Severus Sighs

Title: Two Out of Three
Author: suitesamba
Pairing: Severus, Harry/Draco
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1209
Warnings: Angst
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: They each want him, but he knows they’re better off with each other.
Prompt: PROMPT 5: Severus took a deep breath and closed his eyes, his heart breaking. -- This prompt has to be included, because it has been used in every #AVD fest we’ve had. *pets it* It warms the cold, shrivelled edges of your mods’ black, black #angsty hearts. ♥
A/N: I am nothing without my betas. abrae and roozetter, I salute you!

( Two Out of Three )

Title: It's Not What You Think
Author: annescriblerian
Pairing: Severus/Harry, Ron/others
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~850
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Ron has lost a bet and must proposition all of his Hogwarts' professors. He saves Severus for last.
A/N: My husband did SPaG on this, and I'm afraid he may never recover. Now I know he really, truly loves me. And now I'll have to get him a pretty good Valentine's Day gift. Severus is offstage in this crack!fic, but I know how we all like to use our imaginations!

( It’s Not What You Think )

Title: War Sonnet 1
Author: starduchess
Artist: lemondropseven
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: G
Word Count: 104
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: War and Peace
A/N: Based loosely around prompt #5: Severus took a deep breath and closed his eyes, his heart breaking

( War Sonnet 1 )

Title: Words to Death
Author: starduchess
Pairing: Severus/Draco
Rating: R
Word Count: ~1600
Warnings: canon character death
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Some years ago Severus thought it would be amusing to make anti-valentine’s day candies. Now they are coming back to haunt him.
A/N: Thanks to the lovely ashiiblack for her quick beta. Thanks to the mods for running this great fest year after year. Prompt was #1, the three heart candies.

( Words to Death )

Title: Blindsided
Author: suitesamba
Pairing: Severus/Hermione
Rating: G
Word Count: 1638
Warnings: Angst
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Severus Snape is in the right place when Hermione’s blind date stands her up.
Prompt: PROMPT 3. A personal ad in the Daily Prophet -- Non-con dating situation from a well-meaning friend/potential lover? Wishful hope for finding a partner only to wind up on a date with...
A/N: Thanks to abrae and roozetter for the beta.

( Blindsided )

Title: It's All Part of a Plan
Author/Arist: bonfoi
Pairing: Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick; Severus Snape/Rubeus Hagrid; Severus Snape/Peeves the Poltergeist; Severus Snape/Remus Lupin
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 1,659
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Headmaster Snape is bemused by the strange behaviour of his fellow Hogwarts' residents.
A/N: Many thanks to my beta, badgerlady. She always makes me a better storyteller. This was written for prompt number nine: 9. “Why don’t people like me?” with the emphasis on people. Severus is pursued by all manner of magical creature and rarely humans... Firenze, Hagrid, Griphook, Dobby, the Giant Squid, Zombies Inferi, Veelas, Vampires, Werewolves or any assortment of magical beings. Go crazy, homes! Severus can take it! #likeaboss

( It's All Part of a Plan )

Title: Sweet Solutions
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~900
Warnings: Silliness
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Severus despises Valentine’s Day. And now everyone knows it.
A/N: Written for prompt #1: Instead of glaring or cursing or scathing comments that make children cry, Severus is smirking and passing out candy to his friends. Well... his kind of candy, anyway ;)
Thank you to lilyseyes for looking this over for me, and to the lovely mods for their #encouragement. :)

( Sweet Solutions )

Title: Turning Away
Author: bonfoi
Pairing: Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy; Severus Snape/Remus Lupin; Severus Snape & Teddy Lupin
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,439
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: After the war, after coming into an unexpected inheritance, Severus finds out he hadn't been loved for himself. Luckily, there's a chance to change that.
A/N: Many thanks to my beta, badgerlady. She always makes me a better storyteller, and she did it three times this AVD. This was also written for prompt number two: 2. Severus is embarrassed to bare it all because of a certain "condition" – Maybe Severus is a hermaphrodite. Or has a third nipple or man boobs. Or a terrible skin condition. Or he's REALLY hung. #centaurSeverusFTW. And there's a bit of prompt number five in here, even if it's unwritten: 5. Severus took a deep breath and closed his eyes, his heart breaking. ♥

( Turning Away  )

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Title: Pained Green Eyes
Author: bertas
Date Written: January 2013
Pairing: Severus / Harry
Rating: PG
Word Count: 500
Warnings: Implied time travel - death - breaking hearts
Summary: The DADA professor always has to leave at the end of the year. But at the end of Severus' first year of teaching, he was the one who had the hardest time letting go.
A/N: Written for the AVD mini-fest 2013. I used Prompt #5: "Severus took a deep breath and closed his eyes, his heart breaking." Beta by Bonfoi
Disclaimer: Time is not linear. It is a great big ball of wibbly, wobbly timey wimey-stuff. I own nothing.

( Pained Green Eyes )

Title: The Last Kiss
Author/Artist: suitesamba
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2234
Warnings: Angst, humor
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Severus didn’t realize Harry would have to kiss him, too.
Prompt: PROMPT 10: As part of a dare, ______ agrees to make a pass at every professor at Hogwarts. She/He leaves Snape until last.
A/N: I am nothing without my betas. abrae and roozetter, I salute you!

( The Last Kiss )

Title: Valentine's Day, Humbug
Author/Artist: snapesgirl on IJ or snapesgirl62 on DW
Pairing: Rabastan/Severus, Rodolphus/Bellatrix, Lucius/Narcissa
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1323
Warnings: Crack, pure Crack
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offence is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: True love takes a beating and keeps on ticking
A/N: Many thanks to elfflame and unbroken_halo for hand holding and beta reading.

( Valentine's Day, Humbug )

Title: The Seer’s Touch
Author: suitesamba
Pairing: Severus/OMC, Severus/Sybil Trelawney
Rating: Hard R
Word Count: 2302
Warnings: Dubious consent
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Severus would like to get to know the new healer better, so he fakes an illness to end up in the hospital wing. But a true flu epidemic hits and he gets a new (and unexpected) caretaker. Dying would have been easier.
Prompt: PROMPT 4. Dying should have been so easy, but love was making it hard. -- Oh, the #angst #beautifulangst ... Unless, of course, Severus needs someone to die so he and his chosen can be together. ;)
A/N: I am nothing without my betas. abrae and roozetter, I salute you!

( The Seer’s Touch )

Title: Keeping Secrets
Author: alisanne
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~2900
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Potter is acting suspiciously and Severus is determined to get to the bottom of it. Or, perhaps just to his bottom...
A/N: Thank you to my darling lilyseyes for looking this over, and to the Sighs mods for the inspiring prompts.

Prompt #10: As part of a dare, ______ agrees to make a pass at every professor at Hogwarts. She/He leaves Snape until last.


( Keeping Secrets )

Title: Committed
Author: suitesamba
Pairing: Severus/Arthur Weasley
Rating: PG
Word Count: 535
Warnings: Adultery
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: Severus wants to marry Arthur. Arthur wants the best of both worlds.
Prompt: PROMPT 8. Some variation of: Severus’ intended rejects his marriage proposal ... On the fourteenth day of hols, my Valentine broke my heart ... Goodbye, my lover.
A/N: I am nothing without my betas. abrae and roozetter. This pairing and plot bunny were given to me by Roo and I wrote it, because I’m her bitch. But isn’t everyone?

( Committed )

Title: Be mine as I am yours
Author: torino10154
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~1050
Warnings: Character deaths (not Severus or Harry)
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. The characters and their worlds belong to their original writers and no copyright infringement or offense is intended. No money was made from this story.
Summary: "Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits." ~Paul Eldridge
A/N: Thanks to roozetter for the beta. <3 Title from Henry James.

( Be mine as I am yours )

Title: (Love is a) Battlefield
Artist: veridari
Pairing: Severus/Harry, Neville, Teeny Nagini and new canon characters which you can see under the highlight, or don't if you want to be surprised! (highlight for spoilers) * Minerva, Draco and BAMF!Trevor...there is just not enough BAMF!Trevor and I am attempting to rectify this*
Rating: G
Warnings: not a damn one
Disclaimer: I don't own any of them, or the books, or the theme parks or the movies. If I owned it all I'd be a billionaire, on my yacht, living off my riches, with cute cabana boys seeing to my every need. And I do mean my EVERY need. *wink wink*
Summary: It is the annual Staff Valentine's Day Party, where lines are drawn in the sand, enemies are made and Cupid is nowhere to be found. Or is he? Yes, just your typical holiday at Hogwarts.
A/N: This has been floating around in my head for ages, as I decided that both Teeny Nagini and Snape needed some shaking up. Some...adversaries, you might say. *g* There is also a reference to my last year's entry with the missing Cupid. If you haven't seen that or would like a refresher, you can find "Hazardous Duty" here.

( (Love is a) Battlefield )

Just a little something I whipped up today since our Yahoo membership just hit 666. ;)

Title: No Deal
Author: starduchess
Pairing: Snape/Devil (not)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Warnings: none
Summary: When summoned by his number, the Devil tries to make a deal with Severus.

( No Deal )

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Anti-Valentine’s Day 2013

credit for the art and banner go to the lovely veridari


Dear Friends,

Are you tired of the smell of roses? Is the smell of chocolate enough to make you gag? Do you feel nauseated by the sickly sweet declarations of love and lurid heart-shaped balloons? Then Severus Sighs has the antidote.

( Anti-Valentine's Day Mini-Fest )

HOWEVER! If none of these prompts sing to your souls, CHOOSE YOUR OWN! Your crazy mods adore the #AVD fest and will welcome every fic and art submission like the greedy bitches we are. #bringit


For example...

If you are unsure what is meant by ‘Anti-Valentine’s Day’, the following drabble should give you an idea:

( Snow wrote a 500 word drabble #likeaboss )

#AVD, people! Make this happen!!! <333

Title: Happy Birthday, Severus!
Artist: PhoenixCharm180
Rating: PG (WS)
Disclaimer: Not mine.

( Happy Birthday, Severus! )