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1. terrible times such as these by mycapitalistromance

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   28 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Hermione Granger/Bellatrix Black Lestrange
   • Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Rodolphus Lestrange
   • Hermione Granger
   • Bellatrix Black Lestrange
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Kingsley Shacklebolt
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Rodolphus Lestrange
   • Andromeda Black Tonks
   • Nymphadora Tonks
   • Harry Potter
   • Ron Weasley
   • Ginny Weasley
   • Portrait Albus Dumbledore
   • Death Eater Characters
   • Hogwarts Staff
   • Hogwarts Students
   • Auror Characters (Harry Potter)
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Romance
   • POV Bellatrix Black Lestrange
   • Bellatrix Black Lestrange Lives
   • Canon Lesbian Relationship
   • Useless Lesbians
   • Everyone is Gay
   • Everyone Has Issues
   • Chaos
   • Plot
   • Female-Centric
   • Magic
   • Women Being Awesome
   • Duelling
   • Secrets
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Tumblr
   • I Don't Even Know
   • I Will Go Down with This Ship
   • What Was I Thinking?
   • Discord: Bellamione Cult
   • Adult Hermione Granger
   • Teacher Hermione Granger
   • Post-Battle of Hogwarts
   • Sane Bellatrix Black Lestrange
   • sane in a way
   • when i say sane
   • Crucio | Cruciatus Curse (Harry Potter)
   • After Effects of Crucio | Cruciatus Curse (Harry Potter)
   • do not feed this into AI or LLM
   • for the love of g-d

   Summary

   Bellatrix Black has survived the war, and for nine years has been training Aurors at the Department of Mysteries. She has now been hired to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School, where she begins to develop feelings for her co-teacher and personal guardian Hermione Granger. At the same time, she remains haunted by the strength of her relationship with Voldemort, and attempts to negotiate her many conflicting feelings, and manage to keep teaching at Hogwarts.

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