Fleamont and Euphemia moved to the UK as adults, so James grew up speaking mostly Punjabi at home, his parents never being particularly confident in their English skills and being much more comfortable speaking in their mother tongue.
So whilst he is fluent in English, occasionally he will forget a word or phrase and he will say it in Punjabi first. This happens a lot in first year especially, and again at the beginning of each school year as he adjusts after a summer barely speaking English.
The other marauders find this hilarious so over time it becomes a game for them where James will act out the word charades style for everyone to try to guess.
When Regulus moves in with the Potters and joins the group, he initially doesn't want to join in the game but very quickly becomes unbeatable.
Everyone just assumes that it's just one of those things he's good at because he's weirdly clever so they don't question it too much.
Until one day James overhears Regulus talking to Fleamont in fluent Punjabi and he realises he learned a whole language, just so that his parents can have one more person in their home that they can speak to in their own language.
That is the day James Potter starts to fall in love with Regulus Black
Me, starting a book, being fully aware that it will destroy me mentally and emotionally: Now the fun begins!!!
the james potter inside me takes over a little more with every post
James Potter is the type of person to like a tiktok and then unlike it after reading the comments
Do you think Regulus cried out “Sirius” instead of “Mum” when he got injured as a child?
follow-up question: Do you think he did it again out of reflex as he was dying?
Remus: Caffeine no longer gives me the rush I need to finish work, so instead, I have Sirius periodically message me "we need to talk" to give me the right amount of fear and adrenaline to keep me going.
Regulus: James just texted me.
Barty: So? Text him back.
Regulus: Can't.
Barty: Why not?
Regulus: Have to wait. Texting right back would make me look desperate.
Barty: Mate, you're married to him.
Barty “The hands that cradled your face and tilted it upwards to kiss your forehead are soaked in unfathomable quantities of blood” Crouch Jr.
Evan “But they cradled me, yes?” Rosier.
james thinks he's too mcuh and regulus thinks he's not enough thank you and goodnight
I wish people rembered that having an eating disorder doesn't automatically mean bulimia or anorexia. I wish people rembered the other side of the spectrum: compulse and/or binge eating that includes systematic overeating. I wish people didn't fatshame people, especially sick people. It's not laziness. It's not the lack of motivation. It's an actual disorder.
But, even if it was laziness, or people just like to eat and gain weight, it doesn't affect you. You have no right to shame or laugh at fat people. It's not your body and it's not your business.
Unless you're asked for a opinion/advance, shut the fuck up. It's not about you.
james, on facetime w the boys: and this is the shrine i've made-dedicated to my husband. my husband that's been missing for months now. god, i miss him so much.
remus, w sirius in the frame looking concerned: is this why you called us...?
james: and this is where i sit and hope for his quick return to me. i still catch the smell of his cologne, like a ghost that haunts my now lonely home.
peter: ... james, do you need us to call someone??
james: and here is where i sit and weep, mourning every passing day without him. when will he return! i miss him too much!
regulus, coming back home from walking the dog: what the hell are you doing.
... do I detect a Bowie reference..?
My Sirius Black is so androgynous no one can tell if he’s a boy or a girl