Viktor had thought he might have loved her when he saw her by the Black Lake the first time, standing under a tree and trying, desperately, to make it look as if she wasn't waiting for him. But now? Now as she glanced up at him dwarfed by one of his old coats, snowflakes catching on her eyelashes… Now, he knew.

Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger isn't sure where her life is going any more. The only thing she is certain of is that she wants nothing to do with a certain red-headed ex of hers. But with the Ministry issuing a new marriage law and threats of a new dark uprising emerging, how long will she be able to avoid him for? Epilogue Compliant Marriage Law