Smooth Sailing Chapter One by redshadow43, literature
Literature
Smooth Sailing Chapter One
Lucius Malfoy and Hermione Granger had been working together at the Ministry for about six months. Hermione always felt a bit nervous and shy around him, most especially since Narcissa had taken Draco and left him shortly after the war. The two were both working in the Department of Grimoire Restorations, and so far they didn't have to do much interacting, but today, all that was about to change.
"Good morning, Miss Granger," said Kingsley as she stepped into the large library filled with old and rare documents, ready to get her fingers dirty. "Might I have a word?"
"Of course, Minister," she said quickly, stepping over to where the man sto
It seemed strange to Hermione to be sleeping at 12 Grimmauld Place instead of in the tent. She and Harry had been hunting horcruxes so long, she'd forgotten what a real bed felt like. Of course, a week ago she would have thought she'd still be in Ron's bed, but that disaster had been so short-lived as to be laughable. He had not been able to get past all of their childhood interactions, and had found himself unable to take the relationship where they'd expected it to go.
Hermione sighed, thinking about it now. How had she expected to be with him, when even their first tentative kisses were awkward and felt strange? It just seemed the two wer