Lumos, Nox, Expecto Patronum

"Join the Auror department, they said," Athos muttered, up to his knees in muck. "It'll be fun, they said. Treville's the only one who will take the three of you and your options are incredibly limited, they said. Join the Auror department or face years in Azkaban because if Aramis sleeps with the Bulgarian Minister's daughter again, we're going to have to arrest the lot of you, they said."(Or, a Harry Potter AU. Athos gets a trainee, someone is killing off Aurors, and the new Minister of Magic's life is in danger. Athos's job is a gift that keeps on giving.)

There are a million other things I should have been doing, but shit I love this little show so much. None of this would have been possible without my very good friend aubrey, who not only stayed with me when I went on like a three-day headcanon jam for this thing but also beta'd and got it into something resembling working order. Thanks, sugar <3I've got all of this planned out and a good bit written, so hopefully updates will be weekly/biweekly depending on what's going on. A list of spells used or mentioned over the course of the chapter will be at the end!