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A short-lived series of private lessons took place after Christmas in Harry Potter's fifth school year, during which Severus Snape attempted to teach Harry the skill of Occlumency. The lessons were ultimately cancelled when Harry was caught prying into Snape's memories, discovering the strangest things: A mysterious prophecy connected Harry's fate with Voldemort's, Harry's dad was an insufferable bully, and Severus Snape had been in love with Harry's mum. Naturally, Harry now has a million questions. Snape would prefer to answer none.
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. The same question arises in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"
...Or, a classic approach to stubbornness.
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Most visited Snarry story of all time on AO3! Thank you!
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This story now has a Fanlore and a TvTropes page.
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Now fully illustrated!
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In 1998, Lord Voldemort won the war against the Muggles and transformed Great Britain into Britannia Magica. For questionable reasons, Harry Potter joined him. This memoir chronicles the early years of the Red Eye’s rise and the events that led to the formation of the empire known as the Luna Plena.
It also exposes the truth of what happened Before.
Before Severus Snape's crimes (he ruined the boy, I am telling you), before the Malfoys all met their fate, one by one, and before Bellatrix Lestrange parted with the girl forever. (Hear me! The girl has existed. Do you still doubt me? Do you still question that the girl has been?)
The Archivists have told you that your Lord's greatness is destiny's will. They've told you that the mystical power he grants his Shadows is unexplained and divine.
The Archivists are lying. The Dark Lord is a thief.
(Or: Half a century after the Dark Lord’s rise, on your carriage ride home, you discover a book abandoned on the seat beside you.
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Magic will follow intent. He has been told that in every class, every year, since he first stepped foot in Hogwarts. No spell, no potion—nothing will work unless your intent is clear and your mind is focused. So he’s not really surprised to find himself here once again—on the precipice of highly improbable, though not impossible, magic.
After all, he is “The Boy Who Lived.” So he’ll figure out a way to live through this like he always does, because Harry Potter always perseveres—even if he can’t be “Harry Potter” anymore, and it’s 1974, and Voldemort is at the height of his power, and Severus Snape has, weirdly enough, really pretty eyes.
“Yeah,” Harry thought as he attempted to ignore that last bit his mind unhelpfully added on, “I can do this.”
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Harry was looking forward to a nice quiet Christmas, and gets assigned to a case at the very last minute. He has to keep an eye on a smuggling ring, in the middle of nowhere, all alone. Just when he thinks he couldn't be more miserable, a surprise shows up on his doorstep.
It's an unhappy surprise, mostly in that the surprise himself is currently very unhappy.
Whatever will they do?Title inspired by Hailey Leithauser, who said in Fever:
as bitter cruel as winter
gale that scrapes and blowsAnd in Frostbite:
the sleep so close,
so old, so mildinside the placid
scaldand hissing of the snow.
This fic is complete, I will be posting the other chapters in the next few days
(lil spoiler in the end notes) -
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Harry was never ashamed to be an Omega. He just felt that with the war going on, it would be better to hide his second gender. It worked for a year, but during the summer before his 6th year, Ron found out, and he was not happy. Betrayed by those he cared for and loved the most, Harry found himself running, then falling into 1943. There, he built a new life only to run into an irresistible Alpha Tom Riddle, who had decided then and there that Harry is his Omega.
Faced with an obsessed Alpha, and conflicting feelings, Harry does not know if he'll be able to withstand everything around him or fall for this Dark Alpha's Embrace.