not even the burnouts are here anymore
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and i love you darling (and i am done dear) by portabella_constellation
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
27 Oct 2024
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Barty looks… he looks sick. He is more pale than usual and the bags under his eyes are practically purple. Evan is pretty sure he was not that skinny before Christmas either, but the most concerning thing is the empty look in Barty’s eyes. He just opens the carriage door and sits opposite everyone without saying a word. Evan feels all the previous tension returning to his body again, he knows Barty’s father is a dick but what could he possibly have done to cause Barty to shut down in such a way?
The thing is, even in his worst moments, Barty has always been painfully here unlike Regulus who goes somewhere else when things get too much. Evan has held him through the panic attacks and the nightmares, but he has never seen Barty so disconnected and empty. It fills Evan with a fear so visceral he wants to scream.
“Barty?” It’s Pandora who speaks first.
Barty just continues to sit there and stare at the wall behind them, showing no sign of whether he heard Pandora or not.
or barty's father is a Bad Parent and the slytherin skittles (+ snape) help
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- Part 1 of not even the burnouts are here anymore
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i need you (like i need a gaping head wound) by portabella_constellation
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
15 Jan 2025
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Evan didn’t notice it at first. He was so relieved to have Barty back and out of the control of the curse that he didn’t realise how subdued Barty had become. It started small: Barty zoning out halfway through a conversation or missing a few details here and there in classes, but it always seemed too small to bring it up. Barty was tired anyway and Evan didn’t want to overwhelm him with his own anxiety, so he didn’t say anything.
Evan sorely regrets his decision now as he looks at Barty, who is nodding off in his chair. Evan knows that he hates being vulnerable in public, for him to be falling asleep in the library of all places, he must have not slept last night. Barty’s head eventually drops onto Evan’s shoulder, and Evan wraps an arm around his waist to stop him falling off the chair. They stay like that until Regulus arrives, presumably to join them so they would actually study instead of making out.
“What’s going on with him?” Regulus looks mildly horrified when he sees Barty.
or the aftermath of my fic about barty being under the imperius curse
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- Part 2 of not even the burnouts are here anymore
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i'll find you there by the great big lake by portabella_constellation
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Jan 2025
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Sirius finds Regulus by the Black Lake.
Since Evan confronted him in the library, he hasn’t been able to get rid of this buzzing feeling under his skin. Everything has felt so utterly and completely wrong that he’s barely been able to drag himself to classes or quidditch practises.
Knowing that he had actually scared his little brother to the point where he had retreated so far into his head that someone had to come and pull him out left Sirius feeling sick to his stomach. He didn’t say a word for the rest of that day, too busy replaying the conversation he had with Regulus over and over again, trying to find the moment when he took it too far. Because that’s what happened, right? That’s what always happens.
Sirius Black: ever the show off, the loud one, always taking things too far and he loathes himself for it. He still loves Regulus, there’s no question about that, and he still feels the overwhelming urge to protect him from any harm, but he’s just been so angry. He doesn’t know exactly when it started, only that since escaping from Grimmauld Place, looking at Regulus elicits a bone deep rage that he can’t seem to look past.
or the black brothers talk and it's healing
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- Part 3 of not even the burnouts are here anymore
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the spark in your eyes, the look on your face (i will not be blamed) by portabella_constellation
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
27 Oct 2024
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“What the fuck happened here?” The voice has lost its carefree nature and now sounds sort of angry. “What the fuck did you do?” Scratch that, whoever it is, they are furious.
The footsteps move around her, the person is stood in front of her now, between her and the Death Eaters. “You’re all so fucking stupid! He told you that she is off limits! Oh Merlin, Evan is going to gouge your fucking eyes out. I just hope I’m there to see it.”
Pandora opens her eyes and tries to locate the voice, but the room is swirling in front of her. Suddenly, someone drops to their knees next to her. A hand is in her hair, they smell familiar, like gunpowder and-
“Hey Dora.”
Barty.
or Pandora is kidnapped by the Death Eaters and the slytherin skittles (minus Dorcas) reunite
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- Part 4 of not even the burnouts are here anymore
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while everyone's lost, the battle is won (with all these things that i've done) by portabella_constellation
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Nov 2024
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He can still feel her shaking in his arms as he paces from one end of their apartment to the other as he waits for Evan to come back. Regulus left about an hour ago saying he had some research to do, and Barty had been alone since, pacing.
He freezes when he hears the lock click and snaps his head towards the door. Evan walks into the living room covered in blood. Barty’s brain short circuits and he has the sudden urge to lick the blood off Evan whilst he-
Focus Barty.
“What’s got you all riled up?” Evan approaches him and Barty meets him halfway, their lips crash together as he kisses Evan with a deep yearning for more. Barty is like a drowning man coming up for air and Evan is the air. They don’t tend to do things gently anymore, so Evan matches his pace and intensity without missing a beat.
or the aftermath of pandora being kidnapped with some very gentle rosekiller
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- Part 5 of not even the burnouts are here anymore