Newt’s an expert on what sexual attraction looks like, both in the wild and with people. He even developed a passable imitation, back when he thought such a thing was necessary. When he thought if he tried hard enough, one day he’d feel like other people did. He learned to lower his lashes, to lean in with affected relaxation when the other person stepped close… But he never quite managed to make it real. And he’d finally decided if he couldn’t play on his own terms, he didn’t have to play the game at all. Still, there are days he wishes…

Finding Percival Graves, working with him, and learning how different he is from Grindlewald’s unsettling facsimile is a revelation. For the first time in years, Newt feels that yearning for closeness again. And Percival Graves, despite all he has suffered, is a singularly perceptive man.

BONUS OPTIONS
-Gentle Courtship and Bonding feat. Magical Beasts
-Newt being content with who he is, w/some insecurities
-Animal Care as Therapy
-Newt falling into old habits to try to keep Graves
-Percy seeing straight thru that and being like “Nah I’m good thanks I’m honestly so into you I just wanna be close in a way we both love, but if you ever -really- want to we’ll talk”
-Newt enjoying physical touch like a cat w/Graves.
-Doting Percival Graves (but don’t you dare say it to his face, Goldstein).
-Maybe Newt noticing sexual desire slowly developing w/Percy.