[Harry Potter Fanfiction] If I Could Replace You

During the summer of 1976, Sirius ran away from home. Walburga felt a pang of loss. Her son, the boy she'd raised from childhood, had left her so easily, without even looking back once!

But then she turned and saw Regulus standing behind her, unsure what to do. He was her son, too. There was still hope. The Black family hadn't yet fallen into the abyss...

What if fate had played a little trick on her? What if, instead of having two sons, she'd had a son and a daughter? How would things have turned out?

"If only I could take your place..."

a voice murmured.

Notes

Regulus is gender-swapped.

Written in 2014, reposted to Jinjiang.

Related short stories:

White Rose (Regulus gender-swap)

Surrender (Sirius's perspective, after Regulus's death)

Red and White Roses (Regulus's perspective, Sirius gender-swap)

Sleeping at the Bottom of the Lake (Regulus's perspective)

if I die young (Regulus gender-swap x Rabastan Lestrange)

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