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1. The Bride by LyraMBlack

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, F/F
   • Work in Progress

   06 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
   • Astoria Greengrass/Theodore Nott
   • Daphne Greengrass/Pansy Parkinson
   • Hermione Granger
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Theodore Nott
   • Astoria Greengrass
   • Daphne Greengrass
   • Ron Weasley
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Kingsley Shacklebolt
   • Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Rodolphus Lestrange
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Severus Snape
   • Alternate Universe - Voldemort Wins (Harry Potter)
   • Dark
   • Forced Marriage
   • Morally Grey Draco Malfoy
   • Good Theodore Nott
   • Draco Malfoy & Theodore Nott Friendship
   • Death Eaters
   • Minor Character Death
   • Past Character Death
   • Death Eater Draco Malfoy
   • Death Eater Theodore Nott
   • Forced Death Eater Draco Malfoy
   • Resistance
   • Harry Potter is Dead
   • princess x knight trend
   • Slow Burn
   • Draco Malfoy is Bad at Feelings
   • Draco Malfoy is Obsessed with Hermione Granger
   • Draco Malfoy is Not Okay
   • Draco Malfoy Redemption
   • Protective Draco Malfoy
   • Possessive Draco Malfoy
   • Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug
   • POV Hermione Granger
   • Morally Grey Hermione Granger
   • Forbidden Love
   • Daphne Greengrass is Ruthless
   • Obsession
   • Jealous Draco Malfoy
   • Moral Ambiguity
   • choice and consequence
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Earned HEA
   • Happy Ending
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • magical plague
   • Good Parent Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt
   • magic suppression serum
   • Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • POV Draco Malfoy
   • Touch-Starved
   • Touch-Starved Draco Malfoy
   • Inappropriate Use of Legilimency (Harry Potter)

   Summary

   Voldemort won the war. Harry Potter is dead.
   The wizarding world is ruled by blood and fear, while a plague, one Voldemort himself unleashed, devours the Muggle world beyond it.
   Hermione Granger survives because she is claimed.
   Draco Malfoy meant to use her brilliance to save a dying world. Instead, she is given to Lestrange.

   Denied that choice, Draco becomes her protector, determined to keep her alive long enough to stop a catastrophe Voldemort is content to watch burn.

   This is not a story where love saves them.
   It damns them together.

   Expect:
   • Touch-starved romance
   • Forced proximity
   • Protective Draco
   • A love that costs everything

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   54,540

   Chapters:

   10/?

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