"No, you're not. You couldn't be."

Regulus swallowed hard as he forced his emotions as far down as he could, trying to keep the tears from spilling over. It was just all so much. Everyone had aged and moved on, life was pushing forward and everyone he knew had that same look in their eyes. Misery, pain, hurt. Even Sirius. When he pictured his brother, he saw a stupid smile that grated his nerves, not the misery he was drowning in now. He gripped the balled up papers harder now, trembling with anger and sadness.

"It's not all right. Nothing is all right. Does anything look all right to you? The world is cruel and terrible. Nothing is right here!"