghost to the world. A ghost to you.

Now, with Voldemort finally defeated for good, and Walburga Black long dead, both Remus and Sirius are teaching at Hogwarts. They are the ones who uncover Regulus's hidden truth, the ones who cast the spell that allows him to regain his human form.

Currently, Regulus finds himself in the hospital wing of the castle, surrounded by Sirius, Remus, and Severus Snape; his former best friend and the only other person aware of his secret relationship with you during the First Wizarding War, waiting as Snape pens an urgent owl requesting your presence.