Title: Blind Leading the Blind
Team: Epilogue
Author: nqdonne
Prompt: The Magician
Wordcount: 25,249
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: clubbing, drinking, frottage, toys, desk sex, accidental voyeurism
Summary: Harry catches wise to a series of blind items in the Daily Prophet's gossip pages that sound suspiciously like him. Except no one knows that he's gay, do they?
The Nosy Niffler
Sordid tidbits from a Wizard in the know
Blind Items for 10th June, 2020
"Which war hero is trapped in a loveless marriage and finds his eye wandering elsewhere? Not a new story, I realise, until you consider the fact that they are most frequently wandering in the direction of other men…"
The paper dropped from Harry's sweaty hands as if on fire. One corner fell into his coffee cup and he watched, numb, as the newsprint drifted off in a murky swirl of grey, brown and white.
How could he know? How could anyone…
No, Harry stopped himself. It was ridiculous. It was a stupid blind gossip item in the Daily bloody Prophet, and it's not like it was actually about him.
It just sounded an awfully lot like, said a niggling voice at the back of Harry's mind.
Harry spat out an Incendio, incinerating the offending paper in a hot flash that left his desk covered in ashes, and his coffee indelibly ruined.
…|||…
The Nosy Niffler had been writing for the Daily Prophet for a little over a year now, and his column had rapidly become the paper's most popular feature. Every Friday he reported all the sordid going-ons of the wizarding world's more well-known individuals, from Quidditch stars to war heroes. He printed both upfront stories naming names and his now-famous blind items, where he gave just enough detail to allow readers to speculate, but not enough for the subject in question to be able to sue. Harry always knew it was Friday, because when he came into work, the coffee and tea nook would be all aflutter with the latest gossip and speculation.
No one knew the identity of The Nosy Niffler, however, and while he claimed to be a lawyer with connections to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, many speculated he actually worked for some other Ministry department. Harry had never cared enough to give it much thought, until now. Now that he was one of those blind items.
He was itching to get his hands on that paper, to read those lines over and over again, convince himself they weren't about him. But he, of course, had stupidly destroyed his copy, and if he wanted another one, he'd have to duck out into the pen and nick one from one of the Aurors, who would certainly ask questions…
Harry frowned, twiddling his quill between his index and middle finger, staring down at the stack of reports on his desk. He'd only stolen glances at men a few times, really, and how could someone know? Harry groaned. Had one of them reported it? Or was one of them The Nosy Niffler? Harry thought on the possibilities. Davies? Nah, not witty enough to be the Niffler. Cabbot? He was only twenty, and hardly mature enough. There was always… no. No, Harry had barely looked at him, he swore, and Teddy would hardly—
There was a knock at Harry's office door and, startled, he dropped the quill, then watched as a tiny splotch of ink rapidly spread, blotting out the details of the top-most report.
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𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 2008
Fanfic⚠︎This is not mine, for offline purpose only to satisfy my need and i also want to share it with all of you in case you haven't read it This is a collection of drarry stories "TIM EPILOGUE" from hd_worldcup 2008 on livejournal The epilogue is the fi...
