the fallout | re-reading

"and hermione knows... that 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 is the start of war"

hermione’s insecurities are out in the open in this fic. she’s scared and vulnerable, this is a warzone. and lives will be lost. but she’s scared of just how much she might lose

this is so intense. every single line hits you hard, but leaves you wanting to read more.

“the most intense responses to his actions... they were good, or bad, or tremendously horrible, but always the most intense with him”

everyone seems to be trying to put up a façade of 'normal', trying to prove to themselves more than anything that everything is fine. or rather, will be fine.

hermione is still so innocent, she believes in good and bad being so clear cut & defined, when in reality it's all just grey area.

"however, that night, luna lovegood dies across the room from her... and hermione learns to never judge difficulty by who is going in. it is war, and people die - in small battles, or big battlers, or brushing their teeth in the morning. no one is safe anymore" i'm crying

"every step of her feet on that protected pureblood-supremacy grass makes her lips from a smirk worthy of a malfoy" ;)

draco has given up everything he has to offer, in an attempt to help the order. yet, he's constantly doubted. and constantly has his past thrown in his face. for it's so easy to blame him, because he's there. he represents the other side, even if he is no longer apart of it

"it's hard on him... they all want a piece of him to destroy"

"or maybe pansy was just in love with a man who took what he wanted, and accepted nothing that would grieve him - like love." they don't strike me as a relationship. perhaps, they just find comfort in each other, for they actual treat each other as people, instead of enemies

"and it is not a stupefy that she hears, but an avada kedavra that burns his lips... a murderer" ...girl wars are not won by stupefys

"do you blame a child for doing what his father said, when that child should have been old enough to make his own choices? yet, if that person has only been exposed to one sort of right their whole lives, do you still blame them for having a biased opinion bc they were -

- never shown how to see from a different perspective? and do you still blame that boy despite everything he faced, that in the end, he never went through with it? even when he supposedly is now doing what he can to rectify his mistake in the first place?...perhaps you do anyway"

one of the only fics that i've read that so far, where i don't hate any character. i can understand every character and their behaviour. it's true to their characterisations, whilst showing different sides to them

i'm crying y'all "he looks at her like she is a little insane, maybe, and also in a way that she does not understand. perhaps she has seen the look a thousand times, but never on 𝓱𝓲𝓼 face, and that makes all the difference"

draco got drunk, fought with hermione, just so he could find out the answer to the question that's been killing him for the last month; why did she save him... my boy, there are easier ways

draco just went all soft on hermione i- "his hand gentles, brushing her cheek in a soft graze... and she knows he doesn't realise fully what he is doing"

hermione is growing up, i’m emotional

the character growths in this fic remains unparalleled by any other. it's truly beautiful & one of a kind

there's this small little something building between them. i wouldn't call it trust, or friendship yet, but perhaps it might just be the start of something

he came for pansy, because he didn't want her to go to the other side alone. tell me why i'm crying, he's really not that bad, he stand by those he loves and would do anything for them

pansy was there for the shortest amount of time, but she has left me in tears, her impact

she saved him, and now he saved her

it's so beautiful to see hermione slowly understanding his side. maybe not getting it completely, but understanding. and there's this trust slowly building that is written so beautifully

"i've seen enough to make me willing to give him a shot at seeing just how far the change goes. he's not the best person in the world, but neither are you and neither am i"

"when does redemption begin? she likes to believe it is at the top of a tower, when a boy lowers his wand, his power, his control, his future in the ranks he had been promised and walks away to never be the same again. the question for draco malfoy, of course, was when it ended"

"they both laugh outright, and fifty years could pass, and she will still be able to recall exactly how he looked at that moment" i'm too emotional

"perhaps she has been looking at this wrong. maybe you can't seperate a person into two. one had to accept the past and the present as one constant flow in order to move on into the future, or that person would be hopelessly unmoving"

"not everything has to have changed for someone to be different. malfoy will never be made of perfection, but he will no longer be made out of hate and racism. this is a starting point, and an ending"

miss hermione granger is a mood: "it was a curious thought, to wonder what malfoy would feel like to touch her, or taste like to kiss her"

"i've entered the room malfoy. isn't that your cue to scurry out?" the way she called him out, we stan

THEY KISSED

"is this why you were mad? she'll ask. he'll only smirk and give her an answer that isn't an answer, i wasn't mad, before walking away" translates to: i was just avoiding you because i think i'm falling for you and that scares me as much as it scares you

"you don't burn your own house down unless there's no other option"

jealous draco is a hot draco

"tHaNk YoU" pls she's so adorable, but he's just going to throw this back in her face later, mark my words

"i'm the car crash granger" he whispers.

"i'm the fallout"

SHE SAID DRACO

it's the most adorable and heart warming thing ever, how they bring out the inner kid in each other. draco never really had a happy childhood, so i'm glad he has these moments to cherish with hermione

"these years could not be named, nor the things they contained; they simply were and are and exist, and she did to, in them and through them and with them"

"draco willingly shares his popcorn with her that night, and she thinks she should brood more often" pleaseeee why is this the cutest thing ever

i find it amazing how he followed her, and walked silently with her, to make sure she was okay and provide her comfort in the only way he knew how to do it. my babies are way too precious for this world

"hermione knows the he will not want to hear it, but she knows he will listen anyway, because he always does" i'm crying this character development in draco >>>>

"maybe granger, it's time for you to stop judging your worth by how much other people need you" this. this quote right here is everything. i love it so much

"she asks her if it's just a temporary thing, if it's just something that helps for now, and when hermione cannot find a truthful answer, it scares them both"

"it takes a lot of strength and a lot of bravery to be willing to deal with the fallout. but to take the risk, means the risk is worth it"

they are such a power couple. looks, brains, they got it all

dramione have the most perfect dynamic ever. the perfect amount of sass, the perfect amount of sarcasm, the perfect amount of humour, the perfect amount of affection. you can never get bored with them

patiently waiting for draco to start calling hermione, hermione now

this is the second time he's called her love i- don't think i haven't noticed

they had the final war. and hermione was not even a part of it? this feels wrong, it feels like she was robbed of something that was truly hers. she has fought in this war from day one, and she had every right to be there and fight for it, no matter what they may say

hi i actually finished reading the fallout two days ago but i was updating the thread w my notes so i don't tweet too much, but i accidentally deleted my notes so this thread is for now, closed