Lily and Severus are not growing at the same rate. It's not just that girls bloom before boys. SS/LE, SS/MM. Introduction to a post-war, much longer story.

Out of desperation to save his mother and himself, Draco seeks help from an unlikely source to escape Voldemort's clutches: Hermione Granger. But when she brings Draco to the Order, he discovers what it means to trust, forgive and be forgiven, to be a part of something, and to even love. Dramione. Set during DH. Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling. Cover photo belongs to CaptBexx.

Petunia married a biochemist, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter, and a world of intriguing new possibilities to exploit. And new friends, like Hermione Granger, and Professor McGonagall, and Professor Quirrell... COMPLETE.

He can't leave the room. Her room. And it's all the Order's fault. Confined to a small space with only the Mudblood for company, something's going to give. Maybe his sanity. Maybe not. "There," she spat. "Now your Blood's filthy too!" DM/HG. PostHBP.

Hermione overhears something she shouldn't concerning Professor Snape and decides that maybe the House-elves aren't the only ones in need of protection.

So maybe everything didn't work out perfectly for Harry. Still, most of his friends survived, he'd gotten married, and was about to become a father. If only he'd have stayed away from the Veil, he wouldn't have had to go back and do everything AGAIN.

He felt something close to pity for the woman in front of him. And while that disturbed Draco to no end, what really disgusted him most of all was the harrowing fact that someone or something had broken Hermione Granger’s spirit beyond recognition.