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Courtship Despite Better Judgment by raclettelover for MyDelphi, malfoyesque, thesilverserpentsquill
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
13 Jan 2026
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Summary
Hermione’s first rule of cursed objects was simple:
If something looked like an heirloom, it was absolutely going to ruin your afternoon.
The signet ring sat in its containment cube on the warded slate with the smug patience of a predator pretending not to be hungry. Every few minutes, the serpent ouroboros motif caught the lab light and winked, as if it knew a joke no one else was in on.
Hermione hated that.
She also hated the way the rune-script under Malfoy’s bandage had crept—quietly, inexcusably—since they’d sealed the cube. It had started at his knuckles. Now it ghosted over the heel of his palm in a thin silver half-line, like ink deciding the body was a reasonable place to file itself.
“Don’t stare at it,” she said without looking up, because she could feel Malfoy staring.
“I’m not,” Malfoy replied immediately, which meant he absolutely was.Or
Draco Malfoy stupidly gets bitten and marked by a feral ring, Hermione Granger attempts to fix things with magic, competence and what she thinks is clear language. Draco thinks otherwise. Courtship ensues.