Snarry Holidays

Title: Snowed In
Artist: Draco Malfoy is jealous.
Giftee: venturous
Media/Medium: Watercolor and P'shop
Rating: G
Pairing: HP/SS
Warnings: *Old people*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Just a sweet moment, because it's the little sweet moments that count.
Artist's Notes: My computer died and my scanner won't work with my new one, so I had to get creative. I did what I could.

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.’

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Title: A Common Strength
Author: Percy Weasley likes Snarry, surely?
Giftee: winoniel
Word Count: Approximately 5,900
Rating: R
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Warnings: *Sexual situations*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Severus has survived the war and resumed his life in the dungeons of Hogwarts. Harry, after time away from everyone, returns to the castle to deal with Dumbledore’s estate. When their paths cross again, they find their interests are more in common than they thought.
Author's Notes: Many thanks for the encouragement and help given along the way in creating this work.

( A Common Strength )

Title: Drinking Party
Author: Daphne Greengrass!
Giftee: amanitamuscaria
Word Count: None
Rating: PG-13/Probably NWS
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: *Alcohol*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Wine god and young Pan ( I change goat into young stag, it should be much better :p)
Author's Notes: I use AmanitaMuscaria's request Alcohol (I don't know how to draw kicking and screaming nicely...) hope you like it~

Title: A Sense of Adventure
Author: Pansy Parkinson?
Giftee: countess_hp
Word Count: ~5,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: *AU, cross dressing, mpreg, Dancer!Harry, Bottom!Harry, Top!Snape, or should that be the other way ;), DH compliant (well apart from the fact that Severus survived), definitely not Epilogue compliant*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Three years after the war Harry feels like he is healed enough to start a family. To bad his lover, Severus, doesn’t feel that way. Harry comes up with a plan to change his mind.
Beta: katiebell_0408, who I would just like to thank for the excellent work she has done on this. She has made the story so much better and I think I now owe her one very big favour; thanks sweetie *hugs*
Author's Notes: I’m sorry I couldn’t fit everything in; this is the first time I’ve done an exchange fic fest - actually it’s the first fic fest I’ve ever done, so I hope you like it, lots of sweat and blood were lost over this.

( A Sense of Adventure )

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately, earlier I accidentally posted the wrong fic (we accidentally gifted the same person twice!) I've taken that one down, and we'll be posting it again in the future. :)

My sincerest apologies.

Best,
bewarethesmirk/snarry_holidays mods

Title: Animagery 101
Artist: Not telling. ;-)
Giftee: sealcat
Media/Medium: Digital art
Rating: R/NWS
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: *Nudity*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property
of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement
is intended.
Summary: When Harry botches his first attempt at becoming an
Animagus, Severus discovers a new kink.
Artist's Notes: Thanks to accioslash and torino10154 for their critiques. Dear Sealcat, I know I
couldn't fit in much of what you requested, but I hope you truly enjoy
this.

Title: Negotiation
Artist: Dobby!
Giftee: andreanna
Media/Medium: Pen and Photoshop
Rating: R
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: Beware - nude adult males depicted
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: There has to be give and take in every relationship.
Artist's Notes: Andreanna - I hope I've met your prompts, albeit in a fairly literal way. Thank you to our organisers and mods for letting us loose with our favourite characters again!

Title: Unexpected Gifts
Author: Crookshanks!
Giftee: eriador117
Word Count: 3865
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Mild D/s, teacher/student, Harry is 17*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: He might not know what to do with those gifts, but Severus did. AU, Established Relationship
Author's Notes: Eternal thanks to lovetoseverus for encouragement, general ass-kicking, and a wonderful quick beta. Without her, I would have forgotten deadlines, procrastinated unforgivably (which I did my best on anyway) and generally been even more of a pain.

( Unexpected Gifts )

Title: Folie à Deux
Author: A wee house-elf, perhaps?
Giftee: torino10154
Word count: ~7,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Is this a trick question? *pokes it* Well, I s’pose there’s brief mention of Harry/other male.
Warnings: *EWE, rimming*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Basically, I took Torino’s prompt of ‘meeting the family’ and ran with it.
Author’s note: Many thanks to atypicalsnowman for beta reading and hand-holding, and to whitecotton for Brit-picking.

( Folie à Deux )

Title: A Holiday Tradition
Author: Lavender Brown?
Giftee: fancypantsdylan
Word Count: ~2000 words
Rating: PG
Pairing: Snarry, of course.
Warnings: * Mpreg, fluffy*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: The title says it all.
Author's Notes: Happy Holidays, my dear. I hope this meets your every wish. Thanks ever so much to the minx 17 and bellathedark and triciagnosis.

( A Holiday Tradition )

We hope everyone has been enjoying the fest so far! Thanks so much for everyone who has been leaving such kind comments. We'd love to see even more comments, so that the wonderful authors and artists get love and to spread the Snarry cheer. ♥ So commenting and reccing are very, very welcome. If you make a rec for anything (fic or art) in the fest and/or see a rec, please leave a comment here or email us. :)

If anyone missed the Week One Wrap-Up post, it's here.

If anyone has any suggestions or questions so far, please email us (snarryholiday at gmail dot com) or leave a comment here. And, just FYI, our submissions have balanced out so that we'll be posting twice a day regularly (at 10am and 9pm EST, if you haven't already surmised *g*).

We hope everyone is enjoying all the great fests, the promise of snow (whether in real form or v-gift form), and the holiday season!

- snarry_holidays mods

Title: A Handful of Snow
Artist: Hagrid might have artistic talent...
Giftee: alchemia
Media/Medium: Photoshop
Rating: G
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.
Summary: One crystal clear snowy afternoon filled with fond memories of the season. A handful of snow to capture the magic of one perfect afternoon.
Artist's Notes: Happy moments are to be collected and cherished to live on in our memories for ever after. I hope you are enjoying their moment of seasonal fluff. Happy Snarry Holidays!

Title: Terms of This Conflict
Author: lemondropseven
Giftee: serpenscript
Word Count: ~20,100
Rating: R
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: *Slavery*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Left angry and bitter after the war, Harry’s whole focus is now on exacting due punishment on the guilty. Unfortunately, only one man is within his reach, and Harry is intent on making Severus Snape pay.
Author’s Notes: Some dialogue taken directly from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It’s safe to say I wouldn’t have even attempted to write this story, much less finished it, without the wonderful hand-holding of my beta. Thank you so much. Also, thanks go to my nameless friends for encouragement and a final read-through. serpenscript, I took your second prompt and kind of ran with it, I hope you enjoy it. Happy Snarry Holidays!

(Terms of This Conflict)

Before I'd even started making a weekly wrap-up for this week, the lovely sev1970 had beaten me to it. I've altered some of her original formatting, but much credit goes to her for the hard, dirty work. ;-) Thanks, hon!

Weekly Wrap-Up: Week One

( Art )

( Fic )

Title: Beware the Power of Mistletoe
Artist: Lord Voldemort, surely!
Giftee: lovetoseverus
Media/Medium: Ink and pastels
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: *Bare chests and a heated kiss...*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: The boys sometimes forget the awesome powers of mistletoe, and of course, devious souls place it in the best locations to catch them unawares...
Artist's Notes: The art muses took pity on me after the Snarry Games, and decided to be very cooperative for a change. This piece came quite easily, surprisingly, and I really enjoyed doing it! It's renewed my love for using color!

Title: It’s Harry, Remember
Author: We'll never tell!
Giftee: pollicem
Word Count: 7700+
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus/Harry pre-slash
Warnings: Sadly, none.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry has only ever wanted to be normal. Believing he will never stop being harassed in the wizarding world, he leaves. What happens to bring him back?
Author’s Notes: Thanks to nefariousandrea for doing the first round of betaing for me. This story would not have been nearly as good as it came out to be without bewarethesmirk, helping me whip it into shape. The two asterisked lines are direct quotes of the first Harry Potter book and movie. pollicem I hope you like it!

( It’s Harry, Remember )

Title: In the Beginning
Author: Might just be Luna Lovegood
Giftee: roozetter
Word Count: 3360
Rating: PG-15
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: * It’s a little angsty. Passing mentions of chan.*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property
of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement
is intended.
Summary: Harry finds Snape de-aged after the war.

( In the Beginning )

Title: The Boy Who Was Enthralled
Artist: We'll never tell!
Giftee: marauderswolf
Media/Medium: Photoshop CS2
Rating: R/NC-17 - NSFW
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: *Boy bits, creaturefic, slight blood*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters are portrayed here as 18 and older.
Summary: Snape found a way to survive the Shrieking Shack. It didn't take much effort to convince Potter that he had to provide Snape with blood and other (more pleasant) things.
Artist's Notes: I squealed when I saw creature!fic and vampire!Snape! I knew that's what I had to do. I'm super happy with this piece, I hope you really like it too!!

( The Boy Who Was Enthralled )

Title: Of Hope Restored
Author: Severus Snape is displeased people are writing about his various appendages.
Giftee: leela_cat
Word Count: 20,078
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Um...Snarry?
Warnings: *AU after OotP*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: In order to gain hope for the future, Severus first needs to remember and accept what has been lost.
Author's Notes: Many thanks go to WhiteCotton for help formulating a plot, then helping it along, then going back and betaing the entire thing. Darling, I am so grateful to you.

(Of Hope Restored)