Endless

“You have no right to insert yourself in my life the way you did.”

“True.” He moved even closer, and Hermione’s pulse raced.

“You have no right to presume I’d want to be friends with you—”

“I don’t want to be your friend.” He stood to his full height, just a breath away. “I never have. Not back at Hogwarts, or when I first started at the Ministry. And certainly not now.”

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Of all of life's endless possibilities, of course Hermione Granger would get stuck with one that dragged her into Draco Malfoy's office every morning.