Marriage of Expedience

by SenLinYu

Regardless of what anyone says, Hermione Granger wouldn't get married just to obtain a proxy vote in the Wizengamot. After all, she's a war heroine and an honest and hard-working Ministry worker. People and papers shouldn't be allowed to go around insinuating that she'd exploit the sanctity of wizarding matrimony and the entire legal system simply for the sake of passing a few revolutionary pieces of legislation.

Obviously, she eloped with former Death Eater Draco Malfoy because of her... hidden domestic side.

Genres: Fan Fiction, Romance, Christmas, Short Stories, Magic, Fiction, Holiday

15 pages, ebook

Published December 1, 2024

About the author

SenLinYu grew up in the Pacific Northwest and studied classical liberal arts and culture. They started writing in the Notes app of their phone during their baby’s nap time. Their collected online works have garnered over twenty million individual downloads and have been translated into twenty-three languages. They live in Portland with their family. ALCHEMISED is their first novel.

Reviews

[Julia B · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm about to go down such a fan fiction spiral this Christmas break BYE

[Hira 𐙚]

Can’t believe I read my first fanfic. Here’s to many more I guess.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute short story with fluff🤭

[Jackie L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay! This completes my GoodReads 2025 Reading Challenge.

H marries D for his vote on the Wizengamot seat and in exchange she provides him her reputation as the golden girl and a chaperone for outings. People aren’t taking the marriage seriously. Not one to let his wife do all the scheming…Draco proposes they put off an image of insane sexual attraction. Unfortunately, H’s clearance is revoked. More scheming… D proposes a tiny amendment through allowing those extinct houses to be passed on to a next of kin.

I love the My Wifes. There is so much potential for this in a longer fic. I love SenLinYu’s long and short stories.

Marriage of Expedience by SenLinYu: 12/11/2025📕4⭐️🫑🎧4⭐️ Lucy Hyde.

TROPES/ THEMES: marriage of convenience/expedient, Draco in glasses, my wife, advent, one shot

QUOTES/ SCENES (please excuse typos, transcribing either from audiobook/ ebook):

“What a surprise. What calamity has forced my wife to grace me with her presence?”

“You’re terribly un-Slytherin for someone so ambitious… My darling wife, do you really think I married you because I needed a chaperon?”

[Autumn Rose Dearborn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and sweet 💖

[Maddie Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Christmas Dramione fic by SenLinYu?!? Yes please 😍

[Alyssa Rutkiewicz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, sweet and witty 🤍 love seeing Draco being sweet and horny for hermione hehe

[˚☽˚｡ laura ⋒ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm probably not gonna remember this but it was cute

[Susanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️4.5

This is a very sweet, humorous, holiday short story featuring Draco and Hermione. What’s not to love?

[Ilhaam · Rating 4 out of 5]

we’re so back

[Cassy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this dynamic!! But so short :( would love a whole fic on this take

[Amanda G]

Love love love loved!

[Xinyan Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

you know i recently discovered the fact that fanfictions are, in fact, ON GOODREADS. this will single-handedly save my 2025 reading challenge.

also, this is brilliant. i wanted a bit more angst but ! the writing is so good

[RenegadeReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute short story. Would have loved more yearning.

[Lena Blazejova · Rating 3 out of 5]

Draco a Hermiona
Hermiona si vezme Draca, aby ziskala jeho hlas... Nikdo jim to jejich manželstvi neveri az do chvíle, kdy je přesvědčí o tom, jak moc po sobe touží... A najednou z predstirani je láska.

[Bobbi Lawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve said it once so I will say it again SENLINYU CAN WRITE!!! You are a talent that I think the world needs. Even her one shots are amazing! I thought this and the others were so cute! This one was the best but still! Loved it!

[Katie S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it. Short and sweet one shot.

[Jo García · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and cute

[Hanna Tuyls · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very short, very sweet 🎄

[Ivana M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so short, but so sweet. SLU is gonna be amazing at the published work.

[nessa ۶ৎ]

a fun silly goofy time with christmassy vibes🎄✨☃️ mother senlinyu never DISAPPOINTS

[Briel Pepper]

Super cute and quick Dramione fan-fiction. I wish there was more.

[ella · Rating 5 out of 5]

SAURR CUTE

[Sarah ☾]

Senlinyu can do no wrong

[Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tbh, anything senlinyu writes is gold and this story was short and sweet

[bluecomet42 · Rating 5 out of 5]

senlinyu eats every time istg

[Isabella Finlay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lo feliz que me hace leerlos a ellos dos 😭❤

[Kimberly Minne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but sweet dramione fic 🐍💚

[Matilda · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️ My favourite part of Christmas

[Bekki's Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick holiday harry potter fan fiction. Funny banter, cute plot.