On his way home a man whose name can hardly be called a mystery around these parts encounters three people at three very different stages in their lives, his own in many ways connected to each of them. All the paths he treads, however, always and without exception lead him back to one fixed point: the place where he belongs, the place he calls home.

Lily Granger is a recent graduate who grew up with her mother, but yearns to know her father. She finally gets the courage to travel halfway across the world to meet the man she never knew. When she meets her father, will he welcome her with open arms or send her back home? Who caused her parents separation? **This is a slow burn Harry/Hermione story** **Starts out Harry/Ginny**