In their final year, Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger find themselves thrown together by Headmistress McGonagall who is eager to heal Hogwarts in the wake of the Second Great War against the Dark Lord. Both students are damaged, both physically and emotionally and don't know who to trust but they have to work together to protect themselves from those still loyal to Voldemort.

Bonnie is back from the prison world and nothing feels as it should, she craves the quiet and to heal but she can't. Damon is living through each day by draining a glass, both are drowning until one night.

A solitary moment of realization for Damon has him recalling the feelings he had for someone... will they be reciprocated

Bonnie's ghost is trapped and unable to cross the veil and she's left stranded and uncertain among those she loved and fought for. Uncertain as to just why she's in the Salvatore boarding house of all places, she watches Damon fall apart... but why is he like that over her?

Bonnie Bennett misses the blue eyed vampire, the one who truly sees her for who she is. Damon Salvatore in return is all too willing to show her how he much he has missed her.

When the elder Salvatore wanders the street cursing Stefan and Elena for the millionth time, his attention is drawn to the dimly lit room of Bonnie Bennett and the sounds emanating from therein. The sounds cause him to face this emotions head on.