Rating:
PG-13
House:
Schnoogle
Ships:
Harry Potter/Hermione Granger
Characters:
Harry Potter Hermione Granger
Genres:
Romance Drama
Era:
Harry and Classmates Post-Hogwarts
Stats:
Published: 01/10/2007
Updated: 05/09/2007
Words: 68,890
Chapters: 16
Hits: 26,133

Three Seasons to Closure

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Story Summary:
Closure is rare and precious and lucky to be obtained. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger draw closer than they've ever been as they both find themselves to be single and living in Muggle London, struggling with issues as they leave early adulthood and look to enter the next phase of their lives.

Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, now in their mid-twenties, find themselves both to be single and living in Muggle London. The two spend the day together discovering how the Muggles celebrate the anniversary of Voldemort's death at the Street Wars Street Party.

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Harry and Hermione spend a Saturday together in the casual comfort of each other's company. In their new closeness, Hermione is discovering that her life is coming together quite nicely, indeed.

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Missing the male companionship of his now-married best friend Ron, Harry convinces Hermione to spend a Friday evening out together.

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After not seeing Harry for two weeks, Hermione is beginning to realize that there is much loneliness in her life, and comes up with an ill-gotten plan to stir up a change.

Words: 4,158
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Feeling terrible for using Harry in order to diminish her own lonliness, Hermione makes an attempt to repent. What Hermione finds, however, is a friend more in need of her love and support than her apology.

Words: 4,131
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Hermione tries to relate to Harry that spending so much time together could cause friction between him and his girlfriend as they share a dinner and movie on a hot August night.

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Guilt-ridden, Harry tries to drum up the courage needed to confess to his girlfriend what happened at the movie theater as Hermione seeks to restore their friendship.

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The two friends get back into step with each other, and Harry once again begs his brilliant companion to help him sort out a particular problem.

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Harry deals with retribution while Hermione tries her hand at dating, as they bask in the renewed, if not strange, closeness of their friendship.

Words: 5,063
Hits: 1,406

A project that Hermione is working on may offer some hope in solving an eight-year-old unsolved case at Auror Headquarters: a case very close to Harry's heart.

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Harry pines away while Hermione visits her family over the weekend.

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Despite the fact that things are going quite well in Harry's department at Auror Headquarters, he finds himself to be out of sorts and alone on a Friday night, plaqued by a desire to see his best friend.

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Harry and Hermione test the waters on a pivotal evening out together under slightly different circumstances.

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The day after...Our two Hogwarts graduates have some fun as they adjust to the new status in their relationship.

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Hits: 1,458

Hermione has a breakthrough and Harry pays the price.

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Hits: 1,414

Hermione forces Harry to reckon with his past and the two look forward to their life together.

Words: 4,831
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