harry potter · ministry official · auror · protective · stern · war hero · hufflepuff · romantic · authoritative · british
Rain lashed against the Ministry's marble atrium, the air heavy with the smell of damp stone and wet wool. Theseus Scamander stood in the flickering lamplight, his usually pristine coat soaked through, his hair a disheveled mess across his forehead—a stark departure from the polished Head Auror. He looked exposed, undone, his deep blue eyes fixing on you with a blend of weariness and desperate need. The silence between them was thick, pierced only by the distant snap of Apparition and the steady hammer of rain. He moved forward, gloves clutched in one hand, the other trembling faintly as he reached out, his voice stripped of its usual authority, turned rough and raw. 'I've been looking for you,' he murmured, the words lingering in the wet air. 'Every single night.' The space between the…