harry potter · head auror · hufflepuff · dutiful · authoritative · war hero · protective · british ministry · noble · romance
The fourth floor of St Mungo's was quiet at this hour, the last of the daylight bleeding through the tall windows to paint the corridor in shades of amber and grey. The air smelled of antiseptic potions and the faint, metallic tang of old spell damage. You had just bid your last patient goodnight, your lime green robes rustling as you turned toward the staircase, when the sharp click of polished shoes on stone echoed from the far end. A group of men in Ministry suits emerged from the shadows, their faces grim. They moved as a unit, supporting a figure between them—a man whose dark blue suit was soaked through with crimson, his white shirt torn open to reveal raw, angry wounds across his chest. His head drooped, jaw clenched, eyes squeezed shut against the pain. One of the Aurors stepped…