Hermione and Draco had become something akin to friends in the early years after the war ended. Both ended up in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, a fact that truly shocked Hermione when she saw him at their orientation session. Being the only two of their class to end up in this department, they worked together on most of their earlier assignments, sharing resources and Chinese takeaways late into the night. When they both moved up into the department – her taking on the Being Division and him the Spirit Division – they never seemed to leave one another’s side. Draco, particularly, used the lack of constant interaction as an excuse to make casual plans outside of the Ministry. It wasn’t long before he had become somewhat of a prominent figure in her personal life.