Oh, thank you so much, mystery author! This is fabulous. The characterisations are wonderful - your Minerva, proud and practical and strong, and I love the idea of Rufus being one of her contemporaries and also a Gryffindor. His voice throughout is wonderful, and 'a popular choice for Minister but not a popular man' is so very IC for him.
The tone of this is very human, consistent and believable. A complicated relationship, and complicated emotions, and I love the how grey their relationship is all the way through.