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Hermione Granger is lost.
More than a year after the war, she struggles to find the right path for her life outside of Hogwarts. Still haunted by fear and loss, and faced with a new world that seems less promising than she’s always imagined, Hermione feels herself caught at a dead end — and the nightmares don’t help, either.
When she runs into a familiar face on the night of her birthday, Hermione feels a spark of hope for the first time in a long time. Then, an opportunity for a fresh start presents itself, along with an old nemesis who seems to reignite her need to fight: both for herself, and for the life she’s always wanted.
Hermione jumps headfirst into a journey that forces her to face all of the things she wants to forget, while learning to cherish the messy, beautiful things she is called to remember — scars and all.
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A post-war, slow-burn, enemies to lovers Dramione story about healing, redemption, and second chances. Featuring a full cast of your favourite snarky Slytherins.
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I'm a sucker for slice-of-life and healing fics. While I like a little politics, mystery, action or intrigue along with my romance, sometimes I just need to see my faves becoming human again in the aftermath of all that.
I loved the found family. I loved the premise.
I did not enjoy the final major conflict. It felt like a regression for Draco in a way that was jarring. He had similar miscommunication and conflicts with her earlier in the book and then suddenly takes this one thing out of proportion and pulls away so hard? Obviously this had the additional stressors of dealing with his mother and stuff, but I felt there would be a way to do that without it feeling like a rug pull.