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Harry Potter and Hermione Granger aren’t friends. Until, suddenly, they are.
Now she’s everywhere: in the library, at his side, in his thoughts… and somehow, in that strange, tight feeling in his chest he can’t quite name. It’s distracting, inconvenient—definitely not helpful when he’s already on the verge of failing Potions and facing the wrath of his mum.
Good thing Hermione’s there to help him study.
Because that’s all this is. Studying. Right?
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27 Apr 2026
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Harry stared at her.
He did not move to pull away again but he didn’t move closer to her either.
“It will ruin our friendship, Hermione,” he said slowly, his voice gentle.
He was giving her an out. A final warning.
A warmth she hadn’t felt in ages settled low in her stomach.
“Ruin it.”
A marriage law enacted nearly two decades after the war, forces Harry and Hermione to confront their feelings and when tensions bubble over, they have to decide if love is worth risking everything for.
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27 Apr 2026
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Both divorced, Harry and Hermione are trying to navigate the new single life in their late thirties. But after playing matchmaker and seemingly finding the perfect date for Hermione, Harry is left to deal with a rush of sudden and confused feelings toward his best friend.
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- Part 1 of Harmony Kinktober 2024
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22 Apr 2026
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Birthdays can be traumatic. (Harry/Hermione)
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22 Apr 2026
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“I wonder,” he purred, “if I could make you cum from just the pain alone. How many slaps do you think it would take? Two? Three?”
Fuck, she wanted to cum so bad. Hearing him acknowledge it made her realize just how close she was. She danced on the precipice of her orgasm, silently pleading for him to push her over to the other side.
She felt a sudden pinch. It was short and vicious enough to make her hiss without the same satisfying burn as his slap.
“Answer me, Granger,” he demanded, his breath skating across her lips.
“No.”
She didn’t want to let go of whatever faint glimmer of pride she had left. She couldn’t let him know just how much he affected her, not that easily.
Malfoy chuckled darkly instead and smirked at her. He looked like a predator gearing up for the kill.
“I also disagree,” he taunted, “I think it would take just one.”
Hermione is invited to stay at Malfoy Manor for the exclusive traditional celebration of Beltane. With little information available on how purebloods celebrate the holiday, Hermione shows up without any idea of what to expect.
She better get ready to run.
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20 Apr 2026
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A Thousand Little Things by AirplaneFoodBlackMarket
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
12 Feb 2019
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Hermione Granger has a great life. She has a stellar career, wonderful friends, a cozy flat, and is highly regarded by nearly everyone around her. Yup, she has everything she needs. The fact that her last real romantic relationship ended less than satisfactorily, and that she has hardly given any effort to dating in the five years since, doesn't weigh on her at all. In fact, she barely even thinks of it! So when Harry Potter, who she definitely hasn't secretly been pining after for nearly that long, asks her out, she definitely isn't surprised. And she definitely isn't worried about the rapid approach of Valentine's Day, either. And No, of course she doesn't have any insecurities to work through, thank you very much! Yup, there's just about two things Hermione knows: that everything is going to be fine, just fine, and that there's really anyplace in the world she would rather be right now than this particular lingerie shop.
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20 Apr 2026
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The war is over and a mass exodus of Death Eaters has drawn the ire of the wider Wizarding World against the Ministry. The International Confederation of Wizards has instituted a Travel Ban against all British witches and wizards. Auror Harry Potter is working tirelessly to fix things, but Hermione can’t wait any longer to retrieve her parents, and she’s going no matter what the law says. She’s been by his side for everything, the least he can do is be at hers for this.
In Australia, forced to forgo the use of magic, they’ll soon find that in a land of inverted seasons and upside-down emotions, everything is not always as it seems.
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20 Apr 2026
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A devastating attack leaves Harry on the edge of death and Hermione alone to grapple with an impossible choice.
Three days later, in the terrible silence of the Forest of Dean, she turns to a kind of magic the world was never meant to touch. Ancient, binding, and dangerously alive.
What begins as a desperate act of love and devotion blooms into something far deeper: a bond that blurs the line between salvation and sacrifice.
Harry and Hermione endure what remains of the war, uncover what it means to share not just hearts but souls and destinies, and face a world that may never understand what they’ve become.
Together.
A darker reimagining of the war’s final days, where love is not gentle, and devotion demands everything.
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- Part 1 of The Devotion Saga
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13 Apr 2026
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Warm meant alive, and Harry wasn’t ready for her to be anything else.
In the hospital wing after the Department of Mysteries, Harry tries not to think about what almost happened—and fails.
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13 Apr 2026
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Harry’s in full-blown confessional mode—bringing Hermione breakfast in bed, trailing her through the Ministry like a very attentive shadow, and complimenting her elbows with alarming sincerity. She’s certain he’s been accidentally dosed with the same potion that has Draco Malfoy composing haiku for Theo Nott.
Harry insists he’s just ready to be honest.
What’s real? And what happens if it doesn’t wear off?Written as part of HMS Harmony's A Fool's Fest. Prompt "Strange What Desires Can Make Foolish People Do" with apologies to Master William Shakespeare on the occasion of his 461st birthday (or as near as we can tell.)
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- Part 5 of Tell Me a Story But True
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13 Apr 2026
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The Weight of What Was Between Them by Prill_and_Quill
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Apr 2025
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Hermione thought he was about to tell her he loved her.
He was actually asking Ginny to move in.
She takes a healer assignment halfway across the world, hoping to forget.
But forgetting Harry Potter was never going to be that easy.
Told through stolen moments, journal entries, and letters unsent, this is a story of mistaken timing, unbearable hope, and the long way home.Written for HMS Harmony's April Fool's Fest. Prompt: Fool Me Once
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- Part 4 of Tell Me a Story But True
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12 Apr 2026
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Hermione can’t sleep. The final battle was over: Voldemort had been vanquished that very day. But she can’t stop worrying—about Harry, about Ron, about everything that happened, about what will happen now. And then Ron’s strange question just kept creeping into her mind: “Harry talks in his sleep. Have you noticed?” What the hell was that about? And why couldn’t she get any rest without knowing Harry was safe and close by?
Written for the HMS Harmony Bingo prompt: "First Confession"
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12 Apr 2026
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Just Walk with Me? (Carte #3) by HarmoniousConvergence
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Feb 2025
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As the winter of her sixth year dragged on, Hermione found herself holed up for weeks on end, obsessing over her NEWT-level classes. Long hours in the library were nothing unusual for her, but a new variable had entered the mix as her best friend Harry began joining her more frequently. So when Harry proposed a break outside to clear their heads on a bright wintry afternoon in February, Hermione had little idea where the day would ultimately lead.
Fulfilling the HMS Harmony Love Language Fest prompt “Quality Time”
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12 Apr 2026
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After saving the wizarding world from Voldemort just a few months before, public opinion has turned against Harry Potter due to his involvement in an extreme act of dark magic. Nearly everyone has deserted him, and he contemplates a dreary holiday alone and isolated, until a certain bushy-haired witch arrives just in time for Christmas Eve.
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12 Apr 2026
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No matter what Draco does over the years, it seems like Hermione can't see past the boy he used to be. If being cruel is the only way to get her attention, then he can live with that, even if it means he'll never get to really have her the way he wants to.
Hermione is in a tough spot. She needs money to pay off her father's debt. And it just so happens that Malfoy has money and is interested in giving it to her - if she'll do things for him, that is. How lucky for him that she's in no position to turn down his help.
Even if she'll never love him, at least he can have this, right?
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03 Apr 2026
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During his brief stint as a prisoner of the Order, Draco Malfoy notices that Hermione doesn't look to be doing too well. He had always assumed that, given her brilliant mind and gentle nature, those on her side would ensure she is taken care of. Evidently not. Must he really do everything himself?
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OR: Dark Draco decides he'd rather like to keep the pretty Healer for himself, since it seems no one else can take proper care of her.
A story about love and power.
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03 Apr 2026
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She cast wards to keep the world out. He's willing to break every single one to reach her.
Hermione Granger is developing a groundbreaking potion that could take Legilimency to an entirely new level, one that would allow the drinker to access buried memories and restore damaged identities. Her research could revolutionize magical healing, but it also threatens to unearth long-hidden truths certain people would kill to keep buried. After an attack on her lab, she’s assigned a bodyguard: Auror Harry Potter.
Hermione spent years warding herself off emotionally and magically, devoting everything to her work, but Harry is the only person who’s ever truly seen behind her wards... because once upon a time, she let him.
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03 Apr 2026
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How do you heal, move on, and go back to how things were when nothing will ever be the same again? How do you adhere to the way things should have been when all you can think of is the man you risked everything for during your formative years? The short answer is - you move on with them. Or the short clip of what could have been Post-Hogwarts battle between Hermione and her best friend, Harry Potter.
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- Part 5 of Moments of Written Musings
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29 Mar 2026
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After the tragedy at the DoM, Hermione decides to work with Harry on occlumency, and eventually on legilimency so they can practice together. But after opening their minds to each other, they discover that they can't completely close the connection. Can their friendship survive being privy to each other's adolescent thoughts?
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29 Mar 2026
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"It's never been a burden, you know," she reminds him. "Loving you. It isn't a crime, a chore, or an obstacle."
Or, sometimes all one needs are hushed words in a world full of noise
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- Part 6 of love letters to harry & hermione 🪶
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28 Mar 2026