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She came back to remember who she was. She never expected to lose herself to him.
After the war, Hermione Granger returns to Hogwarts for an Eighth Year designed to help the survivors rebuild their lives. The castle is familiar, yet changed—just like the people in it. She tells herself she’s there for structure, for healing. But healing doesn’t come in timetables, and closure isn’t in the curriculum.
Then there’s him. The last person she should trust, let alone feel anything for. Cold stares become quiet truce, and quiet truce becomes something far more dangerous: understanding. Affection. Maybe even love.
But war leaves marks, and not everyone is ready to let go of the past.
As Hermione opens her heart, she uncovers secrets buried beneath the surface, loyalty twisted into something cruel, and love that was never meant to last.
In the end, it isn’t the war that breaks her.
It’s what comes after.Series
- Part 1 of Of War & Wanting