"After I was let out, I was too focused on trying to build up trust and this political persona, and - well, for ages, I couldn’t really handle anyone touching me. I still don’t like it much." Hermione stopped tracing, but he took her hand and put it back. "It seems you are an exception to the rule." He said, and her heart thrilled as she resumed. "The last few years, I have been able to trust only a tiny number of people, and I am not interested in being with anyone with "magic is might’ convictions. That left the dating pool I had access to pretty much empty."