#pocket dad

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Some Light Animal Maiming and the Drugging of Old Friends? ooh what a title!

Thanks for the ask!!

This is the next installment of Pocket Dad, my Dad!Peter raises Harry as Scabbers fic, set in POA. As advertised, it includes some light animal maiming (to make Ron's new pet store rat look... a little more familiar, for Shenanigans) and some drugging of old friends (with verituserum! nothing too crazy! they just need to be really sure Peter's old pal is telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth when they ask some questions in post-lesson tea. it's totally fine.)

Originally this was just going to be mentioned in passing later on, but I couldn't get the image out of my mind of the trio going "you may be our adult but that's never stopped us before. are you with us or not?" before cutting off some poor rat's toe and drugging their professor.

Small snippet of where I left off below the cut!

“I got it for Christmas, my first year here,” said Harry. “Along with, er, my dad’s old cloak.” (They had argued about this, too. To tell, not to tell— whether Remus could do anything with the knowledge or if he would already assume it had passed into Harry’s possession. Peter had lost that one, too.) This time, when Remus spoke, there was no mistaking the wistfulness in his voice. “I’m quite familiar with your father’s cloak."

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Pocket Dad Year 2-- Every Promise and Lie

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

A quiet conversation in the Gryffindor boys dormitory about what it meant to be brave.

Peter woke to the mid-November sun dipping below the horizon. He wasn’t sure how long he’d slept for, but he was fairly certain it had just been early morning.

It didn’t take long to determine the reason for his waking— the second year boys’ dormitory was empty except for a soft sniffling. Peter scrabbled gently at the windowsill he’d been napping on to draw Harry’s attention and put on the most disapproving face he could manage as a rat.

“I know, I know,” Harry mumbled, wiping at his cheeks, “boys don’t cry.” He said something after that sounded like ‘unless you’re mumbly’.

Read more on Ao3!

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Pocket Dad Year 3- (Getting to) Hope You Like Me

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Harry has now met two of his father's friends and is starting to form some opinions. Peter begins to think about the past.

[allalrightagain]

A few days early but it’s Pocket Dad poll time!

The next Pocket Dad update should be

Year 2– Peter and Harry talk about James (and other dad-ish subjects)

Year 3- Peter and Harry talk about Peter’s… less dead friends

Something else (what???)

Voting ended onJul 25, 2024

[allalrightagain]

Hello it is Pocket Dad Poll time!

The June update should be:

Angsty Year 3

Longer and Angstier Year 1

Neither! You should write something else (Tell me!)

Voting ended onJun 28, 2024

[allalrightagain]

Oh fuck tomorrow’s the first

If I were to post a Pocket Dad update, do you want:

Christmas, Harry’s first year

Peter’s Remus and Harry Feelings, beginning of Harry’s third year

Something else (tell me in the notes 👀)

I don’t want you to post tomorrow (sorry?) (see results)

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

[allalrightagain]

How is it already almost april????

The next Pocket Dad update should be:

Christmas 1991 (c’mon guys we gotta pick this one eventually lmao)

Peter facepalming watching three 12yos brew polyjuice in a bathroom

Something else? (Prompt me!)

Voting ended onApr 4, 2024

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Oh god we’re approaching the end of the month again and I have a collection of half-finished Pocket Dad drafts and no motivation. Vote or send prompts please?

Next on Pocket Dad:

Harry Asks For Help (year 1)

The Gang Brews Illegal Potions (year 2)

Hospital Visiting Hours (year 2)

Something else?

Voting ended onMay 3, 2024

Prompts accepted (with my discretion)—

An emotion Peter (or potentially another character) might feel at some point

A canon event sometime before the end of Year 3

Something already mentioned or implied in Pocket Dad so far