After graduation, he had resumed his relationship with Astoria, had loved her as well, and had had Scorpius, but the remorse never left him. Even now, he thought of her. Hermione, who now carried another last name and who, in her world of children and career, seemed to have forgotten about him. After so many years of loneliness and regret, he would have gone insane if she had given him even a little hope of getting back together.