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1. You say the word when the weight of the world is getting too heavy to hold by cutebutpsyco

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black & Remus Lupin
   • Regulus Black & Severus Snape
   • Remus Lupin & Mary Macdonald
   • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
   • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Remus Lupin
   • Sirius Black
   • Regulus Black
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Mary Macdonald (Harry Potter)
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter
   • Kreacher - Character
   • Rubeus Hagrid
   • Other Harry Potter Characters
   • Voldemort - mentioned
   • Alice Longbottom
   • Frank Longbottom
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • first order of the phoenix
   • Regulus Black Lives
   • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
   • Sirius Black Needs a Hug
   • Remus Lupin Needs a Hug
   • Post-First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Number Twelve Grimmauld Place
   • Panic Attacks
   • Getting Back Together
   • Communication
   • Trust Issues
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Wolfstar and Regulus parenting Harry Potter
   • Good Parent Lyall Lupin
   • Like the day after the war ends

   Summary

   “Remus - she read, and he could imagine Regulus’s pale fingers wrapped around a quill. - I’m writing this letter with a double aim as I’m about to embark on a mission from which I’ll very likely never come back. I ask you to do what you’ve always done: take care of Sirius, love him and listen to him as I wish I could have done. Somehow, he’s always been more yours than mine; more James’s brother than mine; and he’s always loved you more than anyone else. He’ll survive, without me, but he won’t survive without either of you. […]”

   **

   Or: before going to the cave, Regulus sends a letter to Remus and prepares a contingency plan to make sure he knows about the Horcruxes. This change more than one thing.

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