Finally Hermione finishes the grim task, and after using a charm to clean her hands, carefully applies a thick coating of the cream to the burn, before winding soft bandages around Malfoy's thigh. After a while, his hand comes down and curls in her hair, and she pauses in her gentle binding, resting her forehead against his knee. She feels exhausted. A sigh shakes out of her chest, and his fingers stroke and curl through her hair, scratching gently over her scalp. "That feels better," he says soft and hoarse after plucking the belt clumsily from between his teeth, and it helps to hear that. She lifts her head and kisses his knee lightly, offering him a small, wobbly smile before taking a deep, steadying breath and beginning to wind the bandages around his wound again.