Deep Bruises of War Series

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Series Begun:
2025-05-29
Series Updated:
2025-06-13
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A two-part exploration of war’s quiet aftermath, of wounds carved beneath the skin, and the long, spiraling silence that grows between two people who should have never crossed paths—and yet did.

Part I – Deep Bruises of War
In the fragile lull that follows the war, Hermione Granger finds herself under the reluctant mentorship of a voiceless, half-broken Severus Snape. What begins as obligation deepens into something unspoken—tense, ambiguous, and fragile as breath. But just as she begins to glimpse something human in him, he disappears, leaving behind only silence… and questions.

Part II – Cuts That Never Heal
Years later, Snape returns—to Hogwarts, to her life, and to the wreckage they never dared to name. But he is not the same man, and neither is she. As illness shadows his steps and secrets surface like old bones in shallow earth, Hermione is forced to reckon with the past she buried and the truths she never knew she was owed.

Together, these stories chart a path through the aftermath of war—not its battles, but its echoes. Of survival, yes, but also of grief. Of missed chances and quiet hauntings.
Because some scars fade.
And some don’t.

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