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I'm Myriam, 26, from Switzerland, she/her | I write stuff | Sanders Sides/Carry On/RWRB/OFMD/Harry Potter/Heartstopper/Good Omens | big shipper and all
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WIP Wednesday

Better Together - Chapter 5

/!\ If you haven't read my last chapter and are following the story, there are spoilers ahead.

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“I have a feeling we should sit down for this. Tea?”

Potter looked up at him, a hopeful glint in his eyes. “Yes, please.”

Severus guided him to the dining table and made him sit while he went to put on the kettle. He prepared a tray with sugar, milk, teacups and a teapot, which he filled when the water was ready.

He thought about Harry, asleep in his bed upstairs, and hoped none of this had or would wake him up. Severus didn’t have the slightest idea how he was going to explain to his son that his birth father was alive and well.

Before heading back out, he took a deep breath in and released it; none of this had given him enough time to try and make sense of the situation.

He joined Potter at the dining table and set about making his own teacup. Potter did the same, after some hesitation, and for a while they just sat in silence. Then Severus took in another breath and looked at the man he’d believed dead for close to nine years.

“Start at the beginning, if you would.”

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WIP Wednesday

Better Together - Chapter 5

/!\ If you haven't read my last chapter and are following the story, there are spoilers ahead.

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“I have a feeling we should sit down for this. Tea?”

Potter looked up at him, a hopeful glint in his eyes. “Yes, please.”

Severus guided him to the dining table and made him sit while he went to put on the kettle. He prepared a tray with sugar, milk, teacups and a teapot, which he filled when the water was ready.

He thought about Harry, asleep in his bed upstairs, and hoped none of this had or would wake him up. Severus didn’t have the slightest idea how he was going to explain to his son that his birth father was alive and well.

Before heading back out, he took a deep breath in and released it; none of this had given him enough time to try and make sense of the situation.

He joined Potter at the dining table and set about making his own teacup. Potter did the same, after some hesitation, and for a while they just sat in silence. Then Severus took in another breath and looked at the man he’d believed dead for close to nine years.

“Start at the beginning, if you would.”

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Better Together - 4

Chapter 4 - Growing

After Harry had turned five, Severus thought he was old enough that he could try to explain again what had happened on Halloween in 1981, and that Harry might truly understand. It was not a conversation he looked forward to, but he wanted Harry to know that he’d had parents who had loved him so much that they’d died for him.

It was a rainy Thursday and Severus had planned to go to Godric’s Hollow as soon as he’d picked up Harry from school. His son, of course, didn’t know what kind of day it was, except that it was the day they got to share a book at school, and his friend Katie had shared a book about Quidditch.

Severus knew he would be too excited for a while, so he changed his plans in his mind and started walking aimlessly through the village of Hogsmeade as Harry shared his day. After half an hour, Harry had calmed enough to notice that they weren’t walking towards Hogwarts.

“Daddy, where are we going?”  

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Imagine an eleven year old Harry Potter, fresh from the greenhouses and his first Herbology class, secretly covered in snakes under his robes. They’re just so nice, it can’t hurt to carry them around and keep them warm. They know their way around the school better than him, anyways.

Enter Professor Snape, starting his first class of Griffindor first year Potions.

“Cloaks and robes off, you will be utilizing open flames; loose, draping fabric will catch fire and send you to the hospital wing.”

Harry and a few other students keeps theirs on, trying to blend into the walls. It does not work.

“ROBES AND CLOAKS OFF. Quickly. You are wasting valuable class time.”

Harry removes his, very reluctantly. His arms and legs wriggle with garden snakes.

“Mr. Potter, what the fuck.”

“They’re my friends, professor.”

Snape walks up to Harry, helping get some of these creatures off of him.

“Why are you crawling with snakes, Mr. Potter?”

“They’re so nice, Professor Snape. Plus they told me the fastest way to your class.”

“You speak to snakes?”

“Always have, yeah.”

Snape realizes he is in no way paid enough to deal with this.

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Anonymous asked:

Have you read this fanfic on wattpad? Or at least heard of it?

https://www.wattpad.com/story/364862241-the-wizard-prince-the-half-blood-prince?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=assonancewriter

I have to say I don't go on Wattpad anymore, so no I haven't. Might give it a try, thanks

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Better Together - 4

Chapter 4 - Growing

After Harry had turned five, Severus thought he was old enough that he could try to explain again what had happened on Halloween in 1981, and that Harry might truly understand. It was not a conversation he looked forward to, but he wanted Harry to know that he’d had parents who had loved him so much that they’d died for him.

It was a rainy Thursday and Severus had planned to go to Godric’s Hollow as soon as he’d picked up Harry from school. His son, of course, didn’t know what kind of day it was, except that it was the day they got to share a book at school, and his friend Katie had shared a book about Quidditch.

Severus knew he would be too excited for a while, so he changed his plans in his mind and started walking aimlessly through the village of Hogsmeade as Harry shared his day. After half an hour, Harry had calmed enough to notice that they weren’t walking towards Hogwarts.

“Daddy, where are we going?”  

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At the end of 2nd year, Harry catches Malfoy's father tearing into Draco...and despite their differences he can't help but step in, knowing all too well what it is like to have family hate you just for not fitting the mold. He doesn't expect, however, the vulnerability from Draco and what it does to Harry's heart.

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I've been thinking a lot about Draco and Harry's family situations; how both of them have convoluted relationships with lots of rejection/control (Dursleys specifically for Harry). Draco does have his mother who seems to love him pretty unconditionally, but I don't feel she would step in very openly if Lucius felt the need to punish Draco. I really feel that's where a lot of his bully energy came from - the need to impress/conform to his dad. So I wonder if Harry had seen through the cracks, evidence of Draco's true harsh environment, what would have happened! If I ever wrote fics I'd love to write one about this sort of thing!!

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WIP Wednesday

Better Together - Chapter 4

After another Halloween, Christmas and Easter, Severus had thought it was safe to say he’d experienced all the first times he could have had with Harry, and he was past worrying about his son. But obviously, Severus was woefully uninformed about everything a child could experience.

“Daddy!” Harry called as he came running towards him after school. “Stephen invited me for a sleepover!”

Severus raised his eyebrows, looking between his son and the aforementioned boy who was walking towards them along with his mother.

“Hello Severus.”

“Hello Claudia,” Severus greeted the woman, who was almost ten years older than him. Then again, every parent who had a child in Harry’s group was older than him.

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When Friday came, Severus might have hugged Harry tighter than usual and been tense all day.

“Severus, where is Harry?” Minerva asked when Severus sat down next to her at dinner.

“Sleeping over at a friend’s.”

Minerva said nothing as Severus loaded his plate, until he started to eat.

“Is that why you feel tight as a spring?”

“This is the first night Harry is not with me ever since he came into my care, of course I’m tense. Can you imagine the number of things that could go wrong? What if they try to use him because he’s the Boy-Who-Lived? What if he gets hurt? What if he misses me?”

“And what if you miss him, Severus?” Minerva cut him off.

Severus sighed, then took a breath, and sighed again.

“This is normal for a parent, especially a single parent, Severus. You haven’t been separated in several years. However, I’m sure Harry will have the time of his life with his friend, and he won’t realise he missed you but he’ll be happy to see you again tomorrow.”

“You might be right,” Severus conceded after a while.

“Of course, I am,” Minerva replied with a smirk.

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In next week's chapter, Severus experiences a few more things as a first-time parent. Catch up on chapter 3 here!

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