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Seventh year was supposed to be Hermione Granger's final step before everything changed-N.E.W.T.s, the future, and the quiet comfort of surviving it all with her friends.
Instead, she is running out of time.
A rare magical illness blooms silently in her lungs, each petal a reminder of a love she never intended to feel-and never intended to confess.
She hides it well. From Harry. From Ron. From Ginny. Even from herself.
But she cannot hide it from him.
Severus Snape has spent years mastering control-of magic, of emotion, of himself. Nothing surprises him anymore.
Until the day Hermione Granger doesn't come to class.
And for the first time in years, something unfamiliar takes hold.
Fear.