Carter was surprised when she got to the office before Teddy - it almost never happened anymore. She didn’t usually want to be here, so it was hard to get herself motivated enough to come in on time in the morning. She frowned, shrugging out of her jacket and hanging it on the back of her chair, standing with her hands on her hips as she surveyed the room. She could get to work, she supposed, glancing around the empty office. Or she could see if there was any food in the break room. She nodded once, taking back off down the hall.
Her steps slowed as she heard the familiar voice, but she didn’t want to turn to look in case Harry caught her too, so she kept on, dashing quickly into the small room and sighing happily at the mountain of muffins on the table. She grabbed two and made her way back, meeting Teddy’s gaze as she did so. Carter followed him silently, biting back a smirk as he started complaining as soon as the door was closed. It was nice when he managed to drop down to her level of moodiness, comforting almost. She took the coffee, switching it for the muffin she’d snagged him and walking over to her desk.
“What a coveted position.” She drawled, rolling her eyes as she picked her muffin apart. “We get our pick between two asinine cases. Lucky us.” Carter sighed slightly, thinking about the two, although she already knew what she’d prefer to do. Any excuse to get out of this damn country was good enough for her. She smiled wickedly at him, a glint in her eyes at his suggestion. “You read my mind, Lupin.” She knew his reasons were far different from hers, but she was glad nonetheless they were still on the same page. She took a sip of her coffee, feeling slightly better. “When do you think we get to leave? Oh, please tell me it’s today. If I have to see that creep from the DMLE again I swear I’m gonna blast him through a wall.”
“Thanks. It was an absolute nightmare trying to get Iris to my grandmother this morning,” he said, taking the muffin from her. “She got used to me and Pan both being home over the holidays, she just wasn’t having it. Teddy yawned and ran a hand through his blue-tipped hair, setting the Scamander file aside, reaching for the other one. “Which creep in DMLE? There’s a few. My brother has a thing for you too, so watch out. I told him if he valued his life at all, he wouldn’t try it.”
Teddy flipped through the file, looking over at her. “So, Massachusetts it is then. Some way to start the new year.” He hopped off of the desk and handed Carter the file so she could look over it. “Today, I think. Dad seemed pretty insistent with me telling him which case we wanted to take. But hey, at least we know despite our flaws, the two of us still have our position as one of the best teams in the office.” He took the Scamander file, preparing to take it back to Harry’s office, but he paused and flipped through it. “The one thing that’s tripping me up. Why the hell was his body found in America of all places, though? It’s like whoever’s doing this is trying to make it a global scare, not just localized here.”
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