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atdelphi (atdelphi) wrote in hp_beholder,
@ 2013-05-01 07:21:00

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beholder 2013, fic, het, pomona sprout, rating:r, severus snape, severus snape/pomona sprout

FIC: "Fallow Fields" for shadowycat
Recipient: shadowycat
Author: ???
Title: Fallow Fields
Rating: R
Pairings: Pomona Sprout/Severus Snape, other Hogwarts staff, Cedric Diggory
Word Count: ~20K
Warnings/Content Information (Highlight to View): *[Angst, h/c, first time, oral (both), frottage, plain old fucking]*.
Summary: Series of behind-the-scenes moments between Pomona, Severus & a few others
Author's Notes: There are two birthdates provided for Pomona Sprout in canon, one being 15 May 1931 as well as 15 May 1941. For the purposes of this fic, I chose the latter. I used a mix of book, film and Pottermore canon for this fic, most especially for certain revelations re: Professor McGonagall. Also, I admit this (NSFW!) bit of art might have inspired me just a tad for one scene.... Happy Beholding, shadowycat!

Fallow Fields

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teddy_radiator
2013-05-26 04:17 pm UTC (link)

This is one of the best fics I have ever read. I absolutely adored it. Some of the passages just hit me right between the eyes, and I was moved to tears more than once. And the ending - so sweet and perfect. Thank you, Odo, thank you for this beautiful love song of a fic. It's gone onto my Kindle, where it will no doubt be read over and over. I cannot tell you how much I loved it.

For some reason, with few exceptions, the poorer students tended to be placed in either Slytherin or Hufflepuff. She had always supposed it had to do with whether a particular student felt more ambition to prove themselves or more in need of nurturing and stability. One thing Pomona had learnt was that Severus Snape was wary of nurturing at best.

So insightful and rings like a bell with truth.

Snape became an epithet a generation of resentful students came to know instead of the weary, solitary, frustrated man behind the name.

The first of many times my heart ached and tears came into my eyes. Oh, I'm filling up now. The loneliness, and the sadness that they could not help one another.

There was not a single Slytherin student who could say they felt unsupported by their Head. Severus defended his little snakes much as she did her badgers, regardless of status.

I have so often said that Snape in canon was seen through the filter of a boy who despised him, and we saw only a tiny facet of the man. Why on earth would an intelligent man like Dumbledore place someone in charge of a house that wasn't able to look after his charges with care. Of course he would make sure the poorer ones were looked after.

"Just... don't lose faith in me. Please." His voice was strangled and he blinked to keep the telltale moisture from his too dry and tired eyes.

Oh, how could you lose faith in such a faithful man? Again, my heart broke for him.

And the Obliviate! I was terrified he'd erased everything, but cleverly, he only erased what he had to answer for then, not his past. At least there, he knew he could remain dear in someone's heart. Even then, his need for self-preservation included her.

I could blab on and on about this fic, but I just want to say thank you again, for this wonderful story of love and its power to heal and see beyond the physical. Fallow Fields will stay with me for a long time.

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psyfic
2013-05-27 01:44 am UTC (link)

Your heartfelt comments are an embarrassment of riches to me. In exchanges, one hopes to please the recipient, above all, and in so doing if one pleases, touches or gladdens others it is the proverbial icing on the cake.

Posting it publicly being the surest way of discovering typos that writer and betas all miss, I hope you don't mind if I post a cleaner version of it in the near future? They're small, but glaring to my eyes.

Even then, his need for self-preservation included her. Yes. Thank you for noting that.

I'm glad my story spoke to you so deeply; it's gratifying, not to mention humbling. I hope it continues to please in future. Thank you for your very kind feedback!

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