He had hoped that his thoughts would turn to other things again after whatever had built up between them had been discharged, but that had been a naïve wish, of course. His life was boring - which, based on his biography, wasn't the worst thing - and the night with Hermione Granger had been the most exciting, and generally speaking, the most arousing thing that had happened to him in years. But apart from the fact that images of their tryst kept flashing before his mind's eye - Hermione Granger sucking his thumb, Hermione Granger whispering her desire in his ear, Hermione Granger's quivering body - he missed her terribly. Missed the tea with her.