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1. The Root Will Not Hold by saltyorange (Velaaa), SilverHebridean

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

   11 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
   • Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Hermione Granger
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Sirius Black
   • Scorpius Malfoy
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Harry Potter
   • Ron Weasley
   • Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • War AU
   • Memory Loss
   • Established Relationship
   • Seer Draco Malfoy
   • Double Agent Draco Malfoy
   • Researcher Hermione Granger
   • Potioneer Hermione Granger
   • Mommy Issues
   • Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Second Chances
   • Falling In Love Again
   • Child Scorpius Malfoy
   • Touch-Starved Draco Malfoy
   • Inspired by Hercules | Heracles (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Inspired by The Odyssey - Homer
   • Greek Mythology References
   • Flashbacks
   • Visions
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Legilimency (Harry Potter)
   • Motherhood
   • Grief/Mourning
   • DILF Draco Malfoy
   • MILF Hermione Granger
   • secondary character death
   • Sirius Black Lives
   • Subterfuge
   • This sounds like a lot of plot but it’s mostly family drama and falling in love
   • but don’t quote me
   • Angst and Feels
   • Let’s all weep and hold hands

   Summary

   The second wizarding war ploughed on for eight years, only to end in an open field, with the collapse of Voldemort’s regime. Hermione Granger’s own collapse began somewhere in between, the day she found out that Draco wasn’t coming back. Grief seeded so deeply it was inherent to the root. Except on the last day of the war, Draco Malfoy does come back. Alive, blank-eyed, and completely unaware that he has ever loved her at all.

   Spring is no country for the long dead

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