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1. On the Dangers of Excessive Competence by AddieMmm

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
   • Hermione Granger
   • Kingsley Shacklebolt
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Harry Potter
   • Assorted Extremely Stressed Ministry Officials
   • Post-War Chaos
   • Forced Proximity (Legally Binding)
   • Draco Malfoy Is Unfortunately Right
   • Hermione Granger Is Running Out Of Patience
   • Competence Kink (Weaponised)
   • Road Trip from Hell
   • Ancient Magic But Make It Bureaucratic
   • Muggle Cars Are A Plot Device
   • Draco Malfoy Has Opinions
   • Hermione Granger Threatens Violence (Professionally)
   • Banter as Foreplay
   • House Arrest Negotiations
   • Magical Infrastructure Failure
   • Eventual Romance Slow Burn (Administrative)
   • No One Is Allowed To Use The Floo
   • Hermione Granger and Her Fear of Brooms

   Summary

   The Floo Network is collapsing, magical travel is a public safety hazard, and St Mungo’s is running out of beds.

   Hermione Granger- Deputy Minister for Magic, war heroine, and chronic overachiever- knows how to fix it.

   Unfortunately, the solution is Draco Malfoy.

   Placed under lifetime house arrest after the war, Draco is the only wizard alive who understands the ancient wards protecting the artefacts that anchor the Floo Network- because he helped design them while Voldemort was living in his house. Regrettable. Inconvenient. Deeply irritating.

   Now bound by contract, magic, and mutual loathing, Hermione and Draco must travel across Europe, dismantle cursed artefacts, and try not to commit homicide- all while the Ministry watches nervously and wizarding Britain teeters on the brink of logistical collapse.

   Rebuilding the world is hard. Doing it with Malfoy is worse.

   Language:

   English

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