Snarry Holidays

Title: From Where I Am
Author: lovetoseverus
Giftee: snarry_holidays
Word Count: 22,700
Rating: PG
Pairing: SS/HP
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Prior to leaving Hogwarts for Christmas break, Albus Severus Potter rediscovers a secret of the Room of Requirement. What he doesn't expect, however, is that the secret will forever change the holiday for himself – and his father. Pre-slash.
Author's Notes: Some small details from canon were changed to suit this story. If you don’t notice them, pretend I didn’t say anything.

Cheers to my awesome beta, who helped me immeasurably (more than she knows, I’m sure) – especially when my little 5,000 word story decided to whizz past 20,000 (*ahem*). Also, a warm shout-out to my cheering squad (you all know who you are). Your support means a lot to me.

A special thanks goes to the Snarry Holidays mods: bewarethesmirk for her cheerful patience and chiralove for her grammar queen-ness. My hat is off to them both for their amazing work in making this fest a success!

From Where I Am

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Mod Note: This fic was originally posted here, but because the HTML on the offsite link was defying us, we're posting this the old-fashioned way. Enjoy!

( Speak Low If You Speak of Love - Part 3/3 )

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Mod Note: This fic was originally posted here, but because the HTML on the offsite link was defying us, we're posting this the old-fashioned way. Enjoy!

( Speak Low If You Speak of Love - Part 2/3 )

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Mod Note: This fic was originally posted here, but because the HTML on the offsite link was defying us, we're posting this the old-fashioned way. Enjoy!

( Speak Low If You Speak of Love - Part 1/3 )

I hope everyone's enjoying the holiday season and/or the snow. ♥ But I especially hope you're enjoying the fest! We have a couple of surprise gifts, so the fest will be running a bit longer than we anticipated - probably until Christmas Day itself. We will wait about a week for reveals so that everyone has a chance to catch up. :)

A quick reminder to continue leaving feedback! If you rec something (fic or art), please tell us in this post. :) I've been able to send some recs over to the Snitch. Thanks for those that have been sharing links.

And lastly, we have already posted the gift for thesewarmstars called Speak Low If You Speak of Love. For some reason, however, the HTML is being recalcitrant despite all our collective efforts. Therefore, we're going to re-post the fic the old-fashioned way on IJ/LJ/DW. Sorry to spam your flists, but perhaps this way the HTML will come out correctly. :) It's a great fic. There will be a new fic posted later on tonight - a gift for everyone!

Title: "They left four hours ago," Hermione said, exasperated. "What's taking them so long to collect a few death caps?"
Artist: The Whomping Willow!
Giftee: stupid_drawings
Media/Medium: digital
Rating: PG
Pairing: Snape / Harry
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. blahblahblah yadda yadda yadda
Summary: They may have claimed to have been a bit lost, but we know better ;-)
Artist's Notes: I enjoyed making this for you, hope you like!

Title: Invasum (Like Father, Like Son)
Author: Rudolph
Giftee: fanficforensics
Word Count: ~14,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Highlight to view: * Harry/Ginny, Harry/Tobias (sorta), Harry/Severus *
Warnings: Highlight to view: * A brief moment of het sex *
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry, searching for Snape after he disappeared from the Shrieking Shack, follows a trail into the Muggle world and runs into Tobias Snape.
Author's Notes: My heartiest of thanks to the Snarry Holidays mods: your forbearance knows no bounds! This fic was saved by last-minute pinch-betaing by L, and any other inconsistencies or errors are totally mine. Fanficforensics, I don’t know if this is what you meant with your prompt, but this lodged in my head and would only come out by writing it down, hope you enjoy it.

Invasum (Like Father, Like Son)

Title: Footfalls echo in the memory
Author: R.A.B.
Giftee: dandru
Word Count: ~17,500
Rating: R/NC-17
Pairing: Snape/Harry (with references to past Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione and Ron/Pansy)
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Snape and Harry lose their memories of the past ten years.
Author's Notes: I hope you like this, dandru! It's not quite time travel, but it was as close as I could get while incorporating most of the rest of your prompts. Thank you so much to my beta mairi, who had to hear me wibbling about this fic. Any remaining mistakes are my own.

(Footfalls echo in the memory)

We're ahead of schedule so there will be no more gifts posted today. Posting will resume tomorrow morning as usual. You can take this time to play catch up. :D

-bewarethesmirk

Title: Divine Intervention
Author: Darcy!
Giftee: calanor
Word Count: 3,579
Rating:NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry, a very little bit of Ron/Hermione, Severus/OFC
Warnings/Kinks: *AU, follows some plot lines of DH, EWE*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: When Harry gets an assignment from the Minister to find a missing child, Harry never expected to find love at the oddest of places or at that special time of the year, Christmas.
Author's Notes: I would like to thank the lovely S for being my beta at the last moment. I had so much fun writing this fic.

( Divine Intervention )

Hi everyone!

I hope you're continuing to enjoy the fest! I just wanted to take a moment to encourage anyone with any suggestions, comments or recommendations to send an email to snarryholiday [at] gmail [at] com. Additionally, if you have found any of the warnings, on a piece of fic or art, to not be adequate or accurate, please let us know by emailing us. :)

Thanks!
bewarethesmirk

Title: Determination
Artist: Slughorn!
Giftee: entrenous88
Media/Medium: PaintTool SAI, tablet
Rating: R/NWS
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape (it is snarry hols after all :D!)
Warnings: *Nekkid*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: A forced bond has certain requirements...and ramifications.
Artist's Notes: I adore forced/accidental bonding stories, so I thank entrenous88 very much for the opportunity :D I hope you like it!

Title: Stumbling Upon Release
Author: Bellatrix Lestrange!
Giftee: curia_regis
Word Count: ~4100
Rating: R
Pairing: Severus/Harry, implied Harry/Ginny
Warnings: *Questionable infidelity between canon pairing and sex that could be read as dub-con or non-con (questionable/coerced consent)*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry conveniently finds a Potions supplier who'll help with his Chizpurfle infestation, but will he think to ask about the cost of their assistance?
Author's Notes: A huge thank you to my generous and thoughtful last minute betas, any mistakes that remain are mine. Also, a special thank you to bewarethesmirk for her patience and consideration in the midst of last minute madness.

( Stumbling Upon Release )

Title: Detention
Author: Naughty is as Naughty Does.
Giftee: anya_elizabeth
Word Count: 2,954
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: *Some rather rough snogging and sexing, explicit sexual themes. AU only in the fact that Snape’s alive and still teaching at Hogwarts for Harry’s “8th year”. The trio all go back to get their N.E.W.T.s, but JKR only stated the opposite in interviews, so I don’t know if that counts towards the AU or official canon, depending on your perception of canon.*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry knows he doesn’t have to be at Hogwarts. He knows he doesn’t have to go to lessons, and especially detentions. Severus knows this, too. But when Severus orders, Harry comes, and it doesn’t take long for both to figure out why.
Author's Notes: I’m sorry I couldn’t make it completely canon-compliant, but you said you were ok with an AU and I thought I’d write an “8th year” fic. I couldn’t give you a positive ending otherwise, and I wasn’t completely comfortable writing Snape/Harry in Harry’s sixth year or younger due to his age for some reason. I really hope you enjoy this anyway, dear reader! : ) I had a lot of fun writing it! ♥

( Detention )

Title: Trigonometry of Souls
Author: I simply do not know.
Giftee: maraudersaffair
Word Count: +18K
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus, Harry/Ginny (mentioned, non-graphic)
Warnings: None that I’m aware of
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: One should always pay attention to semantics.
Author's Notes: Wow! I’ve finished it! With all the RL things that happened between September and now, I’m REALLY surprised I did it. I’d like to thank our lovely Mods and my betas, bewarethesmirk and carpet_diemon, for working with me. I know I’m not easy to deal with. Also, any mistakes and occasional awkward wording you might find in the story are the result of my stubbornness and inability to accept good advice. I hope you’ll enjoy the story. And Smutty Christmas to everyone.

(Trigonometry of Souls)

Title: A Sleigh Ride Together
Artist: venturous
Giftee: crimson_vipera
Media: Pencil and PS
Rating: NC-17/NWS
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Warnings: *Bottom-from-the-top, leaking cock*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring ting tingling too, oh yes it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you!
Author's Notes: Many thanks to our lovely mods for all their diligent efforts to create a splendid celebration of Snarry for the holiday season. Crimson_vipera, I considered all of your prompts, but the bottom-from-the-top obviously won. Thank you for the marvelous inspiration!

Title: Playing With Fire
Author: Peter Pettigrew, methinks.
Giftee: snarrylover
Word Count: 7,464
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: *Chan/underage (Harry is 16), student/teacher, dub-con, inexperienced!Harry, sex toy*
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Now in sixth year, dating Ginny, Harry tries something new with disastrous results. Luckily, Snape is there to offer assistance.
Author’s Note: For snarrylover with deep affection. Hope you like it, chica, and, better yet, hope you enjoy it. Much love and kisses to my temporarily anonymous betas. I heart you.

( Playing With Fire )

Thank you everyone who has been leaving comments! ♥ Also, thanks for anyone who has been making recs or leaving them. If you see or make any, please remember to leave them at our recs post.

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- bewarethesmirk

Weekly Wrap-Up: Week Two

( Art )

( Fic )

If you missed last week's weekly wrap-up, the Week One round-up is here.

Title: Baby's First Christmas
Artist: Lily Evans could have been a Prophetess?
Giftee: accio_kilt
Media/Medium: Pencils, a bit of Photoshop
Rating: G
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: No. Only that I should draw my Harry with his face buried into his pillow...
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: They finally have the family they always dreamed about.
Artist's Notes: Dear morganlefay1958, your request was very inspiring: I picked out their first Yule with their baby. Alas, it didn't go well with BDSM so the result sadly lacks any smut. I hope you won't mind. Too much. Happy Holidays!

Title: For Want of a Headmaster
Author: James Potter was a sick man.
Giftee: midnight_birth
Word Count: ~6,600
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: * Minor character death before the story begins *
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: When Hogwarts refuses to accept another headmaster or headmistress, the Board of Governors threatens to exorcise the school and install Lucius Malfoy as headmaster. The solution is to send Harry Potter in search of Hogwarts's missing headmaster.
Author's Notes: My thanks to my wonderful betas: E, M, and F. Any errors they didn't catch, or that I added after they read the story, are all mine.

( For Want of a Headmaster )