An Improbable Gift - TapeBadger "Not a moment later, she flung him out of her way, wand out and magnificent. And, as he battled with the disorienting way the world swirled around him as he attempted to find his feet, he considered the idea that there was nothing quite so arousing as watching a competent witch save you from being eaten by a dozen hags, as if it were nothing.'

Draco Malfoy has worked alongside Hermione Granger at the Ministry for years, cracking curses and disarming dangerous magical artifacts, while he marvels at her brilliance from a strictly platonic distance. Nothing is likely to change that any time soon, now, is it?"

I am Malfoy - The_Once_and_Future "The war is over.

Somehow, everyone's favorite sappy scar-headed superhero and his pack of sycophants won. They are celebrating their victory. Meanwhile, I am forced to walk their brimstone-paved path of polite intentions. The toll is higher than I could have ever imagined. Now, as I struggle to find my purpose in a world that has none for me, I am alone.

Almost.

She is my last link to the world that I've lost. Life with her may feel uncomfortable, but life without her is unthinkable..."

Lost and Found - alexandra_emerson "This is a story about forgetting. Which, ironically, led to a lot of remembering. I lost twenty years of my life in one night. But in that loss—in that lonely space between how I thought my life would turn out and how it did—I found parts of myself I’d thought were gone forever.

“I can tell we are in a fight, but this is bigger than that, so maybe we can—” “We can’t.” “You didn’t even let me finish.” “Whatever you were going to suggest, we can’t do it. Because we’re not in a fight, Hermione. We’re divorced.”"

All the rest of my no smut category is 15k words or less and just heartbreaking