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snarryswapmod (snarryswapmod) wrote in snarry_swap,
@ 2010-01-01 00:39:00

Current mood:	ecstatic
Entry tags:	creation: fic, rated: nc-17, whitecotton

Happy Daft Day, rowaine!
Recipient: rowaine

Title: Through a Glass Darkly

Author: whitecotton

Rating: NC-17

Word Count: 19,000

Warning(s): *Everything is straight up smut of the to be expected kind.*

Summary: The only way in which Severus can bear Lily’s death is to know he pays harshly for his redemption. However, in making his grand gesture – his sacrifice – has he paid the price with the wrong coin? Luckily there are others debtors to guide him.

A/N: I took great pleasure in writing this for you, rowaine. I hope you enjoy reading it as much and that I have given you what you asked for. This story begins with dialogue taken verbatim from DH, the chapter titled ‘The Prince’s Tale’. Specifically, it happens once upon a Halloween, 1981. My thanks to my hand holder, atypicalsnowman, for bouncing the plot back and forth with me: darling, I couldn’t have done it without you. For her wonderful and insightful assistance, plus her ready humour, thanks also go to my beta, raewhit. Hugs, darlings.

Through a Glass Darkly

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elvirablue
2010-01-13 12:36 am UTC (link)

Great story! I loved being thrown in the middle of the ghostly mystery and sharing the confusion with Severus and Harry. Poor Harry, he must have spent a lot of time in the Pensieve, watching and regretting and wishing…and Severus, having to hear about his own death and everything else from Harry. It was all quite sad, but luckily they found comfort and distraction in each other.

The bedroom scene was so full of tenderness and fragility; I loved Severus’ thoughts about the robes and about what he and Harry would be doing if they were lovers and how he provided awkward yet adequate comfort to Harry. Also, it was lovely to see Severus’ anger melt away at Harry’s words in the library. Beautiful, too. And hot!

This is an interesting idea to contemplate:

So far, his overriding conclusion was that, in his selfishness, he had forfeited all rights to the management of his life, and would therefore put it in wiser hands. The wiser hands being Dumbledore’s.

And I loved that Severus felt like this:

In fact, it made Severus feel even more despondent, as though discovering that Harry’s optimism was not endless placed a cloud over their future.

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	whitecotton 2010-01-14 02:12 am UTC (link)
	Gracious, there are some heady compliments here. I take them all gladly, giving them a hug and a kiss before placing them carefully under my pillow. Thank you so much! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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