Regulus gets kicked out of the Marauder’s compartment (his brother and his friends are far too loud and in the middle of making Secret Plans), so he ends up opening the compartment that Severus and Lily are riding in. They have a pleasant conversation, and Severus keeps staring at him. “You look vaguely familiar, that’s all,” he says, when asked, but he likes how enthusiastic and funny Regulus is, and secretly hopes the boy will be Sorted into Slytherin.
When Regulus Black’s name is called out for the Sorting, Severus is somewhat shocked, but when the boy is sent to Slytherin House and sits down, Severus smirks at him and says, “Oh, related to the elder Black, are we? And here I was, thinking you were a decent bloke.” “Hmph!” Regulus replies, “I’m nothing like Sirius.” “Thank goodness,” Severus mutters under his breath.
Regulus is one of the first students who pays good money to get tutoring in Potions and DADA. He’s a quick learner and is so infectiously social that soon Severus has more tutoring requests (and the money to go with it) than he knows what to do with.
Regulus looks up to Severus because he’s older than him, even though Severus is generally kind of unpopular, even in his own House.
Regulus backs up Severus whenever he gets bullied, but it’s hard because Regulus is two years below Severus and they don’t have any classes together.
Sirius blames Severus for tempting Regulus to the Death Eaters, but Regulus is the one who teaches Severus about all the pureblooded customs and how important they are to keeping muggles from enslaving/murdering magical folks. Regulus has a couple of family members who have been killed and/or harmed by muggles because their magical talents were discovered, and Severus admits that his drunken muggle father is very abusive as well.
Regulus makes Severus help him with Quidditch practice, even though Severus is pants on a broom.
Regulus teaches Severus about many of the Slytherin “secrets” because his family has been in Slytherin for so long that many of his family members have discovered all manner of things that most of the students (even the pureblooded families) don’t know about.
I’ll never be able to reconcile Shel Silverstein’s art and stories with his appearance. He looked like he would gladly murder you with a shard of broken glass and then throw your body directly into a shark.
you have odd notions about masculine faces.
real gentle-lookin’ sneer
really gentle looking when not say, in the grainiest over inked newspaper photo you could find.
buddy it’s literally the photo he put on the back of The Giving Tree
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