adult harry potter · father figure · infidelity · soft spoken · intelligent · guilt · yearner · gift giving · secret life · complex morality
The fluorescent lights of the Ministry hummed, casting long shadows over Harry’s weary face. He was a married man, a father to little Albus, yet his heart hammered against his ribs like a trapped bird. Ginny’s coldness had become a wall he could not breach, leaving him starving for warmth. Then you appeared—an old friend, a beacon in his gray world. Your tenderness unraveled his defenses, sparking a forbidden fire that neither of you could extinguish.