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Almost a decade after Voldemort’s fall, a new wizarding war begins. After three long years, Hermione Granger, now a war-weary healer for the United Order, is transferred to a top-secret base in the Slovenian Alps. There, she collides with Draco Malfoy, a long-forgotten ghost from her past.
Now older, wiser, and more traumatised, can these two former enemies become each other’s guiding light in an increasingly dark world?
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This is a character-driven story, told through Hermione’s eyes, exploring the traumas and impact of war, as well as the tender, human moments that can sometimes be found in between.
**TLDR: Two trauma-riddled idiots fight desperately NOT to fall in love... but we all know some battles are destined to be lost.
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25 May 2026
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She lost her magic slowly, at first.
It started as a creeping deadness somewhere low in her abdomen.
It spread outward like necrosis into her chest and her head and her limbs. She had no recollection of when, exactly, it had begun.
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Hermione has made a name for herself in the Order as a gifted inventor of spells. As the war careens into its seventh year, she fights to keep Harry alive by developing a potion that strengthens his magic to the detriment of his physical health. Wracked with guilt at his rapid deterioration and desperate to save his life, she risks liaising with Draco Malfoy, the head inquisitor in Voldemort’s secret police force and a talented but dangerous Legilimens. Her risk does not go to plan, and after enduring months of brutal captivity, she loses her capacity to do magic.
To her dismay, Malfoy now seems to be her only hope of regaining her former ability.
A dark, slow-burn war AU about trauma, recovery, and reclamation of feminine power
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05 Mar 2026
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“Do you recognize this man? I ran it through our files, but they came up empty.” Bruce stared at the man, though, troubled. “I feel like I’ve apprehended him before, but why would it have been wiped from the servers?”
(Because Dick deleted it.)
“I don’t know him,” Dick lied.
If Bruce knew who this man was, Dick knew—he knew—Bruce would bench him out of these missions. He tried to keep them out of the ones which got personal. And Dick... Dick needed to go on this mission.
Bruce, still staring at the screen, started speaking again. “His name is—”
Anthony Zucco.
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Or: Zucco never got caught after the Flying Graysons' death, and yes. Dick has trauma about that
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03 Nov 2025
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Damian doesn't understand why everyone is making such a big deal over a stupid argument. He quickly realizes that there might be more to this than he thought.
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03 Nov 2025
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the primacy of personal conscience by birdsofthesoul
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
11 Apr 2021
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"WHAT MAKES IAGO EVIL? some people ask. I never ask."
— Joan Didion, Play It as It Lays
Or: Dick, his family, and the moral morass of a wishing well.
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03 Nov 2025