At least she hadn't seemed to notice the hope he'd given away. Right. Friendly coworkers. He could do that. Play it cool, Finlay.

It was disappointing that he wouldn't be able to expect to see her around more consistently, but at least she was around for now. It wasn't often that magical bugs became a flooded department. He found himself wishing that something highly contagious would go around, just so she'd have to stay for a bit longer. Nothing harmful or destructive, but just enough so that a person would have to have some hospitalization to be mended.

"My wand? Oh yeah, definitely," He grinned sheepishly, "I'll floo back and grab it in a minute — so have you been? It's been a while? Everything going well? At St. Mungo's? With your family? With.. life?" Why was he asking so many questions?!