A different tale of what could have happened following the aftermath at Malfoy Manor. The trio has been broken, new players have entered the game. Will all survive? Who will be taken? What will be given? What is a happily ever after if not a struggle to find the light in the darkest of times? The road to redemption is paved in blood.

The war is won. Now what? Hermione is struggling and accepts a completely indecent proposal from Severus which leads them on a path neither had expected. A story of healing after trauma. Takes place during the Trio's 7th year, AU from end of book 6 onwards, major character death implied. Complete - epilogue up!

It has been four long years since Hermione Granger broke Severus Snape's heart. Without a care in the world, she led him on and built him up so that she could knock him down. But, now she's back. Dumbledore offered her a job at Hogwarts, and Severus has to face his ex-wife every day. Walk past the love of his life in the corridors. And act like he no longer loves her.

Hermione Granger finds herself locked in a room together with the last person she'd expect...her former Potions Professor. It quickly becomes apparent that the room has very unusual properties and that Snape knows much more than he's letting on. Unfortunately for him, Hermione is very good at getting answers. Canon-divergent starting from the horcrux hunt in book 7.

SEQUEL to The Power of Pain. Not a stand alone fic. Love is not a victory march. A tale of how Always becomes Forever. What happens when one remembers but chooses to forget. While the other refuses to forget what they remember. The battle has just begun, one is ready for all out war, the other ready to be taken out alive.

Can a girl with a broken heart really be fixed by a broken man? Snape realizes Hermione is spiralling down a dark path. Will he help her, or will his actions push her further into the darkness? Warning: self-harm and abuse triggers. Not for the faint-hearted. Set in seventh year.

The dream team sign a magical contract promising to lose their virginities within the year, they soon fix on the objects of their desires, but will the bitterness left in the wake of the war prove too hurtful for love to exist? Author: Azrael Geffen

Lucius Malfoy plays matchmaker with Severus and Hermione at his annual Malfoy ball. And leaves them in a locked room.

Five years, it had been five years since the battle for Hogwarts. Five years for the students who suffered that day to move on with their lives. To love, to laugh, to marry. Five years since that fateful day that left the brightest witch of their age confined to a bed at St. Mungo's spell damage ward.

Hermione returns to Hogwarts after the war to earn her NEWTs and falls in love with her least favourite professor. This story is a long, slow burn. If you want to skip to the action I suggest starting at chapter 37. Daily updates.

Hermione returns to complete Hogwarts. A friend spreads lies, isolating her. However, this helps her form friendships she would never have imagined possible as she see new sides to people. They form powerful new alliances that help win the war. A COMPLETE DEPARTURE FROM CANON and a SS/HG love story, if you don't like, don't read. CURRENTLY BEING RE-EDITED (Ch's 1-20 fixed so far).