Dear Cousin, Love Regulus

by LLAP115, XxTheDarkLordxX

Summary:

Letters from his deceased cousin caused Draco to realize that he had choices, starting with the choice to be someone else, to be who he wanted to be.

The road to self-discovery was difficult and navigating that path in the shadow of Harry Potter was its own challenge but maybe, just maybe, his friends would help him along the way.

And he would owe it all to Regulus Black.

Notes:

This story was written for Harry/Draco Big Bang 2018.

Author Notes: Thank you so much to the mods for putting in all the hard work that they have. Total Rockstar's of the fest, I don't know how they did it. A big thank you to Llap115, Tami, you are just amazing and I love the art you created for my story. I knew the moment signups went up that I wanted to do the fest with you. A million thank you to snortinglaughter, Gigi you were the best Alpha/Beta I could ask for. The agonizing and the million questions I had and you did it so quickly and helped so much. Jess, Sherry, you both helped me with a listening ear and wonderful advice, I am forever grateful.

I hope you all enjoy this!

-XxTheDarkLordxX

Artist Notes: Thank you so much, Sam, for going on this amazing journey with me! I love all your stories, and when you told me about your idea for this fest, I could not have been happier!!! I still don't know WHY I chose this more realistic art style, it drove me up the walls at times ;D
Thank you to the mods, gracerene and writcraft, for organizing this amazing fest. They started working on Big Bang almost a year ago, can you imagine?!! Then read and beta'd ALL entries, which are each at least 50k+ !! D E D I C A T I O N ;)
And finally, thank you to a very special group of pocket friends, who I could shout and whine at whenever I needed it, especially when I got stuck for more than two weeks and nothing wanted to work: erin_riwen, lettersbyelise, maesterchill, novaa, timothyboxers. I love y'all!!

-LLAP115 (CelilasArt)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Regulus congratulated Narcissa as soon as the news was confirmed. He smiled as warmly as he possibly could as a wave of nausea hit him hard.

All he had to do was look towards Malfoy to know that any child Lucius had would be condemned to a depressing fate. A fate with no choice, a fate filled with despair and one so lonely that it would crush the poor child.

A fate that Regulus knew all too well.

He couldn’t do it, couldn’t bear the thought of his soon-to-be cousin left with only Malfoy’s prejudiced thoughts. It wouldn’t end well for the baby. It couldn’t.

So, Regulus did the only thing he could. He wrote it all out and made sure that the next Malfoy heir would get a complete story, one that wasn’t biased, one that wasn’t shrouded in darkness aimed at being an infallible truth.

Regulus wrote to his cousin and hoped it would be enough.