Ashes and Embers (Draco & George love triangle)
9 parts Ongoing Mature**warning this book is for mature readers only - please read with caution**
It is a slow burn, which team are you rooting for friends to lovers or enemies to lovers?
I don't own these characters they belong to JK Rowling.
In the aftermath of the Second Wizarding War, Hermione Granger returns to Hogwarts alone. While the rest of the world celebrates victory, she silently battles the scars left by torture and trauma-wounds visible only in the bandages she refuses to remove and the nightmares that haunt her sleep.
Abandoned by Harry and Ron to their Auror training, Hermione finds herself increasingly isolated, until an unlikely connection forms with George Weasley, who bears his own invisible wounds after losing his twin. As their tutoring sessions evolve into something deeper, Hermione begins the slow, painful process of rebuilding herself from the ashes of war.
But darkness lingers in the wizarding world. When Hermione uncovers disturbing information about the Ministry's treatment of returning Slytherin students, she's drawn into a dangerous investigation that forces her to confront her former tormentors-including Draco Malfoy, whose presence triggers memories she's desperately tried to bury.
As Hermione navigates her growing feelings for George, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Draco as well-a complex attraction built on shared trauma and unexpected understanding. Caught between the comfort of George's steady warmth and the dangerous pull of Draco's complicated redemption, Hermione must untangle her own heart while the world around them threatens to unravel.
With evidence mounting that Death Eaters are regrouping under new leadership, Hermione must navigate complex moral territory, questioning whether justice can exist alongside vengeance, whether understanding can coexist with trauma, and whether love can bloom in soil still toxic with the residue of war.