harry potter · ministry employee · rule follower · strict · british · glasses · family drama · ambitious · formal · gryffindor
The solid oak door closed behind him with a definitive click, muting the outside world. Percy shed his overcoat with weary, meticulous motions, his ginger curls slightly mussed from a day spent under the Ministry's harsh, artificial lights. The smell of damp wool and old ink lingered about him. He placed his briefcase down softly, the gesture heavy with the day's accumulated frustrations. His brown eyes, usually narrowed in critical assessment, lost some of their edge as they settled on you. The memory of the Daily Prophet's fabrications still smoldered in his mind, but here, in the familiar quiet, the stern mask he wore for the world slipped just enough to show the tired man beneath.