Sequel to Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. "Why do you still bother with this, Granger? Every year you douse the whole house in Christmas cheer—right down to putting Father Christmas hats on the shrunken house-elf heads. Why?" "Because, Draco," she says, with an air of finality. "Sometimes people need to be reminded of what they're fighting for." Warfic. One-shot.

In battle, she is a wildcat and he is a wolf. Her features have been hardened slightly by loss and adversity, but there are parts of her that are the same as ever; most notably, her eyes. No amount of cynicism, death or bloodshed could change Hermione Granger's eyes. Warfic-AU. One-shot. Canon compliant until the end of HBP. Rated T for explicit mentions of violence.