whatever our souls are made of

by damagecontrol, Solmussa

There’s something on his tongue, velvet soft and foreign. Regulus pulls his hand away from his mouth.
In his palm, a flower petal.
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Or, Regulus is in love with James, but James doesn’t love him back. Now there are flowers in his lungs and vines wrapped around his ribs, for this is a love that might kill him. Unless…

Genres: Fan Fiction, Fantasy, Romance

ebook

Published March 14, 2024

Reviews

[kay! ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

i need to go touch grass for awhile because how on earth did i manage to binge this 150k+ heavy heavy angsty monstrosity in a single day

this was beautiful & the pain was well worth it even if the misunderstandings quite literally went on until the last 10k of this fic 😭 (lowkey how do i tell everyone that perhaps my favorite read of this entire year so far is a fic about gay wizard from the 70s who suffers debilitating hanahaki disease because he believes another gay wizard form the 70s doesn’t feel the same way so they proceed to suffer horrendously for over 140k words when the pining was always mutual and never once unrequited? yeah I definitely need to put my kindle down for a little while)

[Kaitlyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked this, but they didn't get together until the very end, which was disappointing.

[Pretzel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was so silly, why did I enjoy it?

[Margot · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars
omg, so beautiful and angsty. Loved it

in damagecontrol and solmussa we trust 🙏

[Gill MacLean · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.75⭐️

Regulus Black and James Potter you will always be special to me

[Em Oh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh boy, I wasn't ready for this.

I came in not knowing what to expect - hanahaki aside.

Well, what an emotional journey this has been. This is a wonderfully written, awfully frustrating (in the best way) fanfiction. I'm a sucker for good characters and complex relationships, and this absolutely did deliver. I already know the poetry of it all, the way hanahaki was written and described will stay with me. Towards the bleaker part of the story I was on public transport, tearing up, and had to take a few short breaks to avoid actually crying.

Per always, something that makes me FEEL the way this made me feel deserves 5 stars, so here we are. Five stars, chefs kiss.

[lary · Rating 4 out of 5]

eu até que gostei, só queria que tivesse mais cenas do regulus com a effie.
também não sei porque eu não consigo me acostumar com a ideia de que nessas histórias é super normal eles irem morar juntos antes dos 20 anos, parece muito irreal pra mim isso ser uma regra.
mas no geral eu gostei bastante do plot central e como foi retratada a doença do regulus. poderia ser um 3 estrelas sólido também mas como me prendeu bastante acabei dando 4.

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

ONE OF THE BEST JEGULUS FICS IVE READ EVERRRRR!! the characterization of both james and regulus is so well done along with the black brother angst. i was feeling all the emotions when reading this i wish i could get my memory wiped just so i can experience it for the first time again

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 ⭐️

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars 🌟. This shit is sad

[Jade · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT, IT’S EVERYTHING I WANTED 🤚🤚🫶🫶✨✨✨

[Crio · Rating 5 out of 5]

To all those who love to torture yourselves with a traumatizing slowburn...this is a must read.

[Ellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 estrellas

[Pao🐞 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este es mi fanfic favorito de la autora. La verdad me Frustro un poco, pero no voy a mentir y decir que no me tuvo picada todo el tiempo.

[L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really thought this was going to have a sad ending. Happy I was wrong!!!

[Mollie Ballinger · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Always & forever obsessed with them. Never read hanahaki piece before but I liked it.

[lavender haze · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mutual pining killed me. It was beautiful and the angst was peak

[Люся · Rating 5 out of 5]

Один з двох моїй найулюбленіших фанфіків. Так багато, як над цією історією, я ще не плакала над жодною.