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A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 24 — Here There Be Monsters

After the attack at King's Hall, Hermione finally reveals the extraordinary purpose behind her secret research: a potential cure for lycanthropy and other seemingly incurable magical afflictions. Draco can scarcely comprehend the magnitude of her ambitions, but his astonishment turns to dread when a familiar voice from the attackers' memories suggests that a terrifying enemy from the past may have returned.

With Hermione determined to continue her work and Draco equa...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

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I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 23 — The Vow of Secrecy

Draco Malfoy has convinced himself that keeping his distance from Hermione Granger is the only sensible way to recover his dignity. Unfortunately, an extravagant gift, a dinner invitation, and a certain enchanted Jotter are making his grand campaign of indifference rather difficult to maintain.

As Mabon approaches, a midnight alarm at Hermione's Cambridge laboratory brings Draco's carefully cultivated composure crashing down. With an unknown threat closing in on her research, prot...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

Pertinent Links:

I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 22 — Troll Vodka

After nearly a month apart, Draco and Hermione reunite in Hogsmeade for a summer visit to Hogwarts. Their journey through the deserted castle leads to the Restricted Section, an ancient medical manuscript, and an increasingly awkward determination to maintain a respectable distance from one another.

But an afternoon of scholarly investigation gives way to troll vodka, cherries, and a quiet evening overlooking the countryside. As familiar teasing softens into something unexpectedly tender, Drac...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

Pertinent Links:

I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 21 — The Janus Thickey Ward

Draco Malfoy has a problem of truly catastrophic proportions: he has developed feelings for Hermione Granger. Worse, he has become inexplicably happy, embarrassingly sentimental, and entirely incapable of thinking about anything else. An emergency consultation with Theo Nott offers considerably more mockery than practical assistance.

But when Draco visits the long-neglected Janus Thickey Ward at St. Mungo's, his inconvenient affections begin to manifest in an unexpected way. Among forgotten patients, fami...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

Pertinent Links:

I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 20 — The Otter's Apology

Surviving a Nundu attack ought to have earned Draco a little fuss, but Hermione offers something far more disarming: tea, teasing, and an apology delivered by a thoroughly unimpressed Patronus otter. When Draco reveals that he has chosen to remain on her protection detail, neither of them seems quite prepared for what that decision might mean.

As Hermione explains the extraordinary medical research that saved his life, Draco finds himself increasingly dazz...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

Pertinent Links:

I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 19 — The Nundu's Venom

What begins as a carefully coordinated Auror raid on a remote fortress becomes a desperate fight for survival when Talfryn unleashes a monstrous Nundu. Outnumbered and facing a predator that can see through Disillusionment, Draco must rely on his instincts, his colleagues, and an extraordinary measure of restraint to escape a creature whose venom has no known antidote.

But surviving the mission presents an entirely different complication: an offer from Tonks to r...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

Pertinent Links:

I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 18 — The Last Copy

When Hermione Granger promises Draco Malfoy a promising lead in his investigation, he arrives at Trinity College expecting answers. Instead, he discovers something deeply unsettling about her newest scientific acquaintance: the imposing Gunnar Larsen is concealing far more than his professional credentials suggest. Draco's protective instincts flare, and his proposed solution is, predictably, several shades of illegal.

Meanwhile, Hermione's remarkable deductions bring the hunt for Talfryn and his captive Nundu closer to a...

I hope you enjoy this reading of All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89.

Author Summary: LONG fic charting the marauders' time at Hogwarts (and beyond) from Remus' PoV - diversion from canon in that Remus's father died and he was raised in a children's home, and is a bit rough around the edges. Otherwise canon-compliant.
1971 - 1995

This IS a wolfstar fic, but incredibly slow burn. Literally years. Long build up but worth it I promise!

Pertinent Links:

I hope you enjoy this reading of Lily’s Boy by SomewheresSword.

Author Summary:
Before his third year at Hogwarts even begins, Harry is given three unsupervised weeks in Diagon Alley. A trip to Gringotts changes everything.

Armed with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic—and manipulating far more than Harry ever realized—he quickly understands he can’t continue as he has been. There’s a vast world of lore, politics, and history to uncover, and the more Harry learns, the clearer his true place in the wizarding world becomes… e...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 17 — The Rose Garden

A furious argument leaves Draco and Hermione standing far too close for comfort, and an accidental dinner invitation sends the evening somewhere neither of them expected. At Malfoy Manor, teasing, wine, meddling house-elves, and a candlelit rose garden make professional distance increasingly difficult to maintain.

But beneath the banter, the evening also gives them room to speak about scars that are usually hidden—both the ones inflicted upon them and the ones t...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 16 — Above and Beyond

After surviving an extraordinary day, Draco and Hermione retreat to the luxurious Seneca for hot showers, clean robes, room service, and what should be a quiet return to civilisation. Instead, their temporary refuge brings teasing, unexpected tenderness, two sunsets, and several inconvenient reminders that their partnership is becoming harder to define.

But the evening takes another turn when an unwanted admirer appears in the hotel foyer. Draco’s protective instincts collide with H...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 15 — The Unfinished Portkey

A sentient relic, an unfinished Portkey, and a dungeon full of magical Torment turn Draco and Hermione’s escape into something far stranger than either of them planned. With the Sisterhood closing in and their options rapidly disappearing, survival depends on trust, improvisation, and one dangerously incomplete piece of magic.

What follows carries them far beyond the monastery, where exhaustion gives way to unexpected quiet, absurd discoveries, and a growing ease betwee...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 14 — Touch Me Not

Draco and Hermione begin Midsummer morning disguised as hopelessly besotted Muggle newlyweds, hiking toward the monastery that guards the relic they have come to steal. Between questionable fashion choices, an ill-fated tumble into a ditch, and some increasingly dangerous moments of closeness, their supposedly simple plan rapidly becomes anything but.

Once inside the Magdalene’s grotto, the pair must bluff, improvise, and dismantle a succession of formidable magical defences before they can re...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 13 — Hormone and Crotch

Hermione has a favour to ask Draco—one involving the Summer Solstice, a heavily protected monastery in southern France, and the theft of a fragment from Mary Magdalene’s skull. Naturally, Draco is delighted by the criminal possibilities.

As their carefully planned mission begins, an undercover journey through Provence gives them an unexpected stretch of ordinary time together. Between reckless driving, seaside wandering, sharp banter, and increasingly difficult-to-ignore attraction, Draco finds himself...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 12 — The Manor of Theseus

Hermione accepts an invitation to Malfoy Manor, forcing both her and Draco to confront how much the place has changed—and how much the past still matters. Between rebuilt halls, old memories, unexpected vulnerability, and increasingly personal banter, an uncomfortable afternoon becomes something far more revealing.

As Draco tries to manage Hermione’s unease, the boundaries between professional concern, friendship, and something harder to name continue to blur. A quiet moment b...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 11 — Amortentia

When someone tests the wards around Hermione’s cottage, Draco arrives minutes too late to identify the intruder—and the possibility that her secret research has attracted unwanted attention becomes harder to dismiss. Their investigation soon gives way to a very different kind of complication when confiscated love potions reveal that some preferences may have changed since their school days.

Between suspicious magical traces, classroom sparring, inconvenient sincerity, Amortentia, and one thoroughly ill-advised encounte...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 10 — The Ring of Eynhallow

A perilous broom flight across the North Sea carries Draco and Hermione toward the ancient fires of Eynhallow, where wild magic, strange creatures, and a centuries-old Beltane tradition await. Between salt spray, standing stones, and a long night beside the flames, their uneasy partnership begins to look increasingly like something neither of them is ready to name.

By morning, small acts of care have become harder to dismiss—and somehow more a...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 9 — Old Glory

Draco’s idea of a routine wellness check somehow becomes tea, banoffee pie, and an increasingly comfortable evening in Hermione’s cottage. But when her research points toward the Orkney Islands on Beltane, he decides her supposedly harmless trip is no longer something she’ll be making alone.

A missed ferry leaves them with one questionable alternative: Old Glory, an ancient two-seater broom, a cold stretch of North Sea, and Hermione’s profound hat...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 8 — Malfoy's Paradox

Draco arrives at the Delacroix fête with one uncomplicated objective—only to discover that none of the evening’s eligible witches can hold his attention. Then the mysterious woman he’s been watching across the room turns around, and suddenly Hermione Granger is complicating everything.

Between sharp arguments, meddling friends, an increasingly inconvenient dance, and a few discoveries neither of them seems eager to examine too closely, professional irritation begins blurring into someth...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 7 — Revelations

Draco’s curiosity finally gets the better of him when he discovers the title of Hermione’s fiercely protected ancient grimoire: Revelations. Her furious response follows him from the Ministry to the windswept hills of Uffington, where a suspicious plant, an abandoned tracking ring, and an unfortunate misunderstanding with passing Muggles make their already complicated arrangement even more combustible.

But their quarrel gives way to something far more revealing when Hermione’s protective magic sudd...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 6 — Professor Takahashi

A false alarm sends Draco racing to Hermione’s cottage before dawn, only to discover that the apparent crisis is something far less deadly—and considerably more embarrassing. Their increasingly easy correspondence soon leaves Draco confronting an even stranger problem: Hermione Granger has somehow become the standard against which everyone else seems rather dull.

When Hermione speaks at a Muggle medical conference in Oxford, Draco arrives as her reluctant security detail and finds hi...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 5 — The Keepers of the Well

Hermione’s Imbolc errand takes Draco from crowded Glastonbury gardens to a hidden magical spring beneath the earth, where ancient Keepers guard the Green Well and even he begins to question how far she is willing to go for her research.

Between dubious chakra advice, an alarming descent into darkness, and a Sneakoscope with impeccable comic timing, their uneasy partnership keeps slipping into something warmer, funnier, and considerably harder to ign...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 4 — The Asterisk Holiday

Draco’s curiosity about Hermione’s mysterious “asterisk holidays” finally gets the better of him when an Imbolc trip to Somerset reveals a pattern hidden in her schedule. What begins as a convenient excuse to escape his mother’s matchmaking tea soon becomes an unexpectedly entertaining day of rain, Muggle travel, woodland searching, and questions Hermione has no intention of answering.

Between a disastrous Apparition into a moving Mini, an overly enthusiastic S...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 3 — The Second Ring

Draco’s campaign to improve Hermione’s security finally brings him to her Cambridgeshire cottage, where books, Muggle technology, a deeply judgmental half-Kneazle, and Hermione’s stubborn independence prove nearly as challenging as the warding itself. After hours of magical fortification and argumentative negotiation, the evening turns unexpectedly intimate when they reach the most important part of Draco’s plan: the matching silver rings.

What begins as a practical protection measure carries an a...

A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 2 — Item Fifty-Six

Draco’s security assessment quickly expands from Hermione’s laboratory to Hermione herself, exposing an exhausting schedule, formidable magical defences, and one invention he never expected to find: an Anti-Magical Forcefield built around her Muggle computers.

Determined to avoid becoming her permanent bodyguard, Draco devises an alternative. His fifty-sixth recommendation comes in the form of an enchanted silver ring—one Hermione has several very good reasons to inspect before trusting.

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A Most Inconvenient Devotion: an original adaptation of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare — Chapter 1 — The Principal

Draco Malfoy has built a respectable career as an Auror, but his latest protection assignment presents a complication no amount of professional experience can make comfortable: the Principal is Hermione Granger. Fifteen years after the war, their reunion at her Cambridge laboratory is every bit as tense, sharp, and stubbornly competitive as either of them might have expected.

When Draco challenges Hermione to prove her laboratory can withstand a determined intruder, a rout...

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley — Chapter 24

Victor abandons Geneva and devotes what remains of his life to pursuing the creature across Europe, Russia, and into the frozen north. The chase becomes a brutal contest of endurance, sustained by vengeance, grief, and the creature’s taunting signs left along the way.

As Victor’s story reaches Walton aboard the icebound ship, the consequences of creator and creation finally converge. Walton is left to witness the last reckoning between remorse, responsibility, revenge, and the terrible loneliness that has shaped them both.

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Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley — Chapter 23

Victor spends his wedding night braced for the Creature’s promised attack, certain that he himself is the intended victim. But as a violent storm gathers over the lake, a dreadful scream reveals that Victor has misunderstood the threat—and the consequences devastate what remains of his family.

Overwhelmed by grief, Victor returns to Geneva, where further loss pushes him into months of collapse and confinement. When he recovers, sorrow hardens into a single purpose: he appeals to a magistrate for help hunting the being he created, only to discov...