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#Percival graves fanfic
random-of-random · 1 year
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Chapter 8 - The Mansion
Author’s Notes - Minor injuries in this chapter. I have a tag list at the end, so let me know if you want to be tagged! Thank you!
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Queenie’s nerves were getting the best of her as she walked into MACUSA. Putting on a fake smile, she headed toward her desk before taking a seat and doing everything in her power to make it seem like just any other day. Deep breaths, she told herself. In a few minutes she would be stealing. Something she had never done. More importantly, she would be stealing from MACUSA.
She believed Y/N. She honestly did. Her friend had never once tried to hide from her. Now, something sinister was brewing. Her mind flashed to her sister, Tina. Hopefully she would understand. Queenie went over Y/N’s instructions in her mind. Hit witches and wizards had unprecedented access to the healing potions. They were supposed to get hurt - it was literally in the job description. A simple spell would allow Queenie into the room of potions that was on the healing floor.
Taking a few deep breaths she left her desk and walked confidently toward the elevators. People didn’t really know that Queenie could read minds. Tina had warned her to keep that fact about herself hidden, warning her that people could exploit her talent. It had been both a blessing and a curse. Some had dark secrets to hide and she was able to fish them out quickly. They would practically scream them at her. Others would think awful things in every day life as if they were going over a grocery list. She learned to tune a lot of it out.
“What floor?” The House elf asked.
“Healing floor, please.” She said with a sweet tone. He didn’t ask too many questions and it was all too soon before the elevator stopped. Walking with confidence, she passed the secretary and into the main hallway of the healing floor.
“One… two… three…” she counted in her mind as she passed patient doors. “Four…” the wall next to the fourth door was a plain cream color. “Sanitatem Aperta…” she whispered, her wand pointed at a bare wall. For a moment nothing happened and she was worried Y/N had the wrong spell, but slowly the wall started to open. She slipped quickly inside and marveled at the various potions displayed all over the walls. Reading the labels carefully, she ended up grabbing an emerald green one that was used to cure magical wounds. Slipping it carefully in her pocket she left the room, the wall closing behind her.
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Y/N laid on Queenie’s couch trying her best to not let out a shout. The wound kept opening and she kept closing it as best as she could. The various food and drink in front of her was meant to keep her energy up, but if Queenie wasn’t fast she would bleed to death before anything could be done. Grindelwald was a menace but a genius. Unless she got the right potions she would die, and she knew it. It seemed, as she had long suspected, the man loved to mentally torture his victims. Right now he thought he had her cornered. Either she died or she came to him for assistance. But to get it, she would have to pledge him loyalty and she refused. Y/N would rather die than give in to that sadist.
Still, the possibility existed that if she did she would find the real Percival. No doubt sequestered in some dungeon, used to brew polyjuice potion for Grindelwald to keep impersonating him. Hopefully safe, hopefully treated well, hopefully alive.
It was tempting, giving into Grindelwald. Getting everything she currently desired. Yet, she could picture the look on Percival’s face if she did. The disappointment that she would see, even if it was just to find him. Would he even still truly love her if she gave in? Probably. Was she willing to hurt him and hurt the wizarding world to find him quicker? No. No, she would keep on her own path.
The sunlight pouring in from the outside world almost felt like an insult.
When the door opened she quickly moved to stand, her jaw clenched in pain.
“It’s just me, doll.” Queenie said in a hushed tone as she closed the door behind her. Y/N was pale. Even more pale than she had been that morning. Her hands were shaking and she could hear her breathing hitch in her chest.
“How did it go?” Y/N asked before coughing.
“Great. No one suspected a thing.” Queenie hung her coat next to the door and quickly walked to her friend. “How many times has it opened.”
“A few.” Y/N answered. Pulling the vial of green liquid from her picked she uncorked it. “Ready?” Y/N nodded and Queenie helped her down the liquid. It was ice cold and tasted vaguely of alcohol mixed with something sweet. Y/N leaned back against the couch as a chill spread down her throat and into her stomach. Immediately it moved to her side as her red scar began to burn. Queenie watched in amazement as the angry skin seemed to heal, Y/N’s breathing returning to normal. There was barely a faint line where the jagged and long scar had been.
“Thank’s Queenie.” Y/N managed once the cold had seeped from her.
“That was amazing.”
“The healers in MACUSA are the best.” Y/N said with a smile as she carefully sat up. The pain was lessened. More like new skin trying to adapt. It was clear the curse wouldn’t be able to reopen the wound. “Did you run into Grindelwald?”
“No, but I didn’t go anywhere near the Magical Law Enforcement floor. Why?” Y/N’s thoughts stood out loud and clear. “You can’t go back to Percival’s?”
“I have to Queenie.” Y/N answered as she slightly stretched. “If he’s staying there I could find some clue as to where they’re keeping Percival.”
“What if he goes back while you’re there?” Queenie asked.
“That’s something I’m willing to risk.” Y/N admitted.
“At least eat. Take something.” Queenie pointed to the food. “You’re pale and weak. Just because it wont open again, doesn’t mean you’re fixed.”
Y/N knew she was right. “Thanks, Queenie.” She grabbed one of the sandwiches. “I promise I will come back here as soon as I can.”
“Be careful.” Queenie helped her friend to her feet and the two women hugged.
“I will. See you soon.” Queenie nodded and with a pop Y/N was gone. Queenie couldn’t pretend to really know why Y/N was making the choices she was, but then again - love was a mystery like that.
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When Y/N’s feet hit the hardwood floor of Percival’s living room she didn’t even allow herself to breathe. The apartment was quiet. The only sounds coming from the busy streets outside. After a few moments Y/N let out a slow breath as her eyes raked around the room. Nothing. Nothing had changed since she had last been there. The book she was reading was still on the coffee table. Her coffee cup she had promised Percival she would wash after dinner sat untouched. A small layer of dust had settled over the surfaces and the air was stale.
Still, something wasn’t exactly right. Someone had been there, something was different. Just, not recently.
Y/N made her way around the apartment. Percival’s clothes from his closest were gone. Papers in his study were just slightly off from where they had been. Clearly someone was trying to figure out more about the famous Auror. More of who he was. But, no one has been there for at least a day.
Y/N didn’t know what she was expecting. Some grand clue about where they had taken her fiancé. But there was none. A deep depression seemed to settle over her as she walked back in the living room. Sitting on the couch, she placed the sandwich on the table and her head in her hands. A sense of panic threatened to overwhelm her, but she beat it back down. She had been trained better than that. Slowly she took bites of the sandwich, needing some amount is strength.
Grindelwald had to be hiding somewhere. Somewhere to his tastes. Somewhere grand. He always thought he deserved grand. Somewhere close, he was arrogant like that. It could be abandoned, or he could have killed the no-maj’s who owned it. She resolved to had to the no-maj courthouse. Surely some great homes were left abandoned. Somewhere Grindelwald would see to his liking. Somewhere that he was keeping Percival.
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Blending into the no-maj world was easy. She walked confidently, her wand carefully concealed in the inner pocket of her jacket. And with Grindelwald plastering her face all over MACUSA, she was safer where she was headed.
The courthouse sat in the center of the city, most unassuming compared to the skyscrapers that were in the process of being built.
When Y/N asked the secretary about old homes and mansions in the area, the woman had eyed her with curiosity. She had to, poorly, pretend she was asking for her boss. A wealthy man who was looking for a home to renovate.
Just for a second she thought the woman was going to turn her away and Y/N would have to resort to magical means, but the secretary rolled her eyes and led her toward the deed room.
Large stacks of books filled the shelves.
“If you’re looking for something outside the city, it will be in that section.” The secretary pointed to the far left wall. “I can’t tell you which homes aren’t occupied currently, you’ll have to search for that.” She turned on her heel and headed back to her desk as Y/N let out a soft sigh. She was in for a very long day of research.
Hours had gone by. Her back was aching from the wooden chairs. The sandwich seemed to help a bit, and she had paused more than a few times to grab the complimentary coffee and water. Now, she had a list of several possible homes.
Based on Grindelwald’s previous hideouts, it would be older. Classy. Fancy. She discounted places that had a lot of updated remodeling on a later deed. It also would most likely be somewhere remote. Not with houses right next door on either side. By the time the sun had begun to set she had a list of fifteen places. It was a good start. And if she couldn’t find anything there, she would come back and start again.
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Not willing to risk apparating, Y/N took the train to the outskirts of the city. The wealthy neighborhoods. Pulling her cap lower and her jacket higher, she knew she needed to be careful. Many wizards and witches lived in this part of town. If the no-maj’s knew who some of their next door neighbors were, maybe the Second Salem group would have much more support.
The sun had set, giving her a slight edge as she tried to walk softly, not allowing her heels to click loudly on the road. The first house she was immediately able to rule out. The family sitting in their living room was almost picturesque from the front window. The lights bright. So, she kept walking. It was the same story with the next house, and the one after that. And the one after that.
By then it was very late, her legs were almost numb in the cold air, but she told herself she needed to keep going. The next address in question was at the end of a dirt road. The front gate was half open and Y/N slipped her wand from her coat. The city sounds were replaced with animals scurrying and leaves rustling. But something wasn’t sitting right. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.
Y/N barely registered the movement from her left and she turned just in time to see a spell fired at her. Quickly countering it, she fired one back that seemed to bounce off a shield. The man, hidden in shadow, didn’t wait for the next attack. The spells flew back and forth, Y/N’s heart practically in her throat, trying to take in all her surroundings. Clearly, this was the right house, but how many people would Grindelwald have here. She felt a brush of heat on her arm and clenched her teeth. A spell had grazed her. Ignoring the pain she ducked another one and fired off a powerful non-verbal stunning spell. Finally, one of her spells hit its target and the man fell to the ground unconscious. She walked over to him and grabbed his wand, putting it in her coat before slowly circling the house.
“Henry?” A voice whispered from the darkness and Y/N concealed herself behind a tree. From a door at the back of the house walked another man. Y/N had been right. This house was grand. Three stories. Stonework and classic architecture. It was massive. Though, it had been sold less than a year before. Y/N didn’t want to think about what had happened to the owners. There was firelight coming from a room on the second story.
“Henry?!” The man called out again, slightly more frantic. He stepped into the yard and around the side of the house, directly into Y/N’s line of fire. Using a non verbal spell, the second of Grindelwald’s men was now as unconscious as Henry. Just like before she took his wand and continued toward the back door he had just come from.
She couldn’t stop the sound of her shoes on the stone entryway so she paused. Straining to hear anything. The back door opened up to the kitchen. There was a light farther in, steps to her left, and a door all the way at the end of the kitchen to her right.
“Homenum Revelio.” She whispered. Two. There were two more people in the house. Footsteps above her began running. A single set. Y/N quickly curled herself into a corner, the shadows making it impossible to see. She knew both people would have felt that spell. Footsteps came down the stairs, and a woman ran right past her and through another door. There were more steps going down to, what Y/N had to assume was, the basement.
“How did you get-“ the voice shouted and stopped abruptly. Silence settled for just a moment before someone was slowly walking back up the stairs carefully, as if to minimize the sounds their shoes were making. Y/N pushed herself more against the wall, her wand clutched in her hand. A thin sheen of sweat covered her forehead and she knew she was shaking. Whether it was from the fight, the anticipation of another, or the pain that was becoming more prevalent in her arm she didn’t know. The footsteps reached the main floor and the woman came back into the kitchen, her eyes wide. Wand in front of her she moved more into the room. Her non dominant arm reaching for something on the wall. Y/N realized quickly what it was. A knob that would light the lamps in the kitchen, suddenly making her starkly visible.
“Stupefy!” She called out her wand pointed at the woman. The spell struck the woman in the shoulder as she was still reaching for the wall and she fell with a crash to the floor.
Again, Y/N took her wand. Her eyes on the door to the basement. One more. When she had gotten all of them, she would tie them up and try to get any information about Percival out of them. For one brief moment she wondered where Grindelwald was. Why he hadn’t come back yet. But she didn’t have time to wonder. Right now it was the best lead she had. Trying to mimic the woman’s footsteps, she kept careful control of her wand as she headed into the basement. If whoever was down there realized it wasn’t his friend coming, she could be hit with a spell before she saw anyone.
With every step she could hear her heartbeat in her ears, but she stayed as calm as she could. From the outside, it might just look like she was cautious about tripping. Right now she couldn’t afford to panic and make stupid mistakes. The basement was dark, too dark to see, and it was freezing. Every step was like descending into a pitch black lake. When she reached the bottom of the stairs she had a decision to make. Pulling out one of the wands she collected, she held it in her off hand, her own wand ready to go. As soon as she lit up the room, she could have another fight on her hands. But she also would be making herself vulnerable. It was a risk she had to take.
“Lumos.” She whispered quietly, holding the other woman’s wand in front of her. The light shone on every wall in the small unfinished basement. She didn’t notice the old trunk of clothes or the paintings. She did noticed the man tied to a chair in the center of the room. “Percival?” His eyes looked up at her in surprise.
“Y/N….” Letting out a deep breath that came with a cough. She walked over slowly, carefully. “Y/N, get me out of here.”
“Is this a trick?” She asked, her eyes beginning to tear. His pants were dirty, the T-shirt he had been wearing under a button up was left, but the button up was gone. His face was bruised and beaten, arms and legs tied behind the chair. His hair was a mess and partially hanging in his face.
“It’s me, Y/N, I swear.” He let out a soft groan and she was quickly in front of him.
“Percival…” Her eyes took in his and she couldn’t stop the tears from falling. Using her wand she quickly untied him and he fell forward. Catching him she carefully helped him sit on the floor. He was clearly weak. But he was alive and he was in her arms. That was what mattered.
“How long have I been here?”
“A couple of days.” Y/N held onto him as he looked up to her. His hand came to cup her cheek but his strength failed and his arm fell back toward the ground. Still, he moved as much as he could and she leaned down to meet him, their lips connecting. It was as if each of them could finally breathe for the first time in days.
“I knew you would find me.”
“Of course, I wouldn’t have stopped looking, ever.” He tried to smile up at her but he started coughing again. His skin was so pale. His arms were freezing but his face warm. He clearly had a fever. She could feel his body shaking and hear his breath getting weaker. “We need to get you to the healers. Can you stand?” He shook his head no. Y/N knew there was no time to waste. She would come back with Aurors for Grindelwald’s people. “I’m going to apparate us. Hold on to me as tonight as you can. I’ve got you.” Percival nodded and before he knew it they were in the designated apparating spot in MACUSA.
“Y/N…” his breathing was becoming harder.
“HELP! WE NEED HELP!” Y/N screamed. Within a few seconds there was a rush of people and murmurs. “He needs to get to the healing floor.”
“How did he get out from downtown?” Someone asked softly.
“He must have found her.” Someone else whispered. A few people clamored into the room and grabbed Y/N by her arms pulling her back. “What are you doing?!”
“Y/N Y/L/N, you’re under arrest for crimes against the Magical Congress of the United States…” Percival was now on a stretcher and being slowly lifted.
“Percival!” She called as she felt her wand, and the others she had collected, taken from her.
“Y/N!” He tried to sit up. “Y/N!” Soon the little strength he had failed him and he fell back onto the soft material. Colors popped in front of his eyes before he couldn’t hold on anymore and he passed out.
“No!” Y/N was still struggling. “You don’t understand what’s going on!” They dragged her toward the elevator and she knew they were headed for the magical law enforcement floor.
“You have to let me go!” She tried once again to struggle before a wand was promptly shoved in her face. She knew the guy. Walter, she thought his name was. They had started at the same time.
“If you don’t calm down, I’m going to make you calm down.” Her own wand taken, she didn’t really have any other choice.
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keepmeinmind-01 · 4 months
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Hi! Will Percival and Theseus meet again in the future? What's your headcanon on their past? I really enjoyed their friendship during the captivity. Having Percy so broken was heartbreaking. Yet he still looked at Theseus as someone who could save him (it was awful of Grindelwald to mock him for that). It was really validating when he told Newt about the vow after everything. Did the meeting rekindled something between Thes and Percy? I assume that Grindelwald knew about their past when he captured Theseus? What's his view on past and present relationship between Percy and Theseus?
mild spoilers for my fic keep me in mind!
but mostly just Theseus and Percival backstory
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Hello and thank you for your question!! :D The way they meet is a little convoluted because of the wartime context, so brace yourself for a massive set of paragraphs ahaha.
Yes, they will meet again in the future. Percival comes back into the plot after I finish this arc (which ends with the canon plot of SOD) and start the next one. Until then, he’s essentially in a recovery facility. Then I have quite a few interactions, etc, planned for them, although I’m still building out the subplot that involves Percy for the last bit. If I ever get the numbers or dates weird, it’s on me LOL.
My headcanon on their past! I don’t know how historically accurate it is LOL but here goes. So I write Theseus as having gone to the front a few months after WW1 begins, being one of the first/the first surviving wizard to have broken Evermonde’s decree. A few million British soldiers did survive the entire war from start to finish, even if the average lifespan was quite short, so I imagine Theseus having served the whole way through (age 25-29). So he’d have the “Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred” set of medals.
I then imagine Percival has joined the war roughly at the time America entered, which would be in about 1917, where MACUSA was deliberately sending in higher level officers to essentially monitor the situation, keep a low profile, etc, as Percival is (in my headcanon) about 8 years older than Theseus and consistently a rank higher.
Theseus, like a lot of British soldiers, was deployed to France in 1914. I headcanon he was then reassigned to Ypres, Belgium in around 1916, after the Second Battle of Ypres but before the Battle of Passchendaele. Percival would have landed in 1917, earlier than the majority of American troops, who arrived in 1918 for the German Spring Offensive, because as a Senior Auror he wouldn’t have needed the same training time as civilian troops and was on a slightly different mission anyway.
So they both end being in the field in Belgium at the same time, but in different places. At this point, Theseus has been promoted from private to lance corporal to corporal and is commanding his unit section. Awful things were going on in Belgium at this time, in particular war crimes against civilians, so a lot of effort was targeted there.
I see MACUSA as sending a handful of people in not necessarily as foot soldiers, but more to keep an eye on things, passing through regiments, being more flexible on the Statue and so on, just because I feel like it aligns with US policy at the time, where they partly only entered the war (“belligerency”) to gain a foothold in the later international treaties and debates that’d follow. That and the early American attacks were ineffective and recycled some of the old tactics already used by European forces earlier on, so I could sort of see MACUSA wanting to do some kind of patriotic intervention.
So I imagine that therefore, in early 1917, Theseus is defending a Belgian village/civilians with his platoon. The village is lightly shelled to break the defence and then they’re attacked by the troops from the Central Powers. But the perimeter defence is killed, etc, and Theseus and the others end up having to surrender after a drawn out fight. It’s an incredibly tough fight where most of the Allied troops are killed along with lots of the civilians in proximity.
Therefore, the survivors of the platoon are taken as prisoners of war, including Theseus. As a corporal, Theseus probably wouldn’t have been interrogated for intelligence because there’d be the officer and sergeant ranking above him. But he uses magic during the fight to try and protect fellow soldiers and the Belgian civilians, a few things that aren’t really dramatic or noticeable (I don’t think he’d have had the power or reserves) but enough that the captors note this strange phenomenon.
Once Theseus is in the POW camp, Percival, who’s kind of bouncing around units/faking his death, etc, is in the area and senses a magical signature. Theseus gets interrogated a bit but has no special intelligence. Percival observes this and considers leaving him (in theory, the POW camps weren’t a death sentence, but they were pretty awful regardless) to continue his mission, but then after a few days of observation, Theseus is pushed to the point of doing accidental magic. So Percival has to just get him out ASAP as damage cleanup to avoid the Statue getting absolutely destroyed (although Theseus has already broken the Statue a load of times, especially in some of the earlier gas attacks, but this could get high level quite quickly in a POW camp vs on the chaotic battlefield).
Percival then breaks in and helps Theseus escape. But they’re caught and have to full-on apparate out as they’re about to be executed. That’s the incident they talk about in one of the earlier chapters where it was right down to the wire in terms of getting shot by a rifle LOL. Percival is “fresher” and a bit more skilled than Theseus, who’s been essentially living as a Muggle for a few years with rusty magic, so they fake new identities and join another unit. This is Percival’s first taste of being in the trenches for a long period of time and having to act fully like a Muggle. This goes on for a few more months where they’re actually fighting side by side until Percival gets an owl. Which is for the more senior Americans (which he is as a Senior Auror) out in the field to regroup in Ukraine, because the British Ministry has started a programme on the Eastern Front involving dragons.
I’ll be honest here, I can’t remember if I wrote that Theseus manages to get home and briefly report back to the Ministry or goes straight there with Percival (so please forgive the inconsistency on this, as I think I wrote Newt as believing Theseus “followed” him to the eastern front but it wasn’t quite as deliberate as that haha). They travel with magic, some help from other agents, etc. Percival has got a solid rep at MACUSA so they’re keen to get him there safe for his excellent leadership skills. Of course, when Theseus rocks up, Newt’s there too. Which gobsmacks Theseus but also is classic Newt ahaha.
From there until a month before the end of the war, the three of them are there. Percival and Newt both go back as soon as the programme fails (Percival because he’s extracted, Newt because he’s devastated/furious at the Ministry killing the dragons) and Theseus does clean up for that last month. Hence Newt having to pick him up when he goes back on a conventional troop carrier, as the Ministry doesn’t want to expose any of the wizards among the Muggle troops.
I headcanon that they become friends at first and then the spark grows until in Ukraine, where they do become lovers (and have a physical relationship LOL). It’s kind of a situational thing but the attraction is quite deep and they’ve been through a lot together. Then, after the war, it’s easy for Theseus to find Percival, and they start a sort of relationship again.
It lasts barely two months and devolves into hookups as the two get busier and busier with work and generally more distant in different continents. They end up going back to friends because it’s clear it doesn’t quite work for either of them. They’re not quite long term compatible, they decide, just personality-wise, with Percival being the more decisive in breaking it off. And then in about two years, Theseus meets Leta, by which point they’re colleagues with no trace of the old feelings.
Haha, that was so long. I didn’t manage to get it smoothly into the captivity part of the story because there wasn’t much pacing leeway unless I did a massive flashback, but once more, your excellent question has made me realise it’s got to get written in somewhere rather than just floating around in my head LOL. Or maybe I do it as a linked one shot. In a way, it’s kind of fate, because Percy saved Theseus and then Theseus saved Percy :D
I wouldn’t say it necessarily rekindled something in a significant sense. It definitely helped them both, just because Percival was so touch and affection starved for something from a normal person (sorry, Grindelwald) that he was just instantly hit with the feels, but Theseus is also still being eaten alive by his grief over Leta. So there’s a bit of that intimate spark from surviving something awful together there which almost straddles any kind of relationship description, whether it’s friends, lovers, etc. Sort of like they might be happy to experiment again in the future, and definitely are desperate to see one another again as friends if nothing else, but probably don’t imagine a long term romantic relationship together.
As Grindelwald knew basically everything about Percival’s life, he did know, as you’ve said :) I honestly think he didn’t care that much about the past relationship, to the extent where he’s like “Ohh, the Auror from Paris is the same man from Belgium?? Ohhh, I forgot.” He doesn’t massively approve of the war and might see it as being born of violence, being too physical, etc, but I don’t think he’d really be too bothered about it. The present one annoyed him because he could tell it was making Percival less loyal. I don’t know if Grindelwald romantically loves Percival so much as he loves him like an object (not like Vinda, with some more genuine feeling, but there’s only space in his heart for Albus).
I think he could even consider a relationship between Theseus and Percival, if it ever happened (I’m not writing them as endgame, but might play with the boundaries between friends and friends with something extra a little) as useful in some form, as it gets the targets together. He might feel a bit bad for Percival though, given how much he hates Theseus for tricking him, in Grindelwald logic LOL.
I hope this all makes sense :)
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the-dark-ghost · 5 months
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People Like Me Break Beautiful Things
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So, the idea of shipping various versions of McConaughey and Farrell has messed with my head, leaving it even more foolish than usual, hence ridiculous and absurd ideas come to my brain at the speed of lightning.
In researching both of their filmographies, I think I found two people who would work very well together. You know, it's just that cliché of water and fire, Yin and Yang, the old joke of "those who fight, love each other" or "opposites attract. What I mean, in other words, is that these two charming wizards:
Walter Padick and Percival Graves
Would be perfect for a damn ship. Percy, so serious, grumpy, proper, and on the side of good, paired with Walter, cynical, negatively fun, mocking, and entirely unethical... They would make a great duo, lol. Especially when you consider that The Dark Tower and Fantastic Beasts happen in the same place, New York. It's just a matter of transferring the events of one of the two movies to the same era. In my case, I've preferred to move the FB story to a more modern time, 2017 to be exact.
So, here I leave you a little fanfic I wrote a while ago, and it might interest you if you like crossover ships like me and angst:
Percival thought walter was the threat, but no, he wasn't, he wasn't at all.
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An alternative AU in which the events of Fantastic Beasts take place in 2017. A new threat appears and Percival becomes obsessed with stopping it at all costs.
Likewise, Walter really isn't the only thing to deal with. There is a very familiar magician who has escaped in the middle of all the scandal that the man in black has created.
of course, this is part of a series of stories dedicated to my great stupidity for having this pleasure of pairing the two of them which is titled: My Least Favorite Detective (*wink* reference to a phrase from Velcoro in TD *wink* reference to the name of the series itself). There's also my other story: Surely this is it for me.
So you know...it looks like I'll be shipping these two for quite a while, I can't help it.
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psyzook · 1 year
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I love Original Percival Graves so much. He’s like- a very stern intimidating himbo. Definitely a himbo, but the opposite of the stereotypical happy-go-lucky golden retriever type. He’s a emotionally repressed dude who is literally the definition of whump.
I frequently read Newt Scamander/Original Percival Graves fics, and I always absolutely love that they are just- idiots in love. Percival is usually super besotted and smitten in fics and I love that.
I absolutely love how the Fantastic Beasts (movies) fandom circa 2016 saw him and his character and went ‘yup. this dude who went through trauma? he’s our new blorbo.’ Like- bitch I’m new-ish to the fandom and he’s already one of the two comfort characters I have.
My point is, Percy is my babygirl and I love him. Give me more Percival content guys!! I fucking beg of you! I wanna see into his head- I wanna see what makes him tick. I want to examine his whole personality like one of those police profilers. I love him, and I want more content.
I AM LINKING MY PERCIVAL GRAVES SPOTIFY PLAYLIST! MESSAGE ME IF YOU WANT TO ADD A SONG!
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uefb · 1 year
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Splitting time today between overdue Tolkien paper revision & my comps (before LotR watch party!!), while occasionally skimming my notes for Part 3 & 4 of With It’s Head Under One Wing, as a break, and I’m sorry but…
my dialogue is occasionally hilarious
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barbedbetty · 1 year
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Y’all I can’t find any good smutty fics featuring Colin Farrell.
Soooooo I guess I’ll be writing some.
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Welcome Home 18+ - feat. The Coach from the Gentleman
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lils-in-space · 2 years
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What's the name of your gramander fic in which Newt is transfered to Illvermony?
Hi! Sorry for the late response! I’m on mobile mostly and for some reason, I didn’t get an ask notification (sigh, the downfalls of technology)
My pending title is “it is hard to fight desire”. I haven't published on AO3 yet, but I'm hoping to get it up soon :)) I might post it in installments because I'm ambitious and this is turning into something larger than me and my (non-existent) self-control XD
Is there anything that you guys would like to see in an American wizarding school? (Taking suggestions for inspiration haha)
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In the meantime, have another blurb! (continuation of my first excerpt)
“They moved, you say?” Percival furrowed his brows while eyeballing aforementioned droplets and casting a wandless Scourgify, vaguely recalling the conversation he overheard between Tortsney and Bresset. That was almost unheard of—carvings had changed color for most selection stalls, rather than moved which occurred more often in single selections. 
“You’re such a neat freak, Graves. It’s almost painful to look at you, you paragon of cleanliness.” Chavez swallowed and continued,“It was wild to watch in person. Definitely the most dynamic selection I’ve seen. I think the Thunderbird perched on his shoulder at one point.” 
Percival’s eyebrows lifted again. He knew that the carvings had shifted but not that they moved from their spots.
“David, I think this is the most I’ve seen Graves express himself, ever. I wish I had one of those No-Maj cameras on hand,” Bresset grinned, glancing over at Percival. 
The Arithmancy aide barked out a laugh, “I think his eyebrows have done more exercise today than in that one class period where he caught Williams and Liu—.” 
“I thought I said we wouldn’t talk about that incident again, Chavez,” Percival hissed quietly, rubbing at his temples as if that would make the blasted memory disappear faster. “I wish I could have Obliviated myself.”
“Did we? I don’t remember promising that,” Chavez responded cheekily. Percival gave him the side-eye. 
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POSTED ON AO3 as “heart, rend thyself” by amorinvicta
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blooodymoon · 1 year
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To people who still check these Tags,
firstly Hi, secondly I fell back into this Fandom Hard, and I kinda ended up searching for AntiGravitas Fantastic Beasts/Gramander Fics.
Does anyone maybe has them/one of them Downloaded and would be willing to send me privately ???
Or has any Idee where/who I could ask for it ?
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ao3feed-gravebone · 2 years
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a secret shared
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/Hp4yThx
by citrineyue
Percival Graves and Credence Barebone reach Italy and ask for political asylum. The sole heiress and Regent of the country accepts their plea, but when Gellert Grindelwald finds out Credence's location, all hell breaks loose and a secret that might reveal Credence's true identity comes outs.
Set after the end of the second movie.
Words: 2724, Chapters: 1/8, Language: English
Fandoms: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M
Characters: Original Characters, Original Percival Graves, Credence Barebone, Aurelius Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, Leta Lestrange, Aberforth Dumbledore, Vinda Rosier, Newt Scamander, Tina Goldstein, Jacob Kowalski, Queenie Goldstein, Yusuf Kama, Rosier Family (Harry Potter)
Relationships: Original Character / Original Character, Credence Barebone/Original Percival Graves, Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Smut, Credence Barebone Lives, Protective Original Percival Graves, POV Multiple, Family Drama, Original Percival Graves is a Softie
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/Hp4yThx
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nondbamesnond · 2 years
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MACUSA xmas staff party 🎉
queenie brought fruit punch
someone spiked it within five seconds
even picquery got drunk yo0
an intern managed to break into grave's office
#he def had weird sh-t in there
various wands were located in the lost-and-found xmas morning
tina helped the house-elves with clean up
it's still a mystery as to who threw up on abernathy's desk
#no one rly liked him anyway
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random-of-random · 1 month
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Chapter 9 - Not the Start of a Relationship
A/N: Here it is, guys! The final chapter. Thank you so much to everyone who read it, saved it, said anything! It means a lot.
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“You’re making a mistake!” Y/N yelled as she was sat down in a chair. Magic held her down and she could barely move her arms, let alone her legs.
“You are a wanted woman. The man you just brought in here, half dead, is the one who reported you!”
Her breath caught in her chest and fear spread through her slowly like ice. “Is he going to be alright?”
“That is none of your-“
“Is Percival okay?!”
Walter clenched his jaw. “What makes you think you get to ask about him.”
“He’s my fiancé.” She said simply and Walter cracked a smile.
“Really, and how long has he been your fiancé?”
“Not long. Only a few months.” She said softly, her eyes misting.
“And how long have you been together.”
“Since the day Percival returned to work after his arm injury. Before he became head of Magical Law Enforcement.”
“Years? You really expect us to believe you and Graves have been together for years? And he made you a wanted person for what? A lovers quarrel?”
“He didn’t! The man I brought in here tonight was Percival Graves. He has been kidnapped since the battle with Grindlewald.”
“Oh really? And who has been here this whole time?”
“Grindlewald.” Walter’s eyes went wide.
“You presume to tell me that the man who has been running our department is…” He paused before letting out a breath of air. “You’re out of your mind.”
“Please! You have to believe me. Wherever he still is as Percival - he is Grindlewald! He’s using a spell or maybe Polyjuice potion.”
“And who can vouch for any of what you’re saying?”
“Arnold knew.”
“Arnold is DEAD! Killed by Grindlewald.”
“Queenie!” She said quickly. “I have been friends with Queenie for years. She knows about me and Percival. She always has.”
“If this is true,” Her voice startled Y/N, she didn’t even realize Madame President had been cleverly concealed in the back of the room. “when did you know that Percival Graves wasn’t Percival Graves and how.” President Picquery was studying her with interest.
“The night he came back.”
“And you didn’t report it?” She asked, sitting down in front of her. With a nod to Walter the spell on the chair was lifted.
“I wasn’t sure right away. We have kept our relationship a secret. So, when we’re around others we act normal.”
“Why a secret?”
“I was worried if anyone knew they would think I wasn’t getting the job of my own merit. That Percival pushed it through, and Percival hates gossip. So, we just maintained professionalism. How is he? Is he alive.”
“Yes. He woke up demanding to see you, I am told. They gave him some medicine to calm him down and make him sleep so he could rest.” She answered and Y/N let out a strangled cry of relief. She took a few deep breaths before continuing.
“I realized when we were alone that night. Usually when one of us is gone or in a battle we take those moments to just be close, hold each other. He acted like I was a mere employee. Like he barely knew me and-“ Y/N clenched her jaw. She didn’t know if the President knew about Queenie and what she can do. She had to protect her too.
“And?”
“As part of my advanced training, I took it upon myself to train in Occlumency. I had read that powerful witches and wizards would have extreme advantage if they could read our minds.” Picquery nodded, urging her to continue. “I could feel him trying to read my mind. Like something crawling up my spine. I used Occlumency. He knew he couldn’t trust me in that moment and I knew he wasn’t Percival. I went right to the elevator and was told you had gone home for the night. Rather than risk a panic, I didn’t know who he was at that point, I decided I would come back early - first thing. Be waiting for you when you got it.”
“But you weren’t here. And you were already wanted.” Picquery said.
“He broke into my apartment that night, looking for me. Luckily, for me, I was already awake. He attacked me and I was able to escape. When I came here I was injured and I knew no one would believe me. So, I went looking for the real Percival.”
“Where did you find him?”
Y/N let out a sigh. “He was held in a house. In the pocket of my coat is a list of homes on the outskirts of the city. He was in the second to last on the list. With three of Grindlewald’s followers. They’ve all been stunned. Well, I don’t know if they still are. The wands that were taken off of me - they belong to them.” She handed the list to the President.
“Madam President.” Another Auror burst through the door. “I’m sorry to disturb you, but we just got something we don’t understand.”
“What’s that?”
“An Auror downtown, when you sent a patronus to ask for the status of Mr. Graves?”
“Yes.”
“They just sent a Patronus back saying Mr. Graves just went into the subway to go after the Obscurial.”
Picquery’s eyes turned back to Y/N. “It’s Grindlewald.”
“Walter - you get three Aurors and get to this address right away!”
“Yes ma’am.”
“Collins - collect every hit witch or wizard we have. We’re going to that Subway station.”
Y/N felt her breaths coming in gasps. At least they believed her.
“Velma!” One of the President’s assistants came into the room. “Help Y/N down to the healing floor and take her to Mr. Graves.”
“A-are you sure?”
“That is an order. And while your at it send a memo to every department that Y/N Y/L/N is no longer a wanted woman and she has been falsely accused.”
“Be careful, Madam President, and thank you.” Y/N said with a nod and Picquery left the room in a hurry. Y/N stood on shaky feet and Velma quickly caught her.
“Don’t worry, Miss. Y/L/N. I’ve got you.”
“Please, I just want to see Percival.”
The walk down was slow. Y/N didn’t realize how exhausted she was before. Now that she knew Percival was safe, that the right people had been alerted to Grindlewald, she was aware of every ache and pain. She felt lightheaded and dizzy.
“When we get to Percival, I need to see a healer.”
“Would you like me to bring you straight to-“
“Just Percival.” Y/N answered quickly. The nurses on the healing floor looked on in confusion.
“Don’t worry, Miss. Y/L/N, that memo is going around now. Sent it as soon as we left the room.”
“Thank you.”
The door to Percival’s room was open. He was laying comfortably on the bed, his eyes closed and his breathing even. He wasn’t nearly as pale as he had been and Y/N let out a relieved sigh before Velma helped her into a seat next to the bed.
“I will get you a healer.” She was out the door in a flash. Y/N meant to thank her again, but she couldn’t take her eyes off of the man in front of her. Reaching a hand up she traced his jaw softly. She felt him stir and his beautiful brown eyes opened, looking at her.
“Y/N.” He tried to sit up but she stopped him and sat on the edge of his bed.
“It’s okay. I’m here.”
“They were taking you away. I tried-“
“I know.” She gave him a small smile. “Picquery came to talk to me. It’s all settled. They’re going after Grindlewald.”
“Why did they arrest you?”
Y/N took a shaky breath. “Grindlewald has been impersonating you. Came back as you. I realized it wasn’t you.”
“I am so sorry. Y/N…” He sat up and his hand cupped her cheek.
“I’m just glad you’re back. I missed you.”
“I missed you too.” He kissed her softly. That familiar kiss that she could never get enough of. “I love you so much.”
“I love you too.” They held each other for a few moments. Just letting the quiet of the room surround them. For the first time in days they both felt safe and right where they needed to be. While across the city Grindlewald was being captured, their battle was over.
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The sun shone brightly overhead. The breeze was warm, and the smell of flowers permeated the air.
President Picquery’s voice talked to the crowd. “We have come together today not to mark the start of a relationship, but to recognize a bond that already exists.  This wedding is a celebration of love and I invite you to listen with peace and joy in your hearts while you share in this most joyous ceremony.”
Percival, in his finest dress robes, stood opposite of Y/N. The dress she picked couldn’t have been more perfect. When he saw her his heart raced. He mouthed “I love you.” as the President continued her speech. Queenie was in the front row, already crying. Her sister, Tina, was comforting her. It seems like all of the Magical Law Enforcement Department had turned up for their wedding.
The vows were exchanged, as were the rings. All Y/N could hope for, a life with the man across from her was happening. Through all the trying times, they had made it. When Percival kissed her, the first time has husband and wife, the crowd cheered. As he pulled away Percival was wearing a beaming smile. He knew his wife would fight through hell and back to save him, and he would never let her fall.
“I love you, Mr. Graves.”
“I love you, Mrs. Graves.”
They kissed again, as if they were the only two people in the world.
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keepmeinmind-01 · 2 months
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For the WIP ask game 📖✨: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 15 because I am nosy and they all sound so good!
thank you for asking :D
2 - dark!theseus and chemical brainwashing
So this is actually the one that I’m furthest along with because I’ve been working on outlining it for the last week! My only issue is that it’s pretty dark overall and was partly fuelled by my PMS, so I’ll probably need to work on it in bursts, because I get so emotionally invested when I write LOL. I don’t know how much this is “spoilers”, but I feel like on AO3, the tagging system kind of means you know everything up front, so I can give a fair bit of detail? But potential spoilers I suppose, haha?
The premise is that, at one of Grindelwald’s rallies, Leta joins him and Theseus follows her. They both get through the flames, although Theseus gets a little singed, but when it comes to fully integrating into Grindelwald’s ranks, Theseus starts to have doubts. He talks to Leta about running away and Grindelwald finds out, separates them, and uses a mixture of magic and chemical tools to brainwash and control Theseus. Theseus becomes pretty evil, and he and Newt cross paths several times on opposite sides. To be honest, I think it would be a bittersweet ending, but maybe happy given what came before LOL. But everyone would live - Leta and Theseus would be facing trials, potentially, and Theseus would be hugely destabilised and damaged from his experience - and Newt is also there as they try and figure out where to go next.
It takes a few of the plot bunnies I have for kmim and never wrote in (like Grindelwald trying to break Theseus’s “moral crown”, drug use, one of Theseus or Newt temporarily becoming dark) and moves them somewhere else so I’m not tempted to put them into an already busy plot 💀 It’s also darker, dialled up sibling angst but also, Leta is alive! Which I love and want to try and make the most of, so I need to make sure she has her flowers in the outline. Grindelwald is downright horrible in this one xd
3 - thesival war
I think a while ago I posted my complicated backstory for how Theseus and Percival met during the war, and I wanted to make this into a 5 times X happened and one time it didn’t fic. I’ve been trying to squeeze it into that structure and it’s not been working, so it’ll probably just be a normal layout.
It will start with Theseus in Ypres, then cover Theseus getting taken as a Prisoner of War, which is when he does magic (some on purpose in the fight around a village, some accidental when interrogated). Percival is an observer, a MACUSA Auror keeping an eye on the war, while Theseus has enlisted as a Muggle. So Percival tries to rescue Theseus before he ruins the Statue, which is a close call but they both get out. Then they both slowly make their way to Ukraine through a mixture of joining groups in the trenches and fighting/travelling as a pair, because that’s where Percival has been summoned for the dragon project. And then in Ukraine is where the spark really kicks off.
Then, which would be the “one time,” we go to FBAWTFT present day, which is when Theseus and Leta get a telegram Newt has been executed. Then, they also get the reveal Grindelwald was impersonating Percival. I think I might end with Theseus going to MACUSA and giving them a piece of his mind for nearly losing his brother and actually losing his (slightly more than) friend.
4 - newt’s abusive marriage
So @creative-girl and I were talking about this, inspired by Hamilton, and it was very much her idea! It would be what it says on the tin, possibly with Percy as the bad guy. Theseus chats to Percy at a party but ends up introducing him and Newt. The marriage between Newt and Percival turns sour but Newt keeps it a secret and becomes trapped and withdrawn. Some kind of reveal means Theseus comes in during one of the one-sided “fights” and intervenes, and then it would be fluffy after that. I feel like I tend to make Theseus the hurt party rather than Newt (this is actually an active consideration I have for kmim where I’m making sure it balances out LMAO) and I think the comfort afterwards could be really sweet.
8 - making out as cover
Very much what it says on the tin. I have a rough draft of this one. Percival and Theseus are on an assignment, they’re griping with one another, they’re meant to be watching a spot from their alleyway. They get spotted, and because they’re near a bar, Percival instantly kisses Theseus as cover. And when their cover is safe again (I.e., the people go or whatever, detective semantics) they’re like “okay hang on…” hahah
9 - Bunty and Lally!!
I love f/f ships with all my heart and yet the pieces of media I’m interested in rarely have them (other than Overwatch), so I thought it would be sweet to try. I saw it as perhaps modern AU, perhaps not, where both are a little younger. Lally is a barista in a coffee shop and Bunty is an awkward apprentice. Quite classic flirting and mixed signals where Bunty works up the courage to give the confident Lally a compliment. It could end after they swap numbers, or maybe they can actually go on a coffee date too. Maybe Bunty is quite shy or closeted and Lally is super confident and relaxed, and it could create quite a nice dynamic. So pretty wholesome.
15 - Lally/Seraphina
Inspired by your comment! This one is one of the least fleshed out ones and I added it into the middle of the list rather than the bottom like an organised person. I think there’s so much potential here and it could maybe be something set in MACUSA’s office buildings. Seraphina is like this reserved, cold authority figure and Lally is a rebellious, snarky, and warm academic. I think they could bond over their shared intelligence, maybe there’s some project Lally has to consult on that means they see a lot of one another. I think they both have quite strong personalities and once the spark caught, would both go after it.
so yeah!! thanks for asking, i loved writing out everything ahahaha <3
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the-dark-ghost · 4 months
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The Rooftops of New York • Short Part
the first part of People Like Me Break Beautiful Things.
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The rooftops in the lower areas of New York are really compact, they are narrowed one next to the other and they facilitate the running of any human being with the capacity and courage enough to ride on them without thinking that he might fall. Percival ran above them for a long time, barely getting to any interesting points and not getting close enough to his target. The subject who was running from him or more like mocking him he was simply not exhausted, not like Percival, he moved like a strong, agile shadow and crossed the ceilings with a subtlety greater than a cat's. Although in the same way he also got tired, not from running but from being chased.
"I never thought you'd be interested" the man said as he straightened his clothes.
"What?" Percival said as he tried to calm his heavy breathing.
Both of them had run over the roofs of New York like a couple of crazy people. Graves was tired and that was very obvious. The guy in front of him didn't seem to have lost a single solid breath in the process, that was just friendly yet terrifying at the same time.
"Seriously?" he inquired with a wildly ironic tone of voice "Will you face another dark sorcerer again? I didn't think you would be so stupid.
Percival ground his teeth and frowned. He now he truly was upset but he didn't know what to do, fear gripped him faster than anger. How the hell did that man know about Grindelwald, or was he talking about something else and another dark sorcerer?, Percival wasn't quite sure about that and being terrified. In his time inside the hideous cell in which he had been held captive he was never allowed to shave or cut his hair because it would simply have been ridiculous for Gellert to let him do it. Percival, over time, was able to remove his beard but he could never get rid of long hair, he trimmed it down to just shaggy and full of long, straight brown locks but just that.
In fact Percival had forgotten to shave his facial hair but it didn't matter at the moment.
"Fuck off" Graves yelled with all his might.
"Sorry?" he replied as made a gesture with one of his hands over his ear and one of his eyebrows raised "A curse from the mouth of the correct director of security at MACUSA?, what am i supposed to think?
"You killed people, you put the organization and our society at stake!
"Speak for yourself" he warned him "I'm not one of you...
"What are you taking about?" Graves inquired while his breathing had already completely normalized.
Now it could be said that Percival was a bit more confused than before. If the subject was not one of yours, then where was he supposed to be from? Because he was the director of security he had always thought that the man whose name he did not know was simply an obscurian because of his strange evil abilities. But now he was telling him otherwise and Percival had to believe him because a man like that in front of him would lie in many ways but never with something like that.
"What are you then?" he insisted again.
"Well, It's hard to say with just a few words. Of course, here, in your world, I am... a muggle? No, no, of course not! Am I... a animagus maybe?
"Stop playing the fucking jerk. Tell me what you are.
"Do you need it to kill me?," he said" Let's just say I'm not a human, that's pretty clear. There's no need to tell you my story or my family tree so I'll cut things short... I am a different sorcerer, a demon.
Percival frowned and was silent. The man with no apparent identity, to the magician's eyes, took advantage of the disconcerting confusion and blew up with telekinesis or something similar one of the pieces of scrap metal that were stored in the roof where they were both. The piece struck Percival in the side and knocked him to the ground, his head hit the ground violently and simply knocked him out of the game. The subject approached him slowly, hands behind his back. As the mage felt the blood begin to gush from the nape of his neck, the man squatted down and smiled at him, a crooked, wrongly charming grin in Percival's unfocused eyes.
"By the way, call me Walter," he said before darkness was everything.
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imwritingoutofspite · 2 years
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Ooh, a teaser?
Well I’ve been very bad. My goal deadlines are kinda slipping by and I’m not hitting them. But I’m not discouraged. This is chugging along at its own pace. That pace is just a little slower than anticipated.  Anyway, have a short little snippet! CW: Implied Abuse _____________________________________
Interrogation, as it turned out, was far harder to bear from your own side. Or by people who you once considered if not friends, then friendly.  They didn’t look so friendly now.  He'd been on the receiving end of many a flinty stare from Picquery during their tenure together, for though they'd been largely amicable, perhaps even friends, they'd butted heads on many occasions. But the open hostility was something he'd rarely felt, and the closest they’d come in the past was always tempered by the knowledge that they were, largely, on the same side.    Percival had appeared in the Woolworth plaza, he'd established that much, and the people in the room with him were Aurors, his old Aurors. So he was, in theory, safe.  But his wrists, barely freed, were shackled once more and his wounded magic locked in to fester and roil. A length of rope tethered him to those sturdy rails on the bed, for his own safety they'd said, and the slab-of-meat feeling he'd grown all too familiar with churned in his gut as they all stared at him, six of them.   Three Aurors, Wilcox, Picquery and- Percival managed a glance up at the tall, lithe man at the back before his nerve failed him and he ducked behind his bangs once more, gaze averted.  Good boy, eyes down.  Humiliation burned and curled his shoulders further. He didn't remember much of waking the first time, only terror and scrambling and then weeping into and falling asleep against the man's chest. And further back, arriving was a blur of pain and blood loss and even more terror but the blue coated man was there and he'd hidden behind him too, pathetic. The others were people he knew and that should have made it worse, but the thought of some stranger seeing him in such a state, having to take care of him…  Unacceptable. Or it would have been. Before. Now? What even was acceptability? They knew what he was now, and surely what Grindelwald had kept him for. Doubtful that he had any dignity left in their eyes, so the only thing holding him to any sort of standard was the dregs of his own pride. Whatever that was worth nowadays. Really, the fact that he could still feel shame was astounding.
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uefb · 1 year
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I found this in my phone notes from last weekend and it has absolutely NO connection to ANY story at all. Only excuse is: I like Tina and Theseus’ dynamics in my universe, and I generally think Graves needs some characterization and Newt needs to not always be treated like a child (hello autistic people are also adults and newt is oddly skilled for a solo naturalist), but I’m not going to do anything w it so here we are - enjoy
Sometime - somewhere - between 1940-1942
“You what?”
“Sent him to cover Graves.”
“Where?”
“On the front. Left quadrant?”
“Goldstein!”
“What? What is your problem?”
“Newt doesn’t do war, he does — Reconnaissance, maneuvering, creature shit! Tina, Jesus, have you even seen him on the—”
“He was twenty when he was with you after the Eastern Front... I’ve seen him in battle more than you and—”
“I think I know what I’m talking about — He’s my brother, Goldstein!”
“It’s Goldstein Scamander, Theseus, and you damn know it. And you know I wouldn’t risk Newt for anything less than—”
“You know what? Fine. It’s not like we have anyone else to inform should he die, so you just let me damn well know when it’s over and you’re good and ready for your bloody widow benefi—”
The tent flap suddenly rustled open.
“Um, Theseus? Tina?”
And Theseus turned to see his little brother just inside the doorway, swaying slightly and favoring his left hand as he kept Percival standing with an arm thrown bout his shoulders.
“We moved his second up, needed a bit of a breather…”
Tina hurried forward to take Graves from Newt, who immediately began massaging his wand arm—
“So if you could - could put a bookmark in whatever it is you’re rowing about—“ He gestured at his brother, fairly certain whatever the argument was about was absolutely Theseus’ fault. “—we could use a few counterspells and my - my case, for potions, if you will.”
Tina lowered Graves to a cot and Theseus blinked, taking in his brother’s very-much-alive form.
“And Pickett should be along in a jiffy,” Newt was saying vaguely, “with his wand...”
Tina helped Graves out of his jacket and frowned at his stoic silence, finally turning to her husband:
“What hit him?”
Graves muttered something under his breath, and Newt shifted on his feet before plopping onto a camp bed and huffing a reply -
“Jelly legs and tarantallegra, at first, if you’d believe it. I think they were taking the piss out—”
“Yeah, they were definitely fucking with me, Scamander…” Graves grumbled, scowling as Tina shifted his exhausted legs up onto the cot.
“Right,” Newt acknowledged, “like I said, and then a few— “
Graves threw up a hand before falling backward onto the bed— “Put it in the report.”
“It’s important—”
“Doesn’t need anything though. Unlike that damn burn up your arm—”
“I’m used to ward burns—”
ABRUPT ENDING THE END
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givereadersahug · 2 years
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Title: Laughter 
Fandom: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Main Pairing: Original Percival Graves/Newt Scamander
Challenge: Vocab Drabbles community on Dreamwidth
Prompt: #003 - Agelast
Rating: General
Word Count: 342
Tags: Ficlet, Post-Movie 1, Self-Reflection 
Summary: A glimpse into the Graves-Scamander household a few years after Grindelwald.
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