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Life is closing in on all sides and Draco Malfoy is drowning in expectations. Something has to give. A chance encounter with Hermione Granger infuses his life with something new―but she doesn’t even remember her own name.
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It’s 2008 and Draco Malfoy is a secret assassin. It's legitimate - he gets paid for it, and some higher ups in the Ministry (probably?) know he’s out there… killing people. He’s quite good, but that tracks with his dubious accounting of rights and wrongs and his penchant for self-preservation. During his downtime he does a great job of acting like a pureblood in penance... mostly by drinking and shagging his way into oblivion.
This double life helps to numb Draco to the constant feelings of shame and guilt from his formative years in which he was an utter cunt- but everything is upended when his team (assassins can have coworkers, alright?) dies in action and he does not. Suspended and forced to go to therapy, Draco is adrift.
When Hermione Granger re-enters the fray, their hateful relationship that was once fraught with swotty bickering (erm, and the occasional slur) is suddenly tense in a very different way.
How will these two come together? How often will Theo say something terribly charming? Do we hate Ron or is Ron just, meh? Oh, and what’s going on with that one murderous witch who’s out to kill them all (forgot to mention that part…)?
Find out all this and more in: A HARD ROW TO HOE!
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“There’s something wrong with me, Malfoy. You’re normal. Everyone else is normal. And I don’t think I’m the person you should choose.” Hermione hangs her head. “I don’t know all the positions and the sounds and the words. I don’t know what you’re looking for. I’m probably going to be the worst one night stand you ever have.”
Malfoy says nothing for a long time.
Hermione is too nervous to look up from the sidewalk. She’s just poured out her biggest insecurity to someone who isn’t her Mind Healer or the members of her group therapy. This is a big step she isn’t sure she was ready to take.
And she’s just taken it with Draco Malfoy.
He cocks an eyebrow.
“Granger. If you think I’m anything close to normal, you are sorely mistaken.”
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18 Feb 2026
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How much control does she actually have over this narrative? Ginny refuses to be the hero’s prize at the end of his trials. She wants to obliterate that old inner voice of hers, the one that had smothered her under the guise of survival:
Don't be emotional, don't nag, don't be the needy, weepy love interest who begs the boy to stay with her. You're a distraction, you're a liability, you're collateral. Know your place.
Ginny is so tired. But she’s always found her comfort in chaos.
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