What do they both want, after the war? Hermione wants...travel, and work, and love, and an all-around good life. She wants to be happy, and have a flat in Muggle London with Crookshanks, and she wants....none of what Ron wants. Ron wants to play Quidditch professionally, a job that's hard in every way imaginable, and he wants to marry, and have her pop out a bunch of kids so they can grow up like he did, with a stay at home mother and lots of siblings. He wants a house in the suburbs, where the kids can play in the backyard. Hermione doesn't want that. She doesn't even know if she wants kids yet. She doesn’t even know if she’ll live through this war.