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All I Wanted Was You

Summary:

Harry Potter, Saviour of the Wizarding World and certified wizard extraordinaire, believes that Daphne Greengrass is nothing more than a passing face in the Ministry. Little does he know, she had played a much larger part in his life during the Second Wizarding War.

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Disclaimer: I own nothing, and everything belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Yes, the title of this has changed (I think this one is more fitting, alluding to a Paramore song of the same name).
Angst lies ahead, and if you came here for fluff, I'm afraid that it comes served with a slice of tragedy.

Chapter 1: Prologue

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May, 1999 — Prologue

Daphne Greengrass hated her job at the Ministry.

In the year following her tenure at Hogwarts, she had worked hard to obtain a portfolio that should have secured a job in virtually any Department at a senior level.

“They'll be fawning over you,” her sister had promised. “The Head of each Department will be competing—no, begging you to come work for them. I'm sure of it, Daffy.”

Alas, Daphne's tentative confidence had shattered on the day of her application, because what had the Ministry actually done? They had the gall to lump her with dunderheads who couldn't tell pearl dust from powdered moonstone, and all because they still had job vacancies in the wake of Voldemort’s reign.

And thus, Daphne Greengrass, with more NEWT's and qualifications than fingers on her own two hands, had ended up working as a secretary in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Dear Morgana, how far Wizarding Britain had fallen.

The only upside of her new job, she supposed, was that she occasionally got to see Harry Potter out and about.