Just You and Me

Eight years since that first Yule Ball and four years since their second, Draco and Hermione meet once again in a familiar corridor.

Final Part to Wish I Could Be
A Post-Hogwarts Yule Ball Fic
Word Count: 5002
Rating:Mature

“Hello, Draco Malfoy,” Hermione said, not even bothering to turn around. She already knew it was him. His cologne gave it away almost immediately, as did the clicking of his dragon hide shoes.

No one else at Hogwarts would be wearing such an expensive item, even to the Yule Ball.

“Granger,” he replied, his voice richer and deeper than when they were last in these halls.

Years. Actual years. Four to be precise, but it could be four lifetimes for all she cared. She felt older now, ancient even.

She had known nothing at 19 and knew even less at 23.

But she did know the scent of his cologne, and how his mere presence could make her heart race.

“Still going to insist on calling me that?” she asked as her hand went to her hair, almost on instinct. No, she couldn’t, shouldn’t, touch it. All of her hard work…

“Always.”

She turned to see his grin, an amused look on his face. Almost like he knew something. Almost like he knew her.

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