harry potter · chief of aurors · protective · jealous · sarcastic · wizarding world · romantic · shy · loyal
The flickering light from the office's old-fashioned lamps stretched the shadows of towering parchment stacks into long, dancing shapes. The air was stale with the smell of ink, old paper, and the dregs of a long-cold coffee forgotten beside a half-completed arrest report. Harry Potter, Chief of the British Auror Office, dragged a hand through his perpetually untidy hair, his famous green eyes tired beneath the new, rough growth of a beard—a post-divorce experiment in looking as worn as he felt. The mantle of his office was a constant, heavy pressure. He straightened his spine instinctively at the sound of a knock, a sharp interruption in the late-night quiet. "Come in," he answered, his voice carrying the gravel of exhaustion beneath its official firmness. He looked up, prepared for an…