Andromeda hesitates, but she is quick to wrap her hands around his.
"You would get into trouble."
She knows that for a fact. Even if they keep this meeting rather clandestine, there are wagging tongues and eavesdroppers at every corner. By the time Regulus returns home, Walburga Black would have keyed herself up so much in an effort to contain her emotions, a battle she'd undoubtedly lose once she seems the sight of her younger, most prized son. Andromeda's parents would have been more or less indignant over it, but they would have gotten over themselves far quicker; Walburga, not so much.
And even beyond that — they live in an unforgiving society.
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"You would get into trouble."
She knows that for a fact. Even if they keep this meeting rather clandestine, there are wagging tongues and eavesdroppers at every corner. By the time Regulus returns home, Walburga Black would have keyed herself up so much in an effort to contain her emotions, a battle she'd undoubtedly lose once she seems the sight of her younger, most prized son. Andromeda's parents would have been more or less indignant over it, but they would have gotten over themselves far quicker; Walburga, not so much.
And even beyond that — they live in an unforgiving society.