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It begins on the precipice of a prophecy fulfilled.
Hermione stands before Draco. She’s home - with him - for a few moments more. Their eyes lock, sharing silent apologies and regretful proclamations. Draco’s eyes calm her, and she indulges in the brief reprieve. After all, something in him calls to her. She knows this much is true. Hermione and Draco are fated to this end. Their love story is merely a series of malignant twists of fate.
Hermione rolls her shoulders back and stops prolonging the inevitable. She bends her knees, carefully positioning herself. Dueling is a violent dance, but one with graceful steps. Draco mimics her stance and blinks once slowly as if to say on with it then.
On with it then. Hermione brings up her wand, aiming for his chest. Draco positions his wand higher, aiming for her head. Their stances remain transfixed as they slowly bow their heads in tandem. It has begun.
Words: 175, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Theodore Nott, Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Daphne Greengrass, Astoria Greengrass
Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger & Draco Malfoy
Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Romance, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Slow Burn, Smut, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Explicit Language, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Prophecy, Fate, Fate & Destiny, Not Britpicked, I Will Go Down With This Ship, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Possessive Draco Malfoy, POV Draco Malfoy, POV Hermione Granger, Don’t judge the prologue too harshly, all will be revealed, Hogwarts Era, Death Eater Draco Malfoy, War Fic
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