r/Snamione

This is a long shot since there isn't much to go off of. It was an older fic possibly from Ashwinder, but it was on the longer side. The specific part I remember was during a class lecture given by SS. HG was still a student and taking notes. SS stops by her desk while still lecturing and puts his hand down on her desk. Their hands slowly creep toward each other until just their pinkies are touching. I swear the TENSION. THE LONGING. It was chef's kiss. Any help identifying this fic would be greatly appreciated

Blowback chapter 7 is now live.

October 1998. The war is over, but its wounds are not.

When Severus Snape follows an impulse he cannot quite name into the overgrown back garden of Grimmauld Place, he finds Hermione Granger; alone, scarred, and barely holding together. What begins as a cigarette shared in the dark becomes something neither of them planned for: a marriage of convenience, a shared set of rooms at Hogwarts, and the slow, careful work of two people learning to trust again.

Hermione is hiding an enormous secret. Severus is further along in his healing than he expected, and not as far as he thought. Hogwarts has opinions about both of them. And Fenrir Greyback has not forgotten what Bellatrix promised him.

A slow burn built on consent, therapy, breathing exercises, chocolate biscuits at 3am, and the radical act of asking before you touch someone.

TBH fellow shippers, this one was a struggle. Without the amazing help of Larlotte I don't know that I could have finished this chapter on my own.