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1. What It Will Take by basketheadgirl

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

   15 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
   • Hermione Granger
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Cormac McLaggen
   • Harry Potter
   • Ginny Weasley
   • Ron Weasley
   • Pansy Parkinson
   • Original Characters
   • Marriage Law (Harry Potter)
   • Auror Draco Malfoy
   • Forced Proximity
   • Draco "My Wife" Malfoy
   • POV Hermione Granger
   • Bickering
   • there is a real plot happening i promise
   • fraud and robbery kind of
   • Competent Draco Malfoy
   • Repopulation program
   • because why not
   • Tending Wounds
   • she misses her ex
   • hes a douche though
   • Government Conspiracy
   • i think
   • Attempted assassination
   • Blood
   • Domesticity
   • Minor Hermione Granger/Cormac McLaggen
   • Mildly Dubious Consent
   • Eventual Smut

   Summary

   Hermione's world starts to collapse around her when the Marriage Law pairs her with respected Auror Draco Malfoy. They absolutely cannot get along, not enough to try and start a mandated family, that's for sure.

   Then things in Hermione's life start to go wrong, at the same time the Minister for Magic becomes a target.
   Hermione's just trying to keep her head above water, and Draco's protective loyalties are now split between his wife and his principal.

   What will it take for them fix this? (juicy forearm veins maybe)

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   English

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