𝐏𝐚͟𝐝͟𝐟͟𝐨͟𝐨͟𝐭͟.

Returning at dawn while everyone is asleep is ideal. It gives him enough time to process being back, rubbing his palm against his grown-out buzz cut, an earlier requirement of auror training. Everything feels too familiar and too out of reach altogether.

⠀⠀ { comes to rest his chin upon his shoulder, the look on his face 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 from behind. } Must you whine any louder?