To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
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From A Bed Of White Chrysanthemums Grows Hope (Trust In Me, No Matter Our Past) by Otaku6337
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
08 Feb 2022
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Severus, for all of his genuine faults and less genuine appearances, does not condone any child coming to harm. It results in men like him.~~~
Severus is called to check on Harry after the mess of the end of his First Year, and to have Petunia call him a freak right out of the gate is far from encouraging. To then find the boy curled up in a corner of a locked room only confirms things.
Severus takes Harry away from that abominable place without hesitation, and perhaps even wins enough of his trust to be asked to take him in by the end of it all.
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(White chrysanthemums represent Truth in Victorian flower language.)
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- Part 167 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 1 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
- Part 1 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
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The Poison Or The Prettiness Of Larkspur (Finding Our Footing) by Otaku6337
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
21 Apr 2022
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Harry and Severus begin to settle in together, starting with a trip to the supermarket. He cannot let the boy go hungry.A trip down the sweets aisle for chocolate certainly isn't a necessity, but Severus is content to take Harry there all the same. Just as he is content to show the child how to most efficiently pack up the food, or to recite potions to him when nightmares strike their cruel blows.
Harry and Severus, quite simply, begin to learn to live together, to make a home of sorts together, no matter how it may be difficult at times.
It's worth it, to be slowly becoming a family.
(Another part to my Severitus AU that I started a month or three ago!! Hope you guys enjoy this domestic slice of life~)
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- Part 189 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 2 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
- Part 2 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
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Knowledge Upon The Wings Of Angelica (Hope Upon The Potions Smoke) by Otaku6337
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Apr 2022
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Regardless, there is no good reason, to Severus' knowledge, for Harry to look quite so disconcerted. But he doesn't press, doesn't push (he has learnt, already, that it does neither of them any favours when Severus pushes Harry, be it for opinions or truths or, frankly, anything else-) simply placing a slice of toast in front of Harry, the options of jam or butter or marmalade all left out on the table for them both. Giving less obvious options to the child has, so far, been the best solution. The less pressure on Harry, in general, the more comfortable he seems to be, quite reasonably so.Severus takes some marmalade for himself whilst Harry, even more hesitant than usual, digs his knife into the jam. And, finally, right as Harry scrapes the last of the thin layer of jam onto his toast, the child speaks up.
(There is inspiration to be found in the comforts that Severus has been uncertainly offering the boy who now lives with him. Inspiration, and companionship, and hope.)Series
- Part 191 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 3 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
- Part 3 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
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Caught In The Cusp Of Home (In The Hollow Of A Hydrangea) by Otaku6337
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
12 Mar 2023
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(It's a rainy day, and Severus notes just how entranced Harry seems with it. And, well, when he offers for them to go outside, Harry definitely isn't going to say no.)~~~
"Would you like to go out today?" Harry snaps to attention, staring at Snape with quivering-tight shoulders, fingers clenching together, unable to help the sheer hope rising through him,
"Out in the rain?" He doesn't want to trust it, to assume that it's just okay. He doesn't think that Snape would be trying to trick him now, but it's still hard to trust something he wants so much. He knows that wanting something normally means that nobody else wants him to have it.
"Should you want to."
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And all at once he's leaping forwards, jumping double-footed, knees bent-
Water splashes out in a big wave, all noise and movement and spattering, the weight of his own landing shuddering through him in the best way.
Harry can't help but laugh, loud and bubbly and utterly unrestrained, with just how very fun this is. How free he feels.
(Another part/fic for my Flower Severitus AU, although this could be read separately to the rest!!)
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- Part 279 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 14 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
- Part 4 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
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The Many Layers Of The Zinnia Flower, Of His Feelings by Otaku6337
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 May 2023
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His first night back at Hogwarts, Harry misses Severus, misses their home and the safety of the man being nearby, even whilst he feels silly for wishing to have it back.He ends up creating a little piece of that safety for himself.
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He squeezes his eyes closed for a long half-dozen breaths, trying to force himself to calm down.
And it doesn't really work, not much (the back of his eyelids feel like thorns, catching, too-sharp, but in contrast he can't feel his fingers at all, or less and less by the moment, with each breath he doesn't manage to pull in-), some of the chill in his chest perhaps fading slightly, except when he opens his eyes again, blinking up at the shadows of his bed-
There's a little bat fluttering around.
Not a real one, just something silver-shining like the moon, its wingspan maybe a little wider than his hands, he thinks. It looks like the little light-and-dust creatures that Snape has created for him several times over the summer.
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- Part 299 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 18 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
- Part 5 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
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The Slow Growth Of Arborvitae (The Steady Rooting Of Their Friendship) by Otaku6337
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Jun 2023
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Wherein Harry tells his two best friends about the almost-father that he found in Snape this summer.It, of course, goes well, no matter his worries.
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"Mate, you can tell us, whatever it is," he assures, when Harry has remained silent for a little too long. But Ron isn't being impatient, no, his tone is just steady, warm.
It gives Harry room to gather up more words, even if they're a prevaricating question,
"I- Promise you guys won't be mad? You shouldn't need to be but, uhm, it's gonna sound weird at first." Hermione is already nodding, gaze earnest,"Of course Harry!"
"I can try," Ron offers, eyebrows scrunching, but his smile is sheepish. It calms Harry down enough to laugh instead of worry more.
And, finally, he decides that he just needs to get this over with. He's started now, and he's a Gryffindor for a reason. (His lizard curls up beneath his collar, warm and not-solid but close enough.)
He doesn't want to be ashamed of finding a home this summer.
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- Part 298 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 19 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
- Part 6 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)
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Harry has been living with Snape for a few weeks now; settling in is a tricky process, but one that he's grateful for regardless.~~~
Snape places down a small sideplate next to Harry's essay, two chocolate Digestives sliding across it as he puts it down.
"Don't forget to get yourself a glass of water if you're thirsty, Potter." The words aren't harsh, if anything they're almost soft, like the feeling of a wool blanket, not quite scratchy, not quite soft, and it's enough for Harry to blink up at the man once, twice, before ducking his head again, nodding.
(Snape's expression was nigh-on blank, but his eyes... The light in them was worried, Harry thinks. He could have been wrong, admittedly, but it's something about the molten-soft edges, the furrow of his eyebrows, the way his attention had lingered on Harry, on his dry lips and too-thin wrists and on the papers splayed out over the table.
It felt like he was analysing Harry, but not necessarily for the sake of actually pulling him apart afterwards.)(Belladonna represents silence in Victorian Flower Language.)
Series
- Part 315 of Ota's One-Shot Wonders
- Part 21 of Ota's HP Fic Stuff
- Part 7 of To Make A Home, From Shadows And Flowers And Love (Severitus For The Soul)