The auror is crossing over to his girl and squatting a little so that she can reach his head.
Helios gives her the warmest of smiles before signing ‘nice to see you, kid.’
Has just had one of those days, everything that could go wrong, did.
He spilled hot tea, he smudged paperwork, he tripped over several things and got smacked in the face by a dueling dummy.
Also let a a thief slip through his finger, which was just the cherry on top.
Ian is a good egg, and they all know that if he had an issue or blamed Adler for anything he'd not be hesitant to air it.
Adler needs to trust Ian as much as Ian trusts him.
- Shouts at him, he knows that's not the point.
But neither of them will be able to progress if he doesn't let himself heal from it. He's got to work on that little blame voice in the inside of his head, because they're both alive.
That's what matters, they're alive.
Not that it makes it any easier, but their job is dangerous, not only in the sense that they're dealing with dangerous people but it puts the Aurors in a vulnerable position.
Ian wouldn't be in this line of work if he wasn't able to handle danger.
And before Adler -
Merlin, that's some doubt creeping in there Ad.
Is he sure that it's just the shoulder injury that's bothering him? Because he seems to be carrying a lot of weight on them faulty shoulders of his.
With a wave of his hand the tea in his mug gives a gentle stir before he takes a sip, it was perfect, as always.
Quiet makes Helios suspicious, in his gut he feels like something big is coming. It just feels like everyone is turning a blind eye to something that they can't see.
At that point the Minister was in complete denial about any death-eater activity.
Helios would have been eaten alive for suggesting such thing, because that would mean admitting that there was real threat against the Ministry out there.
Helios let out a breath of relief, the sight of the muffin made him want to melt. That's what true love looked like. That single muffin.
What are all the criminals doing? Did they catch them all? Are they all getting together and plotting. The world was suspiciously quiet.