"They were supportive, excited that their daughter was special, proud of my marks, even though they didn't understand what topics like Transfiguration even were. But magic – the wizarding world – always made them uneasy. They were just a couple of ordinary dentists, and a whole world opened up in front of them and sucked their daughter away, and it was strange, and alien, and they were excluded." Hermione paused, and Draco watched her teeth indent her lower lip, his eyes glued to her. It hurt to sit this close and feel so fucking distant, but Merlin, he couldn't tear his eyes away.