Four Harry/Hermione Recs

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Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Fic Title: when we were young (and ageless)
Author: fated_addiction
Link: HERE
Rating/Warning(s): not rated
Genre: Angst/Friendship/AU
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: A Deathly Hallows AU. Ron has left and they are children steeped in the thick of a war adults are too afraid to fight with only each other keeping themselves afloat. There is a quiet hollowness that resonates throughout this story. It also doesn't discount the importance factor of The Trio and character bashing is completely absent. The subtlety of Harry and Hermione's relationship is illustrated so brilliantly in this story it took me about three or four reads to catch all the nuances and plot. It is everything we love about this ship. In one word? Perfection. This fic has it in spades.

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Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Fic Title: with no room for a pardon
Author: aragons
Link: HERE
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13
Genre: Angst/Affair!Fic
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Using Damien Rice's Accidental Babies as inspiration, this one shot is like a punch to the gut. It is full of regret, resignation, age, all that could and never will be. They've become addicted to one another but they can't stop even if they try and it is heartbreaking.

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Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Fic Title: Find Me When The Bells Are Tolling, Snow Is Falling
Author: hitlikehammers
Link: HERE
Rating/Warning(s): NC-17
Genre: Angst/Affair!Fic
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: A stolen moments during Christmas canon compliant story where everything between aches. Very bittersweet and thick with emotion. It leaves a lump in your throat, a stab in your heart and a stone in your stomach.

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Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Fic Title: Love Actually
Author: parkergray
Link: HERE
Rating/Warning(s): not rated
Genre: Romance
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: Because it ends in happiness. Harry's thoughts in relation to comforting Hermione during the Horcrux hunt and how it haunts them a few years after. A perfect compliment to the dancing scene. Really, it's all about comfort and vulnerability and how it's all balls up and then they FINALLY. GET. IT. and just go for it. Did I mention it ends in happiness?