#happy birthday snape

[dinxieyinxie]

I HOPE I MADE IT IN TIME AUUGHH HAPPY BORNDAY TO MY SKRUNKLY SILLY WILLY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH QWQ (let us turn a blind eye that Yonal broke one of Transfiguration Laws for Severus)

[ensnapemysenses]

A Birthday Tale

Summary: Severus Snape receives a rather poorly wrapped gift for his birthday.

Warnings: Bit of depressing language from Sev (I think we all agree birthday's aren't the best days for him)

A/N: I've been really busy so I put this together last minute for Sev's birthday! It's short and not my best work, but that's fine lol

Masterlist

One of the worst days of the year was finally upon him and Severus couldn’t have been more cross. It is common for most people to celebrate their birthdays on the day of their birth, but to Severus, it had always been just another day of suffering and a reminder of yet another year in which he must continue to live his pathetic excuse of a life. How many birthdays had he even seen now? He honestly has no idea; he doesn’t really keep track of his age. After all, knowing his age would further prove his point that he had wasted his time and thrown away all of his potential.

As always, he fully expected very few to remember his birthday. He would never, ever, go around and divulge such personal information to just anyone. Normally, he would only receive a gift from Minerva and Dumbledore, and he had already opened Minerva's scarf and Dumbledore's book this morning. The somewhat messily wrapped gift that had greeted him when he returned to his office after teaching his classes this afternoon had puzzled him significantly. 

It was sitting on his desk, with no note in sight. Based on the sheer amount of extra tape on the package, the wrinkles in the 'Happy Birthday' wrapping paper, and the sloppily tied dark green bow, it appeared that the gift was wrapped by hand and by someone with little experience wrapping gifts. He huffed at the sight of it. All it did was make him even more annoyed. 

“Perhaps there’s a note inside the box,” he shrugged as he muttered the sentence under his breath. Who dared to send him, of all people, a birthday gift?

Gingerly he grasped the bow with two fingers and pulled on the ribbon to untie it. It took him a while to wrestle the wrapping paper off the gift, there was a lot of tape holding it together. To open the lid of the medium-sized brown cardboard box, Severus had to use a letter opener to remove all the tape on it. His awful mood had been greatly heightened by the gift's almost too secure wrapping, so whoever did this was doing a great job at making him even more miserable. Perhaps this was all a joke to put him in an even crabbier mood. A frustrated snarl escaped his curled lips at the thought.

A familiar mouth-watering scent escaped the box as he slowly lifted the lid to reveal a freshly made blancmange and a smaller box. His mouth fell open a bit as he removed it from the box. Who could have sent him such a tasty gift? His finger rested on his chin deep in thought as he tried to figure out who could possibly know that this was his favorite dessert.

He dismissed the thought and removed the smaller box. It was black velvet and it just looked expensive. Inside he found a set of silver earrings, chains dangling down, and one with a snake ear cuff. They were totally his style and something he would wear if he ever had the chance to leave the castle and go out. Unconsciously his hand raised to his ear and his finger rubbed the piercing hole there. Who could have noticed that he had his ears pierced? He only wore his earrings enough to keep the holes from closing up and only ever in his own chambers. Now that he thought about it, perhaps he had accidentally left them in a time or two, but his hair should have done a great job at hiding them from sight. Someone would have to look really carefully to notice them at all.

He didn’t have to ponder for too long. He glanced in the box one last time to find a wax-sealed letter in the bottom, purposefully hidden under the gifts. He took a breath and fished it out, gently opening it and pulling out the letter. His eyes skimmed over it as he read it in disbelief.

‘After overhearing Minerva talking to you about your upcoming birthday, we all piled our money together to purchase these earrings for you. You wore some when you came to check on us around curfew several times, and we thought you might like them! We also noticed how you always get seconds of blancmange when it is served in the Great Hall so we went down to the kitchens and made you some. We hope it tastes good, we made sure to follow the house elves' recipe exactly.

Happy birthday, Professor Snape! We wanted to let you know how much we appreciate you and all you do for us! You really are the best Head of House that we could ask for!

- Your Snakes xx’

It takes him a few moments to compose himself. Slytherin house really thought highly enough of him to get him a birthday gift? He can’t believe it, but the proof is right in front of him. He must do something to repay them for their generosity. Perhaps a party in the common room would suffice… surely they would enjoy that. One weekend he should surprise them with that, and maybe he could even let them stay up past curfew for it.

Severus smiles to himself, maybe, just maybe he can count on a few more gifts for his birthday from now on. Maybe birthdays don’t have to be such a bad thing.

[xioyume]

Happy birthday to my one and only potions master and favorite dungeon bat 😌💖💖💕💖💕💖

[groovyqueer]

Happy birthday, Severus!!!💕💕💕🎉🎉🎉🎂

[tyashj]

Today is our potions master's birthday 🥳

Happy Birthday Severus Snape 🎊🥳🎂🧁

[inmyownlittlecorner5]

Poetry for the Half-Blood Prince 2024 Day 3

A Poem of Desire+

[frilliesxjr]

happy birthday!

[lunap999]

Happy birthday week!

[juanasunfall-blog]

Always rooting for the Anti-Hero  ~ Happy Birthday, Professor Snape

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A new phoenix-themed robe design for AU postwar/headmaster Snape. After the snake theme, the phoenix theme is my favorite one to include into any robes I draw for him. I think it’s kinda fitting, like one big „f*** you“ directed at the ones who made his life miserable, including the late Dumbledore; 

„See this? You were the one with the pet-phoenix, but I’m the one who survived your bullshit-schemes, got your job, my freedom, and the trust and gratitude of the boy you deceived and raised to die.“

Ah yes. The power of fanfiction. 

Fun fact: The robe is inspired by a dress Taylor Swift wore for the Reputation stadium tour.  

AND I FINALLY DREW HIM WITH DA BLACK NAILPOLISH. 

[luendland]

Happy Belated Birthday, Sev! 🎉

[kitgeometri]

“He swept around in his long black cloak.”

[momo-t-daye]

Reunions #1

(Reunions #2)

[ensnapemysenses]

Closing requests tonight! So if you got any, send them in!

[flymetosnarryland]

Happy birthday Severus!

[snake-queen7]

🎉✨️Happy Birthday Severus!!✨️🎉

I'm really busy so yeahh I had time only for that kind of art xD

[gawaincomic]

This is bad: I was totally on point on Instagram, but neglected to post the Snapey Birthday here. *is ashamed*

So - happy belated tumblr birthday, Professor Snape!

(This is my 2023 Hoggywarty submission.)