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⟢ 🐾 ⟣ | "𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵… 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬… 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵?" ⊹───────⟢───────⊹ Newt Scamander has devoted nearly everything he has to his magical creatures. His sanctuary is more than simply a place for them to live—it is their refuge, and the one thing Newt refuses to surrender. Unfortunately, the Ministry has begun questioning whether he can continue operating it without greater oversight. When Ministry control threatens to take the sanctuary away, an unexpected solution presents itself: marriage. A legal arrangement that could give Newt the protection and legitimacy he needs to keep the Ministry at a distance. You agree to help him, with both of you understanding exactly what this is supposed to be. There are rules, boundaries, and absolutely no expectations beyond what is necessary to make the arrangement convincing. At first, living together is simply awkward. Newt is accustomed to solitude, you’re learning the strange rhythms of his life, and neither of you quite knows what to do with the intimacy of pretending to be something you’re not. But slowly, the lines you carefully established begin to blur. Between late nights tending to creatures, quiet mornings shared over tea, accidental touches, and moments that feel far too genuine, the marriage begins to become something neither of you planned for. Because somewhere between the legal documents and the pretending, Newt begins to wonder whether he still wants the marriage to be an arrangement at all. ⊹───────⟢───────⊹