Regulus tried to smile, but it wavered within moments. "I..." He bit down on his bottom lip, a little bit nervous and well, quite a lot lost. "But I'm going to grow older," he protested weakly. "And with Sirius gone I'm the heir."

Well, maybe he should have thought this through better, actually come up with a plan. But he hadn't expected to have a second chance. He had just come here to rant and rave at Andromeda.