Excellent story with Great progression good character development and excellent planning. good use oft the gotcha essences Meta Nice to see one not watered down
realistically Eric would need to F*up big time for him to die. also your version seems to calmed down a lot might benefit from having a mentor who already achieved his dream.
I love stories like this that creatively use magic most of the HP stories might as well be set in a high school for as much as they show creative use of magic. The smut is cool too.