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FRANK LONGBOTTOM spends many years teaching Defence at Hogwarts. He's known for his steady patience, occasional bursts of inventive swearing in staff meetings, and his sense of fair play. He sits with Poppy Pomfrey and Laura McGivern during meals. Kevin and Evelyn's Hogwarts years are the highlight of Frank's time there, and it does his heart good to see and teach so many of the children from Moddey. Until his retirement, he spends his holidays, weekends, and Wednesday evenings with his wife at Moddey Dhoo, which has been converted into an elementary school for children with magical abilities. His sobriety is a continual battle, and he often slips into melancholy, but keeping busy helps, and he's able to extend a helping hand to Sue when she needs it, with whom he stays quite close. He has a standing Thursday tea date with Tonks that he keeps religiously. He and Alice keep close tabs on the families from Moddey Dhoo, and are always glad for a visit from fellow Order members over the years, but otherwise keep fairly quiet and don't tend to be seen in the public eye. He does his best to be a supportive spouse to Alice, and a good father to his remaining children. Evelyn and Terry's distance hits him quite hard, and he worries about Terry often before he settles (and after he settles, as well). He dotes on his two grandchildren.