AN: Written for the Father's Day Event on the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry forum.

Dominique's heart is pounding, fast and jumpy, as she weaves her way through her mother's gardens, toward the hillside that overlooks the sea. Her father is silhouetted against the golden-orange sky.

He stands in the same spot almost every night, remaining there until the sun sets completely and the moon appears. Her maman always says it's his wolf-like side that makes him do it, and he laughs and replies that that can only be true if wolves love the colors of sunsets.

When she's close enough, she licks her lips and says "Dad?"

He jumps and turns to face her. "You scared me there for a second," he says, smiling.

"Sorry."

"No worries." He turns back towards the sea. "It's a good one tonight, don't you think?"

She moves forward, so that she's standing next to him, and nods her agreement. "Yeah." It's quiet for a moment, and then she says "Can I ask you something?"

He glances over at her, the surprise evident on his face, but he says "Of course. What's up?"

She fixes her eyes on the bright colors of the sky. "Vivi has a date with Teddy tonight."

"Tell me about it," he says, sounding a bit weary. Then something seems to register. "Wait a second. You're not in love with Teddy, are you?"

"Ew, Dad, no," she says, shaking her head. Her dyed-purple bangs fall into her eyes, and she brushes them back into place with her fingers. "That's gross. Teddy's practically my big brother."

"Thank Merlin," he says, with relief. "I don't think I could handle the drama."

She laughs. "Me either. But that is sort of what I wanted to talk to you about." She takes a deep breath and plows ahead. "It's just- Victoire was so thrilled when Teddy asked her out. She was just so excited and nervous about it all, and I just… I've never really had that. And I guess I don't think I'm going to?" She speaks the last sentence like a question.

Her dad is quiet for a moment before saying "You don't think you're going to find someone who'll make you feel that way?"

"No," says Dominique. "It's not that. There are lots of people who make me feel happy and giddy and all that. I feel happy like that whenever I'm with my mates. But I don't want to date any of them. I don't want to date anyone. People ask me out all the time- Maman says it's the Veela thing- but I'm just not interested."

"Ah," he says. "I see."

Dominique blinks. "You do?"

"Your Uncle Charlie is the same way," he says. He's facing her now, smiling. "He says he just finds the idea of romance completely unappealing, and that he'd rather just be friends with people."

The tight feeling in her chest loosens as she blinks at her father. "Really?"

He laughs. "Really. There's a word for it, actually. Aromantic. Aro for short."

"Aromantic," says Dominique, in wonder. "So there are other people who are like this, too? I'm not just being completely weird?"

"Of course not, Domi," says her dad, reaching out to hug her. Dominique wraps her arms around him and squeezes with all her might.

"I can't believe it," she says, when they break apart. "Can we Floo Uncle Charlie to talk about this? And tell Maman? You don't think she'll be mad that I'm ruining the whole Veela romance thing, do you?"

"Of course not," he says. "She loves you, no matter what. Just like I do."

Dominique can't decide if she wants to laugh or cry, so she rolls her eyes instead. "That is so cheesy."

"Always with the sarcasm," says her dad, shaking his head. "Come on, let's go Floo your uncle! He'll be ridiculously excited to talk to you about this.

"Hold up," says Dominique. "What about the sunset?"

"The sun will set again tomorrow," he says, with a grin. "This is more exciting."

Dominique grins back. "You're saying I'm more important than the pretty colors?"

"Apparently you're going to continue to ruin this lovely father-daughter moment with your unrelenting sarcasm," he says, giving her a light push, "so let's go into the house."

"You're right, I am more important than the pretty colors," says Dominique, giving him a push in return. "Let's go."

AN: Aromantic Dominique isn't one of my normal headcanons, but the idea just kind of came to me, so I wrote it. I hope you enjoyed the story! :)