survey says NO
survey says NO
"LAUGHINGSTOCK SPOTTED ON MALFOY’S DOCK!"
Hermione Granger, who'd been Minister for all of twelve hours before the Wizengamot ousted her in the wake of sweeping reform plans, slapped the paper onto the breakfast table.
“I’m going to kill her,” she said, drawing her wand.
"LAUGHINGSTOCK SPOTTED ON MALFOY’S DOCK!"
Hermione Granger, who'd been Minister for all of twelve hours before the Wizengamot ousted her in the wake of sweeping reform plans, slapped the paper onto the breakfast table.
“I’m going to kill her,” she said, drawing her wand.
Draco had never been one to fumble a secret, and his entanglement with Granger was no exception. Or at least, it hadn’t been. That was before Viktor Krum sent the entire stadium swooning with a mid-air wink in her direction.
Now Draco wanted the whole bloody world to know.
Draco had never been one to fumble a secret, and his entanglement with Granger was no exception. Or at least, it hadn’t been. That was before Viktor Krum sent the entire stadium swooning with a mid-air wink in her direction.
Now Draco wanted the whole bloody world to know.
Taxi horns blared as a man barreled onto the pavement, crashing into Hermione and sloshing her coffee.
Maybe it was the fact she’d spent her last tenner on it, or her bias against men with platinum blond hair, but she snapped.
“Watch where you’re fucking going!”
Taxi horns blared as a man barreled onto the pavement, crashing into Hermione and sloshing her coffee.
Maybe it was the fact she’d spent her last tenner on it, or her bias against men with platinum blond hair, but she snapped.
“Watch where you’re fucking going!”
“Technically, our first date started with her on the arm of another man.”
Hermione rolled her eyes. “He was on a date with another woman, might I add.”
“Scandaleux!” said the woman sitting at the next table, “What happened?”
“Technically, our first date started with her on the arm of another man.”
Hermione rolled her eyes. “He was on a date with another woman, might I add.”
“Scandaleux!” said the woman sitting at the next table, “What happened?”
Hermione’s foot caught on the uneven cobblestones. She flailed, catching Draco’s nose with her elbow.
“Oh, god—sorry!” she gasped, already fishing for a handkerchief. “Hold still, you’re bleeding.”
He looked dazed. “That’s the first time you’ve ever apologized to me.”
Hermione’s foot caught on the uneven cobblestones. She flailed, catching Draco’s nose with her elbow.
“Oh, god—sorry!” she gasped, already fishing for a handkerchief. “Hold still, you’re bleeding.”
He looked dazed. “That’s the first time you’ve ever apologized to me.”
“I cannot believe we are beginning our first vacation together in a Muggle death trap,” Draco muttered, knocking back his whiskey. “And being served the very petrol that fuels said death trap.”
Hermione kept reading her book. “You’re so dramatic when you’re scared.”
“I cannot believe we are beginning our first vacation together in a Muggle death trap,” Draco muttered, knocking back his whiskey. “And being served the very petrol that fuels said death trap.”
Hermione kept reading her book. “You’re so dramatic when you’re scared.”
Ginny grabbed Hermione’s hand and twirled her like they were teenagers at the Yule Ball again. Their husbands were at the bar, lost in Quidditch stats.
Hermione wasn’t thinking about them, though. She was thinking about how good it felt to let go.
Ginny grabbed Hermione’s hand and twirled her like they were teenagers at the Yule Ball again. Their husbands were at the bar, lost in Quidditch stats.
Hermione wasn’t thinking about them, though. She was thinking about how good it felt to let go.
Ginny dipped the flannel into the sudsy bath water. Hermione was grateful for the attention and care her friend was affording her, but she couldn’t find her voice to say as much.
She’d been wordless for hours.
It was selfish, and weak, and she hated herself for it,
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Ginny dipped the flannel into the sudsy bath water. Hermione was grateful for the attention and care her friend was affording her, but she couldn’t find her voice to say as much.
She’d been wordless for hours.
It was selfish, and weak, and she hated herself for it,
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Hermione can't sleep, nerves buzzing with the knowledge that /he's/ here, perhaps just the next room over, maybe down to his pants, given it's 1 am and none of her guests tonight had come with the intention of staying overnight.
"I think he's very lonely. Lonelier than he lets on."
Hermione can't sleep, nerves buzzing with the knowledge that /he's/ here, perhaps just the next room over, maybe down to his pants, given it's 1 am and none of her guests tonight had come with the intention of staying overnight.
From a distance, he could make out Granger’s shrill voice scolding the sod that hit him off his broom.
“You’re a right todger, Ron Weasley!”
Draco concurred, nodding.
From a distance, he could make out Granger’s shrill voice scolding the sod that hit him off his broom.
“You’re a right todger, Ron Weasley!”
Draco concurred, nodding.
Hermione shot a burst of light down the tunnel, briefly illuminating the rats scurrying along the floor. Her six-foot, steel-eyed partner, squealed and hid behind her like a frightened child.
“Really?” she muttered, just as a spider the size of a chocolate frog descended from above.