Love & Other Misfortunes

Draco Malfoy is dying. He's part-Veela and needs his mate to survive. Post-war, Hermione
Granger is a workaholic, up to her eyeballs in legal activism on behalf of Magical Beings,
and hasn't yet noticed that Malfoy is the Magical Being who needs her most.
“Because I don’t want to be saved by you just because you feel like you have to.” He was
properly furious now. “I’m in love with you."
Hermione stared at him. She knew but somehow hearing him say it made the air shimmer
with magic.
"I’m in love with you,” he said again, despairingly. “And that means I want you to be as
happy as you possibly can. And you won’t be, not with me.”