Stay ConnectedHow did it feel? It felt like he was barely holding it together. She, of all people, should shun him. Or yell at him. Curse him. Spit at him. Take out her wand and blast him off the face of the earth. It was crushing guilt and relief and confusion all at once when he looked at Hermione Granger.
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Chapter 7
It took Granger roughly three minutes and thirty-two seconds into their Monday morning conversation at the café to bring up Draco being at the Harpies match over the weekend. “Ginny said you were at her match Saturday.” Draco froze and narrowed his eyes. Oh she did, did she? And what else did She-Weasel tell you about me? “I didn’t realize my attendance was of any concern to Ginny Weasley,” he spoke in his coldest tone, his fingers taking up their lazy route around his mug.
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Chapter 6
September 2007 Draco’s weekend had been spent answering dozens of owls and Floo calls with his solicitors and financial advisors. One of the advisors was in quite a mood over the state of some Malfoy funds allocated for charitable donation. Apparently, this was one such donation that had been missed during Draco’s and his financial team’s sweep of every single revenue stream that flowed from and to his family’s vaults.
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Chapter 5
July 2007
A downpour the likes of which this summer hadn’t seen yet was occurring outside. But inside the entryway of the café, Hermione was fretting the likes of which Draco had never seen.
“What on earth is the matter with you?”
But she paid him no mind, just kept reaching further and further into her magically expanded bag and muttering “oh no, no, no, there’s no way I don’t have one!”
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Chapter 4
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
She never showed.
Draco frowned into his coffee and consulted his watch again. He tried to remember if she’d said anything yesterday about not being able to meet this morning. Maybe she was sick? Surely even Granger took a sick day every once in a while.
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Chapter 3
Hermione couldn’t quite understand what had made her offer her handshake to Draco. It was something in his voice: not quite anger, not at her anyway. Anger at himself, maybe, or at the world around him. It was also something in his gray eyes: the hesitation to accept her offer of a fresh start. And Hermione knew then that Draco was far more afraid of her than she was of him.
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Chapter 2
“Malfoy. Draco Malfoy. You had a coffee date with Draco Malfoy?”
“Yes, Draco Malfoy. And no, it was very much not a date, and for Merlin’s sake keep your voice down, Ginny!”
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Chapter 1
TRIGGER WARNING for Chapter 1: Dark thoughts/brief mention of suicide and suicidal thoughts.
January 2007
Tangled sheets and sweat, followed by sleeplessness and shivering. It would be dramatic stuff indeed if it weren’t so commonplace these days. Draco Malfoy finally stopped trying to find a comfortable sleeping position and settled onto his back. Gray eyes opened and stared at the ceiling, counting handsome panels of an impeccably furnished bedroom. It was probably dawn, or close to it. He rolled over to grab his wristwatch off the mahogany side table. 4:46 in the morning. How nice of his nightmares to let him have a bit of a lie-in.
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