Three years after Draco Malfoy quit his job and left Britain to no one knew where, he returns to take up a position at the Division of Obscurial Elimination. He only brings a suitcase, a mysterious past and an objective to take the Ministry down. The fact that he gets partnered with Hermione Granger, star employee and his sworn nemesis, is bound to make things a bit complicated.

As colleagues for the F.A.U.C.E.T. (Fetching And Uncovering Creatures Experiencing Terror) department, Draco and Hermione have had their fair share of arguments. When they face their hardest case yet, mixed with an odd swarm of fireflies that glow in the colour according to how they feel about each other, Hermione is struggling to keep a straight mind.

How Draco spends his Christmas evenings after the war, and how Hermione plays an unexpected part in it.

Draco and Hermione become study partners during their Eighth year at Hogwarts, but Draco is still grappling with nightmares and his confused feelings towards the witch.

Hermione is overwhelmed: Living with Draco, taking her NEWT's and caring for Hogwart's students as Head Girl was shaping up to be more difficult than she thought. She takes up a rather unhealthy vice, and surprisingly, Draco seems to share it. A friendship buds.

He leaned down and waited until she retracted her hand, before laying his fingers on the keys and quickly playing the correct tune. He held down the one she'd misplayed, waiting as the note stretched out. / Draco has played the piano all his life, but the music never sounded quite right. That is, until he runs into Granger again, years after the war.