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psyfic (psyfic) wrote in snapelyholidays,
@ 2009-01-02 21:36:00

Entry tags:

2008_fic, h/c, pg-13, snape/harry

33rd Snapely Holidays entry 'Starting Over' (Snape/Harry)
xmas terrier
Fic for: sealcat
Title: Starting Over
Author: southernwitch69

Pairing Snape/Harry
Rating PG-13
Warnings *past character death (not S or H), a little h/c *
Summary To get away for a while, Harry and his children go on holiday to a place where they can find peace and have fun. Little did they know that they would meet up with someone from Harry's past, someone supposedly dead: Severus Snape.
Disclaimer I'm not making any cash and am only having fun!
Word count ~15,490
Author Notes I hope you like this, sealcat! I tried to add in as much of your preferred choices that I could! See her requests after the last chapter (don't want to give too much away).

Thanks go to rdholmantx and beaweasley2 for beta reading this for me. I do appreciate it, mates.

Starting Over

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	thesewarmstars 2009-01-03 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Wow. I was about ready to cry at the beginning of the last part, when Al said it had been ten years. But then it turned out everything was okay, and I was happy again. I loved this fic in a million little ways that I can't even begin to list, except to say you did a wonderful job. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you for letting me know! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

torino10154
2009-01-03 09:26 am UTC (link)

Wonderful story. I loved Severus's first encounter with Lily (the description of his scent was brilliant!) and Al, he of the green eyes. I liked the slow, easy development of first their armistice, then their friendship, finally something more. I think it was very appropriate that Harry and the kids should leave and Severus had to make that step to go back to the Wizarding World to be with them again. Nice touches of James being the one to give his approval to Severus, Lucius's reaction to both his death and his 'rebirth' as it were, and of course fun setting the fic in New Orleans. Well done.

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	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	thank you very much! I appreciate this! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	meri_oddities 2009-01-03 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	I loved this story. What a terrific idea. I loved your characterizations of Snape and Harry and also the kids. It was just lovely. Well done. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	I'm happy you liked this, and I'm equally pleased you liked the story I wrote for you! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kate_tur 2009-01-03 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	I really liked this. The kids' acceptance of Snape, the way Harry's feelings evolved and the way Snape faced his own feelings, every little detail, right down to the kinds of birds their animagus forms were, excelled. Congratulations in crafting such a nice story! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you very much! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	severed_lies 2009-01-07 02:11 am UTC (link)
	I truly teared up when both Harry and Severus revealed that they pretended that they were a family, and choked up when it seemed that neither was willing to make that happen. That they both were bird animagi was lovely, that they got to fly together was an utterly real and sweet moment. Great ending, even as I knew they would work it all out, I still had a doubt. Perfect. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	~grin~ Thank you very much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

charie-caphine.livejournal.com
2009-01-10 01:29 pm UTC (link)

It's perfect! It's geneus!
All the slowly measured details, the thoughtful composition, the wonderful and so human points of view, and the likeable characters, - thanks a lot for writing such a warm story of beautiful language, vivid New Orlean's imagery and uneventful happenings.
Maybe a little too stress-and-strain-less, even, but can't imagine this particular story otherwise. =)

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	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:55 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! :) I tried to keep as much angst out as I could. (Reply to this) (Parent)

sealcat
2009-01-12 07:43 am UTC (link)

Thank you so much! I really like this story, everything I like to read are all fit perfectly together, and it is great to read between Severus' and Harry's point of view, they gave me more details how they being together. I love your choice for their animagi forms, Harry as starling and Severus as swallow (Heart) I don't minded this fic didn't include smut, this fic is good enough to without smut~~ Thank you again for writing this fic for me, Thank you!!

* Did I mention that I love your "flower shop owner! Severus"? it is wonderful!!!~~*

Sealcat

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	southernwitch69 2009-01-25 09:58 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! I was hoping you'd like it and am pleased to find out that you do. I'd never imagined a flower shop owning Snape, but when you requested that, I couldn't help but oblige. :) It's a good cover. Who would think of him there? LOL (Reply to this) (Parent)

choosetolive
2009-02-03 10:09 pm UTC (link)

Oh, that was gorgeous, delightful, perfect!!! It was just absolutely *satisfying*. I enjoyed it SO much.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for writing something that doesn't vilify Ginny. This story feels truly DH-E compliant, and that's a large part of what I love about it. It fits, in a way that no other closed-canon-compliant story I've read does.

And I love the nod to Harry/Cedric... my favorite pairing, of which there is far too little.

Absolutely lovely.

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	aries3 2010-01-10 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	really enjoyed that! (Reply to this)

	terrible_tues 2010-04-29 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Better late than never, I'm glad I finally got around to reading this excellent fic. (Reply to this)

	thecookiemomma 2010-09-25 08:13 am UTC (link)
	Good story. I love all the pieces. I like the POV switching, and how you clearly delineated each one. One thing that kind of bugged me was when Harry says, "I'm a widow, not..." Technically, he's a widower. A widow is a woman. But otherwise, it was an excellent piece. Thanks for all the hard work. Sara (Reply to this)

ensnarryed
2010-10-30 09:31 am UTC (link)

Thank you! This story is pure sweetness! Greatest praise for you giving personalities to Harry's children, Snape's finding out Albus's Severus's second name, and most important - bringing Severus out of the war alive! The flower shop is excellent idea as well, b/c I can never decide what kind of 'scent' would apply to Severus Snape, and this is a very unique and welcome idea! The Animagii forms are wonderful as well! Sweetness!Snarry stories - may there be many, many, many more of them! :)))

Thank you!

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