Team Snitch Entry (FIC): "Death and the Open Mind" By Loupgarou1750 Title: Death and the Open Mind Author:loupgarou1750 Team: Snitch Genre(s): Alive and Kicking (EWE) Prompt(s): Can You Hear Me?/Last Hope Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17 (barely) Highlight if you wish to know: *Het (mild,) underage (Harry/Ginny immediately post-War,) ageplay (fantasy chan only), caning (fantasy only), language* Word Count: 44,000 +/- Author Notes/Disclaimers/Betas As ever, to my beloved perfica and Team Capitan extraordinaire joanwilder, heartfelt gratitude for their excellent beta work. To perverse_idyll, more heartfelt gratitude for letting me scream and screaming with me, and for moral support above and beyond. Additionally, I owe a debt to Granada Television, the late Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Edward Hardwicke, Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson for keeping me sane during the process. And last, but definitely not least, to the snarry_games mods, massive thanks for your patience again and your willingness to extend my deadline to the outer limits. The characters in this fic belong to JK Rowling and her various business associates and not to me. Lyrics quoted are from Carrickfergus (trad. music of unknown author), and Like A Prayer (words and music by Madonna and Patrick Leonard)
Summary: Harry's having nightmares, blurting out rude things, causing trauma, generally behaving badly, and thinks he may be going mad.