Recompense and Redress

"I do not ever expect that you and I would be on friendly terms. I know I said and did a great many things when I believed so thoroughly in the rubbish. Just the same, I think it only decent that should apologise to you. It is, almost certainly, the very least I can do. I am very sorry, Hermione, for the words I used against you. I am sorry for the mockery, the… hatred. I am very tired of being hateful, and I see no purpose in it anymore. For any of the hate that was directed at you, I do apologise. I do not expect you to accept it, but I offer it anyway."This was not at all what Hermione had expected when the serving witch had said someone wanted to meet with her.*************************************************************** August 1999. Hermione's finished her N.E.W.T.s, restored her parents' memories, and is in a relationship with Auror-in-training Ron Weasley. When Draco Malfoy asks to meet and presents what seems to be a genuine apology, Hermione's confused and Ron's enraged. But when Hermione decides to forgive, determined to move herself and the world forward, she sees the wizard Draco can be.Dramione, slow-burn, novel-length. Complete.