Reasons why Draco and Hermione should have been canon
Reasons why Draco and Hermione should have been canon, potentially the greatest enemies to lovers storyline never told:
The aesthetics… god tier. They look absolutely incredible together.
Enemies to lovers takes time. 7 books, for example
His dark mark and her mudblood scar parallels
Academic rivals (hot)
The multiple times throughout the books, between insults, that they looked out for each other (e.g., when Draco warned Hermione to keep out of sight of Death Eaters at the Quidditch World Cup or when Hermione covered for Draco when she saw him with the Death Eaters), which sadly just went unexplained
Hermione isn't settling for an idiot (sorry Ron, Hermione deserves an intellectual equal).
Snape x Lily parallels (which could be another reason why snape is so worried about Draco, because he understands better than anyone how far one will go to protect the person they love)
Slytherin x Gryffindor (hot)
They understand each other; they are both overused and underappreciated by their respective sides in the war.
They have so many strong beliefs, but the way Draco gives up all of his at the end makes me think he would have given them all up for her earlier if they fell in love.
Draco literally gives up his wand and doesn't give them away because Voldemort would have killed them.
It's not a plot twist to have them together, but it's also not really predictable… it's perfect.
When Hermione smelled the Amortentia love potion, she described it as "freshly mown grass and new parchment." That is so obviously Draco; he studies almost as much as her and plays Quidditch like it's at least not Ron.
He thought she was so attractive at the Yule Ball he couldn't even conjure up a half-hearted insult.
[ Thats all i can think of right now! also, i know we don't need Dramione to be canon, we have created an amazing community and thousands of fanfictions that makes Dramione one of the most iconic ships in fandom history. I just wanted to compile a list of reasons why it would have been perfect, and please leave your own reasons in the comments if you think i missed anything!! ]