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1. Despite Every Reasonable Instinct by Persephone_31

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

   01 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hermione Granger/Lucius Malfoy
   • Hermione Granger
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Scorpius Malfoy
   • Harry Potter
   • Theodore Nott
   • Forced Proximity
   • Co-Parenting
   • Slow Burn
   • Enemies to Allies To Lovers
   • accidental family
   • Cinnamon Roll Scorpius Malfoy
   • raising scorpius malfoy
   • Wizengamot (Harry Potter)
   • Investigations
   • Mystery
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Emotional Slow Burn
   • Learning to trust
   • Verbal Sparring
   • Banter
   • Intellectual equals
   • Protective Hermione Granger
   • Protective Lucius Malfoy
   • POV Alternating

   Summary

   They were never meant to be on the same side.
   And yet, they are expected to try.

   After six-month-old Scorpius Malfoy loses his parents in an accident,
   Hermione Granger and Lucius Malfoy are appointed joint guardians.
   A decision neither of them would ever have made for themselves.

   Now, they must raise him together.
   Whether they can stand each other or not.

   If they cannot find common ground, they will lose Scorpius.
   If they succeed, they might lose something else altogether.
   And neither of them is prepared for that.

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   English

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