ATLAS

Oh Atlas, Oh Atlas; tis not the world's fate that you carry. That is not the heaviness you hold.
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Under the surface, some people have scars. Others have claws. Step lightly, but venture forth.

In 1995 wizarding London, Fleur Delacour sets her sights on her moody, grumpy coworker. Unfortunately, William Arthur Weasley is not interested in new friends, flirtatious conversation, or adding another person to worry about onto his packed-full list of people he cannot bear to lose.

A two part story about Fleur and Bill, the reach of childhood trauma, and the practice of finding more than expected.

Rated T
(Technically HP canon-compliant; though set in 1995 in the Lumos Universe).