It's seventh year, Dumbledore is still alive and, after Hermione is attacked in the halls of the school, he comes up with a plan he is ever so sure will keep her safe... amongst other things. His Potions Master must be bonded to her. Of course! It's the only thing for it. It's not like Albus has ever been wrong before.

Severus is understandably chuffed.

But maybe it won't be as bad as he thinks. Sure, because he's typically lucky.

7th year, canon through OotP, and then it cherry picks, because why the hell not?

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Originally Published: 2017-11-05 on AO3
Chapter: 001
Words: ridiculously long; over 600 K as of chapter 106

Pairing: Hermione Granger / Severus Snape
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con

Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Poppy Pomfrey, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Minerva McGonagall, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Lavender Brown, Vincent Crabbe, Crookshanks, the Bloody Baron, Sunny the House Elf (OC), Daphne Greegrass, Harper Hutchinson (OC), Hunter Hutchinson (OC)

Tags: Hogwarts Seventh Year, HEA, Severus and Hermione will be fine, Everyone else can go to hell, Not that they will, Genre-Typical Violence, Canon-typical deaths eventually, Albus is a manipulative douchecanoe…, Love Story, Slow Burn, Apparently Angst happens, (I’m very sorry about that), which would make it ‘angst with happy end’, no suspense here, Slytherins being Slytherins, Hogwarts, Severus Snape Lives, POV Severus Snape, POV Hermione Granger, ss/hg, fanfic, Harry Potter, Potterverse
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