Tell Me a Story But True
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We Were Together. I forget the rest. by Prill_and_Quill
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
17 Apr 2025
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When the Ministry of Magic enacts the Binding Partnerships Act to reverse plummeting magical birth rates, Hermione is matched with the one person she’s loved—and lost—for most of her life.
But Harry is still tangled in old love, old ghosts, and Hermione knows she won’t survive watching him break her heart again.
So she runs.
In Chicago, she begins again as a Muggle journalist. With unexpected allies and purpose and a community that asks nothing of her magic, Hermione begins to rediscover who she is without the war, without expectation—and without Harry.
But love has a magic of its own.
And some letters aren’t goodbyes. They’re rescue flares.
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- Part 1 of Tell Me a Story But True
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On the morning of Hermione’s birthday, Harry sets out to find the perfect gift. Not just any gift—the story that will say what he’s never been able to. Guided by Kreacher’s unexpected wisdom and a string of memories tied to books Hermione has loved, Harry crosses magical and Muggle bookshops across the UK, chasing fireflies, forgotten lines, and the face of the only person who has ever truly read him.
A birthday. A book. A confession long overdue.
Written for the HMS Harmony A Fool’s Fest 2025. Prompt: A Fool's Errand
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- Part 2 of Tell Me a Story But True
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The tent once held silence, survival, and the ache of almost-love.
Years later, it’s unfolded again—this time not for hiding, but for remembering, and for asking.
Harry wants to propose.
Kreacher insists it be done properly.The tent, ancient and watchful, prepares to hold them once more.
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- Part 3 of Tell Me a Story But True
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The Weight of What Was Between Them by Prill_and_Quill
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Apr 2025
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Hermione thought he was about to tell her he loved her.
He was actually asking Ginny to move in.
She takes a healer assignment halfway across the world, hoping to forget.
But forgetting Harry Potter was never going to be that easy.
Told through stolen moments, journal entries, and letters unsent, this is a story of mistaken timing, unbearable hope, and the long way home.Written for HMS Harmony's April Fool's Fest. Prompt: Fool Me Once
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- Part 4 of Tell Me a Story But True
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Harry’s in full-blown confessional mode—bringing Hermione breakfast in bed, trailing her through the Ministry like a very attentive shadow, and complimenting her elbows with alarming sincerity. She’s certain he’s been accidentally dosed with the same potion that has Draco Malfoy composing haiku for Theo Nott.
Harry insists he’s just ready to be honest.
What’s real? And what happens if it doesn’t wear off?Written as part of HMS Harmony's A Fool's Fest. Prompt "Strange What Desires Can Make Foolish People Do" with apologies to Master William Shakespeare on the occasion of his 461st birthday (or as near as we can tell.)
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- Part 5 of Tell Me a Story But True