Title: The Writer
Author: ashleyfanfic
Summary: Famous novelist Draco Malfoy looks to Auror Hermione Granger as his new literary inspiration. However, a series of murders are taken from his series of books and the pieces start to look as if the writer is somehow involved.
Couple: Draco/Hermione - mentions of Draco/Astoria
Rating: M (for violence, language, sex)
A/N: I originally started writing this for the dramione_remix over at livejournal. However, time constraints being what they were, it was unfinished by the time the deadline rolled around (It's still unfinished, actually). However, I enjoyed writing this so much that I am determined to finish it and will do so very soon. I have a majority of it written, but it will take some fine tuning. The couple I had chosen was Castle and Beckett from the TV show Castle, where a writer follows around a female detective and uses her for inspiration for his books.
THIS IS UNBETAED!
"Why are we going to allow him to do this?" Hermione questioned. "Since when does the Ministry care about its image?"
"They always have, Miss Granger," Kingsley assured. "We've always been in the business of giving things the proper spin."
She tilted her head and finally sighed. "Fine. Let me ask this question. Why me? Malfoy doesn't even like me!"
"I gathered that from his letters of intention. However, he believes he's at a standstill after he killed off the main character in his last book. He's interested in writing about a female Auror. When I informed him that you were our best and brightest, he did seem to hedge back a bit."
Hermione frowned. "But he's going to do it anyway?"
He nodded and handed the latest letter to her. "Yes. While he may not particularly like you, he realizes that people could be interested in reading about your exploits. As you can see, he feels that people of the Wizarding World have a very shallow and narrow opinion of female Aurors. He wants to open their eyes that women are very valuable in your line of work."
"Sounds like codswallop to me," she said as she placed the letter back on Kingsley's desk and he sighed. "What's really going on?"
Kingsley rolled his eyes. "He's donated a great deal of money to the Ministry, several of our high ups, and the Wizegamont, and they're all pushing for this. I assigned him to you because I thought that maybe you could get him to give up on this idea."
"So, you originally used me as a deterrent?"
"Originally, yes. I know there is no love lost between you and the Malfoy family, and I thought that just the mention of having to work with you would get him to realize that this may not be the greatest idea."
"You were wrong, obviously."
"Obviously. Now he's even more determined. My goal has changed, Hermione. I now want to prove to him that he has no idea of what you go through, how hard you work, and how stressful your job is. I want him to understand that you put everything into what you do because you realize that people depend on you to be good at what you do."
She ran a hand through her shoulder length tresses, a frown formed on her face. "I have no say-so in this, do I?"
"I wish you would agree because you know that you're capable of putting him in his place..."
"But you'll force me to do this."
"I will if it comes to that," his dark eyes were sad, and she knew that he was being put in a precarious position.
She nodded. "Fine. But I'm doing this because you're my friend, Kingsley. Not the Minister."
"I understand that, Hermione, and I'm very grateful."
She sighed. "Anything else I should know?"
He nodded. "Malfoy should already be down in your department."
She stood and walked to the door. "You owe me."
"I'm aware of that, and thank you."
She left his office, hoping that Malfoy would give up on this idea and decide that he didn't want to follow her around after all.
To Be Continued
A/N: As you can see, I've cast Draco in the role of Rick Castle and Hermione in the role of Beckett. If you're a fan of the TV show, then you might pick up on the little homages throughout the story to the show. If not, I hope you enjoy this anyway. I have a great deal of this written that I plan to fine tune and finish, eventually.