Chance meeting between damaged Draco & Hermione leads to cohabitation & healing

Into the Dark, With You | 33k words | COMPLETE | Post-War, Post-Azkaban Draco, Hermione's Parents Don't Remember Her, Trauma, Codependency, Healing, HEA

Summary:

Two years after the war, Hermione Granger is a ghost in her own life—hiding in the Muggle world, haunted by her parents’ lost memories, and self-medicating with Legilimency and alcohol in seedy bars. Then, one night, she stumbles into the mind of someone even more lost than she is—Draco Malfoy, fresh out of Azkaban and unravelling fast.

What begins as a chance encounter spirals into a dangerous kind of solace—two war-torn souls clinging to each other as they teeter between enabling their demons and fighting them.

A story of post-war trauma, unintended salvation, and love found in the wreckage.

Excerpt:

"Moonlight crept through a crack in her curtains, casting a faint silver glow on his hand—on a ring. A snake, coiled and engraved in silver, glinted against the dark. Her heart stuttered. She tilted his head, reaching out her fingers to brush platinum strands away from his face, letting the pale light catch his features.

No.

Her breath hitched as silver eyes filled with hollow tears stared blankly into the dark.

Draco Malfoy."

Fun Fact: I wrote this fic in 96 hours. It's not perfect, but I'm proud of it :)