Hermione Granger had been feeling a little adrift, despite her successful career at the Ministry of Magic, when her attendance a charity event in aid of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry leads down an unexpected path. AU, Rating may change to M as story progresses.

Severus Snape is has come a long way since the end of the war. The arrival of a new researcher to the company he owns threatens to upset the delicate balance he has maintained for years.

After a series of unremarkable run-ins with her former Potions master, Hermione is confused by his behaviour and her own feelings. Never one to walk away from a subject of interest, she finds herself more enraptured than she could have imagined, but to what cost?

Ten years after the war Severus Snape had been content with his life of Ministry servitude, but perhaps things were beginning to change. The story of a man in search of a future he hadn't known he'd wanted.

Hermione Granger has a chance meeting as she grabs her morning coffee