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• Playing Pretend by Woronoloco

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Work in Progress

  20 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Regulus Black & Sirius Black
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr. & Pandora Lovegood & Evan Rosier
  • Regulus Black
  • Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Evan Rosier
  • Pandora Lovegood
  • Sirius Black
  • Remus Lupin
  • James Potter
  • Peter Pettigrew
  • Lily Evans Potter
  • Walburga Black
  • Orion Black
  • Angst
  • Friendship
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Muggle Setting
  • Religious Conflict
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Slice of Life
  • Platonic Relationships
  • The Author projects their life on fictional characters
  • Sirius is three years older than Regulus
  • The Author is AroAce and doesn't know how relationships work
  • Evan and Pandora are step siblings
  • many characters make their first appearance later in the story
  • Trans Regulus Black
  • Time Skips
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • No beta this is written solely as a coping mechanism

  Summary

  During his life Regulus faces many obstacles and being trans in a religious household or his brother leaving are just some of them. And whenever something seems to get better something else gets worse. But the only person that was ever able to soothe his mind is now gone. Will he find a new one, or multiple perhaps? Will he learn to take an actual part in his life?

  This story follows Regulus and his friends, as they manage life and it's hardships, find friends and meaningful connections but also lose them and learn to live with a life they didn't choose.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,063

  Chapters:

  2/?

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