Ever since Draco’s first day in the Department of Magical Games & Sports, shortly after his official retirement from professional Quidditch, they had repeated the same interaction every morning. Hermione had been arriving promptly forty-five minutes before the beginning of her official work day for all of the years she’d been working her way up the ladder of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and had initially found herself somewhat startled by the change to her daily routine. Now, though, after three whole weeks of morning lift rides together, she’d gotten rather used to it. 