For the Harry100 community on Dreamwidth || #477 Cobwebs
@houseofsnarry's Snarry Pumpkin Patch event. Team Pumpkin Spice 🎃🎃🎃
Fluff
Young Harry and Severus go trick or treating.
Same age AU. Muggle AU.
Link: AO3 or Dreamwidth
Notes: With apologies to Coco, I've made no attempts to make this British. 😂
Severus pulled the ragged sheets over his head. Once a nice pastel white, it was now stained yellow from years of use. Shame filled him as he watched the other kids walking in their new shiny costumes, either handmade or store-bought. Even the bag he was using to carry the candies had a hole in it.
"Hey," said Harry, voice muffled by the fake vampire fangs. His hair was even more of a mess with the fake cobwebs. He held out a plastic pumpkin. "We can share."
"Why do you have cobwebs in your hair?" asked Severus, curious at the choice.
"I'm a vampire who just woke up from a long nap!" Harry bent down with his arms out. His black cape billowed.
"A vampire with cobwebs?"
"A distinguished vampire with cobwebs." 'Distinguish' was their class's word of the week.
Severus glanced down at his tattered bag and ragged sheets. The other kids stayed away from him, but Harry didn't. Severus didn't understand the new kid. Harry was an enigma. 'Enigma' has never been the word of the week. Severus learned the word by himself.
"I'm new," said Harry. He straightened up before grabbing hold of Severus's hand. "You know all the best houses that give out the best candies. We can make a killing!"
Severus's cheeks flushed at the contact. Harry's hand was warm and soft. It was nice to be touched.
Decision made, Severus tightened his grip. "Minerva gives out candy apples. Albus has sherbet lemons."
The night was young. The stars were not out yet. If they start now, they could switch costumes and hit the same houses again. Not that Severus would tell Harry yet, but he could tell it wouldn't take much to convince Harry to bend the rules.
For @writers-choice prompt #98 - mess. Also on AO3.
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The portkey dropped them into an alcove off of the village square. They took a breath and stepped out into the square.
Not that anyone was watching. A tornado had devastated the village two hours ago and the residents were focused on salvaging their lives.
"Clear weather," Harry looked up at the blue sky.
"That may not be unusual," Severus replied. "We need to find where it started."
They were there to determine if the tornado, otherwise rare in England, was natural or magical. There had been no weather patterns that should spawn tornados, which triggered the need to check.
They wore a notice-me-not, so they would not be called on to help deal with the mess the villagers were already attempting to clean up.
"They need more help than just the two of us," Severus said firmly as Harry's instinct to help kicked in.
Harry sighed. "I know... just..."
"We will get help sent, once we are done," Severus promised.
They tracked the path of destruction back to its origins.
"It started here," Severus decided. It was an empty field outside of the village. The grass was ripped out, the trees toppled.
"Here," Harry stood in a small circle.
Severus nodded. He raised his wand. "Revilio!" he commanded, turning in a circle.
"There!" Harry pointed off to his left.
A small totem had appeared. It had runes embedded in the wood.
"Oak," Severus decided, without touching. "It holds the runes well and gives strength to the casting.
"A magical storm," Harry nodded. "I wonder why."
"That is not our task," Severus replied. "Now that we know there is magic behind the tornado, it becomes someone else's task to determine why."
That was Harry's frequent complaint. Once they determined that magic was used to cause a problem, they were done.
Severus determined it was safe to remove the totem, the tornado had already happened.
Harry made copies of the runes, to use as evidence if something similar happened elsewhere.
"Finished?" Severus asked.
Harry shrugged. "Well, for now I am."
"Wynde will have dinner," Severus reminded him. "And Hermione will be by with a new film she wanted to share."
"It will be fun," Harry replied. He leaned into Severus, relaxing against the warmth. "Maybe we could ask for a rain check?"
"Tonight is a rain check, for last week," Severus grinned as he leaned in for a kiss.