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1. ritardando by courfee

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   18 Dec 2025

   Tags

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   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Sirius Black & James Potter
   • Sirius Black & Remus Lupin & Peter Pettigrew & James Potter
   • Regulus Black & Barty Crouch Jr. & Evan Rosier
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • James Potter
   • Regulus Black
   • Sirius Black
   • Marlene McKinnon
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Remus Lupin
   • Evan Rosier
   • Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Other(s)
   • Minor Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Panic Attacks
   • Mutual Pining
   • Demisexual James Potter
   • Trans Regulus Black
   • Texting
   • accidental fake dating
   • Quidditch
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Idiots in Love
   • they're so oblivious someone help them
   • Slow Burn
   • if you can consider it slow burn when theyre 'officially' dating basically from the start
   • Semi-Explicit sexual content
   • Professional Quidditch Player James Potter
   • Everyone Hates Capitalism

   Summary

   ritardando (rit.) • /ri.tarˈdan.do/
   becoming gradually slower → used as a direction in music

   James Potter never anticipated getting panic attacks. Or finding himself relying on Regulus Black for comfort. Or for all of that to somehow lead to a pretend relationship.

   Series

   • Part 1 of ritardando (op. 29)

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   English

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