He was breathing heavily and just looking down at Hermione Granger, the woman he had been observing from afar for years now. The one who has been the reason for his torment and yet the subject of his desire. Granger, the brilliant witch who you couldn’t help but admire when she spent hours locked in the library, with a pensive look in her eyes as she chewed her cheek and read an enormous book. Hermione, who foolishly thought kissing him would protect her friends from the Inquisitorial Squad. Instead, it ignited an eternal flame in his heart that could never be doused. 