Case Full of Fics [Newt/Theseus x Reader]

Can't Make You Love Me - T

Hey guys!! So here's a super angsty one for you because I just seem to be really in the mood for writing this. This is pretty much an AU because it doesn't follow the events of FBCOG.
Also, it took me a while to write this one and I'm super rusty since this is the first thing I've written in a long while. Let me know what you think, hopefully I can write some more and improve. I listened to Adele's cover of Can't Make You Love Me while I write and attached it above.

You finally took a few deep breaths of fresh air, thankful for being free from the stifling environment inside the Scamander household. There were a few hippogriffs lounging about in their enclosure as you stood and watched  them. One of them seemed to be looking over at you, maybe sensing the anguish that must be emanating from you now that you no longer needed to put up an act.

You felt immense guilt for feeling the way that you did because they'd always been so welcoming to you. It had been many years since you'd first visited and got to know them but they treated you with just as much compassion as the first time you met them. Both Mr. Scamander and Mrs. Scamander welcomed you like you were their own the moment you came to visit during your Hogwarts days. Newt had been hesitant at first but over the years he opened up to you, sometimes more so than he was with his brother.

You felt the most guilt when you thought of Theseus. He'd been your first friend quickly becoming your best friend as the both of you navigated through your years at Hogwarts. He'd welcomed you to his family knowing your relationship with your own family was filled with tension. Till this day he was your best friend, someone you knew you could confide in and rely on for anything.

You sighed, closing your eyes you took another deep breath.

This time there was no way you could confide in him, it would ruin everything.

You were startled out of your thoughts as you heard the telltale pop. You weren't surprised to hear Theseus's playful voice.

"Should've known you'd be here," he said as he walked closer to where you were standing, "I've been looking all over for you."

You cursed yourself as your heart beat faster at his words. The small hope that was left in your heart seemed to cling to these moments and consume you, putting a meaning behind his words that you knew wasn't there.

"I just needed a bit of fresh air," you replied softly, glancing towards him as he stood next to you with his hands in his coat pockets. As you looked away his blue eyes met yours and your heart beat quickened again. You crossed your arms, looking out at the hippogriffs. You could feel his gaze upon you reading you like an open book.

"You know," he said, as he shifted his focus to the hippogriffs as well, "when you used to visit you spent a lot of time standing here watching the hippogriffs."

"I always loved watching them," you replied. Theseus looked at you from the corner of his eyes a small smile on his face. You felt the corners of your lips curling up slightly mirroring his smile as you glanced at him.

"That you did," he continued and raised a brow, "but... more often than not you came here for a particular reason."

You sighed again and looked out at the enclosure.

"Look Theseus, I'm not worried about anything. I—"

Before you could continue your excuse Theseus had entered your line of vision, stepping in front of you so you could no longer look out at the enclosure. Your eyes focused on the buttons on his shirt, not daring to look up at his face.

"(Y/N)," your name sounded plain when anyone else said it, but when it rolled off of Theseus's tongue it sounded so much more beautiful.

"I've known you for years, I know when something's bothering you," you looked up at him and were met with a sympathetic smile, "What's wrong?"