Newton Artemis Fido Scamander woke up that morning with a smile on his face and the most delicious and empowering sensation in his chest. Hid eyes fluttered open, caught sight of the peacefully sleeping woman in front of him, and if it were possible the smile widened even further. He reached out a tentative hand from under the soft, white sheets and let his fingers glide on Tina's soft, warm skin until her eyelids fluttered and she stirred awake with a low and gentle groan.

"Good morning," he whispered low and gently. She looked at him for only a moment, eyes sleepy and slow to move, before smiling warmly at the man in front of her.

"Good morning," she practically sang happily. Newt's hand found Tina's and without even asking or speaking, their fingers intertwined on instinct. Tina marveled for a moment at how well her fingers fit between his but she didn't voice such an observation out loud. They lay there a few moments, the air quiet and still around them, the snow falling slowly outside the window, but the space between their bodies warm and comforting that radiated an energy from deep within them.

Newt's eyes twinkled in the light. "Merry Christmas, Miss Goldstein." With that, Tina finally woke. She stretched her back and lifted herself slightly off the bed, the sheets sliding down her bare back and exposing her small naked breasts. She crawled over closer to Newt who turned in synchronization with her quiet and teasing movements until he was lying flat on his back and watching her with an entirely different glimmer in his eyes. She hovered over him, laying soft kisses light on his arms, chest and up his chin, just avoiding his lips. She swung one knee over his covered middle and placed an arm at either side of his handsome, sunburnt face, only then finally kissing him on his hungry lips. She smiled down at him and the unspoken words were exchanged between them. His hands gently snaked around her legs, his fingers drawing shapes and patterns on his thighs as she sat on him. Finally, she leaned down, her eyes fluttering closed and his as well, and she kissed him much more tenderly and full of hope and promise. It was a much softer and gentler kiss than any they had exchanged the previous night.

"I love you," she whispered the words again because she loved to hear them, and the smile on his face was almost illuminating.

"And I love you, Miss Goldstein." Tina giggled loudly, a very foreign and uncharacteristic action but she paid it no notice. She was too happy right now, right at this moment wrapped up in Newt Scamander to worry about any of it at all. She kissed him again, this time her hands digging into his hair.

Newt groaned, his arms rising to her middle and one hand on her upper back, but before Tina could say anything, her lifted her slightly and toppled her to the side, rolling them together until he was hovering over her. Tina's eyes were wide and lustful and the sudden dominating action, and she felt her body go warm and moist.

"As much as I would love nothing more than to stay in bed all day with you," he was speaking as if he were trying to separate from her, but the way his lips started peppering kisses up her naked chest only made Tina want to arch into him and beg him to touch her.

"We should…" his words were trailing off as he nipped at her soft skin and she couldn't resist a little moan of pleasure. "Probably stop." Tina's hands started exploring his body, and Newt released a sudden and low groan as her fingers wrapped around his growing hardness.

"If you want to stop, we should probably separate," the American witch practically purred into his ear as he panted through her ministrations. Her hand was now running up and down his thick member, successfully eliciting moans and groans of pleasure from the ginger wizard and she could feel the wetness pool and start to drip down between her thighs.

Newt thought about it a moment but then audibly gasped when Tina's thumb swirled over the tip. "Maybe in a minute," he spoke quickly as he connected his hungry lips with hers and let his desires take over the rest of his actions.

They spent the rest of the week together. The time went by briskly, but they attempted to make the most of their time together. The Holiday's passed and the snow kept falling. Net and Tina roamed the city and admired the sights, conversation light but exploratory, and feelings warm and ever-growing. Try as they might to prolong the clock, the final morning loomed close and soon enough it was time to say goodbye. They had been here before, saying goodbye at a train station or the docks of a steamship, but this was going to be a more difficult departure, however, because unlike the previous one, neither of the pair knew when they would see each other again.

Newt climbed out of the case quietly and carefully as he could so as not to disturb Queenie in the other room. Tina sat on the bed a light and ever so slightly sheer sleeping gown delicately draped over her body as she watched the light snow falling outside the small window. Upon hearing Newt's footsteps, however, she turned towards the wizard and smiled as he closed the case and bid his creatures a good night.

Newt saw her watching him and silently smiled back, he locked his case carefully, draped a thick and sturdy strap around the case, and with the wave of his wand the strap tightened strongly around the case with an audible sound of tightening leather and buckling belts.

"Everyone all ready for the trip?" Tina asked quietly.

Newt nodded. "Pickett didn't want to stay in the tree, but I don't think having him out right now is in our best interest." He quietly moved towards Tina, climbed in under the covers, and brought his body close to her. Tina let her head rest against his chest as his arm wrapped snuggly around her back. If she was still enough she could here the slow and steady thump of his heartbeat and it was a welcoming and comforting sound.

She inhaled deeply, letting Newt's earthy, slightly sweet, and slightly spiced scent fill her nostrils and sink into her memory. She wanted to remember his scent.

Both could sense the time slipping away, the cold outside and the warmth of another's body, but neither could find words to express the exact thoughts in their minds and hearts, so they didn't. It was only several minutes later when Newt remembered what he had been holding on to the past few days that he broke the silence.

"I have something for you," he abruptly announced. Tina turned her head to look towards him, her expression quizative, but she didn't move any further. She didn't dare separate herself from him now or she may never get the opportunity again.

Newt grabbed his wand and waved it with a quiet "accio present" and a small paper-wrapped packaged wiggled itself out of a bag in the corner of the bedroom and silently into his hand. Finally Tina moved, lifting herself as newt did the same, both of them looking down at his hands with the crumpled up paper-wrapped package.

"I found it…well really my niffler found it, the pesky little bugger…" Newt had to pause, getting tangled in her words and his nerves causing a deep pink to creep into his freckled face and neck. Tina had to smile at the entire spectacle.

"Anyways," he started again with a deep breath. "I found it in the desert, and I thought it reminded me a lot of you." He held the crumpled paper up to her but she stared blankly at the object, unsure.

"It's not a creature, I promise," Newt spoke nervously. Tina finally took the small package from his hands. It was surprisingly light in her hand, almost like a small piece of jewelry and she felt herself swallow thickly, wondering for a second, and only a split second because she didn't dare wonder for any longer, if there was something much more symbolic and weighted hiding in the packaging. Her fingers carefully ripped away the older paper and Newt watched nervously with his arm still around her shoulders. Tina was just beginning to think it was an empty ball of paper when something smaller fell out of the packaging and onto the blanket over her lap.

It was a stone. She carefully picked it, Newt silently watching the entire event as she examined it closely, a slow smile starting to spread through her face and light her skin.

It was a small blue-green stone that was almost perfectly shaped into a heart.

"It's beautiful," she whispered finally, cradling the small heart stone in her palm. She wasn't sure if it was magically enchanted or not, but the stone felt warm in her palm. She turned to Newt, a giant smile now illuminating her entire expression.

"I love you."

He smiled, the happiness nearly spilling out from her freckles themselves. "And I love you"

They stood in the center of the walkway to board the giant ship, Newt's enchanted case close by, but his eyes on the woman in front of him. Neither of them wanted this moment, and neither of them new exactly what to say, but they tried anyway.

"I can ask permission from the Ministry of Magic when I arrive in London for a floo network passport for you to come visit." Newt's eyes looked hopeful, but his voice was rough. He didn't want the passport, not really. He would much rather her follow him home and not have to leave him all together, but he was fairly certain such a request was inappropriate and would not bode well with the fiercely independent Porpentina Goldstein, so he didn't ask.

Tina tried to smile at him, but it was an unnatural and feigned attempt, so instead she simply leaned up on her toes to kiss him lightly on the lips which he happily accepted and returned with a warm embrace.

A giant ship horn sounded off nearby, a deafening noise that signaled final boarding. The pair separated from the kiss, and Newt rested his forehead against hers.

"I will be back as soon as I can. Once this manuscript is published, I can take an official holiday and return for a visit."

Please stay. She didn't say the words, but she felt them thick in her chest.

"I still intend to present to you a copy of my book in person." Tina had to smile and almost laugh at his promise, remembering the last time they were splitting ways here in this same spot.

"I await your delivery, Mr. Scamander."

He kissed her one last time, a warm and lingering kiss that simply didn't linger long enough, and then he was walking away, towards the ship and away from her.

She smiled as she watched him maneuver through the lines and up the ramp to the ship. She half expected him to repeat the actions of their first time separating in which Newt had quickly continued up the ramp to the ship and never turned back. But instead Newt stopped halfway up, and turned to her. He smiled, mouthed three words only Tina could read from his lips, and upon her silent return of the declaration, finally continued the rest of the way up the ramp and disappeared into the giant ship.

Tina turned with a smile on her face and a light and elated sensation deep in her chest. She was in love with a wonderful man, a man that perhaps was anything but ordinary but had a heart she loved and a passion that was indisputable.

And he would be back. Or perhaps she would visit him. All would be well.

She resisted a happy skip as she disappeared into the masses of travelers and off in the direction of another M.A.C.U.S.A. entrance.

Tina felt good. She certainly didn't see the future or have a way of knowing for certain, but something strong within her told her this would work, and for that alone she smiled. Tina clutched the tiny stone heart close to her chest and disappeared into the magical entrance with a smile.

JANUARY 27, 1928

TELEGRAM FOR PORPENTINA ESTHER GOLDSTEIN, M.A.C.U.S.A. AUROR DIVISION, NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JANUARY 27 1928

THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE PUBLICATION AND FORTHCOMING RELEASE OF FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM WRITTEN BY NEWTON SCAMANDER TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR IN ALL MAGICAL COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD THE MINISTRY WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR SCAMANDER ON HIS FOURTHCOMING PUBLICATION AND CORDIALLY INVITE ONE GUEST AS CHOSEN BY MR SCAMANDER FOR A SPECIAL CONGRATULATORY DINNER AND EVENING OF CELEBRATION IN RECOGNIZATION OF MR SCAMANDER ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY AT 2100 LONDON TIME THE MINISTRY OF MAGICA CUSTOMS AND MAGICAL TRANSPORT DIVISION GRANTS PERMISSION FOR ONE FLOO NETWORK PASSPORT TO MS PORPENTINA ESTHER GOLDSTEIN OF MACUSA AUROR DIVISION FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL FLOO POWDER TRAVEL TO THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC FLOO NETWORK CUSTOMS AND IMPORTS GATEWAY THE EVENING OF THE 10TH OF FEBRUARY TO ACCOMPANY MR SCAMANDER AS HIS GUEST OF HONOR

Tina looked up from the telegram transcript, an enormous smile lighting her face. "Is this all that was sent over?"

"Yes ma'am," the house elf replied with annoyance at her questioning. "Some fancy party and you have to show up…" Tina didn't even let the grouchy creature finishes his words because she was out of the door before he even finished his thought.

Newt had finished his book. Not only had he finished it, but he was having it finally published and he was going to be recognized at a formal dinner for his accomplishment and he had chosen her to be his guest.

Tina stopped in her tracks, much to the annoyance of the stubby man behind her who didn't notice her abrupt stop and bumped into her forcefully before growling a few words and continuing his path.

It would seem she was going to visit this time, and the thought was thrilling.