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Love Boat by cleotheo

Author’s Summary: An invite to Blaise and Daphne's wedding means Draco will be in the same place as an obsessed Astoria. In a bid to keep Astoria at bay, Draco ropes his best friend, Hermione, into attending the wedding as his girlfriend. Will the charade turn into reality, or will the smitten couple refuse to acknowledge their real feelings for one another and remain just friends?

Words: 32,898

Chapters: 15

Completed: Yes

Characters:

Hermione Granger

Draco Malfoy

Ginny Weasley

Harry Potter

Blaise Zabini

Pansy Parkinson

Daphne Greengrass

Astoria Greengrass

Additional Tags:

Romance

Post-Hogwarts

Friendship

Fake/Pretend Relationship

Dramione Compendium’s Notes:

~SPOILERS~

Hermione and Draco have both left England (Hermione after her and Ron broke up and in an effort to become closer to her parents who are struggling to trust her post-memory charm, and Draco, who was trying to escape the stigma of his past with the Death Eaters) and are now living in Sydney, Australia as neighbours. They’re best friends, but they both secretly harbour feelings for each other. 

I wasn’t a huge fan of the side pairings in this (Theo x Ginny and Harry x Pansy) but that’s obviously personal preference. I also found it a little far-fetched that Hermione wouldn’t have stayed in contact with at least Harry. To me, the moment where Draco and Hermione get together was somewhat anti-climatic. 

The writing style isn’t my favourite: the focus is largely on descriptions of surroundings, small details that don’t really add anything to the story, and the characters lack depth and development in my opinion. It’s a cute story but it’s just not one of my favourites.