Inspired by the French film “Love Me If You Dare,” this story is about a secret game that Harry and Hermione play from childhood through adulthood. In this game, they dare each other to do things, and what starts as innocent fun transcends into something more consuming, complicated, and destructive as their friendship transforms into a consuming, but all too hidden, love in the background.
"Later on, we hear footsteps. She immediately drops my hand. I restrain the urge to grab it again. My heart clenches but I go on. I go on because I have to go on. I go on because she has to go on. I go on because we have to go on. My heart clenches but I brave it."
*** Final Chapter *** She’s a package. You’re not immune to that. You can’t be immune to that. But she’s your best friend. You just don’t cross that boundary. But she’s all that. She’s exactly that. Precisely that. And you feel the world around you slowly crashing down.
FINAL CHAPTER -- For the first time in four years, Harry Potter sets foot in London. And for the first time in four years, Harry Potter sets his eyes on Hermione Granger. Beaming, radiating, glowing Hermione Granger, with her pink cheeks and her bushy hair. For a second, the hustle and bustle of Waterloo Station goes still. And all Harry sees is Hermione.
"There is no one around me. Everyone is gone. Suddenly, I’m alone. Not like it matters. I’m always alone now. Except when Hedwig comes around. But she does not come often. I think she finds it too painful."
Harry Potter is a love-sick git in his own words. To the author, he is a neurotic love-sick git-- and Hermione Granger, well, let Hermione Granger think what she wishes to think!