You write Barty/Reg so perfectly and effortlessly. And it makes me jealous.

I really adore this scene. I love the fact that Barty doesn't like clothing. I don't know why, but I do. It made me smile.

Let me just say that I hate vanilla ice cream. So I'm in agreement with Barty - Reg needs a better ice cream flavor. But I love how it's just so easy for Reg to admit that he stole bites of Sirius' ice cream combos here. It's so effortless, yet it seems that Reg really wanted Barty to stay something so he could bring Sirius up.

The fact that Reg didn't want to fight Sirius, didn't want Sirius to die for the second time, is just amazing. Are you a mind reader? Because I have a a headcanon where Reg and Siri meet and they just can't fight one another. And it's also part of my headcanon that Reg runs to Barty after said fight. So it's awesome to see my headcanon here.

My favorite part of this is when Barty says [You're loyalties mean nothing to me, as long as you are loyal to me]. I don't know why I love this part so much, but I do. And when Reg refers to what they are doing as "friendship", my heart kind of shattered.

[This knowledge will kill you] - protective!Reg. It's something that you really don't see every day. But I would like to think under his dick-ish behavior, Reg was protective of the ones he was loyal to, cared about. [It will kill you first] - Barty's completely lack of caring here just shows how much he does care about Reg and that makes my heart hurt.

The fact that Reg doesn't really have to say he wants out, that Barty just knows is awesome. And I love the fact that they really don't have a goodbye. They just kiss, and they both just kind of know that it probably will be the last time.

Beautiful as always, dear!

I love Regulus's thoughts and feelings about Sirius here. I especially love the idea of Regulus going to Barty for comfort the night that Sirius left, though - the fact that Regulus felt that sad about Sirius's leaving is heartbreaking. Regulus not mentioning Sirius after that night makes a lot of sense, also - I can picture Regulus hiding a lot of of his feelings, particularly about a topic like his brother.

Barty being the only thing left in this world for Regulus is also so sad, but I can kind of picture it. I really like all the foreshadowing here about Regulus's eventual betrayal of Voldemort; you set everything up so well, so that it's so easy to imagine this Regulus finding out about the Horcrux and wanting to destroy it, even if it kills him. I really like the line about how Regulus' admiration of Voldemort was genuine, but his hands shook whenever he had to deliver punishment - that's exactly how I imagine Regulus to be. He believed in the ideals Voldemort proposed but not really his methods.

Regulus not wanting to mourn Sirius a second time - that was just powerful. It really shows how he still cared about his brother even after all that's happened, and he still doesn't want to see him hurt/killed.

This is such an interesting moment. I like the way you've developed their past as well as their present without it feeling jarring.
Thanks for your entry!

Oooh, this was gorgeous. And look at that, it's in second person and I only just realised. Beautifully done. Your opening description of how clothes felt on Barty at the point in time, whoa. Very effective way to introduce the relationship. And how that led into the silence and Barty breaking it.
Barty choking on his ice cream cracked me up. It would certainly be shocking to hear Regulus talk about his brother after all this time, and I love how it made him anxious about Reg's loyalties.
The rest of their dialogue was just perfect, and ah! Their vanilla tasting kiss at the end hurt.