It started with Abraxas simply paying it forward for the next customer out of the pure kindness of his heart. Too bad Tom is far too prideful to accept charity. Nonmagic/coffee shop AU

They met in class. The story of how Hermione grew to like soccer and Ginny fell in love with words. University AU.

Hermione liked books. She liked books and tea and the soft sound of rain tapping glass. She liked all of those far more than she liked people. She spent her evenings in sitting in her favorite armchair with a book in hand and her nights out wishing she was in that armchair. Then she met Tom Riddle. Nonmagical AU