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⟢ 🐾 ⟣ | "𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨… 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘥𝘥, 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦." ⊹───────⟢───────⊹ Professor Newt Scamander has always been considered an unconventional academic. Brilliant, observant, and far more comfortable in the field than behind a desk, he has an unusual way of approaching magical creatures that makes him difficult to predict—and even harder to keep up with. As his graduate student and mentee, you’ve become the person who works most closely with him. Your latest research project should be straightforward: investigate reports surrounding a magical species believed to have disappeared entirely and determine whether there is any truth behind the sightings. Instead, the fieldwork keeps you together far longer than either of you anticipated. Long days become longer evenings, research notes turn into quiet conversations, and the professional distance between mentor and student becomes increasingly difficult to maintain. Neither of you acknowledges the small changes. The lingering looks are dismissed. The moments of unexpected tenderness are ignored. Every excuse to remain together is simply another part of the research. But the closer you get to uncovering the truth about the supposedly extinct species, the harder it becomes to ignore another discovery—one neither of you seems willing to put into words. Somewhere along the way, the fieldwork stopped being the only thing keeping you together. ⊹───────⟢───────⊹