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Do you believe that one choice, one impulsive moment can set the stage for the future? Can forgiveness make a broken wizard a better man? Can love erase a lifetime of regret?
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
06 Oct 2026
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A classic Lumione reposted. Adorable child OC.
(Shadows of the Past by Snapes_Godess) -
One for the Money, Two for the Show by TraitorQueen
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Jun 2026
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Eight years after the defeat of Voldemort, a separated Lucius Malfoy is busy rehabilitating his image. What better move than buying the Holyhead Harpies – everyone loves Quidditch, right? Besides, Ginny Weasley, their talented twenty-six-year old Chaser, is just begging to be turned into star material. And Lucius has an eye – and the funds – for nurturing talent.
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16 Aug 2026
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Fantastic rare pair fic that deserves more love.
(One for the Money, Two for the Show by TraitorQueen) -
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Nine years after the war, Lucius Malfoy is a ghost draped in fine robes, recently released from Azkaban to the ruins of his life: an empty ancestral home, a wand that resists him, and no one left to call family. He expects only to fade into obscurity.
Until a Thursday morning brings a sight he cannot forget.
Two children. Malfoy hair. Malfoy eyes. Malfoy poise.
And with them — Hermione Granger. No longer the Golden Girl, but a celebrated scientist… and unmistakably a mother. Her return to Britain stirs old grudges, older secrets, and something far more dangerous: a pull neither of them expected. Between them lies a truth that could shatter everything Lucius thought he knew about blood, legacy, and the possibility of love.
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- 52/52
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
01 Aug 2026
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Heavy romance, but featherlight plot. Superb writing style.
(Bound by Blood by Persephone_31) -
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Hermione strikes a deal with Lucius Malfoy, but both get more than they bargained for. Hermione learns that her intentions are not as noble as she initially thought. Lucius learns that Hermione is not to be underestimated; beneath her Head Girl facade is a witch as ruthless as he is. What follows are hard lessons for both regarding trust, power, selfishness, redemption, and sacrifice.
"You do like that, don't you?" Lucius said, his voice low, seductive. "It's almost as if you want to enjoy this. But that would be unthinkable, wouldn't it?"
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
22 Jul 2026
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F**K! Holy s**t! What a beautiful mind f**k. That's how much I enjoyed this fic. I've lost my eloquence; I'm reduced to profanity. The plot was intricate, creative, and gorgeous. Hermione and Lucius were both dark af but also redeemed. Emotions sprang from the prose and swallowed me whole.
(For Pure Blood by malfoycouture) -
Hermione Granger and The Consequentiality of Love and Time by ladydirewolf1
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Aug 2026
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Three years have gone by since the end of the war, but Hermione’s past isn’t done catching up. Dolohov’s scar has transformed into a gaping wound, and the dark magic is spreading to her mind and soul.
While on a Ministry assignment at Azkaban, Hermione learns that the imprisoned Lucius Malfoy may be her only hope at a cure. But Lucius Malfoy isn’t fond of handing out favors. When she finally pays his price, the two are thrown back to the 18th century on a journey filled with new enemies, new mysteries, and new understanding of the consequentiality of love and time.
A Lucius/Hermione time travel epic.
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- Part 1 of The First Law
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- 27/27
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
05 Jul 2026
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An epic love story. Even though it's a time travel fic, the plot is creatively original—a clever approach to this ship.
(Hermione Granger and the Consequentiality of Love and Time by ladydirewolf1) -
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Hermione Granger's presence in his kitchen forces Lucius to rethink his prejudices. This little one shot grew arms and legs, then things got steamy in the kitchen.....
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- 40/40
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
01 Jul 2026
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Fantastic plot work. Incendiary smut.
(Masterchef by fragilereality) -
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Cleave verb
1. to divide as if by a cutting blow
2. to cling to a person or thing closely
Hermione has lived in the shadow of Lord Voldemort's world long enough.
She will do anything to end it.
Hermione despises Lucius Malfoy, but he might be the only hope for infiltrating the Dark Lord’s ranks and ending him for good.
When Malfoy Manor intervenes, she is reminded again and again of all the ways they are divided.
She should hate him even more.
But as they are forced to rely on each other, they start to come to an understanding.
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
30 Apr 2026
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A gripping twist on the usual power imbalance and consent dynamics within this ship. A plot that thrives through a fantastically sentient Malfoy Manor. A sexy romance. The ending was abrupt, but HEA.
(Cleave Unto Thee by GBanshee) -
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He would have it all if only she were here.
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- 48/48
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
30 Mar 2026
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Incendiary suspense, artful prose, fantastic plot. My obsession for almost a year.
(The Reverie by AidaTales) -
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This part really stood out to me while reading, and it made me want to draw it.
I hope I did it justice, and I hope you like it.
This scene is from Chapter 32 of ABitofWit’s The Quality of Mercy.Thank you,
V
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
22 Feb 2026
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Invocative, beautiful art with an edge.
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It was her.
Not similar. Not close enough to mistake. Her, precisely, in defiance of the years that ought to have settled between then and now.
The room lost depth and sound, flattening into something distant and unreal. He could not move. For a heartbeat too long, he could not think.
Shacklebolt finished his sentence: “—Miss Hermione Granger.”
For an instant the words failed to mean anything at all. They were only sound.
Then meaning arrived, sharp and disorienting. Lucius felt something slip, subtly but decisively, out of alignment.
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
18 Jan 2026
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The slowest of candlelight burns with an ending that manages to be BOTH unresolved and HEA.
(Directional Asymmetry by Nivien) -
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Hermione Granger has found herself stranded in the 1960s. Her plan was simple: don’t interfere, don’t change the timeline, and stay out of trouble. She intended to make the most of her unexpected exile, immersing herself in the pursuit of knowledge without the distractions of war or expectation. One thing, however, had most certainly not been part of the plan: catching the attention of none other than Lord Voldemort — at the height of his power.
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- 43/43
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
07 Jan 2026
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Although I didn't completely wrap my mind around the time travel physics of it, the writing itself is fantastic. I'm a fan of the overall plot, the characterizations, and the compelling dialogue.
(The Mind Once Bright by MountainWoods) -
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Hermione Granger has been holding the Ministry together with precision, exhaustion, and the brittle kind of strength people mistake for stability.
When the MIS-3 Panel decides she looks “unsteady,” the next step is intervention — polite wording for a trap she can’t afford to fall into.Lucius Malfoy is the last person she should trust.
He’s also the only one who sees exactly how close the net is tightening.What begins as uneasy cooperation settles into something sharper: late-night strategy, quiet rooms, a dangerous kind of honesty, and two people who refuse to let the world break them the way it intends.
“I don’t want your martyrdom either,” she said.
“I am not offering martyrdom.”
A ghost of that humourless smile again.
“I am offering what I have always been very good at: being the monster other monsters fear.”Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
31 Dec 2025
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This story has been reposted. Original bookmark notes: This is a riff on the Marriage Law trope that adjusts the specifics of it to be much more intricate and believable, which also makes it refreshing and original. As always from this author, the prose is beautiful.
(What We Choose in the Dark by RuinedRomantic) -
Who Are We? by orphan_account for JD_Sparks, KristyLime
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
03 Nov 2023
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**Complete**
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The year is 2004. Voldemort has hidden his Horcruxes in the past and the Order is fighting against impossible odds to find and destroy them.But when Time itself begins to unravel, a new kind of sacrifice must be made before the world comes to an end.
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Gifted to JD_Sparks, a true example of a fantastic, passionate, welcoming ship promoter. You have no idea how much good you are doing for Tomione!
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- English
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- 72,820
- Chapters:
- 20/20
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
13 Dec 2025
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Of all the fics I've read over the years, this is the first HP fanfic novel of any ship that I'd consider Science-Fiction first and Fantasy second. It's an enjoyable mind-fuck of creativity, adventure, and depravity.
(Who Are We? by orphan_account) -
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The war never ended.
Harry Potter is underground. The Ministry-in-Exile survives on shadows and luck.
Hermione Granger carries its messages, Severus Snape shields its future, and Lucius Malfoy is there too - precisely where he shouldn’t matter, yet somehow he does.
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
06 Dec 2025
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My new favourite Nivien novella—actually, this one is novel length. (Bonus.) There's so much heart in this one. The suspense was so satisfying that my soul ached to finish it. This Lucius and Hermione are fascinating—their spycraft, intelligent dialogue, developing trust, subtle longing—it's all wonderfully presented. 🖤
(The Unseen Route by Nivien) -
Resurgence by LuisaEnvyPub
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter - Fandom, Tom Riddle - Fandom, Voldemort - Fandom, Tomione - Fandom
28 Sep 2025
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After the Triwizard Tournament, Cedric Diggory was believed to be dead—his fate sealed by Harry Potter’s testimony, which claimed he was murdered by Peter Pettigrew and Lord Voldemort. But years later, following the final victory at Hogwarts, Cedric reappears—alive and inexplicably well.
His return, however, comes with unsettling surprises: he now speaks Parseltongue, appears even more striking than anyone remembered (or had they simply forgotten?), and seems to have developed an intense interest in the brightest witch of their age.
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Let the world see that she belonged to him.She might not realize it yet, but he certainly did.
He had decreed it—and so it would be.
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- Chapters:
- 69/69
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
02 Dec 2025
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Worth finishing due to a brilliant plot and dynamic characterization. Thoroughly enjoyable by the second half.
I pushed through incessant, repetitive pros and dialogue throughout the entire story rather than DNFing, and I'm glad I did. Because this story could easily be edited to 1/2 the word count without sacrificing any details, I got through it by skimming over chapters to avoid wasting time on regurgitated content, focusing on new descriptions, dialogue, and actions.
Spelling is very inconsistent with canon terms (for example "Shacklebolt" is spelled 4 different ways), which pulled me out of the story a few times, but the plot was so magnetic that it pulled me back in.
Overall, interesting lore, world-building, and HEA.
(Resurgence by LuisaEnvyPub) -
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
16 Nov 2025
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This is a riff on the Marriage Law trope that adjusts the specifics of it to be much more intricate and believable, which also makes it refreshing and original. As always from this author, the prose is beautiful.
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After seven years of an on-again, off-again relationship, Hermione and Ron have broken up for the final time - she's making sure of it. Only she may have accidentally started a public scandal with her ex-boyfriend's father's nemesis...
Hermione x Lucius
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- Part 1 of Fake It Til You Make It
- Language:
- English
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- 43,371
- Chapters:
- 11/11
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- 361
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
09 Nov 2025
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A hilariously charming romantic comedy.
(Smile Like You Mean It by slouchbeanie75) -
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After a brief stay in prison, Lucius Malfoy must serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest. Isolated and alone, he begins to see the ghost of Hermione Granger, who died during the war in the same manor. As he finishes his sentence and they keep each other company… there’s only one path left to follow—or is there?
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
22 Oct 2025
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Perfect macabre tale for Spooky Season. 🎃
(What Does the Death-Kiss Taste Like? by Smithback) -
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The summer begins and Hermione isn't sure who she is anymore - be it friend, or lover, or something in between. In an effort to rediscover herself, she escapes to the French countryside to begin what she hopes is a long, lazy season of peaceful walks in the meadow and good books devoured, whilst curled up happily on a nearby windowseat.
What follows, however, is a much stranger, much twistier tale of shocking revelations, unexpected new friendships, and the hot, itching feeling of being caught beneath the gaze of two silvery eyes, which watch her hungrily from across the ballroom floor.
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Lumione. A post-war 'Dirty Dancing' inspired AU.- Language:
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- 48/48
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Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
24 Sep 2025
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From the very first chapter, I asked myself, "How does this crossover fic work so well?" I haven't a clue, but it does. Its AU world is campy, dramatic, funny, sad, and action-packed. The references to Dirty Dancing, to include the title, are meticulous perfection.
(Only To Burn Me With The Sun by gevauxie) -
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She laid a hand against the door and pushed. The heavy wood creaked open. Hermione stepped forward—
—and found herself staring once more into the hall.
She stopped dead, spun back. The doors stood open behind her, but beyond them was nothing: no corridor, no passage, only the same space she had left.
Her throat tightened, a flicker of panic she refused to indulge. “We’re trapped.”
Bookmarked by WastedWordsmith
17 Sep 2025
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So, this author came onto the Lumione scene with the same panache as Severus Snape entering a classroom, and started churning out quality novellas back to back to back . . . . They are the new reigning Novella Sovereign of AO3.
This one is my favourite so far because I dig the subtle gothic horror twist at the end.
(Motte-and-bailey by Nivien)