Five gift requests (each 150 words max, at least one specifically for art, at least one based in canon):
(I know these are supposed to be in order, but I would really be very happy with any of them.)
1) Canon, postwar: Lupin lives, Snape is assumed dead. Remus struggles during the rebuilding, but then he inherits a house with a vast but derelict potion garden. He takes Teddy there to live, intending to make a living out of the garden. Business is good, but when it’s time to hire a gardener/ after school babysitter, the only applicant is someone who appears to be a deaged, and possibly amnesiac, Severus. (He is of age, barely, but young enough to squick Remus and give a May/December feel to their eventual romance.) Lots of Gothic elements relating to the house and garden, plus Remus-angst and red-hot passion when it is finally overcome by his very determined young suitor. R or NC-17 rating, please. It's up to the author who "young Snape" really is and/or how much he remembers, but I'd prefer that Remus actually have to live with the age difference long term.
2) Any story that explores in creative detail the facts of werewolf life. Extra points for a character who isn't a werewolf in canon becoming one and having to take his or her place in the pack, or for a character (Snape? Draco? Neville? Hermione?) discovering he or she is a wolf animagus and "going undercover" in an anthropological study of werewolf culture. Of course werewolves mate for life and Snape ends up with Remus, but this could be a first time story or one where they are already established as a mated pair. Tone could be romantic or funny in a mock-serious kind of way or angst-on-the way to a happy ending. Any rating, although harder ratings will allow the author to explore transform/transform or transform/human sexuality.
3) Art prompt: The fluffiest, most romantic, most tender domestic scene between Severus and Moony. The sweeter the better; make my teeth ache. Severus loves Remus in all his aspects, but he never expected to have a particularly close relationship with the wolf that terrified him as a young man. This prompt would make an awesome short comic, too. Please make Moony a true wolf, although a very large one, rather than the wolfman seen in the films.
4) Story prompt: Same as above: write me a super fluffy/romantic/domestic Severus and Moony story. Note that fluffy does not exclude humor and plenty of snark, or acknowledgment of the difficult past between the two. I have no objection to intimate levels of affectionate contact between humans and consenting adult transformed werewolves, particularly in the context of an established committed relationship, but would be happy with a sweet story of any rating.
5) This one is for the smut-loving writer. Canon (postwar) or AU. Neville always had a crush on Remus. They meet again after Neville is an adult and the younger man, who is still deeply attracted, makes a move on his former teacher. Remus is with Severus, and he won't cheat or do anything without his mate's knowledge and approval, but he is seriously tempted. What happens? Extra points if Neville offers Remus a chance to explore a kink or play out a fantasy that Severus (so far) has refused to participate in. . Threesomes (or moresomes if Neville has a partner or partners) and voyeurism are just two possible routes to take. NC-17 rating and a chance to get really filthy.