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• A Better Way Than Dying by Amelia_issy

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

  27 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Regulus Black/James Potter
  • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
  • Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
  • Pandora Lovegood/Lily Evans Potter
  • Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes
  • Regulus Black
  • James Potter
  • Sirius Black
  • Remus Lupin
  • Euphemia Potter
  • Fleamont Potter
  • Barty Crouch Jr.
  • Evan Rosier
  • Lily Evans Potter
  • Pandora Lovegood
  • Dorcas Meadowes
  • Marlene McKinnon
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Regulus Black Lives
  • Horcrux Hunting
  • Albus Dumbledore Bashing
  • Found Family
  • Recovery
  • Trauma
  • Trans Regulus Black
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Slow Burn
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
  • James Potter Needs a Hug
  • Healing
  • Survivor Guilt
  • learning to live
  • Identity
  • Protective James Potter
  • James Potter Loves Regulus Black

  Summary

  Regulus Black was meant to die in a cave for the sake of the war.

  James Potter refuses to let that happen.

  What follows is not redemption, but survival: Potter Manor, a healer who does not rush forgiveness, a brother who does not know how to stay, and a war that keeps asking for martyrs.

  (Or: James Potter saves Regulus Black, and everything changes.)

  Language:

  English

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