Snarry Holidays

Title: Remedial Potions
Author: Rita Skeeter. Duh.
Giftee: tripperfunster
Word Count: 15,199
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: All Snarry, all the time.
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: It turns out Harry probably shouldn't have spent his sixth year cheating, because now he needs Remedial Potions for real...
Author's Notes: Sorry it's not art, Tripp! I just can't compete. This is based on your mention of potions-made-me-do-it, but I ended up applying a somewhat fluid interpretation. I really hope you like it. To my beta, you know who you are: THANK YOU, and my soul is in the post. Oh, and in case any North Americans are not aware, Where's Waldo=Where's Wally in the UK.

( Remedial Potions - Part 2/2 )

Title: Remedial Potions
Author: Rita Skeeter. Duh.
Giftee: tripperfunster
Word Count: 15,199
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: All Snarry, all the time.
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: It turns out Harry probably shouldn't have spent his sixth year cheating, because now he needs Remedial Potions for real...
Author's Notes: Sorry it's not art, Tripp! I just can't compete. This is based on your mention of potions-made-me-do-it, but I ended up applying a somewhat fluid interpretation. I really hope you like it. To my beta, you know who you are: THANK YOU, and my soul is in the post. Oh, and in case any North Americans are not aware, Where's Waldo=Where's Wally in the UK.

( Remedial Potions - Part 1/2 )

Title: A Second Chance
Author: torina_archelda
Giftee: countesszero
Word Count: 8,200
Rating: PG-13
Pairing(s): Harry/Severus, Harry/Ginny
Warnings: *AU after book five, though key points of books six and seven remain and the story is epilogue complaint.*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: A chance encounter twenty years after the war changes Harry’s world as he and Severus reforge the close relationship they shared during the war.
Author's Notes: Originally written for another participant, but reassigned to countesszero. I think it fits your request, though, so I hope you enjoy it!. Happy Holidays, hon! Thanks to lemondropseven for the emotional support while writing this thing, and to whitecotton for catching a plot hole while I was talking out my plot. Many, many thanks to bewarethesmirk for an excellent beta! *hugs*

A Second Chance

Title: A Friend In Need
Author: Trelawney once saw a porno like this...
Giftee: lemondropseven
Word Count: ~8,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: *canon-compliant save the epilogue. UST. wet dream. wanking. kissing. more wanking. angst. a hopeful ending*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Snape slowly wakes after Nagini's attack, glad to still be alive and at Hogwarts, with his beloved by his side. The only trouble is, his rumple-haired, green-eyed beloved appears to be a bit clueless.
Author's Notes: Your prompt lemondropseven was Severus-sent. :) Happy (Snarry) Holidays!

( A Friend In Need )

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Mod Note: This fic was originally posted here, but because the HTML on the offsite link was defying us, we're posting this the old-fashioned way. Enjoy!

( Speak Low If You Speak of Love - Part 3/3 )

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Mod Note: This fic was originally posted here, but because the HTML on the offsite link was defying us, we're posting this the old-fashioned way. Enjoy!

( Speak Low If You Speak of Love - Part 2/3 )

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’
Mod Note: This fic was originally posted here, but because the HTML on the offsite link was defying us, we're posting this the old-fashioned way. Enjoy!

( Speak Low If You Speak of Love - Part 1/3 )

Title: "They left four hours ago," Hermione said, exasperated. "What's taking them so long to collect a few death caps?"
Artist: The Whomping Willow!
Giftee: stupid_drawings
Media/Medium: digital
Rating: PG
Pairing: Snape / Harry
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. blahblahblah yadda yadda yadda
Summary: They may have claimed to have been a bit lost, but we know better ;-)
Artist's Notes: I enjoyed making this for you, hope you like!

Title: Invasum (Like Father, Like Son)
Author: Rudolph
Giftee: fanficforensics
Word Count: ~14,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Highlight to view: * Harry/Ginny, Harry/Tobias (sorta), Harry/Severus *
Warnings: Highlight to view: * A brief moment of het sex *
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Harry, searching for Snape after he disappeared from the Shrieking Shack, follows a trail into the Muggle world and runs into Tobias Snape.
Author's Notes: My heartiest of thanks to the Snarry Holidays mods: your forbearance knows no bounds! This fic was saved by last-minute pinch-betaing by L, and any other inconsistencies or errors are totally mine. Fanficforensics, I don’t know if this is what you meant with your prompt, but this lodged in my head and would only come out by writing it down, hope you enjoy it.

Invasum (Like Father, Like Son)

Title: Trigonometry of Souls
Author: I simply do not know.
Giftee: maraudersaffair
Word Count: +18K
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus, Harry/Ginny (mentioned, non-graphic)
Warnings: None that I’m aware of
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: One should always pay attention to semantics.
Author's Notes: Wow! I’ve finished it! With all the RL things that happened between September and now, I’m REALLY surprised I did it. I’d like to thank our lovely Mods and my betas, bewarethesmirk and carpet_diemon, for working with me. I know I’m not easy to deal with. Also, any mistakes and occasional awkward wording you might find in the story are the result of my stubbornness and inability to accept good advice. I hope you’ll enjoy the story. And Smutty Christmas to everyone.

(Trigonometry of Souls)

Title: For Want of a Headmaster
Author: James Potter was a sick man.
Giftee: midnight_birth
Word Count: ~6,600
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Warnings: * Minor character death before the story begins *
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: When Hogwarts refuses to accept another headmaster or headmistress, the Board of Governors threatens to exorcise the school and install Lucius Malfoy as headmaster. The solution is to send Harry Potter in search of Hogwarts's missing headmaster.
Author's Notes: My thanks to my wonderful betas: E, M, and F. Any errors they didn't catch, or that I added after they read the story, are all mine.

( For Want of a Headmaster )

Title: Speak Low if You Speak of Love
Author: Can owls write? Hedwig always seemed rather shifty.
Giftee: thesewarmstars
Word Count: ~21,500
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Warnings: *Not-Epilogue compliant, Alive!Severus, Top/Bottom!Snape, Virgin!Snape, Experienced!Harry, Top/Bottom!Harry, very minor blood-play*
Disclaimer: The world of HP and its characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
Summary: When a secret is revealed during casual conversation, Harry sees Severus in a brand new light. Will he be able to convince Severus to take their friendship to a whole new level?
Author's Notes: Thanks to the brilliant whitecotton for all her spectacular beta work and Brit-picking. I seriously would not have finished this if not for her. Also, I would like to say thanks to atypicalsnowman for making certain I understood exactly what was desired in a fic. Last but not least, thanks to R, B and D for allowing me to pick their brains as I ironed out the plot. The title is a line from William Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’

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Title: A Common Strength
Author: Percy Weasley likes Snarry, surely?
Giftee: winoniel
Word Count: Approximately 5,900
Rating: R
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Warnings: *Sexual situations*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Severus has survived the war and resumed his life in the dungeons of Hogwarts. Harry, after time away from everyone, returns to the castle to deal with Dumbledore’s estate. When their paths cross again, they find their interests are more in common than they thought.
Author's Notes: Many thanks for the encouragement and help given along the way in creating this work.

( A Common Strength )

Title: A Sense of Adventure
Author: Pansy Parkinson?
Giftee: countess_hp
Word Count: ~5,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: *AU, cross dressing, mpreg, Dancer!Harry, Bottom!Harry, Top!Snape, or should that be the other way ;), DH compliant (well apart from the fact that Severus survived), definitely not Epilogue compliant*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Three years after the war Harry feels like he is healed enough to start a family. To bad his lover, Severus, doesn’t feel that way. Harry comes up with a plan to change his mind.
Beta: katiebell_0408, who I would just like to thank for the excellent work she has done on this. She has made the story so much better and I think I now owe her one very big favour; thanks sweetie *hugs*
Author's Notes: I’m sorry I couldn’t fit everything in; this is the first time I’ve done an exchange fic fest - actually it’s the first fic fest I’ve ever done, so I hope you like it, lots of sweat and blood were lost over this.

( A Sense of Adventure )

Title: Negotiation
Artist: Dobby!
Giftee: andreanna
Media/Medium: Pen and Photoshop
Rating: R
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: Beware - nude adult males depicted
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: There has to be give and take in every relationship.
Artist's Notes: Andreanna - I hope I've met your prompts, albeit in a fairly literal way. Thank you to our organisers and mods for letting us loose with our favourite characters again!

Title: Folie à Deux
Author: A wee house-elf, perhaps?
Giftee: torino10154
Word count: ~7,800
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Is this a trick question? *pokes it* Well, I s’pose there’s brief mention of Harry/other male.
Warnings: *EWE, rimming*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Basically, I took Torino’s prompt of ‘meeting the family’ and ran with it.
Author’s note: Many thanks to atypicalsnowman for beta reading and hand-holding, and to whitecotton for Brit-picking.

( Folie à Deux )

Title: A Holiday Tradition
Author: Lavender Brown?
Giftee: fancypantsdylan
Word Count: ~2000 words
Rating: PG
Pairing: Snarry, of course.
Warnings: * Mpreg, fluffy*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: The title says it all.
Author's Notes: Happy Holidays, my dear. I hope this meets your every wish. Thanks ever so much to the minx 17 and bellathedark and triciagnosis.

( A Holiday Tradition )

Title: A Handful of Snow
Artist: Hagrid might have artistic talent...
Giftee: alchemia
Media/Medium: Photoshop
Rating: G
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: One crystal clear snowy afternoon filled with fond memories of the season. A handful of snow to capture the magic of one perfect afternoon.
Artist's Notes: Happy moments are to be collected and cherished to live on in our memories for ever after. I hope you are enjoying their moment of seasonal fluff. Happy Snarry Holidays!

Title: Beware the Power of Mistletoe
Artist: Lord Voldemort, surely!
Giftee: lovetoseverus
Media/Medium: Ink and pastels
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: *Bare chests and a heated kiss...*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: The boys sometimes forget the awesome powers of mistletoe, and of course, devious souls place it in the best locations to catch them unawares...
Artist's Notes: The art muses took pity on me after the Snarry Games, and decided to be very cooperative for a change. This piece came quite easily, surprisingly, and I really enjoyed doing it! It's renewed my love for using color!

Title: In the Beginning
Author: Might just be Luna Lovegood
Giftee: roozetter
Word Count: 3360
Rating: PG-15
Pairing: Snarry
Warnings: * It’s a little angsty. Passing mentions of chan.*
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property
of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement
is intended.
Summary: Harry finds Snape de-aged after the war.

( In the Beginning )