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knight-already · 8 months

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Why do we think Severus had no friends other than Lily?

Please tell me... before anyone says he was friends with Mulciber and Avery. That was a recent affair which we learn because lily tells Severus, "I don't like the people you've been hanging out with."

It's recent.

We know, also that the werewolf attack also happens before SWM -- and we learn this particularly in the same conversation.

Did Severus join their friend group out of fear?

I know this has nothing to do with my og point, that being : is any Slytherin a good enough friend, for Severus and is Severus a Slytherin good enough to be friends with any other house?

But wait a second;

Severus has always been an out cast, he's at the bottom of school's social ladder; he's poor, not mainstream attractive, he has poor socialization.

He hardly managed to make friends with Lily only succeeding because he had something she wanted; Knowledge about the wizarding world.

Therefore when he joined Mulciber's group; he would have had to been at the bottom of the friend group, as a : go for/ yes man/ nerd that does their homework ect....in exchange for being in the group and possibly getting protection; IF they bothered too, which I doubt they did seeing as no one in that group came guns a blazing to help him in SWM.

That friend group's power wasn't balanced, and if you've never been in a friend group that wasn't balanced then bless you.

When we talk about balance for the peoples that may not understand:

We have our leader: who may or may not be the glue of the group ei, the one who gathered the friends, or they could also just be the loudest, pushiest or just idk has more swag.

Example: James.

Then we have the second in command, the best friends of the leader, these people are the closest -- best friends, possibly has the ability to kind of influence the leader:

Example: Sirius

Then we have the third, close to the outside eye, best friends with the first two but everyone inside knows they aren't as close, if they were walking and one had to fall behind it would be this friend, if they ever stopped talking for a little, this friend would be first to go.

Example: Remus

And lastly we have the bottom of their social ladder, this friend is a follower, not a lot of say in the group, is lucky to be there and to be considered a friend, usually a yes man, a go for, or someone they exploit for their own personal gain, ie studying or help with assignments, or they could have poor social skills but have a rich background and is easy to manipulate. They are in this group for more protection or power of numbers. They need the group more than the group needs them.

Example: Peter & Severus

Originally I made this post to ponder any friends Severus might have had -- but in a environment that already is hostile to Slytherins, would any Slytherin on the same social standing had been his friend?

I mean he already pissed off the biggest bullies in their year so anyone on a similar social standing might not want to be friends with him out of fear of being more on James and co. raider than they already are, plus this is especially true for maybe another Slytherin -- (Slytherins stick together because of their bad rep. Professor's are no help usually.)

Any other Slytherin would be above him, and most likely not spare him the time of day.

Why would other houses help the weird kid with a huge target on his back?

And if magically he made friends, perfectly find friends who don't let Potter's bullying fly or any house's bulling fly and fight back. If they did manage to be Severus' friends, would Lily approve?

I mean, how do we know someone is a threat?

Don't we either learn through the grape vine or our own eyes?

Well, other houses are side eyeing Slytherin, for being death eaters -- so the muggleborns are sticking close together. Maybe even the houses are protecting their muggleborn friends in whatever way:

"Hey this one's family is a death eater..."

"That one's relative is a supporter..."

"Stay away from them."

I mean we know James and co are on the lights side, so obviously, their actions and pranks are cool because they would never stoop to such a disgusting level.

Does that translate to :

If James and co. Don't approve of this person and are acting out against them ----

They are fight the good fight?

I mean, we do know Mulciber and Avery do become deatheaters.

But -- we don't hear anything about James and co fighting them. We hear Lily being weary of them.

is any Slytherin a good enough friend, for Severus and is Severus a Slytherin good enough to be friends with any other house?

Unimportant to the post:

Looking at Harry 's own friend group with Ron and Hermione. I meant to talk about a balance in friend groups, but I just realized you might think Harry is the leader, which is was at a point since Ron and Hermione didn't get along at the start.

But in truth Ron is the glue, while Harry has the leader status.

That's all, this post is long enough.

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shanastoryteller · 2 years

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#lily james and sirius all trusted peter over remus #do you ever think about that #and what that implies about their relationship - WELL NOW I AM THINKING ABOUT IT I GUESS :sideeye: What do you think WHY they did it that way? Like, I mean, a deeply (?) buried prejudice against 'dark creatures'? Idk I just don't see that at least for Lily...would be really interested to hear your thoughts on that if you'd be willing to expand on that. Thx and take care xx

this ask touches on SEVERAL things i think about all the time so i'm going to use it as an excuse to talk about all of them

i think lily could be just as prejudiced, if not more, as anyone who's grown up in the wizarding world

harry's dislike of slytherin ("anything but slytherin") was solidified by one throwaway comment by hagrid and one unpleasant interaction with draco. these kids are eleven. that's the perfect age to pick up on unbiased bigotry. no critical thinking, all reaction, and bubbling with feelings lacking framework

hermione doesn't care about remus being a werewolf, but then again she's a rights and freedoms activist. she wouldn't, would she? that's not a muggleborn thing, that's a hermione thing

harry doesn't care, but honestly that's because harry - like a lot of abused kids - is incredibly self centered. people who are nice to him and who are safe are good. people who are mean and who could hurt him are bad. it takes him years to develop any type of nuance, because that's how long it takes for him to both grow up and grow out of survival mode. harry doesn't hate werewolves because a werewolf has never insulted his mother or made him uncomfortable. remus is nice to him, remus is safe, remus is a werewolf - therefore being a werewolf can't be bad

lily was best friends with severus snape, who's not a man i associate with a large amount of tolerance. if snape had kept his hatred to creatures rather than muggles, maybe lily wouldn't have cared at all

frankly, i don't think the marauders - any of them - were exactly the nicest of people, and i don't think their ringleader married the nicest of girls

that doesn't make them evil. and frankly a lot of kids grow out of their meanness (the saddest i'm ever able to feel for canon snape is at the idea that james grew out of his meanness at the same rate that snape grew into his)

but damn, did these kids' meanness take things way too far

one of the things that i can't help but roll my eyes at in canon is the idea that snape owes james a life debt. especially since this first comes up in first year when dumbledore is trying to explain snape's actions to harry by saying he protected harry to repay his father - and not the fact that he's a teacher and that's his job, or the obvious truth that dumbledore didn't want to tell harry - that snape looks out for him, inbetween being and asshole and terrible teacher - because his mother was his best friend

frankly, the incident surrounding this casts sirius in such an irredeemable light that the only way i can wrap my head around this occuring anything close to canon without remus cutting sirius out of his life or some serious consequences, and with dumbledore apparently knowing about all of it and not being outright insane, is this:

sirius told snape about the whomping willow because he thought he was a coward

the shrieking shack was rumored to be haunted and everyone avoided it because of the terrible shrieking, which was obviously remus as he transformed. snape was snooping around and sirius was tired of dodging him and so told him about the secret passage. he thinks snape is a coward, so what he thinks is going to happen is that snape gets scared at the screams, backs out of looking further, and is so embarrassed about being a coward that he stops harassing them about all the questions surrounding remus

this has to be it, because the only option is that he was okay with killing another student, ruining his best friend's life if not getting him thrown in azkaban, and likely getting himself expelled. in one version sirius is a kid with bad judgement but no malicious intent, while in the other he's literally a psycopath

obviously this plan doesn't work because snape is a lot of things, but not a coward. realistically this is happening in their sixth year when james is already obsessed with lily and she's likely started to thaw towards him if not dating him. he's heard more about snape from lily than he's been able to pick up in six years of sniping at each other and james knows that there's no way in hell that snape is going to turn away. instead of trying to explain that to sirius, he bolts, and goes to stop snape from finding remus

he's too late, but they both manage to get away unscathed, somehow. the other thing that makes sense to me is that james through himself between snape and remus - not as a form of self sacrifice, but because remus was familiar enough with him, even while he's in his human form and remus is a wolf, to be thrown enough to stop himself from attacking

james was in very little to no danger. if remus had lunged for him, he could have transformed into prongs. snape, on the other hand, could have died

he did not risk his life to save snape. he risked some injury, quickly fixed by pomfrey, if anything. if james hadn't saved snape, sirius would be expelled, remus would be imprisoned or worse, snape would be dead, and lily would never speak to him again

snape is the one with all the power here. i imagine this is when lily has to get involved, because the idea that snape didn't go around telling everyone what happened, that dumbledore would just tell snape to keep quiet about being nearly murdered by another student, makes no sense

lily finds out about remus being a werewolf because he nearly kills her childhood friend. lily has spent years thinking that remus is a cruel, heartless bully, and now she finds out that he's a monster

lily is not on the mauraders' side here

but snape is physically incapable of not biting his nose to spite his face. he reads dark books all the time and he knows exactly how dangerous a werewolf is and why and he knows that it's not his fault, that remus can't help himself, and he snaps at lily. things between them are so broken by now (if this is how she reacts to dark things, how would she react if she knew the truth about him?). he says that if she wasn't an ignorant mudblood then she'd know better than to come to the most base conclusions

getting scolded by snape of all people for being prejudiced cleanses her of her knee jerk fear and shames her for feeling it at all. snape now feels stuck because he can't go back on his words that were mostly bullshit, so he has to commit. when dumbledore hears of everything, snape says that he went exploring in the shack on his own even though it's forbidden and james stopped him, which is why all dumbledore does is tell him to keep remus's secret

whatever the reason, whatever the circumstances, snape does not: go public to get remus expelled/imprisoned/killed or tell the world that sirius attempted to kill him; ever tell another soul what remus is even if he does hint an awful lot when he starts working in his school again (with children, when he's so dangerous, and snape is then proven right)

i think the reason why remus and snape's relationship is almost cordial is because remus is grateful to him. snape may hate him and hate that he's there and think he's not qualified to be there, but he did not return cruelty with more cruelty 20 some odd years ago and even the werewolf curriculum while he's out is so much less worse than it could be. snape is petty and vicious and rude and very cruel, but sometimes in some circumstances "not as much of an asshole as you could have been" is enough

that said, i don't think lily, james, and sirius's feelings for remus were about prejudice

i think james and sirius have known each other the longest - both purebloods if in different circles - and peter's known them only slightly less. i think of the pettigrews as a formerly rich if not prestigious family that's fallen on hard times - perhaps drained by the war

remus they meet at hogwarts and they love him and trust him and the very first thing he does is lie to them. it's not personal. they understand why, when they find out, but now they know what remus acts like when he's lying

war is hard

sirius says no because he's the obvious choice, but also because he's still fighting on the frontlines, likely working to turn moderates from dark families because he's the best one for that, because despite his break from his family he still knows that crowd, still grew up with them

remus is working to do the same thing with the werewolves, just like we see him doing with the second war

i think peter is a spy. he's supposed to use his animagus form to spy on death eater meetings, which is how he gets caught and how he gets turned

harry is an accident

lily and james are fighting on the frontlines of this war. they're young and everything's going to hell and they have work to do - now is not the time for a child. but lily gets pregnant, which is bad enough, but then they find out that Voldemort is targeting their child specifically they make the very hard decision to place their family over the war

they hide

but sirius, remus, and peter can't hide. they still have work to do. more work, even, now that lily and james can't leave their home

i don't think sirius and remus ever intended to have children. whether they're together or apart, the reasoning is the same. a werewolf raising a child is under such intense scrutiny. any child of sirius's would be hounded by the black family, and frankly i think sirius in particular had a lot of growing up to do even then

peter, i think, might have planned to have children. he spends twelve years not only as a rat, but a child's pet rat. children are rough and loud. i can only assume that he must have liked children to settle there, liked them enough to find being their pet a comfort rather than a trial

but what they all decide long before harry is even thought of is that they'll raise their kids together

harry is lily and james's son but he's all their kid. sirius is his official godfather but the mauraders understand it's a title they all share

i think both sirius and remus and even peter didn't want war to touch the potters now that they moved away from it. i think they all sunk into the idea that if they could only keep this one little part of their family safe, maybe it would be worth all the devastation

they started lying

not maliciously. not meanly. but they were trying to hide their stress and horror and fear not only from the potters, but from each other

they all know what remus looks like when he's lying, when he's lying about something huge, when he's doing it all the time

but remus knows what sirius is like when he's lying too. so does james, but since sirius isn't suspicious of him, so he confides in him, and james has no reason to disbelieve him

remus doesn't confide in them. he's trying to be strong for them. he's trying to be a decent soldier and a good uncle and a good friend and he's cracking but he can't crack. his family is depending on him

they know there's a spy. it has to be one of them

remus knows sirius is lying. sirius knows remus is lying. they suspect each other, and the potters reluctantly start to suspect remus too - they have seen this behavior before, after all

as for peter?

he's under so much pressure, and he's so nervous and jumpy all the time. he's not hiding anything

peter's not lying to them

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sorendeimos · 2 months

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What an angry, disposable man… Nothing but a pawn … born to be damned.

How I perceive Severus Snape

Notes: Go into this understanding that to Me, Severus is deeply flawed and broke and trauma filled. There are parts of him I see as soft and squishy, covered by hate to keep Them from bruising. If you don’t like that, do not read this. Otherwise, enjoy.

TW: Mentions of alcohol abuse, drug abuse, sex, physical and emotional abuse, poor mental health, death, manipulation Please do not read if you cannot handle these topics.

Basics

Severus T̶o̶b̶i̶a̶s̶ Snape—01/09/1960 INFJ 5w6 Slytherin he/she/they gender apathetic

Personality

𖤐 Anxious 𖤐 Quiet, yet explosive when angry 𖤐 Calculating 𖤐 Jumpy 𖤐 Constantly self-destructing 𖤐 Studious 𖤐 Woefully inept at being social

Mannerisms

𖤐 Has neatly manicured hands and wears gloves to protect them. 𖤐 Carries with him a book, a notebook, and a pen at all times. 𖤐 Gets stomach ulcers from stress and poor self care. 𖤐 Takes up smoking as an adult after The Attack 𖤐 Has terrible coping mechanisms, ranging from excessive hours of brewing in the dark to binges of alcohol, drugs, and sex. 𖤐 Developed his harsh personality because of his father hating the sound of his laughter as a kid.

Family

𖤐 Tobias Snape — Father 𖤐 Eileen Prince — Mother 𖤐 Paternal Grandparents — unknown 𖤐 Maternal Grandparents — unknown

𖤐 A Moment in Time 𖤐

Friendships

𖤐 Lily Evans — childhood best friend 𖤐 Remus Lupin — study partner/friend 𖤐 Charity Burbage — close friend 𖤐 Narcissa Malfoy née Black — close friend 𖤐 Lucius Malfoy — close friend 𖤐 Regulus Black — friend

Relationships

𖤐 The Malfoys

After Hogwarts, they were all close, close enough for the Malfoys to open their marriage for Severus. Not because they lusted for him, but because he needed them and it kept his destruction contained.

𖤐 remus lupin

With Remus, Severus could exist as a whole person. There were no games or masks, as the wolf would sniff them out. Remus was and is a calming presence in his life that got him to open up, process, and relax.

𖤐 Regulus Black

Regulus was Severus’s first kiss. They did not date, per se but they did a number of things together. Severus was regulus’s only and it still hurts Severus to his core to recall this. He tries not to.

𖤐 a moment of weakness 𖤐

Trauma

𖤐 Severus suffers from night terrors, horrid dreams that teeter between reality and fantasy. As a result, he is jumpy, often exhausted, and irritable. 𖤐 The night terrors stem from the day his Father became a monster 𖤐 The day severus showed his first sign of magic, Tobias lost it. He flew into a fear based rage, throwing Severus into his room, and Eileen was left to explain everything. 𖤐 Tobias began to drink and hit soon after 𖤐 Severus went to hogwarts, eager to learn magic to defend himself and his mother, but became a target here as well. 𖤐 The marauders, mainly James and Sirius, tormented severus throughout Their years together. 𖤐 He became a bitter and angry boy as a result. he only found solace in his friendships with lily and eventually remus, potions, and dark magic research. 𖤐 His interests gained him friends in the malfoys and other supporters. The prank shattered his friendship with remus and followed by the assault shattering the one with lily. 𖤐 After graduation, Severus threw himself into his mastery and coped with the rage inside him via the Malfoys.

𖤐 forgiveness 𖤐

End of part one

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xioyume · 1 year

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Hiya~Dear Author I'm just New in here and I got a very crazy idea for Young severus Snape when his Girlfriend is a k-pop Idol like she was very popular and Wealthy.. And her family really loves snape thanks!

Notes: Crazy ideas are the best ideas! Thank you for giving me the chance to write this, it sure is something different from what I’ve seen in the Severus Snape x reader tag and I love; I hope you like what I wrote too 💖💖

Edit notes: I’M SO SORRY! I WAS WRITING THIS BUT THEN SCHOOL GOT CRAZY AND THE HOLIDAYS CAME AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT! I APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND THE OTHER ANON I OWE 😭😭

Warnings: a little bit of enemies to lovers, the Marauders being little shits, Reader’s race and ethnicity are not established but she comes from Mahoutokoro

Young Severus Snape with a K-pop idol girlfriend

If we’re being honest here, Severus probably hated you when he first “met” you (aka when he saw you entering Charms class and he didn’t even said a word to you but ok)

You were a transfer student from Mahoutokoro School of Magic and already a celebrity in your second day at school. Many people at Hogwarts (especially muggleborns and halfbloods) listened to your music and found you and your voice as if it was heaven sent

Snape, on the other hand, didn’t find the appeal. He thought you were just another rich girl who wanted to show off her wealth and have everyone like her to keep her ego high

So he avoided you; boy already had some rich kids making him miserable, he didn’t need another one who was also a famous singer

This made you sad, since he caught your attention from the moment you saw him at the Great Hall and wanted to be his friend

And you may or may have not developed a tiny crush on that tall, mysterious, and pretty Slytherin boy you always sat behind of in almost every class

When you found out about his friendship with Lily Evans, someone less closed when it came to meeting people, you figured you could get close to Severus through her. So you reached to her and developed a friendship, formally meeting Severus when she introduced both of you

You started hanging out almost everyday and your crush on the Slytherin boy only grew stronger, especially when he became nicer to you

The three of you liked hanging out in the library or in the astronomy tower, your favorite place in school to relax and free yourself from class stress

But one day, a small group of Gryffindors came up to you; you knew them from your year, but never spoke to them. You guessed they were some fans, as you were accustomed to

They told you their names and that they were “big fans” of your music, and that they wanted to share one of their hobbies with you. You were taken aback a little, but found it very endearing and decided to go with them

That went as good as you can imagine, since you found them harassing your best friends, especially Snape who was getting hexed by Sirius

You stepped in and called them out, putting yourself between the Marauders and your friends to protect the latter, while Lily made sure Sev was okay. The commotion was enough for your head of house to appear; you told them what was happening and they managed to get the Gryffindor boys away from you

After that, Severus was more protective of you; seeing how you willingly stand up for him caused something inside his body to always feel a little fluttering sensation whenever you were close

Lily realized this and made it her mission to set you up

After an incident trying to grow some mistletoe near you and purposely leaving the two of you alone whenever she could, Lily squealed of happiness when Severus told her you finally got together after a night walk to the astronomy tower and a heartfelt confession under the stars he thought was a dream he didn’t want to wake up from

Now to your family

When you told Severus you wanted him to meet your parents, he panicked. It’s not that he didn’t want to, he just thought they wouldn’t see him as an good suitor for you and make you break up with him

After so many constant reassurance, you managed to convince him do it and, during Christmas, Severus and you went to your house to meet your family

On the contrary of what Snape had in mind, your parents were very welcoming and nice to him. Your mom happened to be very invested in the study of alchemy and had various conversations with through the holidays; your dad was very grateful for the help in the kitchen he provided and around the house, getting his approval very quickly

Your baby brother was practically mesmerized by Sev, constantly comparing him to his favorite character from his book and telling him he loves him in a way that made your heart want to burst

During the train ride back to Hogwarts, Severus hugged you, thanking you for giving him the chance to have a merry Christmas and that you are the best present he could ask for

Needless to say, you shared your first kiss on that train wagon; a memory that you would always treasure

If you wish to be tagged in future works let me know, and again I’m so sorry 😭

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aew-kun-age-regression · 1 year

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hi im not sure if your requests are open, but i was wondering if you could do a Marauders era caregiver!severus x little!male!reader drabble type thing, if you cant thats okay, and no rush thankies!

Hi Darling! Of course I can, I've honestly been waiting for a request <3 I hope I've done okay and this is what you wanted!!

"Don't worry Kiddo"

Pairing: Severus Snape × Little!Reader.

Summary: Severus and Reader are supposed to be studying however when Reader doesn't show up Severus goes looking for them, in return finding out their secret.

Warnings: Very brief mentions of bullying, fluff, nicknames (Kiddo, Sev), thumb suckling, hiding, platonic.

(Gender neutral Reader)

‼️THIS IS NOT NSFW‼️

NOT proofread!!!

Severus had been at Hogwarts for 3 years now. You were a year younger than Severus and therfore had been there for 2 years.

Within your first year of being at Hogwarts

(And getting sorted into your house, which was Slytherin) you had had a few incidents with bullying. Severus had noticed one time when it was happening and had stepped in, becoming fast friends.

You had always acted childish however it was only when you turned 15 that you realised that all the times you had acted like a kid without knowing why or how to stop it, it had been because of regression..

Noone was aware of your regression except you for about 7 months of you consciously doing it. After that time there was an incident that allowed someone to know the secret.

You were supposed to be studying with Severus after lessons. He was supposed to meet you in the Common room however when he arrived you weren't there. You were always good with being on time so he was confused. He waited for roughly 20 minutes before he started to worry.

He decided to look for you.

It didn't take long before he found you. Sitting in the back of the library (behind multiple shelves) with your thumb in your mouth and a child's book in you lap sitting criss cross on the floor.

Severus although not fully aware of your regression had noticed there was something different about you months ago. You never acted the age you were. Not like the other kids at least...

"Y/N?"

You looked up fear written upon your face.

"Don't worry kiddo... it's okay."

He didn't understand. Why did he feel the need to protect you. What came Iver him to call you 'kiddo'?

None of this made sense.

But he knew now wasn't the time to ask questions. At the moment you were little.

Severus slowly reached his hand out to you, promoting you to take it.

"Little one.. Why don't we go over to that table over there and you can tell me about that book your reading.. yeah?"

He didn't want you hiding anymore.

"O-okay Sev" You stuttered, giving him a nickname.

At that moment Severus knew that whatever was happening, he would always be there for you during this time. And any other time you were in a situation like this.

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bharatiya-naari-sab-pe-bhaari · 2 years

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Love Thy Enemy [Severus x Reader]

Warning: NFSW towards the end, has an explicit sexual scene so below 18 kids stay away

It was common knowledge that the Gryffindor Head of House and the Slytherin Head of House were cut throat enemies. They represented the best of both their houses and had a legendary history of mutual loathing befitting the almost galactic level of rivalry displayed by the Lions and the Snakes.

And it served no better purpose that both were polar opposites of each other in most respects.

Professor Y/N L/N was a classic Gryffindor. Terrific offensive duelist, expert charms mistress, fantastic at transfiguration, irrevocably just, unmovably fair and benignly compassionate, you were the epitome of virtue with a healthy dash of mischievous fun mixed in that. Your students believed that you were a creature composed solely of everything good in the world. It certainly didn't hurt that complementary to your unparalleled beauty and untamed kindness and good humour half the school was in love with you.

Professor Severus Snape on the other hand was everything on a paradigm level opposite to you. Excellent in non verbal magic, a Potion's prodigy having skills never seen before, practically unbeatable in a no bars hold duel and a master of the infamous Dark Arts; he was irrefutably biased, unseemingly prickly, bitterly cynical and rudely sarcastic. There was not a caring bone in his body nor a gentle gesture in his soul. Almost hated on a universal level in the school, sometimes people believed he might be one of the most detestable human beings to have ever walked the surface of the planet. It certainly didn't earn him any favours that he looked like a Transylvanian horror story and had a thick shroud of terrifying mystery surrounding him in general.

If you were made of light and silk then he was weaved from the blackest viscous darkness. If you were an Angel sent from the highest clouds of Paradise then he was a Demon creeping out from the dreariest depths of Hell.

But there were certain similarities both of you shared almost equally which never failed to baffle both the Hogwarts staff and the student body.

Both of you were ferociously protective of your respective houses. Had a nasty tendency to concoct the most creative and painfully humiliating of punishments and almost always seemed to be at the right moment to catch the oblivious students. You both were the undisputed masters of your respective fields; transfiguration and potions and could run circles around the best of the academetia. Scathingly intelligent and sharp as a whip you both couldn't help but share a smug smile or a conspiratory smirk when someone would make a fool out of themselves in front of you.

Yet the differences were jarring enough that it kept the chasm between both of you and fanned the flames of your mutual hatred. Quidditch just seemed to add to that immensely, escalating the situation exponentially.

It was amusing on the best days and positively terrifying during the bad ones.

Yet it was familiar enough to the students and staff that the vitriolic exchange of cutting remarks you both would spit at the other in a steady stream hardly deterred your respective houses from watching on in amused anticipation as they placed bets as to who would win this time.

"It was hilarious Mionie! You missed it!"

"Ronald! I hardly think that we should be gossiping about our teachers in this way."

"Oh come on Mione! Loosen up! Its not like they don't know what the students say behind their backs."

"Ron.."

"He is right you know. Hardly anything could go by Professor L/N and Snape without them getting an air of it."

"Yeah mate its kinda spooky you know."

Hermione sighed and let her friends bicker good naturedly as three of them sauntered (read tumbled ungracefully) under Harry's invisibility cloak towards the Hogwarts kitchen in the middle of the night.

"You two idiots! Why didn't you eat dinner at the Hall earlier. I knew you both would feel hungry later."

The bushy haired Gryffindor groused while Ron elbowed her mistakenly as Harry tried to avoid tripping over his feet as they moved in an awkward three way walk trying their hardest not to awake the entire castle.

"We were very tired after the match Mionie! We kinda flopped on the bed and fell asleep. Couldn't even celebrate properly."

Ron grumbled but brightened instantly remembering their outstanding win at the game. The Slytherin team's faces should have been captured closely and laminated on their walls.

"I would want to hurry guys. Don't want to get caught by the greasy git prowling around the halls like a bloody vampire. Lord knows he would be in a terrible mood today."

Harry whispered while they made their way past the long stoned empty corridors in search of the kitchen.

"A sour loser isn't he? That great musty dungeon bat?"

"Don't worry mate. If he sneers too much we'll sic Prof Y/N over him. She'll kick his bony ass all the way to kingdom come!"

Ron giggled along with Harry as Hermione clicked in disapproval. The Boy who lived was about to placate his best friend and perhaps attempt to make her see the truth in their words when he noticed light coming out from an empty classroom.

"Why is their light coming from there?"

"Uhh.. maybe we should leave it alone and be our way. None of these undue curiosity has ever worked for us boys."

"True Hermione but what if its something dangerous? All these years our instincts have helped us survive and save Hogwarts numerous times."

"And also managed to get us almost crushed, obliviated, poisoned, cursed, pulverised so on and so forth. But whatever you say mate."

Harry glared at his red haired taller friend and he grinned unapologetically. There was an element of truth in there though.

Still curiosity as usual got better of the Golden trio as they inched closer to the light and peeped through the slightly ajar door making sure that their cover was still on fully. Upon peeping in they realised that it wasn't a classroom like they had originally believed but seemed like some teacher's living quarters.

And the sight meeting them inside left them nothing short of dumbfounded.

There was a warm fire roaring in the fire place and stacks of papers, books and scrolls laid littered all over the place.

You were seated on a wide armchair facing the door, your hair let down from its usual French braid to fall in soft waves till your waist, your long coat neatly folded behind your chair leaving you in your dark blue dress, your bare feet propped on the footstool showing the delicate arch of your ankles. You were wearing reading glasses which had framed your beautiful doe shaped eyes as they kept roaming methodically along the lines of probably some student's assignment. You had never appeared so comfortable and out of your usual poise in front of anyone.

Yet that probably wasn't the reason Harry, Hermione and Ron kept gawking at you completely shocked out of their wits. It was the sight of their terrifying Potions Professor fitted in the same chair with you, curled up like a massive black contended cat on your soft chest.... fast asleep. He was taller than you by atleast a foot and possessed a wiry athletic strength which made him look like he could most certainly snap you in half. Yet sleeping with his mouth slightly open, silky black hair spread innocently over his lax face, wearing what looked like a threadbare white nightshirt, frame trusting and turned towards you, he looked painfully fragile.

And unnaturally young.

Very much a human and not his usual dour Vampiric phantom self.

The three huddled Gryffindors looked on gobsmacked as they noticed one of your graceful petite hands run through Snape's hair with tenderness. Your eyes never left the pages turning automatically in the magically suspended parchment in the air as a quill kept scratching on it but your hands were busy caressing the pliant sleeping body in your arms carefully... affectionately.

The patterns looked naturally transcended from a long familiarity and Ron almost had to bite his tongue to keep the gasp in when you bent your head to press your lips on Severus's inky black dishevelled head. You kissed his head a few times absently, your mind miles away from the present as your unwittingly unnoticed audience struggled to tear their eyes away from both of you.

You turned to see the time on the wall clock and sighed tiredly. The parchments sailed away automatically and got neatly stacked in a modest tower at the side table. Then you turned all your attention towards the slumbering man in your arms.

You cracked a loving smile and wrapped your arms around his body, gently brushing the hair off his face. There was something so reverent in the way you were looking down at the Slytherin Professor that it forced the still stone shocked spectators to avert their eyes. It seemed too sacred an emotion to be seen by someone else.

"Sev, sweetheart wake up. We need to relocate you to the bed if you don't want to wake up with a sore neck next morning."

Your voice was so soft and low that they had to strain their ears to hear the words properly. Snape stirred and let out what might have been a protest but came out more like an oddly sorrowful crooning from your chest where he had fully turned his face, in an attempt to bury himself into you. You reciprocated the voice replicating it and rubbed his back soothingly.

"Love.. please...."

You gently coaxed him awake with tiny kisses on his shut eyes, the bridge of his nose, the arch of his cheekbones, the sharp edge of his jaw, the corners of his thin lips. When you sucked a kiss on his Adam's apple, he came to with a low moan.

"Y/N..."

"Sorry love. Just want to get you to the bed. Come on now."

You helped him up as he looked around looking adorably sleep soft, blinking his eyes slowly. You could feel all your love collect in the crevices of your heart to over fill your heavy chest with emotion. Somedays it became next to impossible to articulate in mere words as to how much you loved this man.

Hermione's observant eye caught the light being reflected off the beautiful emerald gem encased within a circle of sparkling diamonds embedded in a ring which was around your neck tied with a string. Immediately she turned her calculative gaze on Severus and noticed another plainer but expensive look ring tied with a similar string around his neck.

What the...

"How late is it? Why didn't you wake me up? I have to patrol..."

Severus finally said having gathered his bearings.

"Honey, we talked about this. You are not to patrol on days after getting called by Volde.."

"Don't say his name!"

Snape's eyes widened in lingering fear and you shook your head once, biting your tongue in a smidge of guilt. His hands trembled as you brought them to your lips. You took his left arm and pressed a kiss directly on the Dark Mark as if to soothe the sting of pain your careless use of the monster's name had caused.

It was beneficial for your three Lion cubs that their gasps of shock was masked by Severus's own. He bent his head low, his hair forming a curtain of silken black beneath which he could hide his shame. You would have none of that. You brought out his face brushing off the strands of hair and rested your chin on his chest to look upwards to him.

"I am sorry darling. Force of habit. Anyways, forget about the patrol. One night without it wouldn't harm anyone."

"But.."

"Sev you desperately need to rest. The way you are working. It won't be long till you crash and burn. Classes, refilling the Potions supply for the infirmary, spying for the Order, the Dark Lord's frequent bouts of insanity and that pink toad Umbridge on top of that. It's unhealthy."

"And I have always been the poster boy for health haven't I?"

"Don't be smart to me husband."

Hermione had to push her hands over Ron and Harry's mouths to stop them from yelping.

Severus half smiled which was perhaps the most genuine look of affection which the three hidden heroes had ever seen their bitter Potion's Professor showing. The taller Slytherin brushed your hair off your tired face with an uncharacteristic gentleness and leaned forward to touch his cruel thin lips to your forehead in a feather light caress.

"As you wish then.. wife."

You smiled brightly and tugged his hand as he followed you into what probably was your bedroom, beyond Harry and his friends's line of sight. Which was fine to be honest, cause neither of the three were sure they wanted to see anything more happening between both of you.

Harry, Ron and Hermione tumbled back to their common room, forgetting completely what they had initially set out to do, their brains working a mile a minute (read only Hermione's coz the boys were still trying to process the fact that you were married to the dungeon bat and looked quite in love).

"Bloody hell!"

"I can't.. what was that? They were.. then... but... how... when.. don't they despise each other?"

"All those fights, the screaming matches, the stink eyes, the cut throat competition for the House Cup.... everything was.. is.. "

"Staged. They were acting. Pretending for everyone's sake. It is all a charade. They don't hate each other. Never have..."

Hermione told them what they were too scared to say openly. Harry frowned confused and shaken.

"But... why?"

Ron looked out into the Hogwarts grounds and sighed.

"That is the question aint it mate. If that was fooling us then.. what else out there is for show? What else are they hiding?"

Hermione and Harry remained quiet, deep in their own pensive thoughts.

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Meanwhile in your bedroom Severus looked upwards at the ceiling worriedly.

"Are you sure that was a correct move? What if it backfir...ahh! Merlin."

His words ended up in a whimpering moan as you laved his sweat off the sensitive rose coloured nipple. He gasped and moaned arching off the bed as you closed your lips around it, sucking on it with fervour.

"They are smart enough and like you said incredibly attuned to falling into the very trouble which we all try to remove them from. They might have come to know about this sooner or later. Better it is on our terms."

You said humming against his skin before running your wicked tongue down his trail of dark hair into his groin and he clasped the bed sheets tightly groaning.

"Bet that might have repulsed them eno...ahhh! Y/N!"

Your palm smarted from where you had slapped his supple arse cheek swiftly having bent over one of his powerful legs with hilarious ease. It was so easy bending him to your will when he becomes a puddle of begging nerves beneath you.

"What did I tell you about insulting yourself in front of me?"

Severus swallowed and opened his eyes looking at your flushed face, hair spread wildly down your naked frame, holding his leg up, bent from the knee still.

"S... sorry."

You clucked and smacked his already red arse cheek hard again making him yelp and then moan.

"Sorry what?"

Severus gasped and panted squirming to get your warm hand to touch his aching skin again. You got the hint and started spanking him with renewed vigour this time having him hold both his legs up to give you access to that delectable bum.

His toe tingling moans and desperate groans turned into pleasure filled sobs when his skin was raw and red and burning and he finally cried out.

"Ma'am.. m..ma'am. Sorry ma'am..."

He whimpered and felt his already rock hard cock throb in pleasure as you stroked his hot arse gently with your lips.

"Better..."

You kissed your way around the trembling crimson cheeks and reached that pink rosette of his entrance. He may have anticipated your next move because you heard his choked words from above.

"Darling.... darling..Y/N you don't have to...to.. do that... I have the lube somewhere.. around.. oh God!"

Never let it be said that Y/N Snape wasn't wild in bed. You should thank Charity for the book and the cleaning charm. You knew Sev was loud in bed specially when he was bottoming but this was something else entirely. He went completely wild, writhing uncontrollably (thank God for magical restrains or else you weren't sure whether silk might have held him in) mouth open as loud unrestrained moans poured out from him. You were half aware that his brain had probably turned to mush as you concentrated in working him open with your skillful tongue.

"Oh God! Oh fuck... oh... Merlin... Y/N please.. please... I can't... ahhh.."

You smirked raising yourself up and saw your husband sprawled helplessly on the bed, sweaty, flushed and shaking with pleasure. You licked his thick cock and grinned mentally hearing his breathless pants.

"You want it babe?"

"Oh God yes! Yes please..."

"Show time then honey..."

You had read about double sensations somewhere and wanted desperately to try it. But it needed to have that edge of surprise to it to work best so you had to completely distract your lover while prepping to attack him surreptitiously. And what will be better than to suck his soul out of that huge cock. He hardly noticed you levitating the jar of lube towards yourself and dipping your long fingers inside generously as you suckled his aroused hot flesh noisily.

Severus didn't feel the gentle intrusion at first but when you increased your speed of sucking and pushed in three fingers through his loosened, kiss wetted entrance his brain exploded in a blinding flash of white.

Not even you had anticipated hitting his prostate at first try. Your mouth filled with the bitter tang of his release as he came hard wailing in irresistible pleasure as your fingers kept fucking him through the powerful orgasm. He was overstimulated and each brush of your slender appendage against his prostate sent sparks down his nerve endings making him cry out as you sucked him dry and cleaned off the excess come with your tongue simultaneously.

Neither of you had realised his fingers were tangled in your tresses by then having left the crumpled bed sheets. You winced as the pressure was released from your hair and drew your fingers out of him gently, sitting back up and stretching your limbs languidly like a satisfied tigress. Then you smiled gently noticing your husband's eyes closed, his flushed face lax and his lashes thick on his rapidly cooling cheeks.

You had fucked the poor man straight into post coital sleep.

You cleaned yourself up with a well casted charm but opted to do it the muggle way with Sev. There was something so beautifully intimate about cleaning your partner after making love. You brought a warm wet flannel and wiped him clean carefully before putting a cooling charm to dry the sweat. You managed to clean the mess on the bed quite easily (no one said being magical didn't help in the household).

Then you climbed in beside your beloved Slytherin who was pleasantly dreaming about you probably and curled up on his chest contended. His arms came automatically to wrap around you and you tugged the blanket around both of your naked entangled bodies.

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"I can't believe you Professor Snape! You defend your Slytherins most unfairly."

Professor Y/N shouted in indignation. Professor Snape just looked suitably bored.

"That's rich coming from you Professor Y/N considering its my Slytherin who is admitted to the infirmary."

"It was your Slytherin who started this entire duel in the corridor nonetheless."

"Of course. And your precious Gryffindor did nothing to provoke him? Poor little darling, the unfairly victimized party."

"Waxing eloquent wouldn't change the truth Professor. I will take this to the Headmaster."

"Be my guest Professor. He will most likely feed you sugary tart deserts and send you on your way."

"You are incorrigible."

"You are impossible."

Their classes of students surreptitiously exchanged bets under their breaths as the two kept at it viciously.

Only Harry, Hermione and Ron noticed the flash in their respective eyes which others conveniently wrote off as anger or rather loathing.

But it was only love.

"Merlin! Were we that blind?"

Harry asked Hermione incredulously to which she just shrugged her shoulders listlessly.

"I think that there may have been Greater men being fooled by these two."

#severus snape #harry potter fandom #snape fandom #pro severus snape #prosnape #snape love #headcanon #severus snape fic #harry potter #severus x reader #reader insert #random drabble #soft #sev deserves all the love in the world

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nightingale2004 · 17 days

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i'm gonna sound like a hater here and please believe that i love both these characters very much, but imo snape and lupin being childhood friends ends with both of them being very willing death eaters.

ten year old sev works out that his only friend is a werewolf and just straight out asks because he has no social skills and once he ascertains that remus doesn't want to be a werewolf is like, 'ok cool well i'll find a cure then' with absolute sincerity. ten year old remus's only bestie, the only person his age he even speaks to, the only person in the world who thinks he can get better, says they should both be in slytherin? he's gonna beg the hat to put him in slytherin, and it's gonna listen to him. lucius malfoy's junior death eater recruitment scheme gets handed two easily corrupted outcasts on a silver platter, and neither remus 'sure i'm down for murder now that i've given a long justification, wdym you thought i was the traitor' lupin nor severus 'willingly joined this cult in canon despite having lily-shaped reasons to not do that' snape are gonna stand up to him. we know lupin is a) capable of a lot of violence, b) really charming and good at making people believe him if he tries, and c) stupid devoted to whatever cause he attaches himself to -- he'd make a great death eater once he's convinced dumbledore hasn't got his and his friend's interests at heart, and in slytherin he's getting convinced of that really quick. and snape's motivated a lot by personal loyalty -- he's not going to turn against the death eaters unless there's an immediate threat to someone he cares for, and i really doubt they're gonna harm a weapon as useful as dark!lupin would be.

i think, if you're looking for scenarios where sev doesn't end up with the death eaters at all, he needs to hit it off with james as a kid; james is basically the only marauders era character who's enough of a stubborn force of personality to possibly convince eleven year old sev that he doesn't want to be in slytherin, and frankly the only way to keep sev away from the 1970s junior death eater league is to not have him share a dorm with them for 7 years. or we kick out slughorn and have a responsible adult as house head to bring the hammer down on the older slytherins/protect the kids from murdercult recruitment, but that's a different au

First off. Love the response, and the scenario for a dark Remus lupin is intriguing. I don't see much of that. Mostly just dark Sirius and such. I love this and thank you for your response

#harry potter #severus snape #hp #hp fandom #harry potter fandom #severussnape #snape #platonic snupin #snupin headcanon #snupin #dark remus lupin

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mrsfrecklesmarauders · 4 months

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"You're a selfish person, Lily" Severus had said. Now Lily couldn't stop crying at his words. Because he couldn't be more wrong. Lily was no selfish. Anything but selfish.

Lily was constantly thinking about others. She praised her sister like an idol, although Petunia didn't appreciate it. She had a lot of pressure on her shoulders. Being the only one of the family to go to a private school, put her on the spotlight. Even if she didn't want to. Aunts, and Uncles, even cousins kept asking her about her posh school. They congratulated her for doing good, which made Petunia constantly angry with her.

Lily had to do the impossible to keep impecable grades to keep her scholarship. Even that stopped her from enjoying things like a normal teenager. She was praised by teachers for doing her homework and not breaking the rules. Lily knew she was constantly compared with the rich students. She had to try ten times harder than them. Because she depended on scholarships. And that stressed her out.

Lily was constantly giving advice to others. Somehow she was always the shoulder to cry on. Most of the girls told her their love stories or their issues with their boyfriends. And Lily tried to play nice and listen, talk to them even if she had never have a boyfriend before. Even if she'd never been in love.

It was always about Mary and her being the center of attention amongst boys. Because she was pretty and confident. Something Lily would never be.

It was always about Marlene and her constant energy, her ability to be the rebel one and break the rules and be cool. Always the type of girl that defied misogyny, and stupid toxic men. Lily was not as brave as her.

It was always about Alice and her extraordinary love life with Frank. Alice was like the protagonist of a romcon, the princess that had found her prince. Lily was jealous of how beautiful, delicate and perfect she was. And how she wished she could live a love story for herself.

It was also always about Remus. Lily worrying about him not thinking himself enough. Lily knew he was treated differently and he was always giving too much of his heart but wasn't treated like he deserved. But also, Lily was tired of Remus trying to convince her to give Potter a chance.

And Potter only asking her out as a joke, because she was a silly game for him. How could he like her this much? Lily was not that attractive anyway, not like other girls. Although sometimes Lily felt guilty for rejecting him because he was accused of being a prude for not giving Potter a chance. Any boy for that matter. And Lily didn't know what it was or what he looked on a boy but she didn't feel sparks for any of them.

And it was always kids like Sirius Black (or sometimes some Slytherins) who called her a snob or a boring nerd for maintaining the rules and trying to get them to do the right thing. She was not a privileged girl who could ask her father to donate some money to the school to keep her in.

Lily had prefect meetings, and classes, and homework, and friends asking to talk to her or asking for her help.

Lily had to be right, perfect and studious for school but she also had to be a cool teenager who had fun, drank occasionally and pretended to be too busy to be snogging around. But also wishing she was snogging around.

It was too much, actually. Lily didn't even remember when was the last time she had some spare time for herself.

Now Severus accused her of being selfish only because she (God forbid) started being friendly with James Potter and the rest of the boys. After everything Lily had done for Severus especially. All the advice, all the support, all the love she had given him. How much she had wanted to protect him from his horrible father. But she had stand a lot. Severus had lied and manipulated her. He was the real monster. Lily realized now that he never liked her. He was just obsessed with her.

"Lilybean" her father would say if he was still alive "When do you have time for yourself? When do you matter? Sometimes it is fine to be a bit selfish, you know?"

Lily could hear his voice perfectly in her head.

"You know what, Sev?" Lily answered "Perhaps I am being selfish for the first time in my life. So what? Maybe I want to clean the trash in my life and only be left with good people and good friends..."

"Yeah, me...I am a good friend, Lily. Not them"

"No, you are the trash" Lily snapped "And now I want to be clean. We are done, Severus"

She walked away ignoring her ex friend's calls. And for the first time, she tried not to feel guilty about leaving him behind.

#Happy birthday to my precious girl #Honestly when someone says something bad about her I go feral #She is such a strong character and could easily be a good protagonist #But she is always left aside #marauders #marauders era #Muggle AU #lily evans #lily flower #asexual lily evans #demiromantic lily evans #but also falling in love with James when she gets closer to him gets to know him better and realizes how good he is

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federicosproperty · 7 months

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i feel really awful when i hear people hating severus for being obsessive and whatnot, because his love for lily was more than genuine. more than just the surface of it, but people just don't get that. they don't get what it's like to live in fear at home, only to go to school where you think you'll be safe and have someone turn your safe heaven into hell, then lose one person that genuinely cared for you over one mistake. she didn't deserve to be called that, but he didn't deserve to be completely left alone, either. who was he supposed to be friends with if not other slytherins if everyone else bullied him for everything he did? he had nowhere else to turn, and he was a half blood which didn't exactly make him completely protected from the death eaters either, so that was his best shot at staying alive since he had no one that loved him. and i'm not saying that excuses how he behaved towards other children in his class at all but i'm talking about snape as a child. snape as a teenager. that scrawny, ugly, big-nosed kid no one liked when he lived in house filled of alcohol bottles. he never deserved what's been done to him.

#harry potter #severus snape

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sitp-recs · 2 years

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Hello please do you have a list of drarry canon rewrite fic recommendations ? Not necessarily from year 1 just i really want to find new reading materials like Leo inter Serpentes series for example

Hi there! I do know a few fics but I haven’t read all of them because canon rewrite is not really my jam. I can vouch for the ones I’ve read and the other ones are all quite popular and well recommended too, I’m sure they’ll be fantastic reads! Enjoy :)

Dwelling by aideomai (2017, T, 83k)

Curses, James and Lily Potter ride again, several Ministry balls, a teenage Summer of Love, a grim young adult dystopian winter, a few different Draco Malfoys, secrets and the problems re: not having any, alternate lives, impossible lives, real lives, allusions to Dirty Dancing, and just because it's not called the Mirror of Erised doesn't mean you shouldn't know better.

Chaos Theory by Tessa Crowley (2017, E, 102k)

Chaos: when the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future. One gene varies, one neuron fires, one butterfly flaps its wings, and Draco Malfoy's life is completely different. Draco has always found a certain comfort in chaos. Perhaps he shouldn't.

Changing Tides by carpemermaid (2018, E, 109k)

Draco has spent half of his life spouting the things his father has taught him without much thought about how he feels about what he says. When he unexpectedly comes face to face with the Dark Lord, he grapples with the harsh realities of the world and struggles with his changing views on life.

Evitative by Vichan (2019, T, 222k)

In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn.

Twist of Fate by Oakstone730 (2012, T, 315k)

Draco asks Harry to help him beat the Imperius curse during 4th year. The lessons turn into more than either expected. A story of redemption and forgiveness. Pairings: HP/DM (Slash) Timeframe: 1994-2002 Goblet to 4 yrs post-DH EWE Rating T for language, high angst, content.

The secret language of plants by Endrina (2017, M, 373k) - Lupin/Snape, eventual Drarry

“Just… tell me. Tell me what is going on, Snape.” What was going on was that Severus Snape had no trouble tracking down one Petunia Evans, now Dursley, to a little town in Surrey where he saw how exactly she was treating her nephew. Which somehow led to last night and Severus knocking on Lupin’s door with a toddler half-asleep in his arms.

survival is a talent by ShanaStoryteller (T, WIP)

In the middle of their second year, Draco and Harry discover they're soulmates and do their best to keep it a secret from everyone. Their best isn't perfect.

The Mirror of Ecidyrue by starbrigid (T, WIP)

All it takes is one look in a mirror and an ill-advised attempt to shatter it, before an embittered Draco Malfoy fresh out of Azkaban is sent back into his body on the day he gets his Hogwarts letter.

Muggle Harry AU

Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by waspabi (2016, T, 93k)

You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work.

The Secret Keeper by @the-fools-errand (2021, M, 225k)

On Halloween 1981, Albus Dumbledore made a decision that would change the course of history, concealing Harry Potter’s survival at the hands of Lord Voldemort underneath a Fidelius Charm. But when Harry comes of age in the Muggle world, Dumbledore realises too late that the fate of the world may depend on a boy who has never held a wand.

Thanks @thegreatzeldini for reccing this one:

The Sacrifices Arc by Lightning on the Wave (2005)

AU, eventual HP/DM slash, (very) Slytherin!Harry. Harry's brother Connor is the Boy-Who-Lived, and Harry has devoted himself to protecting him—by being ordinary. But certain people aren't content to let Harry hide in the shadows.

#asks #anon #drarry reclist #canon rewrite AUs

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smittenbyvillains · 10 months

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After the War, it is Just the Pain.

Warnings: mention of death, angst and etc

Here you were. You stood outside in front of the school where everything took place. You were shaking as tears silently flowed down your cheeks. It hurt being back here but you had to be. For the future generation. It was a chilly day so you had a scarf wrapped around your neck and a jacket. Something that started to get you comfort. It hides the scars from the battle.

Voldemort made you his target as well as Harry. You protected your godson that whole time. You didn't even give him information about where Harry was for that year he was missing. Harry never came back to finish Hogwarts but you couldn't blame him. Hermione came back but you often caught her looking in the same state as you. You both lost your family, friends here.

She was bound to marry Fred after school was done but then Fred was murdered during the battle. You could feel yourself freezing outside but how could you move? Severus did have a painting here that he was bound to but you didn't go by often. It was hurting too much. Now you were the head of the Slytherins. You took over defenses against the dark arts fully. Now you learned more about defenses than anything when you went to Hogwarts.

The other night you found some sleeping draught potions that Severus had made so you started to take them so you could sleep. Something that was needed. You didn't want to ask the former and now professor of potions again to make you some. It felt wrong.

You haven't told anyone yet how you were bringing everyone's ghosts back to be in the school. You wanted Lily, James, and the other boys to be there for when Harry's generation's kids come here. You spent night after night slowly doing it. You just wanted to hug your friends and tell them you were sorry.

You felt a hand on your shoulder and turned your head to see McGonagall. You used your jacket sleeve to wipe the tears away. "Hello Minnie" you crocked.

'Hello dear, I figured you needed someone." She said kindly. She had become headmistress of Hogwarts and a mother to everyone here including you. You didn't know how she watched each war and all the students who were hurt or killed.

"Does it ever get better?" you asked her shakily and took a deep throat. The cold air nipped your face.

"Slowly but not completely." She replied honestly. You were one of her students and enough came to her especially after the death eaters started to rise and Regulus's death. She pulled you into a side hug knocking you out of your thoughts.

A year after that day when she comforted you you finished it. Everyone was a ghost here. It felt amazing to have your friends back. The Weasleys, Narcissa, and Potters often stopped by to talk to their friends. They were always welcomed.

A few years passed and soon the kids started to arrive. You greeted them like every year now. The Slytherins loved you as you were completely different to have people say Slytherins are supposed to be. You slowly started to talk about Severus's painting. You told stories in your class about what happened and it gave relief. Your friends helped you as well including Remus who loved watching the kids learn defenses.

Something still bothered you, you were still the last living and without your husband who was only a painting now. He guarded the Slytherin house. It still wasn't enough. You waited for the moment you would join your friends here and you could dance with him in the painting as your magic is strong enough to pass through.

#x reader #harry potter #villains #x reader stories #hogwarts #hogwarts oc #fred wealsey fic #hermione #fred and goerge weasley #remus lupin #severus x y/n #severus snape #angst #lily evans #james potter #the maruaders

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Fics of the Month

Marvel

Infinite Coffee and Protection Detail by MusingsOnBuckyBarnes & Owlet First Fic: The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect

Average Avengers Local Chapter 7 of New York City by hetrez

Steve and Tony accidentally start a national do-gooders association and fall in love.

Changing Fate by melWinter

Loki was supposed to go back to Asgard to assume control of the throne after saving Thor on Svartalfheim. He was supposed to be the portent for Ragnarok...too bad fate didn't ask for his opinion. After all, fate didn't plan for Loki to find an abandoned baby elf. Nor did Loki plan to discover how intriguing Jane Foster can be. And what the heck do the Avengers and his trickster of a daughter have to do with any of this? Loki makes a different choice. But can Loki truly escape the fate that has been his since the beginning? Can the trickster learn to love? With Thanos rising and the infinity war looming, the universe may come to an end if the nine realms can't reconcile with the prince it once rejected. Eventual Jane/Loki. Warning: Loki and Hela snarkiness, Tony cockiness, Thor cluelessness, and random cuteness of Loki dealing with being a dad.

secret keeper by jilliancares

Ellie stares at the new arrival, gaping. All the evidence points to one obvious answer, but this guy looks nothing like the Spider-Man Ellie recognizes — mostly because he isn’t wearing the suit. “Crappy day to get kidnapped, amirite?” he says, crouching next to Ellie and deftly untying her restraints. “Looks like these guys were amateurs, though. They didn’t even lock the windows.” In which Ellie accidentally becomes the one person who knows Spider-Man's identity. She doesn't tell her dad.

Harry Potter

Of a Linear Circle (series) by flamethrower

First Fic: In September of 1971, Severus Snape finds a forgotten portrait of the Slytherin family in a dark corner of the Slytherin Common Room. At the time, he has no idea that talking portrait will affect the rest of his life.

When It Returns by academicdisaster

‘You’re late, layabout,’ Malfoy drawled, pushing the whiskey over to him. ‘I’ll have you know that I am very busy maintaining a whole house and garden by myself now.’ ‘Oooh, the dead husband card. Before any alcohol. Is that a record?’ Harry's husband is dead, and Malfoy is the only one who gets it. Or, the one where they drink at a straight man pub, renovate a house, and learn how to find joy again.

Percy Weasley and the Prefect Job That Isn’t A Vanity Role by adiduck (book_people) and joisbishmyoga

In Which Prefects Have Very Specific Training And Delineated Duties, Namely Handling Exactly One (1) Dormful Of Kids -OR- Percy Is Dorm Mom To Five Boys And No One Else -OR- In Which McGonagall Pictured Prefect Oliver Wood For Two Minutes, Turned Green, And Gave Percy The Badge Despite The Sheer Number Of Responsibilities He Already Had, And It Did Not End In Disaster The Notes For A Fic That Will Not Be Written No, Really, It Won't, Please Don't Ask A Place on Earth by louisfake "Right," Draco said, rolling his eyes. "I'm supposed to believe that the Gryffindor war hero caught the former Death Eater singing Muggle pop like a lunatic in his dormitory and didn't immediately share the news with his pack of admirers?" Harry couldn't help it, he snorted a little. "As if they would ever believe me, Draco." Draco drew himself up, ready to launch into some other tirade, so Harry held up a hand; "What would I even say? I saw Draco Malfoy being joyful and free. How is that a joke?"

Merlin

Next to You (It’s the Rule) by LunaMyLove

Arthur and Merlin have a special relationship. They always have, even when they were prince and servant. While many question it when first noticing, eventually it becomes an understanding in Camelot—and even among some other countries—that where there is Arthur, there is Merlin. And, where there is Merlin, there is Arthur. Or Arthur and Merlin's relationship as witnessed and explained by others. Also, or Five times someone realizes that Merlin is the Queen, one time Merlin realizes it himself, and one time he owns it.

The Hunt for Red Emrys by Darkbluedark

King Arthur sets out to keep his promise to the spirit of the Druid boy by repealing his father's ban on magic. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done, for reasons including but not limited to the following: (1) He can't change the law until he understands magic better, but no sorcerer is willing to explain magic to him until he changes the law; (2) The sorcerers all have some strange obsession with Merlin, which is awakening all sorts of feelings in Arthur that he really doesn't fancy examining too closely; (3) He is starting to feel like the butt of some Druid-population-wide inside joke involving the mysterious phenomenon called Emrys; and (4) Oh yeah, Morgana is still trying to kill him. Thus he embarks on a journey of discovery, diplomacy, accountability, and self-improvement, and maybe even falls in love along the way.

Open Eyes by N16

After Merlin experiences abuse at the hands of a visiting lord, Arthur decides his manservant needs to learn how to defend himself. But Merlin is unimpressed with Arthur's solution, and Arthur is forced to confront some unpleasant truths about what happens right under his nose. How can he protect a kingdom when he can't even protect those inside his castle? One-shot.

Descendants

till death do us part by RottenKidNextDoor (Portal of Words)

"the first time jay killed carlos, they were sitting in the foyer of hell hall and carlos was worried about the blood on the floor." or jay and carlos have an agreement to kill each other to exploit the magic barrier's healing ability when things go too far. killing for mercy isn't as easy as it sounds.

death came to visit me so sweetly by tobiko

Do you know what it feels like to die? The Isle kids do. It's not something that they like to talk about.

#fics of the week #fanfiction rec list #Ao3 #marvel #marvel fic recs #merlin #merlin fic recs #harry potter #Harry Potter fic recs #harry potter fanfiction #descendants #descendants fic recs #fics of the month

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Head empty, just Severus being bullied by the Marauders in seventh year... And he literally exploding. Yes, he's an obscurial, an incredibly rare case who got in teen age with just few (not much!) destructive episodes. His incredible capacity as Occlumentis gave him the means to control his Obscurus.

So. The students don't know what happened, Severus doesn't, but Albus knows. And protecting and nurturing an Obscurial... Is fate offering a second chance?

Behold, Severus being Albus' favorite, whoever tries to bully him is yeeted in detention until June, brainwashing recruiting groups in Slytherin are suddenly investigated and eliminated.

Also Lily gets very curious about Severus' new state and wishes to ask questions... So she discovers that James & co continued to bully and attack him and she's livid and has time to reflect on things and accepts Severus' heartfelt apology and break off things with James and Sev doesn't become a Death Eater and Slytherin kids get the help they deserve and get de-radicalized and thanks to Sev mediwizards discover new ways to treat Obscurials and fix it 🥰

#severus snape

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“The star-crossed lovers.” (Originally posted on Wattpad! Still a wip there.)

Cast! Pt. 1

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Astrid Evergreen

Face claim: Jenna Ortega

Backstory: born on February 22nd 1977 to two purebloods was Astrid Evergreen the heir of the Evergreen name. Her family was known for its Slytherin heritage, plus seer abilities and upholding traditional wizard values. On her 10th birthday she was given her letter she was excited to learn magic at the prestigious school of Hogwarts. Her mother took her to Ollivander's wand shop, it was an English Oak wood, it had a unicorn core and was 10 and half inches long with a slight curve. When she was dropped off at platform 9 3/4 she met Cedric, the two talked about their hobbies and became friends instantly. They rode the train together and stood in line together. She expected to be sorted into Slytherin but the hat had other plans.

"Slytherin? No no my dear you are nothing of the sort." She felt her body tense.

"What do you mean..?"

"Why my dear, you are a HUFFLEPUFF." Her eyes widened as her breath hitched. Hufflepuff? Hufflepuff??!? She stood up her robes changing as she walked numbly to Hufflepuff, she felt ashamed to say the least. She could recall her mothers letter and her screams as a punishment for being in Hufflepuff her parents had her given a secluded room away from other students.

Her brother Oliver was born a few years later.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Cedric Diggory

Backstory: Cedric Diggory (September/October 1977–24 June 1995) was a British wizard who was the son of Amos Diggory and his unnamed wife. He started attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1989, and was sorted into the Hufflepuff House. (I stole this from the wiki 🫶🫶 I wasn't about to create a whole new background for these kids 💀)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Harry Potter

Harry James Potter (b. 31 July 1980)[1] was an English half-blood wizard, and one of the most famous wizards of modern times. The only child and son of James and Lily Potter (née Evans), Harry's birth was overshadowed by a prophecy, naming either himself or Neville Longbottom as the one with the power to vanquish Lord Voldemort, the most powerful and feared Dark Wizard in the world. After half of the prophecy was reported to Voldemort, courtesy of Severus Snape, Harry was chosen as the target due to his many similarities with the Dark Lord. In turn, this caused the Potter family to go into hiding.

Voldemort made his first attempt to circumvent the prophecy when Harry was a year and three months old. During this attempt, he murdered Harry's parents as they tried to protect him, but this unsuccessful attempt to kill Harry led to Voldemort's first downfall. This downfall marked the end of the First Wizarding War, and to Harry henceforth being known as "The Boy Who Lived",[5] as he was the only known survivor of the Killing Curse due to being magically protected by his mother's loving sacrifice. In accordance with the terms of the prophecy, this attempt on his life also established him, not Neville, as Voldemort's nemesis.

One consequence of Lily's sacrifice was that her orphaned son had to be raised by her only remaining blood relative, his Muggle aunt Petunia Dursley, and her husband, uncle Vernon Dursley. While in their care, he would be protected from Lord Voldemort due to the Bond of Blood charm that Albus Dumbledore placed upon him.[59] This powerful charm would protect him until he either came of age, or no longer called his aunt's house home. Due to Petunia's resentment of her sister and her magical abilities, Harry grew up abused and neglected.

Shortly before Harry's eleventh birthday, there were several attempts from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to send him a letter inviting him to not only come to Hogwarts, but also to explain his magical heritage.

(Every canon character's background is coming from the damn wiki)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Ron Weasley

Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley (b. 1 March 1980) was an English pure-blood wizard, the sixth and youngest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett). He was also the younger brother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and the elder brother of Ginny. Ron and his siblings lived at the The Burrow, on the outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole, Devon.

Ron began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. He soon became close friends with fellow student Harry Potter and later Hermione Granger. Together, they made the Golden trio and faced many challenges during their adolescence, including keeping the Philosopher's Stone from Professor Quirinus Quirrell, rescuing Ginny from the Basilisk of the Chamber of Secrets, saving Harry's godfather Sirius Black from the Dementors of Azkaban. (Purr)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Hermione Granger

Hermione Jean Granger (b. 19 September 1979) was an English Muggle-born[3] witch born to Mr and Mrs Granger. At the age of eleven, she learned about her magical nature and was accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hermione began attending Hogwarts in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. She possessed a brilliant academic mind and proved to be a gifted student in almost every subject that she studied, to the point where she was nearly made a Ravenclaw by the Sorting Hat.

Hermione first met her future best friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley aboard the Hogwarts Express, and initially they found her unfriendly and somewhat of an "insufferable know-it-all", an impression reinforced by her constant correct answers and eagerness to please the professors. However, she stepped in to take the blame from the boys after they had saved her from a troll on Hallowe'en in 1991, surprising them in a grateful way, which led to them quickly becoming friends. She later played a crucial role in protecting the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort.

In her second year, Hermione had a key role in the discovery of the Chamber of Secrets, before falling victim to the Basilisk unleashed upon Hogwarts following the opening of the Chamber. However, she recovered from the petrification under the care of Madam Pomfrey with Professor Sprout's Mandrake Restorative Draught. The next year, Hermione was granted permission to use a Time-Turner from the Ministry of Magic to facilitate her volition to study far more subjects than were possible without time travel, though she and Harry later used it to rescue Sirius Black from the Dementor's Kiss and Buckbeak the hippogriff from execution. (She's so me)

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Fluer Delacour

Fleur Isabelle Delacour (b. c. 1976-1977) was a French quarter-Veela witch, one of the daughters of Apolline Delacour and her husband, the other daughter being the younger Gabrielle. Fleur attended Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. During the 1994–1995 school year, she was Beauxbatons' champion in the Triwizard Tournament.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Cho Chang

Cho Chang (b. 1978/1979) was a witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1990-1997 and was sorted into Ravenclaw House. She was a Seeker for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team and a popular student. She was also one year ahead of the famous Harry Potter.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Viktor Krum (I spelt his name WRONG)

Viktor Krum (Bulgarian: Виктор Крум; born April-August, 1976) was a Bulgarian wizard. He attended the Durmstrang Institute, and was also the Seeker for the Bulgarian National Quidditch team at the age of eighteen while still at school.

In 1994, he played in the final of the Quidditch World Cup. The Irish won the match, but Viktor caught the Golden Snitch to end the match on his terms. Later in the year, he was part of the Durmstrang delegation sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the Triwizard Tournament. Subsequently, he was selected by the Goblet of Fire as the Durmstrang Champion, and competed bravely.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Draco Malfoy

Draco Lucius[11] Malfoy (b. 5 June 1980) was a British pure-blood wizard and the only son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black). The son of a Death Eater, Draco was raised to strongly believe in the importance of blood purity. He looked down on half-bloods and Muggle-borns.

Draco attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1991-1998. He was sorted into Slytherin House the moment the Sorting Hat touched his head. During his years at Hogwarts, he became friends with Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, and other fellow Slytherins, but he quickly developed a rivalry with Harry Potter.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ Alejo Belmonte

Faceclaim: Oscar Isaac

No backstory suffer in silence all you have to know is he's a Muggleborn who's from Buaxbatons.

#harry potter #cedric diggory x oc #oc stuff #ron weasley #hermione granger #oscar issac #oc x canon #oc story #main story #goblet of fire #harry potter goblet of fire #death #smut with feelings #eventual smut #angst #soulmates #right person not enough time #friends to lovers trope

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