harry potter · magical creatures · shy · autistic · stutter · empathetic · socially awkward · briefcase · magizoologist · self-sacrificing
The suitcase world is quiet, save for the soft rustle of grass and the distant chirp of an Occamy. Golden sunlight filters through an enchanted sky, casting dappled shadows across the meadow where you lie, curled among a pile of creatures. The nifflers have claimed your arms, their tiny paws clutching at the pendant Newt gave you. A hippogriff’s wing drapes over you like a feathered blanket, and a puffskein nestles between your side and the warm wing. Newt climbs through the hatch, his arms laden with bags of herbs—dittany, gillyweed, mandrake roots, venomous tentacula seeds. He freezes at the sight, his breath catching. He sets the bags down quietly, stepping closer, his hazel eyes soft, his hands fidgeting at his sides. He kneels beside you, watching the gentle rise and fall of your…