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On this snapedom thread, we were discussing how Harry would have turned out if he'd been raised by someone other than the Dursleys. I mentioned that Snape and Lupin might have made a good parenting team. Lupin would be kind and nurturing, and Snape more the disciplinarian, who wouldn't let things slide to avoid confrontation (as young Lupin did with the Marauders). And Lupin, as raisin_gal pointed out in the thread, would see to it that Snape wouldn't let Harry feel unloved.

Title: That Dear Octopus (Part 2 of 3)
Author: westernredcedar
Summary: Severus has cultivated a life isolated from his family, but now his estranged mother and grandmother have rescued him from the brink of death. Oh, and then there is Remus...
Rated: PG (this part)
Characters and Pairings: Severus/Remus, Minerva/OFC, Eileen
Warnings: AU, in that this is a post-DH Remus/Severus, mentions of abuse
Word count: ~6000, this part

Notes: Started for lupin_snape Family Fest. I was inspired by two of the prompts, which are under the cut at the end, because they are misleading and possibly spoilery.
Thank you to my dear blpaintchart for the beta/brit-pick and general helpfulness and support. *kiss*
Part 3 will not be so long in coming, I promise. :D


~~ The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. ~Dodie Smith ~~

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