Currently obsessed with this WIP but it is so worth it. I think this is one of the next big ones...it’s not finished but so far the characterizations are both so well done. <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/40090395"><strong>Take Me as You Please</strong></a> (129316 words) by <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/users/trunksadin"><strong>trunksadin</strong></a><br />Chapters: 25/?<br />Fandom: <a href="https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Harry%20Potter%20-%20J*d*%20K*d*%20Rowling">Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling</a><br />Rating: Explicit<br />Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings<br />Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy<br />Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Ron Weasley, Original Characters, Cormac McLaggen, Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Blaise Zabini<br />Additional Tags: Professor Draco Malfoy, Healer Hermione Granger, Death Eater Draco Malfoy, Auror Ron Weasley, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn, Ron Weasley Bashing, Eventual Smut, Cheating, Tattooed Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy in Glasses, Sassy Hermione Granger, Morally Grey Draco Malfoy, Cormac McLaggen Being an Asshole, Idiots in Love, Angst, Inappropriate Use of the Word Mudblood, Manhandling, Draco Malfoy Speaks French, Draco Malfoy is Bad at Feelings, Protective Draco Malfoy, Possessive Behavior, Explicit Sexual Content, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Minor Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Minor Luna Lovegood/Blaise Zabini<br />Summary: <p>Five years after the war, Draco Malfoy is a professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and he loathes every second of it. As a part of a plea deal with the Wizengamot, he’s forced to assume the role of teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts—an assignment that is meant to both “reform” him of his old alliances and demonstrate to the next generation through a first hand account just how detrimental choosing the wrong side (and trying to overthrow the wizarding government) can be.</p><p>Parents are furious, children are frightened, and staff are disgusted with the decision, but no one is quite as curious about his presence as Hermione Granger, who is a first year resident Healer beneath Madam Pomfrey after spending her previous years post-war studying muggle medicine at Oxford University. </p><p>As Draco grapples with the very idea of redemption for himself, he’s forced to push far beyond what he knows to answer a question that has plagued him for as long as he can remember: where does he actually stand?</p>