The Holidays
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Touched by Fire and Yew by aforgetfulgirl, droodle
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Jul 2024
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The war is over, and Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger both returned to school for their eighth year. The struggle to recover from the war is universal, but both of them have lost more than most. Their identities, for one. The youngest Death Eater has a lot to atone for in the aftermath, and the Golden Girl needs to figure out who she is without a cause to fight for. They’re both more than a little lost.
On the night of Samhain during an autumn storm, Draco follows Hermione into the Forbidden Forest and discovers that she's just as desperate as he is. They get rain-soaked and touched by fire and yew as they come together to start finding their way back to themselves.
Written for the Pumpkin Spice Fic Fest 2022. Prompts: Samhain, Autumn Storm, Rain Soaked.
Note: This one-shot inspired a longer fic idea. Stay tuned for this to become Chapter One of an ongoing story soon. More to come once we have more to share. For now, enjoy!
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- Part 1 of The Holidays
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In the shadowed halls of Hogwarts, trauma lingers like a curse. Hermione Granger, war heroine and broken soul, turns to forbidden magic in her desperation. On Samhain night, when the veil between worlds thins, she attempts a ritual that could mend her fractured spirit—or shatter it completely.
Enter Draco Malfoy, haunted by his own demons, who stumbles upon her secret rite. In a moment that defies their bitter history, he becomes her unlikely savior and unwitting partner.
As the year unfolds, their tenuous alliance evolves through moonlit corridors, ancient holidays, and a shared struggle to figure out who they are now when their identities were so defined by the war.
Each holiday peels back another layer of their guarded hearts, revealing scars and vulnerabilities neither expected to share. But can love bloom in the aftermath of war?
As Hermione and Draco navigate their growing attraction, they must confront not only their own ghosts, but the prejudices of a world struggling to heal.
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- Part 2 of The Holidays