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~Accioslash & Torino10154

Title: Mirrors and Snake Skin
Author: deirdre_aithne
Artist: coil_kitten
Fic Rating: PG-13
Art Rating: PG
Word count: 27,039
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *Creature!fic (Nāga/snake)*
Summary: After Arthur returns from a visit to Grimmauld Place behaving strangely, Harry decides to investigate. The last thing he expected to find there was Severus Snape, who he thought had died six months earlier in the Battle of Hogwarts, alive and well and stalking around the place as though he owned it.
A/N: My eternal love and adoration to uniquepov for all of her hard work not just betaing this, but acting as cheerleader and assistant muse whenever I would hit a rough patch, and for being instrumental in the plotting/outlining process. I really would have been lost without you on this one, bb. Thanks as well to secretlypadfoot for all of her cheerleading, and to writcraft for always feeding my Snarry muse and listening to me rant a few times when I'd get stuck. I had the idea to write a Snarry version of Beauty and the Beast months upon months ago and kept looking for both an excuse and the motivation to make it happen, and I'm fairly certain that if this fest hadn't rolled around, it might have sat on the shelf for quite a while longer before I found either to make it happen, so thanks to the lovely mods of the snape_potter comm for always giving me new reasons to write some lovely Snarry!
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(Mirrors and Snake Skin)

Title: Betrayal is the Only Truth That Sticks
Author: drarryxlover
Artist: 7types
Word Count: ~25,890
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: PG-13
Content/Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, character death: NOT Harry or Severus, self harm (not in the form of suicide), character death (minor), sickness in children, child death, mention of miscarriage, language. Happier warnings: felching, (if you read all that and are unsure, I can promise a happy ending.)*
Summary: Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love. John le Carre.
Author’s Note: A huge thank you to allthingsmagical for her ideas, support and for being my sounding board. Beta’d by Abrae. The tile is courtesy of a quote from Arthur Miller. Notes at the end.
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(Betrayal is the Only Truth That Sticks)

Title: The Courtship of Severus Snape
Author: meri_oddities
Artist: vividescent
Other pairings: Ron/Hermione, past Harry/Ginny (mentioned), Albus Severus/Scorpius
Fic Rating: R
Art Rating: R (NWS)
Word count: 25,100 words
Content/Warning(s): Chan, 15 (Not Snape or Harry) (highlight for spoilers) *Brief Albus Severus/Scorpius*
Summary: Severus Snape was not going to be the half-blood who made a mockery of the most respected pureblood courtship ritual. Even if Harry Potter was participating.
A/N: Many thanks to my betas leela_cat and bethbethbeth.
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(The Courtship of Severus Snape)

Title: Wizard, Heal Thyself
Author: unbroken_halo
Artist: someoldcat
Fic Rating: PG-13
Art Rating: PG-13
Word count: 25,075
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *AU, UST, discussion of assisted suicide, character death (not Severus or Harry), descriptions of trauma, Powerful!Harry and Lecherous!Severus*
Summary: In discovering how to heal Severus, Harry discovers a little healing for his own soul.
A/N: Written for the 2012 Severus/Harry Big Bang. I owe many thank-yous to accioslash for her input, advice, and editing. You helped more than you realize, bb. To badgerlady, angela_snape, and torino10154 moocha smoochas and gratitude for their excellent editing skills.
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(Wizard, Heal Thyself)

Title: Follow Me Home
Author: emilywaters76
Artist: laniern
Other pairings: Past Severus/OMC; Implied Ron/Hermione
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: R (NWS)
Word count: 33K
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *OoC, violence, noncon, BDSM, rough sex, corporal punishment, bondage, humiliation, knife-play, rack (risk-aware consensual kink)*
Summary: Seven years after the war, Harry Potter is gone from the wizarding world. A chance meeting in a Muggle BDSM club leaves Snape wondering about the reasons that made Harry leave.
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(Follow Me Home)

Title: More Than Desire
Author: nekofreaks
Artist: obiskus
Other pairings: Non-explicit Harry/Ginny; brief mention of Snape/Lily; Ron/Hermione
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: PG-13 (NWS)
Word count: 42,982
Content/Warning(s): *OOC, AU Magical Historical Romance, non-con, humiliation, corporal punishment.* Spoiler warnings: *monetary arrangement for sex, implied Metamorphmagical pregnancy, off-screen cross-dressing.*
Summary: AU Magical Historical Romance. Debt-ridden and nearly bankrupt, Harry James Potter, the eighth Earl of Gryffindor, had no choice but to resign himself to the fate of marrying a lady with a hefty dowry. And yet, one encounter with a dark-haired stranger has made him an unwilling participant in a wicked game of desire, in which he must wager his heart… or lose it all.
A/N: Utmost thanks and love to both my dearest Betas: mermaidstar5 to steer this story in the right direction and Badgerlady for patching the countless holes so it wouldn’t sink before sailing. Truly, without the help of you two, this story would be nothing.
A/N #2: Instead of rambling like I normally do, I’ll try to keep this simple. Awesome fest! It was an honour to be part of it. Thank you to nekofreaks for writing a delicious historical AU of which I just couldn’t keep away from. It was an absolute delight to illustrate. And thousands of thanks to the mods for making all this possible. Please click on the art to make it larger.



(More Than Desire)

Title: Forget Me Not
Author: emynn
Artist: vividescent
Other pairings: Ron/Hermione
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: PG-13
Word count: 36,560
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *EWE, some violence*
Summary: A story in which the world remembers Severus Snape, Severus remembers that he will never be free of Harry Potter, and Harry remembers pretty much nothing at all.
A/N: I have a lot of people to thank here. *g* Thank you to the mods for coordinating such an incredible fest. Thank you to accioslash and severa_snape for their invaluable suggestions and guidance on this story. Thank you to alisanne, who helped me on many of the details here and probably didn't even realize it. Surprise, bb! And of course, a lifetime of thanks to demicus (goodness, it feels wonderful to not be sneaky about your name!) for being there quite literally every step of the way, from when I was still debating which plot bunny I wanted to tackle, to the many times I got stuck and didn't know which direction to go, to finally reading the completed work and assuring me it did all actually match the initial story we discussed, and, what’s more, making it a million times better. There is no way I could have done this without your encouragement, guidance, and willingness to be there for when I needed an ear, a laugh, or a nice slap back to reality. This story is for you. ♥
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(Forget Me Not)

Title: Flowers for a Ghost
Author and Artist: writcraft
Other pairings: Non-explicit Draco/Astoria, Ron/Hermione
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: PG-13
Word count: 26,700
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *Flashbacks of past domestic violence and bullying, not between Severus & Harry, suicide (brief mention, not Harry or Severus), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD)*
Summary: Severus lives alone in Muggle London five years after the war, presumed dead by all those who knew him in his previous life. On a routine day like any other he happens upon a review for a play which piques his curiosity. He decides to see for himself what all the fuss is about and the evening leads him straight to an old acquaintance.
A/N: I wanted to play with some scenes and phrases in canon so I expect you will find a number of quotes in here which are familiar to you, simply seen from a different point of view and with deviations as required. This is a story about love and about healing old wounds and it is a slow paced story interspersed with memories. Thank you in advance to anyone taking the time to read it, I hope you enjoy it! Thanks to deirdre_aithne for being a constant source of encouragement and for driving my Snarry muse to help me get this finished and a huge thank you to teas_me for agreeing to beta on short notice. Thanks as always to the snape_potter mods for running this Big Bang.
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(Flowers for a Ghost)

Title: Do Not Go Gentle
Author: windwingswrites
Artist: john-n-mary
Other Pairing: Implied Ron/Hermione, Draco/Astoria, and other canon pairings.
Fic Rating: PG-13
Art Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~29,000
Content/Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Character death, not S or H*
Summary: After the war, Severus Snape falls into a routine as a way to cope with not knowing how to live in peace. When his newly established equilibrium is tramped to pieces by a series of mysterious events, Harry Potter is the one to try and drag him out of it.
A/N: Beta-ed by Yuna.
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(Do Not Go Gentle)

Title: With Eyes Wide Open
Author: suitesamba
Artist: kaleran
Other pairings: Ron/Hermione, Draco/Astoria and Lucius/Narcissa and a brief mention of former Harry/Ginny.
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: PG
Word count: 70,500
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *Character death (not H/S), voyeurism*
Summary: When Narcissa Malfoy calls in her life debt so that Severus can fulfill the terms of his grandfather’s will and secure the Prince family estate, Harry agrees to marry Severus Snape and live with him for a year and a day. But Prince Manor hides a secret in its overgrown gardens, and Narcissa isn’t helping Severus out because of her kind heart. Harry thinks he’s going into the marriage with eyes wide open, but he has to maneuver around the Malfoys’ machinations and come to terms with his growing feelings for Severus even as the magic in the gardens gives his life a new, unexpected purpose.
A/N: I started to write an adaptation of The Secret Garden using the forced/arranged marriage theme, and ended up with something quite different. Thanks to auctasinistra for the thorough beta and for taking on the job two weeks before deadline, to badgerlady for the pre-beta proofread and to abrae for the cheerleading, proofing and general encouragement with the story.
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(With Eyes Wide Open)

Title: A Long Time Coming
Author: conzieu
Artist: veridari
Other pairings: (highlight for spoilers) *Explicit SS/OMC with rough but consensual sex, dub/non-con under the influence Harry/OMC, one explicit heterosexual HP/OFC, mention of multiple HP/OFC, HG/RW, DM/GW, NevL/GeoW, other canon and non-canon pairings mentioned or implied.*
Fic Rating: NC-17
Art Rating: PG-13 (NWS)
Word count: 193,210
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *Dub/non-con under the influence (not Severus and Harry), rough sex (not Severus and Harry), brief infidelity (not Severus and Harry), het, intentional twists of canon, voyeurism, minor character deaths, masturbation, fellatio, rimming, anal sex, ridiculously extended period of UST with a happy ending.*
Summary: There are signs from the days after the battle of Hogwarts that there is much more to Severus and Harry’s relationship than the conflict and hatred that had define it until then. It will take ten years of changes, personal growth, and maturing, as well as one year when both of them change careers and return to Hogwarts, for their feelings to finally overcome their prejudices, assumptions and fears and for the love of these soulmates to triumph.
A/N: I started this story in 2009, having yet to discover fanfiction. As a result, it contained many clichés. The writing was not the best. It was my first non-thesis writing effort. I worked on it off and on ever since, jumping around the time line of this saga as inspiration struck. When I decided to enter it in the Snarry Big Bang, I had to rewrite a lot of part 1 which was by far the weakest (though I was stuck with the plot, since it is the foundation for the rest of the fic), and knit together multiple chapters that had been written individually, trying to create a harmonious flow, and correct the disparate tone/ quality of writing/ characters speech patterns/ protagonists’ personalities and behaviors, and so on. Also, what I felt were only a few missing chapters turned out to be a huge undertaking. I am very glad it is done, and hope you will enjoy the final result.
Several people betaed bits and pieces of this through the years: janice_lester who told me honestly how much part one sucked, carolinelamb who betaed parts that were completely rewritten since, mia_ugly without whose enthusiasm for part four I might have given up on writing. She is the sweetest, most darling person in the world, and one of my favorite writers as well. Last but not least, the amazing beta who was not phased by this behemoth, betaed all the rewrite/ oldwrite/newwrite, turns over 46000 words in ten hours with corrections and incisive comments, the amazing, one and only, girljim.
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(A Long Time Coming)