What happens when the trio return to Hogwarts for their Eighth Year to find that McGonagall has hired a team of counselors to help the students address their trauma? Starts as Romione, HEA Dramione. EWE. M for language and possible lemons later.

"But… you never talk to me. You don't… like me," she said. He sighed, resigned. "It's… a self-preservation thing, you see." - Inspired by Mark and Juliet in Love Actually. Timeline isn't linear - will bounce around from past and present. Hermione and Draco POV. Dramione. Updates every other week. EWE. Will diverge from canon a bit in terms of Draco's actions/motivations in school.

NOT A TIME TRAVEL FIC. It took the ministry a while to realize the Death Eaters had disabled their ability to discover muggle born births. So they created The Phoenix Program so that older muggle borns could study at Hogwarts despite their age. Original character. Golden Trio grown up and teaching. Harry/Ginny, Hermione/Ron, but still EWE. Will be updated sporadically.