Title: Behind the Mask
Author: SarahSezLove
Other pairings/threesome: none
Rating: PG
Word count: 8385
Content/Warning(s): Beware house-elves who don’t do as they’re told.
Prompter/Prompt: No. 13 from lilyseyes: As New Year’s Eve approaches, no one has heard form Harry. When Severus grudgingly checks on him, he finds Harry ill/injured and must care for him.
Summary: Severus Snape is a man with two faces: the one he wears as Headmaster of Hogwarts, and the real one that only he and his house-elf are privy to. Until Harry Potter comes to Hogwarts, that is, then Severus has to decide which face is more important.
A/N: Thank you to the prompter. I know it isn’t quite what you asked for, but I’m hoping it’ll do. Merry Christmas.

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