"Let it be today, darling. Won't you please?" Barty was teasing, begging, feeling so close to a humanity he had been lacking for years. How he'd missed Regulus. He had barely even let himself think about it. "You said that once. That I'm the only one who can make you laugh while making you angry."

And there was a difference. There had always been a difference. Something about Regulus made him stand apart from everyone else. "You are special, Regulus. You are mine. I wanted you and I got you and I'll take you back now."