sirius and regulus were brothers, once the best of them. but as they got older they grew apart, they led two opposing lives and that was more than obvious.

regulus always thought, no. hoped that they would grow close once again, but that never happened.

"do you feel ashamed?" regulus asked his older brother, the two of them now in their twenties. they hadn't seen each other since hogwarts, rightfully so, but they ran into each other at a christmas party hosted by a mutual friend.

"of what?" sirius practically scoffed, you stood beside the two of them, unsure if you should let them express their emotions or stop it before it got worse.

"you left me, in that house, with our parents. you left me because you couldn't stomach the life they had planned out for us." regulus explained more clearly.

"i could stomach it, it's just not what i believe in nor what i wanted," he muttered, his eyes focused on his feet.

"what you wanted?" he exclaimed, "you don't always get what you want, my life has proven that point. i never wanted to be the heir, i wanted to be normal. but you got that life, because you always get what you want." he blurted out fast, unsure of what he was saying.