Every Hallowe'en for six years, the Shrieking Shack has brought Hermione and Draco together in a truce that lasts for one evening. What will happen this year, the seventh and last? No Voldemort. M for sex scenes and profanity. Tied for first runner-up in A Very Dramione Halloween Drabble/One-Shot Writing Contest 2017.

The Inquisitor and Cullen spend an evening together, tied together by the bonds of unspoken love, unruly sleeping draughts, and a mutual fondness for banana pancakes. The fault lies fully with sleeping draughts, though. Romance/Humour and a little Angst thrown in just to level it out. Quite a bit of party banter thrown in. Corrected minor spelling errors 19/05/15. Now Complete :-)

"Are you ready?" she asked. Draco brushed the back of his hand against her forehead before tracing it down her cheek. "I was ready the moment you came back into my life, Granger. Are you ready?" "With you," she whispered, "I'm ready for anything."