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Written for the 'Stratified Agate' Challenge by Lamia Of The Dark.

Pairing: Dramione

Challenge: Write a 100-200 word drabble for your pairing.


He watched her step forward and inhale the scent, biting back an involuntary smile when she broke from the daze and looked around in a fluster, rapidly mumbling the mixture of scents she'd smelled from the potion in the cauldron. Freshly mown grass, new parchment and mint toothpaste. Slughorn then proceeded with the class and later on during the day, he sneaked back into the classroom and wondered for a second what he could smell.

Maybe cocoa, mint and rain. Shrugging, he opened the lid to the cauldron and breathed the aroma deeply.

The very next instant, he almost buckled to the ground, numb to his core.

Mint, fresh parchment and a heady lingering smell of vanilla.

Her aroma. Just like her. Sweet. Tempting. Lingering. Hopeful.

Gently replacing the lid, he stumbled out of the room and sat on a staircase, reeling under the conclusion he'd reached every time for the past year and now, despite his intentions to quell it, finally accepted it.

Draco Malfoy was in love with Hermione Granger.