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1. Familiar Faces, Unfamiliar Paths by blondhandsomestranger, ProfessorRen

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Hermione Granger/Severus Snape
   • Hermione Granger
   • Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter
   • Ginny Weasley
   • Ron Weasley
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Poppy Pomfrey
   • Severus Snape Lives
   • POV Hermione Granger
   • POV Severus Snape
   • Idiots in Love
   • Good Severus Snape
   • Severus Snape Has a Heart
   • Adult Hermione Granger
   • Post-Hogwarts
   • Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE
   • Feelings Realization
   • Loneliness
   • Implied/Referenced Depression
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Falling In Love
   • HEA
   • Owls / Letter Writing
   • Nosy Minerva McGonagall
   • Equally nosy Poppy Pomfrey
   • Flirting
   • Banter
   • Severus Flirting Through Ink (You’ve Been Warned)

   Summary

   After the war, Severus hid in the familiarity of Hogwarts, while Hermione hid amidst her books. A chance meeting and subsequent correspondence lead them toward a path not taken.

   Spoiler alert: they fall in love.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,100

   Chapters:

   10/?

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