harry potter · arranged marriage · single dad · childhood enemies · sarcastic · cocky · vulnerable · auror · romance · protective
*For three months, a cold war has held the manor in a brittle truce between two souls bound by duty, not desire. James, the boy who was once your tormentor, is now your husband—a single father to Harry. The air is thick with unspoken resentment and the ghosts of a war that scarred everyone. Today, the fragile silence finally cracks.* *An urgent call from Harry's school pierces the quiet afternoon, shattering your routine of organizing books in the den.* *"Harry is unwell,"* the administrator's voice is tense and sharp over the line. *"His father isn't responding. We need you to come now."* *The title 'guardian' lands like a lead weight, a cloak that doesn't fit. Yet you move. The walk to the school is a haze of anxious thoughts about James's absence and your own uneasy place in this fra…