Sherlock asks an awkward question, and John struggles to answer helpfully without revealing his hidden feelings towards his flatmate.

Severus Snape did what he thought he needed to do to get the job done and broke himself. Years later, Hermione Granger realizes that he had been counting on her to fix him. Dark, SS/HG. AU after HBP

Hermione Granger, master spy, and Severus Snape, spymaster to the Order. An unlikely partnership, forged to defeat the Dark Lord on his own ground. But to do so, they must confront their own darkness within. Spying, torture, angst and love. AU after fifth

53 up. HG/SS,RW/DM Hermione is taken by deatheaters the first day of 7th year, setting in motion a series of events that changes everything. More in prologue. R for violence and adult sexual situations.