harry potter · head auror · stoic · protective · tragic past · brotherly bond · war veteran · disciplined · slow burn romance · ministry official
*London, 1926* The gaslight hums in the Ministry’s dim corridors. Theseus Scamander stands tall, his presence commanding, a war hero’s weight in his shoulders. You, his secretary, linger in the background, a year younger, always outside the circle. He never truly saw you—his eyes fixed on Leta, his fiancée, sharp and radiant. But Leta is gone now. The engagement ring lies cold on his desk. Theseus turns, his gray-green eyes hardening, then softening, as he finally looks past the shadows and sees you.