Harry Potter Fic: "Keeping Secrets" 1/1
Title: Keeping Secrets
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Hermione
Author: evil_little_dog
Words: 180
Rating: K+
Summary: Hermione always knew. It took longer for Harry to figure it out.
Warnings: n/a
Disclaimer: Rowling owns all.
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She is definitely the most brilliant witch of their generation and Harry's glad she's on his side. Even through their squabbles and fusses, they've remained together. She stuck with him when Ron left, she took care of him before that, and when things finally died down and the world gave itself a good shake after the death of Voldemort, Harry realizes she stands right there, next to him, ready for the next adventure.
When he tells her he loves her, she grins that maddening grin and says, "I know." And before he can sputter out anything else, she hauls him close enough to give him a kiss. Afterwards, she whispers she loves him, too.
Much later, days and weeks and months later, Harry asks her a question that bothered him - if she knew he loved her, why didn't she say anything before he did?
"Sometimes," Hermione says, snuggling up against him, "you have to keep a secret and let someone else figure it out for themselves."
Harry agrees it might've been for the best - just like Hermione knew.
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Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters/Pairings: Harry/Hermione
Author: evil_little_dog
Words: 180
Rating: K+
Summary: Hermione always knew. It took longer for Harry to figure it out.
Warnings: n/a
Disclaimer: Rowling owns all.
X X X
She is definitely the most brilliant witch of their generation and Harry's glad she's on his side. Even through their squabbles and fusses, they've remained together. She stuck with him when Ron left, she took care of him before that, and when things finally died down and the world gave itself a good shake after the death of Voldemort, Harry realizes she stands right there, next to him, ready for the next adventure.
When he tells her he loves her, she grins that maddening grin and says, "I know." And before he can sputter out anything else, she hauls him close enough to give him a kiss. Afterwards, she whispers she loves him, too.
Much later, days and weeks and months later, Harry asks her a question that bothered him - if she knew he loved her, why didn't she say anything before he did?
"Sometimes," Hermione says, snuggling up against him, "you have to keep a secret and let someone else figure it out for themselves."
Harry agrees it might've been for the best - just like Hermione knew.
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