"Lucky work-widow, maybe." Marriage, relationships, it was hard enough for him to let friends in. The rest? That wasn't something he was going to consider so long as he did what he did. He only had room in his life for one passion and the job was it for now. "It's not for me."
Alastor considered her words. "Perhaps. Or, he may be working this hard now because his plan A didn't quite go the way he expected." Of course, Potter Junior was much more socially and politically savy than his father. How easy would it be for him to find the right kind of support he needed amoung the others? The right kind of support that would sway his father's opinion?
"I suppose it might not be a bad idea for me to have a conversation with the Head myself when I get back to duty. See what he's actually thinking, considering he's supposedly the one who gave Junior the idea to talk to me."