Rating:
R
House:
Astronomy Tower
Characters:
Draco Malfoy Hermione Granger
Genres:
Romance Drama
Era:
Multiple Eras
Stats:
Published: 09/27/2004
Updated: 05/27/2005
Words: 11,986
Chapters: 15
Hits: 7,144

Giving Into Temptation

chaos_reigns85

Story Summary:
The ultra-charming Draco Malfoy tempts the soon-to-be Mrs. Ron Weasley into being unfaithful. What follows is a steamy release of Hermione's pent-up passion. Draco might just get a bit more than he bargained for, or Hermione might be playing right into Draco's hands.

Chapter 01
09/27/2004

The ultra-charming Draco Malfoy tempts the soon-to-be Mrs. Ron Weasley into being unfaithful. What follows is a steamy release of Hermione's pent-up passion. Draco might just get a bit more than he bargained for, or Hermione might be playing right into Draco's hands.

Words: 566
Hits: 1,343

Hermione gave into Draco's advances... but now that she's had time to think about her slip in judgment, she feels as if her world is ending. At the same time, Draco is confused and wondering what he's supposed to do now that feelings inside him have been awakened. Can they go back to their lives before their indiscretion, or will they be forced to live with the consequences of their actions?

Words: 802
Hits: 631
Chapter 04
10/17/2004

It was inevitable. Draco and Hermione could not keep what happened between them a secret. And at work, when Draco comforts Hermione after an argument, Ron waltzes in and finds them in an embrace. Words are shared and Hermione just may end up losing the man she loves. But is it the same man as before?

Words: 692
Hits: 532
Chapter 05
11/12/2004

Draco returns home from work and Pansy is there to greet him. An argument insues... secrets are spilled... and Draco barely gets out of the house with his head still attached to his shoulders. But where is he to go when he isn't wanted anywhere?

Words: 517
Hits: 516
Chapter 06
11/12/2004

Draco has left home and returned to Hermione. Hermione tells him that Ron's broken off their engagement and what follows is a deep conversation about Draco and Hermione's feelings towards one another. They are both ready to move forward together, but that may be a bit harder than they think...

Words: 1,004
Hits: 260
Chapter 07
11/12/2004

Hermione has decided to move forward in a relationship with Draco. What she doesn't expect when she wakes up is Ron sitting at the dining room table. He has some heated words to say, and due to Hermione's lack of an explanation, he leaves. Is there any way to fix what was broken, or are Hermione and Ron broken beyond repair?

Words: 626
Hits: 284
Chapter 08
11/18/2004

Draco and Hermione, despite a minor setback from Ron's sudden appearance at the home he used to share with Hermione, decide what

Words: 710
Hits: 514
Chapter 09
11/21/2004

Hermione is having second thoughts about her decision to be with Draco, and after a less than helpful talk, Draco leaves to get some fresh air. Meanwhile, at Ginny and Harry's flat, Ron can't sleep and keeps going over in his head the last things he said to Hermione. Harry is there for him with his self-proclaimed "bottle of courage" and a shoulder to lean on. Things between the once inseperable couple only seem to be getting worse...

Words: 526
Hits: 441
Chapter 10
11/21/2004

Hermione's feeling sick with apprehension about her new predicament with Draco and her nagging doubts. But after a visit from Ginny, she finds out her sickness may have to do with something else entirely.

Words: 544
Hits: 259
Chapter 11
01/19/2005

Draco ends up outside Ginny and Harry's flat, looking to talk to Ron. Maybe not his best idea...but he has a few things to get off his chest. Ron isn't particularly willing to listen, but Draco has always been stubborn and won't leave till Ron's heard his side. And when Draco returns to Hermione she just may have news for him that'll change everything...

Words: 947
Hits: 408
Chapter 12
11/23/2004

Ron is alone at Harry and Ginny's flat and gets an unexpected visitor...Hermione! She is finally brave enough to tell Ron all that she has been feeling, and what it was that led her to be with Draco. And in the end, when all is said and done, she is still Ron's beloved 'Mione.

Words: 1,373
Hits: 376
Chapter 13
01/16/2005

Draco has to confront his mother about his upcoming divorce from Pansy and his current situation with Hermione. Not that that isn't bad enough, but his mother is now a permanent patient in St. Mungo's following a breakdown after Lucius' death two years earlier. Is Draco up for the task? Or will Narcissa find a way to break him down?

Words: 855
Hits: 398
Chapter 14
01/19/2005

Ron is not exactly in the best mood after Hermione leaves his house. He cries more than he ever has before. But when his sister manages to get him out of his room, he finds a sight awaiting him that he hadn't expected. And he learns that little Luna Lovegood is all grown up...

Words: 913
Hits: 266
Chapter 15
02/08/2005

Ron is arguing with himself about the sudden feelings he has for Luna. He thinks that he can't possibly feel for someone else what he once felt for Hermione. And a little talk with Harry doesn't really help matters. Meanwhile, after a less than pleasant visit with his mum, Draco now has to go back to St. Mungo's for Hermione's Healer's visit. And upon seeing the growing being that him and Hermione have made...he shows a little bit of that pansy-ish side of himself that we all love...

Words: 1,270
Hits: 430
Chapter 16
05/27/2005

Draco accompanied Hermione to the Healer's but he never expected to find out something that would make him faint. And when he awakens, and an epiphany of sorts comes to him, he asks Hermione that one question that will make or break him...

Words: 641
Hits: 485