Mycroft Holmes tasks Molly with the hardest challenge she has ever faced: gain the trust of Sherlock Holmes and get him sober before the Honeymoon Killer strikes again. Molly becomes more and more obsessed and intrigued by the younger Holmes, whose sarcastic and rude behavior is really a front for feelings he tries to hide.

"But honestly, Harry! He's a brilliant man, though I hate to admit it. And as such he shouldn't lump every Gryffindor into some group worthy of scorn and derision! You would think, after the war… he'd view us differently!" Hermione needs to know why Snape has always aligned along Hogwarts House lines... and she might get more than she ever expected.