Hermione is wound up in Time, and tripping over her morals. When Dumbledore entrusts Hermione with her own mission in the summer between her third and fourth year, she finds herself caught in the shadows with the unlikeliest of men. AU after Prisoner of Azkaban. Eventual HG/SS.

After a too-revealing speech at his suprise 50th, the Headmistress forces Severus Snape to go on "research leave". There is only one person who he trusts enough to heal him, but does she have the time or inclination? One-shot.