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Severus Snape overhears a conversation (again) and is forced to act (again) because of his own stupidity (again).
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03 Jan 2026
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Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me? (you should be) by Snoweylily
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
09 Jan 2026
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“No post on Sundays” Uncle Vernon announced happily, “No damn letters today-”
Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head. The next moment, thirty or forty letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets.
“That does it!” he snapped, his beady little eyes focused solely on Harry, “It’s you that they want. And they won’t stop coming after us until you’re… gone”.
Harry didn't like the sound of that.
“But Vernon, we can’t! You heard what that- that despicable old man told us!”
“Don’t worry, pet” Vernon said, his nasty grin triumphant, “I’ll leave him someplace so far away that those freaks will never trace him back to us. There’s an institute up north, for these- these hopeless cases and whatnot - St Brutus's Secure Centre for Boys. I’ll leave him there, and then we can get back to our nice, normal life”.Or, the one where Harry doesn't attend Hogwarts in first year but finds his way to the wizarding world anyway, and this changes everything.
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03 Jan 2026
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Tom wakes him gently.
He tells Severus the truth about his parents.
He explains the political mess.
He warns the boy what it means to be associated with him.
You will become a target.Severus, in his quiet, knife-edged honesty, asks: “What do you want from me?”
Tom has no acceptable answer.
Severus chooses for himself: “Can you teach me to survive instead?”
And Tom, who has taught himself nothing but survival, answers: “Yes.”They make an agreement:
Severus stays until Tom can teach him no more.
Both pretend it’s temporary.
Both know it isn’t.Omegaverse exists, but strictly within magical society. Dynamics are magical biology, inherited alongside lineage, influence politics, rites, and the old laws. Muggles know nothing.
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02 Jan 2026
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Testing his luck, he pulled the metal out in one swift motion. It came out easily with a squelch quickly lost in the roar of the dog coming down upon his neck. His body dropped, the metal still clenched between his fingers, teeth pressed into his adams apple and he was sure that if he swallowed it would burst. Once again, there was a pause. This dog didn’t seem very experienced in killing.
“It's okay,” he repeated. The words were hard to get out with the pressure on his neck. “You can bite down.”
The dog’s breath stuttered. It was likely the cold finally got to it. He buried his fingers in the fur just below its head.
“Just leave a little for the other strays. They’ve been good to me.”
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Severus meets a strange dog out in the woods. Lost and drifting, he attatches himself fully to his new friend. He's given himself a purpose. To live alongside his grim.
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Sirius Black has dug his own grave, and like the dog he is he can't help digging further.
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02 Jan 2026
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Time travel was not part of the plan. Neither was he enjoying it.
Armed with the knowledge of two wars and one life well spent, Severus Snape regresses to the Marauders’ era.
History may be warned—but Severus is no longer obligated to behave.
Severus Snape does not return to his seventh year with the intention of fixing anything.
He simply knows too much, says too little, and enjoys the consequences far more than he should.Bookmarked by firstfate
02 Jan 2026