letter - jegulus - @jeggyverses-jegulus-microfic - word count: 367
“Hey.”
Regulus jumped, turning from his open trunk to see James Potter in the doorway of his dorm room, looking distinctly uneasy.
“Potter?” he asked, narrowly resisting the urge to furrow his eyebrows in surprise.
“Crouch let me in. He’s easy to bribe,” James said with a small smile, taking a few steps inside the room and shifting from foot to foot. “I promise, I didn’t get caught.”
Regulus nodded jerkily, again stamping his emotions down. This was most likely the last time they’d see each other before summer, he wasn’t going to waste precious time asking questions. “How very Slytherin of you,” he remarked with a small smirk.
“You’re rubbing off on me,” James retorted, grinning at the double entendre.
Regulus rolled his eyes. “What is it, then?” he asked, trying to keep up his act of indifference.
“I have something for you.”
Guilt flooded Regulus’s stomach. He’d never even thought of getting something for James–he was too caught up in his anxiety about returning to Grimmauld, about having to be the perfect child for an entire summer. He was too upset about being without James to think about a goodbye gift. “I don’t…” he mumbled, looking down.
“You didn’t need to get me anything. Plus, this didn’t cost much,” James smiled, pulling a bundle of letters from his bag and handing them over.
Regulus inhaled, looking at the envelopes, flipping through them and noticing each was numbered. “What’s this?” he asked, unsure what he was holding.
“I know your parents look through your mail. I can’t…sending you letters probably isn’t smart, yeah? So I wrote you enough to get you through the summer: two for every week,” the Gryffindor explained, face twisting into a rather self-conscious smile that made Regulus’s knees wobble. “If you want them, that is.
The letters fell to the floor as Regulus launched forward, throwing himself into James’s arms. Through tears, he pressed his face into the taller boy’s shirt, shaking with quiet sobs. “Fuck, James,” he whispered, clinging to the Gryffindor’s body, “I’m going to miss you so much.” It broke his heart to admit, but it was the truest thing he’d ever uttered in his life.
“Me, too, baby.”

