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1. Hope Lingers by Jessiieb

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Hermione Granger/Harry Potter
   • Justin Finch-Fletchley/Hermione Granger
   • Harry Potter
   • Hermione Granger
   • Ron Weasley
   • Ginny Weasley
   • Justin Finch-Fletchley
   • Kingsley Shacklebolt
   • POV Harry Potter
   • Past Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley
   • Widower Harry Potter
   • Guilt After Loss
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Toxic Relationship
   • mention of domestic abuse
   • Memory Loss
   • Amnesia
   • Mention of Loss
   • mentions of torture
   • Pining Harry Potter
   • Protective Harry Potter
   • Single Parent Harry Potter
   • Good Friend Ron Weasley
   • HEA but you have to work for it

   Summary

   Ginny’s death leaves Harry drowning in guilt, raising their son while grieving a friend, not a wife. When he discovers the bruises Hermione’s boyfriend left behind, something long-buried begins to claw its way to the surface.

   The war took more from them than anyone knows, and Harry has spent years protecting a truth no one else knows. As Hermione begins to heal, the past refuses to buried and Harry must face what he never truly let go of.

   Series

   • Part 2 of After Everything

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   21,836

   Chapters:

   5/5

   Comments:

   64

   Kudos:

   99

   Bookmarks:

   30

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