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    An exploration of what a strict, unapproachable, safety-conscious potions teacher MIGHT have been like.

    Featuring homework feedback, discussions between teachers, and a growing awareness that Potter is not quite what Severus was expecting...

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    29 Apr 2025

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    With the war gearing up to begin again, the Dark Lord running rampant, and a ministry official wearing (shudder) pink taking over the school, Severus Snape just knows this year will be one of the worst in his life. At least there’s the mystery of the new History professor to keep him distracted. Why does the new professor simultaneously terrify and intrigue him? And what’s with his strange friendship with Potter? Should he be concerned the man might be an assassin? Should he help him?

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    03 Apr 2025

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    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.

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    “Are you trying to get killed, Potter?” Malfoy drawls, stalking forward. Quick as a serpent himself, he reaches out and grabs the snake just below the head. It thrashes in his grip, but is no longer able to bite anyone. “This is a poisonous snake, and I doubt anyone brought a bezoar with them.”

    Harry glares. He opens his mouth, and feels the beginning the snake’s language pass his lips, and this isn’t what he wants, what’s the point of insulting Malfoy if he can’t understand him –

    Malfoy’s eyes widen. He slaps his hand over Harry’s mouth, “Potter, what the hell–”

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    (Now with a TV Tropes page!)

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    04 Nov 2024

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    When the world had ended, Grian thought that would have been it. After all, the world had ENDED - there was a pretty strong implication that there’d be nothing else afterwards.

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    05 Jul 2024

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    In which the king of Mezalea takes a thousand-year depression nap, and wakes up in a world where everything seems just a little bit off.

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    20 Apr 2024