"We haven't really talked about it – in fact, we've avoided talking about it – but I'm fairly certain he's still of the opinion that he can't ask me to be with him after the war, that it wouldn't be fair on me to be with him, what with prison, or exclusion from wizarding society... He's so stupidly stubborn." Hermione was warming up to the subject – it was actually a relief to let it out. "He doesn't seem to understand that I don't care about what wizarding society thinks. I don't care if he loses the Malfoy money, I don't care if I have to wait for him to get out of Azkaban – I love him. We work. That's all that matters, right?"