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1. What We Could Be - or, a March 5th Remembrance by Prill_and_Quill

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Mar 2026

   Tags

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   • Hermione Granger/Harry Potter
   • Hermione Granger
   • Harry Potter
   • Muggle AU
   • no magic
   • Child Psychologist Hermione Granger
   • Civil Engineer Harry Potter
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Eventual Romance
   • Found Family
   • original child character - Freeform
   • Harry Potter is good with kids
   • Competent Hermione Granger
   • Pining
   • oblivious to feelings
   • Professional Ethics
   • Workplace Adjacent Romance
   • Valentine's Day
   • One Shot
   • Hermione Granger-centric
   • Female Protagonist
   • It's About a Man Who Shows Up
   • Hopeful Ending
   • Harry/Hermione - Freeform
   • Harmony - Freeform

   Summary

   A child psychologist.

   A civil engineer.

   A small girl with a purple backpack covered in silver stars.

   A Valentine's Day supper, a film neither of them will forget, and a Wednesday evening in early March when someone has to say the thing out loud.

   One of them does.

   Language:

   English

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