Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

*MATURE THEMES* -sexually descriptive content -mentions of alcohol Ominis and reader are beginning their 7th year at Hogwarts. The pain and darkness from 5th year still lingers with them both but they've managed to rely on their friendship to see them through. But will they find in each other that the strength of their friendship may be something more? Reader is described with she/her pronouns. Slow burn romance. Story is edited by my lovely sister: AlishaM1315

He posted my half naked picture. He bullied me for years. He caused only havoc. I lost all my friends. Never mind that, I was disowned by my family. So tell me, why am I in love with him? #323 in romance on 30/11/17 #158 in romance on 2/12/17