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As she looked around her living room - at the green velvet ottoman she didn't remember purchasing, the 14th century Wizarding texts on her bookshelf, the hideous and obnoxiously ostentatious grandfather clock that could only belong to a Malfoy - she pictured the toothbrush next to hers on her bathroom counter, the old Slytherin quidditch jersey she regularly tripped over in her bedroom, and the mint chocolate chip ice cream in her freezer - a flavour she abhorred, but that a particular, pale, pointy faced aristocrat sat across from her had a tragic fondness for.

Her chest burning, as if she drank a barrel of bubotuber pus, Hermione turned to him with narrowed, accusing eyes. "Malfoy...are we dating?"

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Profile Image for ♡ Rosella Swan ♡.
484 reviews
December 29, 2022
Word Count: 106,117
Chapters: 12
Rating: 5 ⭐

This fic was so good. Oblivious Hermione was hilarious. The pining was immaculate. Draco my baby 😍 I loved the descriptions, progression, realization, actions for the significant other.

« Yes, Hermione was confident. She wouldn’t miss Draco, worth a damn.
She missed him like a limb. »

« “I love you, Hermione,” Draco murmured. A thumb brushed against her lip, and his eyes darkened hotly when her tongue traced its path. He looked back up at her, his eyes fierce with determination, but light in their honesty.

“I love you, and all I want to do is make you happy, I know I can make you so fucking happy, Hermione,” his forehead rested against hers, and one of her hands shot up, and gripped at his hand on her cheek in a vain attempt to ground herself, and her rapid heartbeat. Hermione couldn’t hold back a whimper. Every fibre of her body was on fire; the very essence of her magic sung through her veins.

“I should have been honest with you from the start. I should have told you how I felt – I mean it, Granger, I’d wait forever for you, I should have told you I can wait – but, fuck, I’m a selfish man, Granger. Once I’d had a taste of you in my arms, I knew I had to have you again,” he swallowed, and his eyes clenched shut. His hands trembled against her cheeks, and she couldn’t stop herself from squeezing his hand in hers.

“I love you so fucking much, Hermione – please, please, baby, let me prove how good we are together – we're so good together, Hermione.” » Draco begging? I'm dead 💀😍🥵
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262 reviews1 follower
September 26, 2023
DNF’d 84%

A workaholic Hermione, neck deep in ministry paperwork/proposals/legislation 24/7 completely oblivious to Draco’s affection and love for her was so exceedingly painful to read that at one point I relished the idea of him just saying “Fuck it. I'm out."

He did EVERYTHING for her. Made sure she was fed, made sure she had time for her friends, organized all the complaints and squashed rights of the lesser beasts because she couldn’t say no. But then also took her out to private museum exhibits, art exhibits…—and they fucked… A lot.

Sooo she thought this is just what colleagues do. they fuck a lot, go to one’s private villa for a few extra days in a foreign country, keep cloths at the others home, CUDDLE multiple times after said fuck fest. Stay the night religiously. Wake up together.

*Snort. Oh-kay

And she was completely oblivious to this budding relationship. No one is that oblivious.

“He deceived me. He manipulated my friends. He LIED TO ME.”

Umm, what?

1 star was how wonderful Draco was
1 star for Pansy’s wrath
Profile Image for JMK.
263 reviews1 follower
May 5, 2024
Hermione was absolutely insufferable for 600 pages. I’ll die on this hill; Draco deserved better.
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189 reviews9 followers
December 8, 2023
“I love you, and all I want to do is make you happy, I know I can make you so fucking happy, Hermione.”

“You’re not the only one who enjoys a puzzle, Granger. And you were quite the intricate one.”  

Screw finals this is my religion.
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Profile Image for Emily Montgomery.
371 reviews16 followers
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April 23, 2023
An extremely oblivious Hermione with a long suffering pining Draco. Loved the charming banter and the conversations about mental health and therapy. (Novella length)

Basically the pitch for this is that Hermione is a critically unhealthy workaholic who has no time for dating because shes doing lots of important/fighting injustice legal work. Draco starts by sort of tricking her to go on dates with him because they get along so well but if it’s not a rare museum exhibit she won’t make time for fun or if he’s not bringing her some lunch to share she’s forgetting to eat. These scenes are pure lovely fun vibes. So they start dating but Hermione doesn’t realize it until 2 years in. It’s simultaneously frustrating and funny. Chaos ensues.

(Light spoilers) Her reaction to realizing this was maybe too much for me? It was almost forgiven by the fantastic declaration from her to Draco. But not quite- Hermiones reaction to finding out the guy she’s been sleeping with and spending massive amounts of time with is basically her bf -was absolutely unhinged. And Pansy and Theo were weird and idk- they’re normally a fave but didn’t love them here.

Very funny running joke about how absolutely bonkers it is for Harry to want to name his son Severus. Hard agree
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48 reviews
May 22, 2025
We love yearning Draco 10/10. Hermione was hilarious though.
115 reviews
July 17, 2021
Really cute, fun, and fluffy! Would have been a stronger 4 if Hermione was less stubborn and oblivious. I was here for the angst and drama but it went a bit overboard to the point I was getting annoyed with Hermione. BUT I appreciated how Hermione pivoted with her character growth and how she addressed her mental health before getting back with him. A little bit repetitive but yes to the domestic fluff.
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1,480 reviews72 followers
June 4, 2023
As she looked around her living room - at the green velvet ottoman she didn't remember purchasing, the 14th century Wizarding texts on her bookshelf, the hideous and obnoxiously ostentatious grandfather clock that could only belong to a Malfoy - she pictured the toothbrush next to hers on her bathroom counter, the old Slytherin quidditch jersey she regularly tripped over in her bedroom, and the mint chocolate chip ice cream in her freezer - a flavour she abhorred, but that a particular, pale, pointy faced aristocrat sat across from her had a tragic fondness for.

Her chest burning, as if she drank a barrel of bubotuber pus, Hermione turned to him with narrowed, accusing eyes. "Malfoy...are we dating?"

If there's one thing Hermione Granger knows, it's that she simply doesn't have time to date. Draco decides to date her, anyway.


A somewhat obtuse Hermione, but a lot of fun to read!
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354 reviews
May 9, 2025
draco my poor neglected baby. hermione deserves to get bitch slapped for this injustice towards my baby.


“𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿. “𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲,” 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗽𝘁, “𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 – 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 – 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.”

“𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲,” 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘂𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁.

“𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲 – 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆, 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 – 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲.”

put him out of his misery you ungrateful bitch <3
15 reviews1 follower
November 26, 2023

The comedic writing was well executed and the repartees btw Draco and Hermione were my favourite part of this fic.

That’s about all I liked in this fic.

Hermione felt extremely OOC. I couldn’t accept the premise that she wouldn’t figure out that she was in a relationship FOR 15 MONTHS!
The woman has ptsd, you know what’s a very well known symptom of PTSD, hypervigilance! You think that someone who cannot shut down her brain, is a control freak, most likely suffers from ( at least) hypervigilence would not recognize the patterns?

And let’s not even get into the whole “she thought that’s stuff you do with colleagues”.

And the reason given for why she didn’t see what was going on? Yeah no.

And Draco? She was nice to you once so now you devote your life to her? Have you no self respect.
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181 reviews3 followers
September 9, 2024
¿Que si me amanecí leyéndolo hasta terminarlo? Si obvio, no podía dejar de leer hasta saber que ocurriría.
Simplemente maravilloso...
🥺❣️
"—Draco—suspiró Hermione.

—¿Sabes que eres la más hermosa cuando estás completamente obsesionada con el mundo académico? La forma en que tus ojos se nublan cuando estás absorbiendo cada palabra de un libro de texto... cuando ese lindo labio tuyo es mordido hasta la muerte por tus dientes porque estás tratando de contenerte de torturar al pobre guía turístico con otra pregunta que ambos sabemos que él no sabe la respuesta —los ojos de Draco estaban caídos y pesados mientras exploraba su rostro; su expresión era de asombro y abierta con asombro—. ¿De verdad puedes culparme por querer estar allí para presenciarlo? Después de todo, siempre me criaron para apreciar las cosas buenas de la vida —murmuró. "
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23 reviews
November 5, 2024
idkk, i feel like halfway through it just seems so looong. like once hermione realises we have to suffer through So much miscommunication which i absolutely hate😭
example: “There was no note. He always left a note.  Hermione’s chest ruptured; he clearly didn’t even want to speak to her, anymore.  ”
bruv how are you jumping to such conclusions plsss this was so funny and frustrating to read, that girl was so dramatic

and then idk there's nothing really happening until the end imo, like yea great she's getting help, trying to change, but a lil fluff wouldn't hurt😔

+ sorry but i hated how they kept talking about hermione as "draco's toy" by saying that he was super possessive ocer his toys blablabla. idk hated that bye

draco was sooo cute though throughout the whole book, bless him really
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117 reviews
June 14, 2025
- “Besides, Draco is awfully possessive over what’s his, Granger,” “Can’t keep what’s his away from him too long, he gets awfully grouchy.” - Theo
- “Yes, Hermione was confident.
- She wouldn’t miss Draco, worth a damn.”
- “She missed him like a limb.”
- “Hermione fervently hoped that the thick vines on the wall behind her belonged to the Devil’s Snare family. She had had a good life, all things considered - she supposed she would be very content to die from suffocation in that moment.”
- “I'm leaving you alone, Hermione. If I can’t have you in this life, I can wait to try again in our next one.” - Draco😭😭😭
- I hate reading about miscommunication and just over analyzing and crap.
- Despite that I really did enjoy this story and the adorable relationship between Draco and Crookshanks
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227 reviews31 followers
September 22, 2022
Draco Malfoy is the perfect boyfriend, in every way. If only Hermione had time to date him but alas, she hasn't so she is sure that she and Draco aren't dating. So what if he sleeps over her flat almost every night? Or that he cooks for her and makes sure she get's to eat on her lunch break? It doesn't mean anything that he has become friendly with her friends and that she sometimes hangs out with his. Neither does the fact that they sleep together actually mean that they're dating. No, because Hermione doesn't have time to date and Draco knows that.
400 reviews1 follower
June 4, 2023
Lovely story. Started off fantastically well with an amazingly well-portrayed Draco. His one-sided pining and “acts of service” love language shines through so beautifully. Hermione is oblivious as hell and has a massive over-reaction when she discovers she’s been quite literally “dating” Draco for nearly two years without realizing it. Her over the top, knee jerk, reactions made for some very frustrating reading. Knocking off one star for how long drawn out her drama was. Other than that, this story is top notch. Giving it 4 stars, on the whole.
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231 reviews6 followers
October 28, 2024
Omg love that we're starting with them on good terms and already kind of domestic roommates, so fun. Oml Hermione is so oblivious, Draco is anything but subtle 😭 Draco already knowing their children's names awww "We can be so good together, baby, please" AAA AAAA AAAAAAAAAAA. Thank God Pansy is ripping some sense into Hermione cause she was pissing me off. "That's my girlfriend you're insulting, Granger" omg what a cutie. I did get a little bored near the end, but overall fun read
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749 reviews
August 26, 2024
The in media res beginning threw me off a little but ultimately worked for the story especially with the lower word count (that would’ve been a lot to get through plot development-wise)

The workaholic tendencies were a little triggering for me tbh, didn’t love that aspect but glad she got the help she needed to get better
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494 reviews1 follower
February 4, 2025
DNF. My god Hermione was insufferable in this one.

It’s so strange because the other characters are really well written (Draco is a puppy) but this should’ve been a one shot, not a novella. Her OOC stupidity and obliviousness is so ridiculous and then the overreaction holy shit, I couldn’t take it anymore.
19 reviews
February 10, 2025
The plot point around Hermione being oblivious felt a little overdone at the start. This is a cute weekend read. I liked that the mature content was not gratuitous or overdone. That balance was perfectly done. I loved the new angle and viewpoint on Hermione. Was a little confused by narcissa/lucius. Wish we could have had more info.
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15 reviews
July 25, 2021
very very cute book. 3.75 stars. a much more lighthearted fic about draco and hermione with a cute plot. draco and crookshanks relationship made the book tbh. hermione’s attitude towards the relationship drove me a litttle crazy. like girl… u so obviously wanted this man yet u still pushed him away. when she stopped TALKING TO HIM.. please. i cant be bothered. but still cute, draco superiority as always.
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320 reviews5 followers
January 8, 2022
Loved this one. Hermione was so clueless for so long that it was just astounding that she never allowed herself to realize that they were dating. Not entirely sure when I read this, but I think it was in December so we’ll go with that.
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9 reviews
September 9, 2022
I honestly wasn't sure how I'd feel about this fic based on reviews saying how frustrating Hermione was, and while I agree, this fic warmed my heart so much. I'll definitely be re-reading, it was such a fun and heartwarming story (even if the obliviousness drove me a little insane)
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166 reviews1 follower
August 4, 2023
I spent this WHOLE book kicking my little feet, giggling, and then banging my head against the wall. So lovey so swoony.

If I ever act like the main character go ahead and take me out back and shoot me
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63 reviews
January 4, 2025
What the actual f was Hermione in this book?
Draco was perf & it was quite well written so three stars for that, but that drama killed me because it was just so absurdly stupid that I cannot wrap my head around it
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31 reviews3 followers
February 21, 2025
it definitely wasn’t bad at all i thoroughly enjoyed myself, but some fics just need betas please i’m so tired of “no betas we die like men” 😭 my autistic brain can’t handle grammar/spelling/vocabulary/syntax mistakes
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98 reviews2 followers
March 2, 2022
3.5- I loved the first half - 5 stars. Then the book veered in its tone and became very angsty and drawn out.
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