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Please, Just Live. (Or, The Boy Who Was Left Behind) by Paleveil
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
13 Jun 2026
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“You think that your own pain is so large and unique that you can’t see anything past it. But you can’t keep acting like I’m the villain for trying to help you live through it. You didn’t deserve Azkaban, Draco. You didn’t deserve to be a pawn in a hate groups' crusade. But I didn’t deserve to be tortured in your home, then have to live with the man who watched it happen, berating me as if I’m the one who should apologise because I didn’t break in the same way you did.”
Draco Malfoy is found alive in Azkaban after five years, near death. He is traumatised, unstable, furious at the world, and drowning in the ghosts of his torture. Hermione Granger, now in charge of the Deradicalisation and Reintegration department of the Ministry, discovers something she shouldn't have. Malfoy was never tried, never convicted and does not seem to exist on record.
Tasked with facilitating the rehabilitation of someone who hates her back into society at the expense of her own personal life falling apart, it quickly becomes clear to Hermione that someone had never intended for him to escape.
A tale of two deeply flawed, deeply sad individuals and the pain that binds them together. This is not a happy story.
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11 Jun 2026
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The Safehouse by genuinearticle for littlewolfsyndrome
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Feb 2026
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“Since we won’t be killing each other, we could make arrangements. If we both want to use this as… ” she hesitated, searching for the right word. “A safe space.”
“What type of arrangements?” His expression was dark with suspicion.
“Wards. So only the two of us to have access here, in case we are followed or—”
“Or in case I invite some Death Eaters over for tea?” he smiled, though his eyes stayed cold.
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Over the course of two years, a series of encounters between Death Eater Draco Malfoy and Order Member Hermione Granger blossoms into something unexpected.
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04 Jun 2026
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He regards her with interest, cool as the ice in his G&T. “What do you want?”
On close inspection, he's a bit deadly. It's the combined power of self-regard, an open ear, and a cunningly tailored suit.
Hermione wants—
“An expiration date would be nice.” She suctions up the watery dregs and signals for more. “Let’s say I want . . . a year. Exactly one year of monogamy without the possibility of further commitment."
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02 Jun 2026
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“Listen, minx.” Draco guides Hermione’s ear to his chest. “What’s it say?”
Ba-dum. Ba-dum. Steady and slow.
“It says, ‘Hermione, Hermione,’” he mumbles. “Now go to sleep.”
The most romantic thing I have ever read
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Life is closing in on all sides and Draco Malfoy is drowning in expectations. Something has to give. A chance encounter with Hermione Granger infuses his life with something new―but she doesn’t even remember her own name.
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Hermione Granger constructed a predictable life for herself following the war. However, she realizes that within the constraints of control there is no room for want. In an uncharacteristic move, she flees her life in London to visit Neville, who works as a gardener at the Zabini Estate in Italy. The Estate, now a wellness retreat for elderly witches and wizards, is also the refuge of three of her Slytherin classmates that she has not seen since the war. This is a story of overcoming assumptions, judgmental garden gnomes, flowers, and the quest for contentment.
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16 May 2026