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Snarry Recs: 2022 Fest Fics

So much good content comes out of fests, and I really do have so much love for the Snarry fests out there! Really doing the work to spread the Snarry agenda, and we have to love and respect it. Plus...how can a gal say no to more Snarry content?? She can't.

I chose 3 from each fest to keep it even and fair, and also to keep it from getting out of hand. But I do recommend checking out the other fics from each fest if you find yourself wanting more! So many excellent fics were posted this year! Please feel free to binge-read them all. (But start with my list because I have most excellent taste 😉) (Also because I really love these fics and need people to love them with me!!!! 😍)

Snarry Adopt-a-Prompt

Certain Dark Things

by LilaDiurne (@liladiurne.) Rated E. 50k. AU. Slytherin!Harry. 1st person POV. Pining. Seduction. Manipulation. Brief Harry/other. Gorgeous, gorgeous work.

In which Severus takes a trip to Italy, thinking he'll have a quiet time at the Malfoys' villa, but Harry has other plans.

Written for prompt #182: AU. Harry never lived with the Dursleys. He was adopted by the reformed Malfoys as an infant. He is secretly in love with his adopted father's best friend, Severus Snape.

Ghosts of Christmas

by PinaNaponi (@vulnerasanenturmyprince.) Rated E. 45k. Fluff & smut. Hurt/comfort. Found family. Mental health issues. Probably my favorite Nina fic. Really heartwarming and lovely but tinged with sadness and bits of angst.

Prompt #53: Harry visits a recuperating Severus at Spinner’s End at Christmas and ends up learning quite a lot from Eileen, who has been taking care of him.

A story about recovery, ghosts of the past and forgiveness.

Before the Police Were Told

by salazarinadress. Rated E. 24k. Muggle AU. Crime. Witness protection. Homophobia. Angst.

Severus is tired. He doesn’t want to work for Tom, and he doesn't want to be a Death Eater, either. The only thing he wants is for his decades-long ordeal to be over... so it’s just his luck that when the Aurora taskforce asks him to testify and put Tom away forever, it’s for the one crime he can never speak of. The crime that has haunted him for thirty five years.

A fic about Severus; the choices he made, and the ones he never had. About redemption, and deservedness. Also about kissin’.

Snarry-a-Thon

The Potter Phenomenon

by ines_iz. Rated E. 31k. Romance. Homophobia. Coming out. Idiots in love. Coworkers to lovers. Pining. Angst, with a happy ending.

When Harry Potter, queer star of the Wizarding World, returns to Hogwarts as the new Defence professor, Severus Snape is not happy. In fact, he is positively outraged. Not only does Severus have to endure the man's obnoxious behaviour (not to mention his ridiculous sense of fashion), but he also ends up being dragged into Potter's attention-seeking plans — and, ultimately, is forced to face a few demons of his own. Or: Harry Potter Goes Gay (and the entirety of Hogwarts Goes Gay with him)

A Trick of the Mind

by PinaNaponi. Rated E. 40k. UST. Pining. Legilimency. Enemies to lovers.

Ever since the horcrux in his head is gone, Legilimency comes easy to Harry. It’s nearly laughable how easy it is, considering how much he used to struggle with it back in his fifth year. But he reckons half of that had been Snape’s fault anyway. Who on earth would enjoy the nasty git invading their mind?

But as life as Harry has known it changes, Harry’s opinion on the matter changes with it ― rather drastically so if he’s being perfectly honest.

With Aloha

by silvereye5 (@silvereye5.) Rated E. 26k. Fluff. Hawaii. Fun!

Severus and Harry are booked on the same gay singles cruise.

Snarry AUctober Fest

Found

by avioleta (@avioleta.) Rated E. 16k. Postwar. Domestic fluff. Developing relationship. Naked swimming!!!! Sweet & sexy.

The night of the Battle of Hogwarts, Severus Snape disappears and is presumed dead. One day, however, Harry Potter finds him in Italy and...stays.

When Dreams Come True

by maraudersaffair (@maraudersaffair.) Rated E. 10k. Pining. Secret crush. Injury. Bondage. Light d/s. Hurt/comfort. Fun & sweet!

Harry is a world famous Quidditch star and Severus is his biggest fan (in secret). He is also desperate for Harry to dominate him.

The Boy

by themoonandstars1989. Rated E. 2k. Dead dove. Underage. Non-con. Somnophilia. Curses. Imprisonment. Dark Snape. Dark fairytale vibes. Bad dirty wrong!

The boy had grown beautiful — alabaster skin and dark red lips. Snow White personified, waiting for a prince's kiss to wake him up. 

Or was it Sleeping Beauty?

Severus paid no mind to his mum's ramblings. He did not waste his childhood on fairy tales and wishes.

Maybe he should have.

Secret Snarry Swap

Slipping

by BlueSundayCake (@bluesundaycake.) Rated E. 11k. Drug use. Murder. Minor character death. Trafficking. Morally gray Harry. Angst. Sad start, hopeful ending. Gritty and real and I loved it so much.

After Harry takes on a strange case, everything begins to fall apart. Nothing makes sense, and he only has one person he can trust. Unless—? In which Harry doesn't cope very well with life after the war and keeps slipping.

Spy Glass

by suitesamba (@suitesamba.) Rated E. 18k. Seeker Harry. Spy Severus. Voyeurism. Hilarity. (Genuinely, so so funny, oh my god, I love it so much.)

England wants to insure star Seeker Harry Potter and his fabulous broom. Enter Severus Snape, wizarding investigator extraordinaire, ready to calculate risk and assess value. Tailing Harry Potter turns out to be the job of his dreams, though he wishes it could be done without the disguise. A tale of a man’s obsession, another man’s obsession, and a heartwarming ending where everyone ultimately gets what they want – or what they need.

Friends of Dorothy

by Writcraft (@writcraft.) Rated E. 22k. Bi!Harry. Self-discovery. Fun OCs. Magical creatures. Really enjoyable and happy story.

When Harry Potter sees Severus Snape on a date with another wizard it sets him on a journey of self-discovery that leads to the Friends of Dorothy Detective Agency and a Niffler called Toto.

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SNARRY ADOPT A PROMPT REVEALS!!

Here we are, with the REVEALS for the 2022 edition of Snarry Adopt a Prompt!!

Thank you for following and/or participating in our fest! 

We hope to see you on our next edition too! To always be updated on our fest, follow us here on Tumblr.

And now for you the complete list of our submissions, no longer anonymous!

☆ The Box [Teen & Up Audience - 6,273 w] by titC

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40227426

Summary: Years after she last saw Harry, Petunia and Vernon move back North. During the move, Petunia finds a mysterious box that she’s all but forgotten… it stirs too many memories and emotions back to life.

☆ Hypothermia [Mature - 19,583 w] by inarticulateimbecile 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42296031

Summary: Prompt #4: Sirius isn’t quite right when Harry goes to live with him. No one believes Harry, since Sirius acts fine when other people are around. No one, except for Snape.

☆ From Git in a Snit to Loosed and Seduced [Teen & Up Audience - 7,480 w] by titC

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42492951

Summary: The DADA teacher had to leave her post mid-year, and Minerva McGonagall has managed to convince Severus and Harry to cover the classes for the rest of the year. If only they talked to each other…

☆ Starling [Explicit - 43,620 w] by what_alchemy 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42456291

Summary: Harry Potter disappeared when he was five years old. Twenty-five years later, Severus Snape gets the same assignment from different masters: find and deliver the Boy Who Lived.

☆ Predetermined [Explicit - 9,379 w] by brightened 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42658827

Summary: Harry becomes obsessed with a popular romance novel. He jumps at the chance to meet the mysterious author of his favourite series, though he’s less than thrilled when he finds out the author is Severus Snape. Once he realises the novels are thinly-veiled fantasies about him, he decides to offer Snape some feedback.

☆ Fern Flower [General Audience - 12,117 w] by Im_just_visiting

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43010562

Summary: Many years have passed since the war. As headmaster of the school, Severus hires Harry as a DADA professor. One day Severus sees the tip of a tattoo on Harry’s back. The thought of discovering what it is consumes him.

 ☆ Pray Tell, My Love [Explicit - 4,391 w] by HuntersTryst

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43405704

Summary: Severus is working late, and absolutely not obsessing over Harry.

So when Harry turns up embarrassingly aroused when he’s supposed to be out with Draco, Severus is determined to find out what happened. No matter what it takes.

☆ For Those Who Sing in the Dead of Night [General Audience - 14,561 w + music] by Klari (fic) and SerenaEW (music)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43646115

Summary: Harry rescues Severus for a change.

☆ Delve [Teen & Up Audience - 3,815 w] by lucio 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43667788

Summary: “The price has been paid,” said Voldemort, turning his head in rather the same way Nagini did. “It is magic I would not expect you to understand, Severus…and yet I have need of your particular skills tonight. There is no one else I would trust with the inner workings of my mind. You must enter my mind and see what damage has been done. If you stray too far…” Voldemort’s eyes flashed. “You will have cause to regret it.”

“Of course, my lord.” Absolutely the last thing Severus wanted to do was venture into a mind so splintered and strange. But what choice did he have? He thought of the way Harry laughed, a reluctant noise of amusement that jolted out of him like thunder, and that was what gave Severus the strength to stand.

☆ Meeting the Family [Explicit - 9,368 w] by Gia_Sesshoumaru 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43657141

Summary: Harry had been surprised to find out that Severus had muggle relatives stemming from his womanizing muggle father. He was even more surprised when accompanying Severus for the first time to one of their monthly “family meetings,” just how much family his lover had exactly.

☆ Knight’s Gambit [Teen & Up Audience - 3,110 w] by namara_ashina

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43737934/chapters/109985797

Summary: Ronald Weasley has the bright idea to offer up his best mate, Harry Potter, as a prize to whomever can defeat him in a chess match. Because everyone knows Harry Potter is single, right?

☆ Possession [Explicit - 4,687 w] by HuntersTryst

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43715118

Summary: Regulus Black in Potter’s body? No, no, absolutely not. Severus needs a drink… and to not come too quickly.

A Snarry exorcism fuck or die.

Please read the tags for content warnings.

☆ Draco Malfoy’s Guide to Not Getting Accidentally Married [Teen & Up Audience - 56,521 w] by deliciousblizzardshark 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43697841

Summary: When the Courting Laws are enacted during Harry’s eighth year, Severus and Draco do everything they can to keep Harry from finding himself married to an unpleasant stranger, including Severus fake-courting Harry.

Following graduation, Harry and Draco go to the States to go to university (where no one will judge Draco for his Dark Mark and no one will try to trick Harry into marriage), but Harry still finds himself thinking about his dates with his old headmaster.

☆ lost in time (and place) [Teen and Up Audiences - 7,775 w] by Cherrydragon26 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43184791

Summary: Harry is bored and sees “despicable plots” and “wicked machinations” even in the most mundane of the post-war wizarding world. When he tries to drag Snape – his erstwhile protector and fellow vanquisher of the dark – into his attempts to thwart them, Snape himself finds a new lease of life.

☆ Dementor’s Kiss [Explicit - 14,787 w + Digital art] by NecromanticNoir 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43512886

Summary: Harry wants to be kissed.

Snape can’t kiss him. A story about scent.

☆ In the Margins of What We Know [Explicit - 27,073 w] by Malora 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43957401

Summary: At the beginning of Harry’s sixth year, the Dursleys abandon Harry, and within hours the blood protection that kept him safe from Voldemort is gone. Secreted away to Grimmauld Place, he’s dealt another blow: Voldemort attacks with a curse that will destroy the identity of anyone who speaks or writes their name. Harry receives letters from friends and others in the Order using aliases. But one mysterious contact fills his thoughts and later, his dreams. Told entirely through letters, journal entries, book excerpts, and marginalia.

☆ Fix-It Fuck-Up [Mature - 24,393 w] by Bronz_DaddySaikiK 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43833565/chapters/110216569

Summary: Severus and Harry accidentally travel back in time to Grindelwald's era and find themselves in the middle of the war.

☆ Minds Asunder [Mature - 28,179 w] by titC

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44042616

Summary: Something strange happened when Harry found Snape's body, barely alive, in the Shack.

It takes a while for them both to understand they shared more than the memories that helped Harry defeat Voldemort...

☆ Wash this blood clean from my hands [Teen&Up audience - 30,268 w] by DanzaNelFuoco 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44138388

Summary: It starts with Severus Snape and then it continues with him. On and on it goes - from a half-prophecy heard by him when Harry was just a newborn, through years of mistrust and hate, his dark shadow looming over him, protecting him and saving him and sending him to his death but not quite.

It starts with him and it continues with him.

It’s only fair that it should end with him too.

“So you are here to stop me.”

☆ Fallen [Explicit - 50,743 w] by Somn 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/44415163

Summary: Prompt: 46. Post DH, not epilogue compliant. After the war, the Trio returns to Hogwarts for their seventh year. With Harry's knack of attracting trouble, they stumble upon an ancient curse which Harry accidentally sets off. (Oops!) The curse will bring the whole castle of Hogwarts down (the castle will lose its magic with no hope of reviving it again). The curse was put in place by one Salazar Slytherin as revenge against Godric Gryffindor for breaking his heart. The only solution: the current head of the house of Slytherin must fall in love with the one who set the curse off within one school term meaning ten months and it must be reciprocated. Severus is not pleased.

[dezure]

I just posted a fic on AO3!

Any thoughts are appreciated, I'm trying to practice more and grow my writing skill. I feel like the style of this story sorta shifts, thats because I began writing it for the Adopt A Prompt 2022 fest and was unable to finish until literally today, lol.

@snarry-fest-adopt-a-prompt

this fic waiting for me to finish ^ oops!

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2023 HP Slash Fic Recs (January to August)

My favorite slash fics written in 2023! Full disclosure everything is Snarry except one fic which is Sirius/Albus + Snape/Albus.

In the Margins of What We Know by Malora (January)

Snarry, 27700 words, epistolary fic

Snarry doesn't really get a lot of epistolary fic. So when I saw this one I was super excited. Love it. Really creative fic with a lot of scope/worldbuilding without a lot of words.

Magic and Botany: The Bamboo Forest of Li Xian (book excerpt) A bamboo forest is unusual compared to other forests in that its growth happens beneath the surface. The Bamboo Forest of Li Xian, in fact, could be considered one organism. There is a single root system for the entire forest. Two shoots of bamboo, seemingly distant, can be connected in ways that are not easily seen.

Check out the rest of the Snarry Adopt A Prompt Fest 2022.

  This Mirrored Perspective by @likelightinglass and zalil (February)

Snape/Harry/Tonks, 8000 words, PWP, Dirty bad hot wrong

Ok this is my OT3 and I don't really take questions. But this is my OT3 because of Likelightinglass writing An auror, a professor and a potioneer walk into a bar. This fic has a totally different vibe! It's intense, psychological, dirtybadhotwrong porn with peak self-indulgence. Definitely NSFW.

That nagging sense that he didn't deserve it.

  Night Skye by @titconao3 (March)

Snarry, 11500 words, OTP comfort food fic

Heartwarming OTP fic! It's the best Snarry comfort food fic I read this year. Good vibes, sexy high chemistry, loving/intimate feels, brilliantly characterized, beautiful settings.

“One day…” He shakes his head and looks up at Harry, his eyes like coal. “Today,” Harry says. “Today, Severus; that’s what matters.” This is how, finally, Harry gets Severus to agree.

  Coda to "Soft Touch" by @perverse-idyll (April)

Snarry, 3,300 words, Soft

Have recced before. Will rec again. Because everybody needs to read it for the soft tender vibes. Not really soft. But compared to the intense angsty fic this is a coda for, I feel like it's optimistic and soft and I just feel so happy for my OTP.

"Can a man not toss off in the privacy of his own room without being accused of sabotaging his bloody health? If you can't trust that I have a vested interest in my own recovery - "

Snape spotted Harry, and a flush raced from his collar up to his hairline, exquisitely pink beneath his unnaturally smooth skin. But although he swallowed his tirade, Snape didn't seem particularly put out by having practically shouted his masturbatory claims to the entire office.

Check out Soft Touch the perfect dysfunctional/dirtybadhotwrong massage fic which inspired this coda!

  Devotion by @danpuff-ao3 (May)

Snarry, 27000 words. Intense/dirty bad/hot/wrong.

Exactly what I want from my Snarry! Honestly Danpuff is bringing the oldschool vibes of Snarry back with a bang in their fics every single time and I am just super spoiled now. Snarry forever :D Also love to see Danpuff going into longer fics this year!

Though the worst crime of all is Potter’s. "Did you want to die?" Also The boy knows — he knows — he can take anything he wants. That bitter surrender is surrender all the same. That the force of Severus’ loathing is fed by his longing.

Pro tip - Read Contempt together with this fic. Check out other fics from Snarry-a-Thon 23

  Much Ado About Asmodeus by @ac1d6urn (June)

Snarry, 18100 words, Fluff

Fluff and crack! Really love the oldschool trope parody vibes of this fic. I actually haven't read something like this in a pretty long time. Going on my rereads! Also going on my holiday season reading list :D Also love to see Acid's insane prolific streak this year. I feel super spoiled as a reader! <3

Harry squinted against the rain and promptly attempted to expunge the phrase "Ventus Vultuosus, swish and flick when in a bind!" from his memory. Ugh. Curse you, Common Weather Weathering Spell #13! That'll be the last time I trust anything Witch Weekly puts out in fine print. (Except maybe that last fruitcake recipe.) Now that he thought about it, Auntie Annabelle's Advice Column on "Ten Ways of Bewitching and Beguiling Your Mr Right" didn't seem so reliable either, especially considering some of those later suggestions, and maybe even those in the middle too. Those were a bit wild.

  Promises, promises... by SerenaEW, @acydpop (July)

Snarry, 5000 words, Fluff

Aww!!! The Snarry Summer Fluff I was totally praying for and really needed! Perfect Snarry Bang opener for my reading <3 Also the art! <3

Severus was looking at him, telling him, with only a glance, to shut up before you say something utterly idiotic. The expression on Jamie's face looked nearly identical.

Check out the other fics from Snarry Bang 2023

  Brillig by eldritcher (August)

Dumbledore saying "You disgust me" to people in his life but also meaning "I disgust myself". The more he sees himself in the other person, the more disgusted he gets. Intense, intense beautiful fic. But also healing because he finally overcomes that.

He disgusts you. Ratty, bony, skulking, pleading, raging, raving, frightened of the shadows and frightened of the fog, frightened of you. "You did not save Lily!" he yells. "You did not save James!" he weeps. "You did not save me!" he whimpers, and huddles into himself and trembles as if the North Sea is in his very veins.

Also the math works out!!! Snape/Dumbledore + Sirius/Dumbledore = Snack by proxy actually.

Check out the rest of the spectacularly beautiful Frabjous which contains some of my all time favorite fics.

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💚 HoS Members’ Recs: Self Rec ❤️

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*Sorry for the repost! In the process of fixing a mistake, I accidentally deleted the original post. This mod and Tumblr are not on good terms right now. lol BUT! We added one more fic and it's a doozy! Check it out! And hopefully there are no more mistakes. *crossing fingers

- Scarlet It's NaNoWriMo! While we are busy creating new fics and art and rec lists and everything under the sun for our fav ship, what about some self-recs? Here are some of our fav Snarry works made by us! As we look forward to accomplishing our goals, we got to give appreciation to the works we've done in the past. <3

Art

🎨 Little Christmas story - @flymetosnarryland (AO3) with a snippet on Tumblr

🎨 Severus in red + Under the Influence Harry - @ofnightsndsongs (AO3)

Choose Your Own Adventure

🌸 What Comes Next (And How to Like It) - @likelightinglass (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 28.6k

A choose your own adventure fic! You are Severus Snape. You survived against all odds, and now it's time to take life into your own hands. What will you do with this gift of a second chance, and how will you find your happy ending? Your happy ending is pretty much always Harry Potter, but there's so many fun ways to get there.

Fanfic

📚 B.R.E.D - Elffaw Rated E, Word Count 5.3k

“You have been summoned here today,” he said, each word crisp and clear, “to partake in a physical examination required by the Ministry itself; in other words, you will be B.R.E.D.”

📚 Certain Dark Things - @liladiurne (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 50.3k

“You want me. I know you do.” I was too worn-out by then to even deny it. In the light of day, with only the summer wind and the cicadas to hear, it didn’t seem necessary to hide it. “It doesn’t matter, Harry. This can never happen.” He stared at me some more, and I did my best not to falter under those shimmering eyes. “I won’t tell anyone, if that’s what you’re worried about,” he assured me.“ I know you wouldn’t,” I added, insisting on the conditional. I didn’t like the way he’d spoken as if it had already happened. As if I had already lost. Perhaps I already had. In which Severus takes a trip to Italy, thinking he'll have a quiet time at the Malfoys' villa, but Harry has other plans. Written for prompt #182: AU. Harry never lived with the Dursleys. He was adopted by the reformed Malfoys as an infant. He is secretly in love with his adopted father's best friend, Severus Snape.

📚 Contempt - @danpuff-ao3 (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 20k

Harry hates Snape, and he always will. (He will, won’t he?)

📚 Courting Day - wendymarlowe Rated M, Word Count 42.8k

It's Courting Day: seventh- and eighth-year students get the chance to declare their intentions to formally woo each other. The only way for Harry to avoid being a matrimonial target is to put in a declaration of his own. Surely if he picks someone who would never in a million years accept his suit, he'll escape unscathed...

📚 dream a little dream of me - @dandelionstars (AO3) with art by @acydpop (AO3) Rated T, Word Count 4.6k

While Severus was not a strong enough Seer to receive complete soulmate dreams, unfortunately, he had just enough power to catch fleeting moments of his soulmate. These flashes of intense joy were more of a curse than a blessing. Despair was suffocating when his hopes were dashed again and again like carved crystal, inevitably shattered on the floor. A Snarry Soulmate AU

📚 For I Have Found Salvation - @lumosatnight (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 7.1k

Severus is a priest, and Harry is the parishioner who may just make him break his vows of celibacy.

📚 Harry Potter’s Avada Kedavra Wedding - whythehellnothavefun Rated M, Word Count 11.4k

(From The Book of Terms And Their Definitions, page 101) Avada Kedavra Wedding: noun, informal, see also: Avada Kedavra Marriage An enforced or hurried wedding, due to one member being pregnant or under blackmail, potentially to gain access to another’s vault(s) and/or properties. (See also: Muggle Oxford English Dictionary, shotgun wedding/shotgun marriage)

📚 Invisible String - @givereadersahug (AO3) Rated G, Word Count 3.7k

The first time Harry saw Snape's black eyes — him truly acknowledging Snape's existence beyond him being his mean professor — it was the night after Harry killed Professor Quirrell. He was dreaming, and in his dreams, he was screaming. Harry dreams of Severus over the years.

📚 On the Origins of Dementors - DarkTony Rated G, Word Count 2.6k

Amidst the pages of tomes that now remain unread,there a story, a fable, a legend goes of a man made of misery…

📚 Sir Saisir - @coconutice22 (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 27k

Some things that glitter are gold. Twenty years after defeating Lord Voldemort, Severus has a meet-cute at a, ahem, private members' club.

📚 The Beat of Their Own Drum - @aeternumregina (AO3) Rated M, Word Count 2.4k

Harry sees Snape dancing at a bar, and is instantly enthralled by this new, carefree person who barely seems to resemble his old teacher.

📚 The Way Death Clutches At Life - @tax-onomic (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 7k

Death is permanent, unless it is not.

📚 This is not my beautiful wife - Klari Rated M, Word Count 35.9k

What happened after Harry smashed up Dumbledore’s office? With Sirius dead and his plans to run away from the Wizarding World on hold, Harry is on the edge— literally, and Severus manages to learn rather a lot about him at the top of the Astronomy Tower.

📚 Wish not for a soul that is full of sin - @serenaew (AO3) Rated T, Word Count 4.7k

After all, a flighty soul could not return to the water, or to the earth, as they maintained all life eventually should. (What one did not have, they believed, could not be broken.) Prologue to the merman!Snape, amnesia AU no one asked for.

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[lee-bella]

HP Fest Schedule: June 13 - July 2

Another fortnight; another fortnight (and some) worth of HP fest dates, this time from June 13 to July 2.

The calendar for the second half of 2023 is starting to fill up. Check out 2023 HP Fest Schedule for more fest dates.

The next HP Fest News Round-up will be up on Potterfests (DW and LJ) on June 20 (tomorrow!). Ta-ta!

June 13

Black Brothers Fest (DW): Tagset nominations open.

June 14

Harry James Potter Week 2023: Prompt lists posted.

June 15

R/S Big Bang 2023: Author sign-up closes.

Wolfstar First Date Challenge: AO3 collection closes.

Drarry Disability Fest: Claiming ends.

Drarry Let's Play 2023 (gaming): Prompting closes. Claiming opens.

Lights Camera Drarry 2023 (film, theatre, tv show inspired): Creators revealed.

Liquid Luck Roll the Dice Challenge: First day to request prompts.

June 16

H/D Career Fair 2023 (Tumblr): Prompting opens.

June 17

Drarry Disability Fest:  Works due.

HP Bodice Ripper Fest (Drarry, HP femslash; romance tropes): Last day to claim.

HP Halloween Fest: Prompting opens.

June 18

It's a Slytherin Soiree (Slytherin centric): Sign-up ends. Entries due.

Harry/Draco Mpreg Fest: Reveals.

Dramione Month: Daily prompt suggestion form closes.

June 20

HP Fruit Fest: Last day to sign up and post.

Dramione Month: Daily prompt voting begins.

June 21

It's a Slytherin Soiree (Slytherin centric): Stories reveal begins.

Game of Drarry Basilisks and Staircases: Last day to sign-up?

The Department of Missed Stories (rare tags/tropes): Last day to sign up.

June 22

HP Law of Attraction Fest (lightning era students; exchange): Check-in.

Game of Drarry Basilisks and Staircases: Last day to receive new prompt.

June 23

HP Cest Fest 2023: Claiming ends.

Bellatrix Fest 2023: Prompting closes.

June 24

Kill Your Darlings 2023 (major character death): Prompting ends.

Snarry AUctoberfest (alternate universe): Prompting ends.

Bellatrix Fest 2023: Claiming opens.

June 25

HP Cest Fest 2023: Works due.

Slither In Fest 2023 (bottom Tom|Voldemort): Last day to sign-up, claim and post.

Black Brothers Fest (DW): Prompting opens.

June 26

HP Pride Extravaganza: Challenge begins.

June 29

Nott in the Cards (Theodore Nott; tarot cards): Writer claiming ends.

Game of Drarry Basilisks and Staircases: Last day to submit for points.

Forbidden Fruit Fest (pseudo-incest): Sign-up ends.

June 30

Nott in the Cards (Theodore Nott; tarot cards): Works due.

Forbidden Fruit Fest (pseudo-incest): Works due.

Tales as Old as Time Fest (Disney songs): Claiming ends.

HP Poetry Fest: Last day for open submission.

Daddymort Festival (Tom|Voldemort, Harry; one of them is the father, bio, adopted, sugar etc.): Works due.

HP Halloween Fest: Prompting closes.

HP Summertime Prompt Challenge: Challenge ends.

Dreomione Fest 2023 (Draco/Theodore/Hermione): Claiming ends?

H/D Career Fair 2023 (Tumblr): Last day to prompt.

July 1

Nott in the Cards (Theodore Nott; tarot cards): Posting begins.

Drarry Disability Fest: Posting begins.

HP Pride Fest 2023: Author reveals.

The Department of Missed Stories (rare tags/tropes): Works due.

Kill Your Darlings 2023 (major character death): Claiming begins.

Prongsfoot Fest 2023 (James/Sirius): Prompting opens.

H/D Wireless (music-inspired): Posting begins.

Daddymort Festival (Tom|Voldemort, Harry; one of them is the father, bio, adopted, sugar etc.): Stories revealed

Snarry AUctoberfest (alternate universe): Claiming opens.

Sirius Black Fest 2023: Prompting opens.

HP Halloween Fest: Claiming opens.

Sugarfest: A Sugar Daddy Harry Fest: Prompting opens.

Liquid Luck Roll the Dice Challenge: AO3 collection opens.

Dreomione Fest 2023 (Draco/Theodore/Hermione): Submissions due.

H/D Career Fair 2023 (Tumblr): Claiming begins.

Black Brothers Fest (DW): Claiming opens.

July 2

Buck Moon 2023 (Remus/Sirius): AO3 collection revealed.

HP Cest Fest 2023: Anon posting begins.

HP Pride Extravaganza: Last day of challenge.

[hpcestfest]

HP Cest Fest 2023: Week 1 ☕️

📖 Sweet Victory | E | 5,000 Bill Weasley/Charlie Weasley/Victoire Weasley

Bill can't bring himself to despoil his virgin daughter. He begs a favour from Charlie to help.... er, pave the way. But can he see it through?

📖 come softly to me | E | 2,100 Orion Black/Regulus Black

Regulus is finally old enough to experience one of the famous Black family parties. The guests are wild, and the firewhisky is stronger than Regulus anticipated. Dazed and greedily aroused, he finds himself in a hallway in his father's company.

📖 A Merciful Alternative | E | 4,300 Lucius Malfoy/Draco Malfoy

Draco learns that there is no easy way out after his failure to kill Albus Dumbledore atop the Astronomy tower. The Dark Lord promises to humiliate the Malfoy family in every way possible before the night is through.

📖 Look Inside and Awake | E | 2,900 Severus Snape/Tobias Snape

Perhaps no one else would ever find him attractive, but as he watched his long, thin fingers drift down his abdomen, he'd never felt more beautiful.

📖 When a Fire Starts to Burn | E | 11,400 Harry Potter/Severus Snape

It's a Severitus to Snarry A/B/O, do you really need more of a hook than that? Ok, fine: Severus is stood up by an alpha for his yearly heat. Suppressants can only help so much then, and when his heat comes on with his sixteen-year-old adoptive alpha son around him, well, things happen.

📖 Three Time's a Charm | E | 774 Harry Potter/Sirius Black

He wants more than anything to be the reason for the boy's tears, and Sirius always gets what he wants…

📖 Iris | M | 6,100 Alice Longbottom/Neville Longbottom

Neville loves his mum so much. He never meant to let it get this far... or did he?

📖 Atonement | E | 5,200 Percy Weasley/George Weasley

“I’m here to pay my debt." “How could you possibly repay me? It's your fault he's dead!” Percy clasps his fists and repeats his offer, this time with the air of a supplicant begging for mercy. “Please, George. Please let me do something. I can’t watch you waste away. I’ll never forgive myself!” The breath vacates his body when George disengages the zipper of his ratty, hole-studded jeans. The teeth grind open with lewd precision, and he pops out between his flaps, flaccid and pathetic. “Suck my dick,” George smirks, challenging his brother to back down. 

📖 the hands that collar you (belong to your brother) | E | 1000 Regulus Black/Sirius Black

Prompt: Power bottom!Regulus choking Sirius as he rides him, saying he’ll get him a collar next time, calling him “puppy” as Sirius whines from the pleasure he’s receiving.

📖 A Breed Apart | E | 18,400 Harry Potter/Harry Potter

In the summer following Harry’s third year of school, something strange happens. He’s at the park when all of a sudden the afternoon has turned into evening and all he can remember is a flash of green light. Before he can write to Sirius about it, someone arrives at Privet Drive with an explanation.

🎨 A Grim Bargain | E | Webcomic Orion Black/Sirius Black

The night Sirius runs away from home, he does not expect anyone to be waiting for him by the foyer. "Please. I'll do anything, so please, don't leave." Sirius considers it. "Anything?"

[liladiurne]

2022 - My year in Fic

Thanks @danpuff-ao3 for the tag!

I probably haven't written as much this year as most of you guys have, because I don't generally write much any given year (due to my horrible snail-paced writing speed 🤣) but there's been a few goodies this year, so I thought I should share! And feel a certain measure of success?

January

Certain Dark Things - (Snarry, E, 50k) Written for Adopt-a-Prompt fest and posted quite late... Based on the prompt: AU. Harry never lived with the Dursleys. He was adopted by the reformed Malfoys as an infant. He is secretly in love with his father's best friend, Severus Snape. Or In which Severus takes a trip to Italy, thinking he'll have a quiet time at the Malfoys' villa, but Harry has other plans. Or... just an excuse to write something loosely based on Call Me By Your Name...

I was wounded. I had suffered irremediable damage. I had seen something sacrosanct that no mortal was meant to lay eyes on, and I was being punished for it. I was like a man possessed, haunted, filled sporadically with a force greater than myself. I wanted to be good, decent, and strong. I wanted to resist the call of his body. But I also wanted to worship him with every fibre of my being. I began to understand the religious fanatics and the zealots. Had I known him when I was a teenager, I would have favoured him over the Dark Lord. I would have followed him to the ends of the earth, built temples in his honour, committed atrocities in his name.

What I felt for him was so deep and so raw I could not quite call it love, but I didn’t know what else to name it.

February

Compulsory Figures - (Snarry, E, 6k) Severus is a four-time Olympic gold medalist and a figure skating legend. He's also a heartless bastard who uses his fame and influence to bed as many pretty young skaters as he can. At eighteen, Harry has just begun training for his first Olympic Games. And he's exactly Severus' type.

The boy has a lot to work on. There are flaws, a considerable number of them, and yet Severus is not surprised that he’s made it this far. Because when he’s on the ice, there is no prying your eyes away. What he does well, he does perfectly, naturally. As easy as breathing. Seamlessly, with such emotion it makes something tighten in Severus’ chest.

He stares darkly from the shadows.

He was not that good at eighteen. He did not have a gift. He’d had to work his arse off just to get to this boy’s level.

He is jealous. And it only makes him want the boy more.

May

An Escape - (Snarry, E, 2k) - Birthday present for my dear Danni. A good excuse to write some filth. A Muggle AU where Severus is a dirtybadwrong Chemistry teacher taking advantage of an abused Harry.

“You must understand that you’re putting me in a very difficult position,” Severus says softly.

“I know,” the boy mutters.

“And if anyone were to find out, I could lose my job.”

“Sir, please. I won’t tell anyone, I swear. I’ll do anything.”

Severus sighs heavily, reluctantly. But secretly his heart is thumping in anticipation. “Very well. Get on with it.”

There is a pause. A few shaky breaths again. Potter’s eyes dart up, look around the empty lot, either to ensure that there is no one around to see, or perhaps hoping for a way out, an escape. But there is no escape, Severus has made sure of it. He’s worked hard for nearly a year to make the boy understand that he is the only escape.

Miraculous - (Snarry, E, 15k) - Written for Snarry-a-Thon. When Severus finds out that the gorgeous and charming young man Lucius set him up with, the one who's accompanying him to his mother's charity ball, is really a hired escort, he is furious and disappointed. At first. But then he realises he can use this to his advantage. After years of celibacy, he's finally found someone he connects with, someone who understands him. And this time, Severus actually has the means to see him again. Or the money. But if money's what it takes to spend time with Harry, then he's more than willing to drain his family's fortune. In an unexpected twist of faith, he might not need to.

What a fool he was. What a bloody idiot. As if a young man like this one, this Godric, could ever willingly want to have anything to do with him. He should have known, if only from the way Godric didn't recoil when he first saw him or didn't find an excuse to leave at once, that he wasn't just someone Lucius had come across and thought would be a good fit for him. Because he is, just like Lucius said, exactly Severus' type. And that's what made him suspicious in the first place, what made Severus believe that there must be more to this than some clever matchmaking. Because not once in over forty years, no matter how much money and prestige are to his name, has Severus ever been able to get anyone of his type. It seemed too perfect to be true. It seemed… nearly miraculous.

August

A Strange Fate - (Snarry, M, 4k) - A birthday gift for my dear Nina. An excuse to write something super artsy. Based on the myth of Pygmalion. Severus is a brilliant but lonely sculptor who falls in love with the beautiful marble statue of a young man he has been working on diligently for years.

The first thing to emerge, from the gaping hole he had made, was the curve of a shoulder. He worked it and polished it right there, in the middle of the opaque block of stone. A delicate shoulder, which he caressed gently afterwards. It looked so out of place and yet so absolutely perfect. It was as if it had always been there to begin with, underneath all the excess marble, and Severus had merely uncovered it. 

It wasn’t the last time he had this impression either. It was so every time he unveiled something new, every time a bit of limb, a glimpse of a muscle came to light. It was so easy. Severus barely felt like he was working at all, merely chiselling at the right places, dislodging the right bits of stone. Whatever was underneath was simply being revealed. 

He wondered sometimes, with a mix of disbelief and elation, whether he was a  sculptor or an archeologist.

And then I started school again and lost all my time for writing... I guess I did update Brighter Than Bright this year, which is a win. And recently started posting a translation, which I'd been meaning to do for a while.

Hopefully I'll have more to share next year!

[writcraft]

Writ, my darling love, I'm seeing all these Snape arts in your Tumblr and I'm getting more and more excited about your next snarry 😌. Can u give us a snip or is it an anon fest? 🥺 Also, about that wonderful snarry+draco art you shared, would you ever write a triad with them? 😍

Sending love, tai 💜

Hi Tai darling, thank you for your lovely message!!! I am SO in my Snape and Snarry feels at the moment and I'm working on several things. I have two fest pieces which are anon so I can't say anything about them really. Secret Snarry Swap I have nearly finished and that should post some time in December. I also claimed a prompt from @snarry-fest-adopt-a-prompt which starts posting in January. I definitely would write Harry/Draco/Severus and am actually working on one now! I have written them before in Forget Me Not but the one I'm working on has a different dynamic with established Drarry.

Finally, I have a fic that I'm desperate to try to finish for October although there's still quite a lot to do on it. It's not for a fest, so I can share a little! It's a vampire!Harry post-war Snarry fic, working title 'Love Song For A Vampire' - snip below the cut! I hope you enjoy it <3

“Am I conversing with a ghost?” There’s a bitter, dangerous edge to Snape’s voice. “Come now, Potter. Don’t play me for the fool. You’re as much flesh and blood as I am.”

“Not exactly.” Harry winces, wishing Snape would shut up about blood. He looks up and meets Snape’s furious gaze. “I’m not dead. More…undead.” Despite the fact there’s nothing funny about the situation, Harry lets out a strangled laugh. “I call it my pointy little problem.”

“Undead?” Snape purses his lips, his knuckles white from clutching his wand so tightly. “You’re a—?”

“Vampire, apparently.” The word is heavy on Harry’s tongue. It tastes like curses and Dark Arts. “Carrow cast a spell and it got through my shield. Kingsley reckons it’s ancient magic. I suppose Unforgivables get a bit boring when you’ve been flinging them around at everyone for years.”

“Foolish, idiotic…” Snape trails off, his fury rendering him speechless. He pinches the bridge of his nose, his voice muffled. “When did you last drink?”

“I had that damson wine about ten minutes—”

“Blood, you insufferable brat. When did you last drink blood?”

“Oh.” Harry still doesn’t like the idea of drinking blood, truth be told. His body craves it, but he tries to put it off until it’s the only thing that will satiate his thirst, like a cool glass of water on a hot summer day. “A few weeks,” he mumbles.

“A few weeks?” Snape snarls and his wand sparks as if it knows its owner is itching to cast violent spells directly at Harry. “Are you aware of the danger you’re putting yourself in? The danger you’re putting me in?”

“Relax, I’m not about to bite you.” Harry would quite like to bite Snape truth be told, but he’s not about to start gnawing at random people unless they specifically ask him to drink from them. Not that he’s found anyone mad enough for that yet. “I’ve got a flask if I need it.”

“Then drink, you foolish child. Don’t you recognise the signs of Fading?”

“Fading?” Harry stares at Snape, his skin prickling as a shiver travels the length of his spine. Whatever Fading is it sounds rubbish. “What’s that?”

“Have you done no research into your predicament at all?” Snape’s voice lowers, the same note of anger buzzing beneath the surface. Eventually he sighs, the sound almost resigned. He plucks at the buttons on his shirt to expose more of his neck and torso. “That can wait. I assume this is what you came here for?”

“No. No.” Harry clenches his hands into fists, closing his eyes against the way Snape’s increasingly exposed throat assaults his senses. “Merlin, Snape. Do your bloody shirt up. I’ve got some Niffler blood in my flask, they donate it to the Vampire Preservation Society. It doesn’t harm them it’s…delicious.”

[fika-drw]

My Prompt List [All Snarry]

If you are curious and lazy to scroll down to check what other prompts I have. Here are my fic ideas that I basically give up or just some random thoughts I have prompt list with a short description of what are they.

Prompt#1 [Harry is a ghost student. Severus is the only one who can see Harry. Someone is out to get Harry. Harry falls into a Sleeping Beauty-ish curse.]

Prompt#2 [Severus is startled by the level of commitment Harry had to him.]

Prompt#3 [Disabled!Severus pining for Harry from afar]

Prompt#4 [Severus was afraid to love because when he loved he killed someone.]

Prompt#5 [Harry trying to ask if Severus likes someone (and hoping it is him)]

Prompt#6 [Past Severus/James Potter. Betrayal. Severus and Harry got together and got anxiety over their relationship.]

Prompt#7 [That time Severus made a deal with the devil and got a lot more than he bargains for.]

Prompt#8 [Severus reluctant to talk about his past.]

Prompt#9 [Severus needs to make Harry hate him because of life debt whether he likes it or not. Soulmate AU.]

Prompt#10 [Severus and Harry got kidnap and lost their memories. Only trust each other.]

Prompt#11 [In which Severus accidentally courts Harry with chocolate lava cake and freshly picked flowers, anonymously.]

Prompt#12 [Unicorn!Harry and Thestral!Severus.]

Prompt#13 [Asexual!Severus tries to navigate his new relationship in a magical world where sex and blood are the foundation of it.]

Prompt#14 [Topless Harry is too much to handle for Severus.]

Prompt#15 [Pet names]

Prompt#16 [What's worse than an oblivious crush? an asexual oblivious crush. They didn't get the 'fucking with eyes' signal 😂]

Prompt#17 [Tsum Tsum as your little companion! The problem is they keep showing the owner true feelings! Cue accidental Tsum Tsum matchmaker.]

Prompt#18 [...while a villain would burn the whole world for the ones they love]

Prompt#19 [Power Imbalance]

Prompt#20 [Creature!Harry Potter, Parent Severus Snape]

Prompt#21 [Let's adopt this child too!]

Prompt#22 [The secrets of the past is buried between the pages]

Prompt#23 [The most loveable villain Harry And The most hated superhero Severus]

Prompt#24 [When Harry realises the love that was given to him far too late]

Prompt#25 [Do I really need to say it again?]

Prompt#26 ['I didn't know we were dating']

Prompt#27 [A marriage proposal shenanigans]

Prompt#28 [Inspired by "Cannot [blank] to save their life!"]

Prompt#29 [Severus made Harry happy. But at what cost?]

Prompt#30 [Schemeing canon Hinny children. Best Dad!Harry is in denial. Pining!Severus. Toxic!Ginny.]

Prompt#31 [Family time!]

Prompt#32 [Severus' journey to accepting that Harry's love has no boundaries.]

Prompt#33 [Around The World in 80 Days but make it Snarry!]

Prompt#34 [Theater AU]

Prompt#35 [Anything for love]

[givereadersahug]

2022 - My Year in Fic

I was tagged by the wonderful @danpuff-ao3 and woah...looking over what I've done this year, I still can't believe it. Because 2022!!!! It should be known in my journals as the year I came back to writing fanfics. I've written so many after years of writer's block and, while most are drabbles and short one-shots, I am insanely proud of what I accomplished. My eternal thanks to the Harry Potter fandom, the SK8 fandom, and all the prompt communities on Dreamwidth. Truly, they are the superstars for providing the sparks. The first step is getting over the hurtle and smashing that writer's block, and the next (I hope) is breaking that 10k mark for one of my fics. *crossing fingers*

I won't list all the fics I've written this year. That's insane. My AO3 currently has 125 works published for 2022 and I still have XXX more to upload before the week is out. But here are some I'm insanely proud of and maybe, hopefully, crossing fingers you find enjoyment in them too.

Tagging: Still not comfortable in tagging random people, so if you came across this post and want to write up your year in fic, go right ahead! I want to see what you've written this year!

💙 01 - January

Lava Cake - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 452 words) from a prompt on the House of Snarry discord server

Harry bakes a lava cake for Severus.

“This is not carbonara.” - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, T, 698 words) Inspired by the 'What Did You Eat Yesterday?' manga series

Another night at Sia la luce – just without the carbonara.

💙 02 - February

Devotion - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, T, 7316 words) - A remix of my fanfic 'Intricacies'

Kojiro wants to know Kaoru's stance on them adopting kids. It's time for a long overdue conversation.

Intricacies - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, M, 2111 words)

Kojiro thinks he know everything about Kaoru, him learning the ins and outs of all things Kaoru since he was five. However, Kaoru continues to surprise him.

💙 04 - April

Croaking Together - (Harry Potter, Snevor, G, 300 words) Written for April's Fools day.

After a potions mishap, Professor Snape was accidentally turned into a toad.

💙 05 - May

Colours - (Harry Potter, Snarry, E, 2268 words) For the Liquid Luck Drabble challenge.

Severus follows the new Hogwarts professor into the Forbidden Forest one night.

Hawthorn - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 1237 words) For the HP Flowers Spring Round.

Harry keeps constant vigil by Severus's bedside after the Battle of Hogwarts.

"I'm in. I'm all in." - (Harry Potter, Snarry, M, 8413 words) For Snape-Potter's 2022 Snarry-a-Thon.

"You're her next of kin," said the social worker, cutting through the silence. The clock ticked in the background. Potions bubbling away in the next room over. And Severus Snape found himself holding a baby in his arms.

💙 06 - June

Falling Stars - (Harry Potter, Snarry, M, 3514 words) For the Liquid Luck Drabble challenge.

Severus wishes upon a falling star.

Pink - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, G, 200 words) For the Weekly Drabble Zone community.

Five years old Kojiro just wants to touch Kaoru's very pink hair.

Warmth - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 1074 words) For the hp-coffeehouse community.

Severus takes refuge during a downpour at his favourite coffee shop.

💙 07 - July

Dragons - (Harry Potter, Charlie Weasley/Severus Snape, M, 2659 words) For the Liquid Luck Drabble's Liquid Luck Never Have I Ever Challenge.

Charlie Weasley has an affair with his Potions professor.

On the Precipice - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, G, 719 words) For Kojiro Nanjo Week 2022.

Kojiro picks Kaoru up for their date.

💙 08 - August

Binds - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, E, 1783 words) Personal celebration of reaching 69 listed works on AO3.

Kaoru goes to Kojiro to unwind.

Forgiveness - (Harry Potter, Severus Snape/unnamed male partner, G, 625 words) For the hp-coffeehouse community.

Severus meets an old lover.

Lilac - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 1366 words) For the HP Flowers Spring Round.

"You're cursed," declared Hermione. She dropped several books onto the table, scattering the flowers lying about, and took a seat. There were petals on the table and on the floor — especially on, above, under, and surrounding Harry.

💙 10 - October

A Doe and Her Stag - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 500 words) For the HoS's 2022 Snarry AUctoberfest

The doe lowered her head — a sign of trust and complete fidelity. The stag, in turn, nibbled her ears, rubbing alongside her neck and urging her up. They galloped around, running circles around the clapping children and toddlers to the amusement of the adults in attendance.

Nightshirts (with art from Soltituss) - (Harry Potter, Snarry, M, 1428 words) For the HoS's 2022 Snarry AUctoberfest

Ever since Harry saw Severus in his long, grey nightshirt back when he was at Hogwarts, he longed to curl up inside the garment, to feel the lasting warmth of Severus's body and to smell the enduring scent of Severus's skin.

Reverence - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 200 words) For the HP Halloween 2022 gift exchange.

Harry and Severus pay reverence at Godric's Hollow.

💙 11 - November

Darkness - (Harry Potter, Snarry, E, 200 words) For the Weekly Drabble Zone community.

Harry squeezes.

Microwaving Potions - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 300 words) For the Harry100 community.

Harry suggests brewing potions via microwave.

The Prince and the Bezoar - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 500 words) For the HoS's 2022 Snarry AUctoberfest

"I need to do what?" asked Severus, lips curling in disgust. "Pass the Sleeping Beauty test," said Harry, who was enjoying the spectacle a bit too much if you ask for Severus's opinion.

💙 12 - December

The Christmas Presents - (Harry Potter, Snarry, G, 450 words) For the Adventdrabbles community.

The various Christmas presents Severus gave Teddy over the years.

Fruitcakes - (Harry Potter, Luna/Hermione & Dron, 450 words) For the Adventdrabbles community.

Hermione goes to Draco for relationship advice.

Snuggle - (SK8 the Infinity, Matchablossom, G, 200 words) For the New Year's Countdown community.

Kaoru pretends he doesn't like to snuggle.

There are some anon fics I want to list for December, but the reveals aren't up till January, so maybe I'll do an addendum to this post later.

[danpuff-ao3]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💙

Oooh, thanks for passing this to me, Lizzy! 😄 Let's see....100 fics, how to choose 5? 🤔 Well all know #1 already, don't we? 😂 So I'll take a leaf out of Lizzy's book and do a countdown to 1!

5.) A Matter of Time

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 3,686. Written for Snarry Adopt-a-Prompt 2022. Features reverse chronology and alternating POVs! Also: ambiguous/open ending (my love!) It feels like the Snarry of my youth, that angsty and spicy student/teacher, and some good old fashioned tragedy! I really feel like I pulled the thing off with this one! (What is said "thing"? Who knows.) Also, not to pat myself on the back but...that final line? Ouch.

4.) Cruel Summer

Harry/Sirius. Rated: E. Words: 5,445. Minor Harry/Severus. Written for HP Chan Fest 2022-2023. Features gorgeous art by @mrviran. It's a fic I've had floating around my noggin' for a few years but finally felt the call to write for Chan Fest! Our two beloved, troubled boys (Harry and Sirius) live together post PoA, and sees them through plenty of dysfunction, manipulation, and other problematic content 🤭 They have a very complicated (and angsty!) connection and I am so so pleased with how it came out! It's very bit as spicy, sad, and twisted as I'd hoped!

3.) The Curse of Anteros

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 52,566. Written for Snarry Bang 2023. Inspired by an episode of Charmed called "Magic Hour" (which itself was inspired by a movie called Ladyhawke). This is another idea I've long wanted to write, but never knew how to write it until now. Curses, fairytales, magical animals, true love!! Begins with student/teacher and carries on through time to old men Snarry!!!! This fic really grew way out of control and I'm so glad it did. It feels like...a "proper" story, if that makes sense? Actual plot! Novel length! Who am I even???? Anyway I'm stupidly proud of this one. Also: ART BY MRVILLAIN AGAIN, MY BELOVED TEAMMATE, I'M OBSESSED. Like...idk I'm blown away. Which sounds bad cuz this is my story, but I don't care. This is genuinely a story that not only was I so pumped to create, but one that I'd have LOVED to read as a reader! Had someone else written this I'd have lost my mind reading it. I hate saying that, it sounds so arrogant, but I don't care, I'm losing my mind over this one. I wrote it in like 2 weeks!!!! This fic POURED out of me! And I love it!

2.) Collateral Damage

Draco/Ron. Rated: E. Words: 16,071. Written for Ron-Draco Fest 2021. The first draft of this got to like 10k before I had to scrap it and start totally over. Somehow the original opening kept winding down the wrong path. So finally after fighting with it for way too long (and only 2 weeks to go until it was due), I gave it up and tried again. Decided: "hey, let's open with porn and see what happens." Well...That worked. That did it. All I needed was to open with a BJ for magic to happen, who knew? I ended up with a story I was super jazzed about, and to my great surprise (and pleasure!) others loved it, too!!

1.) Contempt | Devotion

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 20,400 | 25,843. Written for Snarry-a-Thon 2022 and 2023. This one's cheating a bit since it's technically 2 fics, but it's also the same story in different POVs so...it kinda counts, right? Also I know people have told me they liked Devotion more but I can't help but admit that Contempt itself still holds the top spot in my heart! And while I think say The Curse of Anteros is a better overall story, I don't think any fic ever will top Contempt. I mean, never say never, but Contempt is the story of dreams. It's my heart and soul. It's the Snarry I've always wanted to write. The story, the dynamic, the characterizations, everything. It's everything I've wanted in a Snarry since I first began reading Snarry 20 years ago. Like...I have no words to express just how meaningful this work is to me. This is literally the culmination of all of my Snarry feels. I dragged this story out of my gut. I pulled it out of my skin and wrote it in my blood. That's how connected I am to this work. (Wow that sounds really dramatic but also...true.)

Genuinely I was so cared people would hate it, but I wrote it anyway because I needed it and I loved it. I'm very glad to say that plenty of others love it with me! And this is another one @mrviran offered love to in the form of a podfic! (Plus cover art!) I'm fully obsessed with the podfic (AND ART!) and I get all teary eyed when I think about it, that my dear friend worked so hard to bring more life to my baby. 🥹

Kinda funny how my favorite works (and what i consider some of my best works) were all for fests. Fests really do inspire me, even if they make me want to pull my hair out. 😂

Also is it cheating to give honorary mentions to Lover Boy at Play, In My Veins (In My Blood), Orange Blossoms, Teardrop in Your Palm, and Black Skies? 👀

[snarry-fest-adopt-a-prompt]

FIRST WEEK RECAP

Here it is the recap of our first week of posting!! If you didn’t have the chance to read the fics we posted, now it’s a great time to do it. We’ll see you tomorrow, with the start of our second week of posting!

 ☆ The Box [Teen & Up Audience - 6,273 w]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40227426

Summary: Years after she last saw Harry, Petunia and Vernon move back North. During the move, Petunia finds a mysterious box that she's all but forgotten... it stirs too many memories and emotions back to life.

 ☆ Hypothermia [Mature - 19,583 w]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42296031

Summary: Prompt #4: Sirius isn't quite right when Harry goes to live with him. No one believes Harry, since Sirius acts fine when other people are around. No one, except for Snape.

 ☆ From Git in a Snit to Loosed and Seduced [Teen & Up Audience - 7,480 w]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42492951

Summary: The DADA teacher had to leave her post mid-year, and Minerva McGonagall has managed to convince Severus and Harry to cover the classes for the rest of the year. If only they talked to each other...

 ☆ Starling [Explicit - 43,620 w]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42456291

Summary: Harry Potter disappeared when he was five years old. Twenty-five years later, Severus Snape gets the same assignment from different masters: find and deliver the Boy Who Lived.

 ☆ Predetermined [Explicit - 9,379 w]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42658827

Summary: Harry becomes obsessed with a popular romance novel. He jumps at the chance to meet the mysterious author of his favourite series, though he's less than thrilled when he finds out the author is Severus Snape. Once he realises the novels are thinly-veiled fantasies about him, he decides to offer Snape some feedback.

[acydpop]

WIP Ask Game

Thank you @bluesundaycake for the tag! :)

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!)  I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

It’s going to be very long... -sweats- 

My WIPs:

First Wizarding War Fest 2022**

Snarry Adopt-a-Prompt 2022**

HP Fuck the Faculty Fest 2022**

The Diary

The Knight Bus Beauty

A/B/O Snarry Chan

Dumbledore/Lockhart - CrossGen

In the Dead of Night

what they do in the shadows

Dreams

The Glorious Hole on Floor Number 4

The Potion Master’s Grimoire

Sweet Candy Boy - Pure Sirry Crack

HP Crack Fic Fest 2022 (Dropped Fest) 

HP Cest Fest 2022 (Dropped Fest)

Of Blood and Roses - a vampire story

A Very Snarry Hallmark Christmas

Snarry-a-thon 2022 (Dropped Fest)

Ensnared by the Devil

Dinner with Mum

Devouring Beauty

Poppet Snarry

dead harry.docx

Wolf Song (RL/HP)

These are not all of the fics because I have a lot of “untitled”. XD

**I can’t give much info about these works since they are a part of ongoing fests.

WARNING: I write a lot of Dead Dove. ✨

No pressure tagging @greenmegsnoham, @danpuff-ao3, @lumosatnight, @liladiurne, @luendland, and anyone else who happens upon this post and would like to participate! :D <3

[consistentsquash]

10 HP slash recs from 10 fests!

Short month which means I am doing recs for shorter works!

10 recs done from 10 fests which just finished posting/are currently posting.

Selection Criteria

Short fics from ongoing/just finished events

8 lighter reads + 2 heavier reads!

Picked for variety in genres.

Rec lists are based on my reading and totally subjective. YMMV.

Cover Me

by sharperthana

H/D Erised 2021

Vibe - Wholesome with a happy ending!

Check it out because - really good visual storytelling with a happy ending.

 peeing... peeing...

by MyWitch

Firewhiskeyfic 2022

Vibe - Funny!

Check it out because - this comic is honestly the BEST. It deserves like all the capslock love in the world <3 Don't let the title stop you! It doesn't have golden showers or anything kinky. It's just really really funny.

  [podfic] Conduct (Un)Becoming by Leela

by JocundaSykes

Voiceteam Mystery Box 2021

Vibe - Fluffy with a happy ending

Pairing - Kingsley/Charlie

Check it out because - Leela's writing read by Jocunda Sykes is literally the best of both worlds! It's funny and wholesome with a happy ending.

 [podfic] Not Just Ornamental by Beth H

by bluedreaming

HP Holiday Mini Fest 2021

Vibe - Gentle with a happy ending

Pairing - Snape/Lupin

Check it out because - A podfic of Beth H's Snupin drabble? Run, don't walk!

 He Looked Just Like James

by @storyof-eden

HP Rare Pair Fest 2022

Vibe - Dirty/bad/hot with a happy ending

Pairing - Sirius/Harry

Check it out because - Sirius/Guilty Pleasures is the best Sirius pairing. Also this fic has some serious throwback to Amanuensis era dirty/bad/hot fics.

 minor gods and their favoured divinities

by @inlustretllumine

HP Magical Trans Comfort Fest 2021

Vibe - Luxury prose with an euphoric happy ending!

Pairing - Scorpius/Albus

Check it out because - BEAUTIFUL PROSE <3 Omg! The prose was so beautiful! Read it!

They traverse the boundless surface of the Other together, hand in hand. It's easy to spend eternities travelling together, revealing the secrets of this world to each other, a gift of beauty that never ends. But when they come back each night to the apartment they share, filled with strings of little lights and angel figurines and crystal lamps, they don’t need anything but each other. This is what it means to be home.

 Boxes & Baubles

by @danni-the-puff

HP Destress December 2021

Vibe - 5 + 1 format, Fluffy Snarry ending!

Pairing - Snape/Harry

Check it out because - if you are like me and totally hating winter after the holiday season is over, this fic is for you. It's going to put you in the holiday mood again! The 5+1 format is one of my favorites to read! This fic does that brilliantly by looking at 5+1 Christmas celebrations in Snape's life.

Rec note - It's got a great podfic from @vulnerasanenturmyprince!

 Narcissa's Kindness

by @sketchyblondes

HP Shipuary 2022

Vibe - Dirty/bad/hot with a happy ending!

Pairing - Lily/Narcissa

Check it out because - Dirty/bad/hot with potions! This pairing is one of my favorites for fics with a dubcon type premise. This fic totally delivers!

Narcissa laughed at that, tilting her head back and letting her hair shake out. Narcissa had a glorious laugh, the bark of Sirius’s mixed with pure feminine joy… What the hell, Lily? Where had that thought come from?

 A Matter of Time

by Anonymous @danni-the-puff

Snarry Adopt a Prompt Fest 2021

Vibe - oldschool angsty Snarry! Hurt no comfort.

Pairing - Snape/Harry

Author's Summary - Severus is outed as a spy and grievously injured. Harry doesn’t react well, leading those closest to him to wonder: Just why is Harry so devastated about Severus’ condition?

Check it out because - if you are like me and really like oldschool teacher/student Snarry with a lot of angst and angsty endings, this fic is for you. Brilliant premise, really good writing, perfect execution! I really, really, really loved this fic. It made me nostalgic about older Snarry fics with this premise!

The dungeons are always cold and dark. Colder and darker in winter.

Less cold, and less dark, with Harry Potter in his bed.

It is not the lit hearth that illuminates the room. Not the fire that warms them. It is Harry’s skin, golden beneath Severus’ hands. Harry’s eyes, bright springtime green.

It's got some of my favorite things about Snarry!

Angst

Legit worry + suspicions from Harry's friends. Great POVs from Sirius, Remus and Hermione!

Angsty ending with implied MCD

Serious, serious Snarry forbidden love

A protective and unhappy Snape characterization who is just finding hope/love when things go wrong

A seriously good Harry characterization which shows his best/worst qualities

OMG! This fic has like everything I love about Snarry!!! <3

Lots of good fics at Snarry Adopt a Prompt Fest this time. But I had zero doubt that this is the fic I wanted to rec! This is the type of fic that doesn't get written a lot anymore! A great combo of the best and classic Snarry angst tropes. This fic delivers!

Rec note - Definitely read the warnings on this fic. It's got some serious content and trigger warnings! YMMV! This fic is the first reason I picked light and fluffy fics for the rest of the list.

 Leman

by eldritcher

Snapecase 2022

Vibe - Beautiful prose with a complicated Snape characterization and a bittersweet ending

Author's Summary - A wand is made.

Check it out because - This is a powerfully haunting fic from the get go. The opening scene is one of the best I have read in literally years. Disturbing, convincing and really intimate.

After that amazing opening scene, it just gets better scene after scene. There's zero weak scenes/filler in this fic. It's tense nonstop. But the tension is also really intimate? I don't know how to explain it.

The magic written in this fic definitely has vibes of dark fairytales. To make powerful weapons you need love. I mean lots and lots of fairytales/books have this trope. It's also the core plot of HP novels! So that part isn't really groundbreaking.

What I found really, really unique and incredible was the execution. This is dark and maybe twisted. It's also seriously, seriously romantic. This is cry your heart out levels of heartbreaking. At least for me. But it's my OTP. So you can't blame me for crying. But the heartbreak was also cathartic. The writing is precise with a zoom/blur effect which somehow protects the reader from feeling the really raw parts w/o compromising the storytelling. Because the fic has MCD but it's also victorious/epic/loving which feels like the right ending here?

It's definitely the type of fic where the classic happy ending isn't possible to do justice to the plot! Some fics sometimes force a happy ending which can feel like it's unearned. I feel this fic has the only ending which would work with its plot.

Potter stood before him, as his little Napoleon, windswept and ferocious and fearless. His face was brighter than Cassiopeia's stars.

Snape knelt before him and handed him the comb and the blade.

"What must I do?" Potter asked. For the first time in ten or twelve years, fear tinged his voice.

"Shear me. Bare me."

It's got a really dramatic storyline without dramatic speeches or anything like that. The forest, the dragon, Snape himself, the ravens...everything feels completely doomed. But they are going to give Harry the weapon he needs. Pitch perfect dark fairytale vibes honestly.

This is a Snarry endgame fic with some Snape/Ollivander implied. But the implication from the beginning is that Snape is in love with Harry. No infidelity, dubcon or anything like that. Like I said this fic is more in the dark and romantic fantasy category. Not really the relationship drama category. FWIW I really loved the Ollivander characterization.

Really, really a big fan of how it's 100% about Love + Sacrifice which is my personal favorite Snarry vibe.

Rec note - This fic is the second reason I picked light and fluffy fics for the rest of the list. Brilliant, disturbing, romantic and bittersweet. It's really giving me throwback vibes to a lot of brilliant fics from Team Angst authors during the Snarry Games! 11/10 Highly recommend! The perfect fic to end this list with!

[lee-bella]

Signal Boost & HP Fest Schedule: June 24 - July 17

A signal boost for two HP communities.

WeasleyJumpers is a Weasley-centric community for the core Weasley family, anyone related to them by blood, and next gen kids. The comm is also on Dreamwidth and Livejournal. They run a different fest every year: a comment fest in 2020, a prompt-and-claim fest in 2022, etc.

They are currently asking for people's ideas on what to do for this year's fest. You can find more information on Tumblr and DW.

Harry Potter Fanwork Recs is a new HP rec community that started up on Dreamwidth. While you'd need to become a member of the comm (along with having a DW account) to make a post, you don't need a DW account to reply to posts. They already have some fantastic recs posted to the comm.

And a few things on Potterfests:

We got a Masterlist of HP Fests and Communities on Potterfests. It's organised by category, and it includes fests and communities that are active within the last 5 years or so.

For current and upcoming fest, see HP Fest News Round-up (also on Livejournal).

You are always welcome to promote any HP fests and communities on Potterfests on Dreamwidth and Livejournal. If you don't have a DW or LJ account, you can send me a DM on Tumblr.

Here's a sneak peek at what's coming up in July. The fest dates span from June 24 to July 17. For more fest dates, see 2023 HP Fest Schedule.

June 24

Kill Your Darlings 2023 (major character death): Prompting ends.

Snarry AUctoberfest (alternate universe): Prompting ends.

Bellatrix Fest 2023: Claiming opens.

June 25

HP Cest Fest 2023: Works due.

Slither In Fest 2023 (bottom Tom|Voldemort): Last day to sign-up, claim and post.

Black Brothers Fest (DW): Prompting opens.

June 26

HP Pride Extravaganza: Challenge begins.

June 27

HP Cottagecore Fest: Prompts released. *ADDED*

June 29

Nott in the Cards (Theodore Nott; tarot cards): Writer claiming ends.

Game of Drarry Basilisks and Staircases: Last day to submit for points.

Forbidden Fruit Fest (pseudo-incest): Sign-up ends.

June 30

Nott in the Cards (Theodore Nott; tarot cards): Works due.

Forbidden Fruit Fest (pseudo-incest): Works due.

Tales as Old as Time Fest (Disney songs): Last day to claim.

HP Poetry Fest: Last day for open submission.

Daddymort Festival (Tom|Voldemort, Harry): Works due.

HP Halloween Fest: Last day to prompt.

HP Summertime Prompt Challenge: Last day of challenge.

Dreomione Fest 2023 (Draco/Theodore/Hermione): Claiming ends?

H/D Career Fair 2023 (Tumblr): Last day to prompt.

July 1

Nott in the Cards (Theodore Nott; tarot cards): Posting begins.

Drarry Disability Fest: Posting begins.

HP Pride Fest 2023: Author reveals.

The Department of Missed Stories (rare tags/tropes): Works due.

Kill Your Darlings 2023 (major character death): Claiming begins.

Prongsfoot Fest 2023 (James/Sirius): Prompting opens.

H/D Wireless (music-inspired): Posting begins.

Daddymort Festival (Tom|Voldemort, Harry; one of them is the father, bio, adopted, sugar etc.): Stories revealed

Snarry AUctoberfest (alternate universe): Claiming opens.

Sirius Black Fest 2023: Prompting opens.

HP Halloween Fest: Claiming opens.

Sugarfest: A Sugar Daddy Harry Fest: Prompting opens.

Liquid Luck Roll the Dice Challenge: AO3 collection opens.

Dreomione Fest 2023 (Draco/Theodore/Hermione): Submissions due.

H/D Career Fair 2023 (Tumblr): Claiming begins.

Black Brothers Fest (DW): Claiming opens.

July 2

Buck Moon 2023 (Remus/Sirius): AO3 collection revealed.

HP Cest Fest 2023: Anon posting begins.

HP Pride Extravaganza: Last day of challenge.

July 3

HP Queer Villains Fanworks Fest: Posting ends.

Game of Drarry Basilisks and Staircases: Winners announced.

Forbidden Fruit Fest (pseudo-incest): Story reveal begins.

Dramione Month: Daily prompt voting closes.

July 4

Buck Moon 2023 (Remus/Sirius): Last day to submit works and recs.

July 5

Draco/Ginny Fic Fest 2023 (discord members only): Last day to prompt.

July 6

Draco/Ginny Fic Fest 2023 (discord members only): Claiming opens.

July 7

The Department of Missed Stories (rare tags/tropes): Works revealed.

July 8

HP Fairy Tale Fest: Last day to sign up.

July 9

HP Soulmates Fest (Twitter): Sign-up ends.

July 10

HP Saffics Summer Exchange (Discord members only): Double-drabbles due.

HP Queer Villains Fanworks Fest: Last day for late submission.

HP Soulmates Fest (Twitter): Works due.

Dramione Month: Full calendar released.

July 11

HP Queer Villains Fanworks Fest: Authors revealed.

July 14

Sirius Black Fest 2023: Prompting ends.

H/D Erised 2023 (Tumblr; exchange): Sign-up opens.

July 15

HP Saffics Summer Exchange (Discord members only): Anon posting begins.

Tales as Old as Time Fest (Disney songs): Works due.

The Department of Missed Stories (rare tags/tropes): Authors revealed.

Prongsfoot Fest 2023 (James/Sirius): Prompting closes.

Sirius Black Fest 2023: Sign-up opens.

July 16

HP Bodice Ripper Fest (Drarry, HP femslash; romance tropes): Works due.

HP Dead Dove Fest: Prompting opens.

July 17

Tales as Old as Time Fest (Disney songs): Stories revealed.

HP Soulmates Fest (Twitter): Reveals begin.

Prongsfoot Fest 2023 (James/Sirius): Claiming opens.

Harry Potter Rom Com Fest: Claiming opens.