#pro severus

[witchesbrewtoo]

Severus/reader. AU - no Voldemort. Severus isn't just a sweetie, he's Reader's sweetie.

PROMPT.

An AU where Voldemort doesn't exist. Lily and Severus still have their falling out, and it happens just as it did in canon. But then he gets to know Reader better (they're students in the same year so of course they were aware of each other before, but Severus's focus had been entirely on Lily before and now it wasn't because she didn't want to be friends with him anymore and though that hurt him deeply he respected her decision).

They end up spending a lot of time together. Studying together, learning from each other. But also just recreationally, talking about everything they could possibly think of to talk about. Eating meals together, having picnics, going to Hogsmeade together.

It isn't until subject of the Yule Ball comes up that Severus realizes he is in love with Reader and wants to ask her, but he is nervous. They're just friends. What if that's all you want from him?

But while he is agonizing over whether or not to risk it all by asking (he can't bear to lose you, too), Reader asks Severus to the Yule Ball.

After that, they are officially a couple. And they remain a couple; a very stable, devoted couple.

After they graduate Hogwarts, they get married and move to a rural English wizarding village where Severus opens a potions shop which Reader helps manage.

It does extremely well, and Severus also finds time to write several academic papers on potions that are so brilliant he gets recognition from the wider wizarding world and the Ministry of Magic.

He has no interest in leaving his home and potions shop, but business is booming due to his notoriety and the fact that his practical skill is just as good as his academic papers and you just can't beat Severus's potions when it comes to accuracy, potency, and effectiveness.

[witchesbrewtoo]

I need this exchange in a fic please (or something close to it). Severus, my love, you are so funny.

PROMPT.

Harry: What? Is this going to be enough? It's so small.

Ron, snickering: That's what she said!

A chorus of giggling and scoffing can be heard from the other students.

Severus, leveling them with an unimpressed look: Is that truly what she said, Mr. Weasley?

Ron, blushes and winces when he realizes the implication.

More giggling from other students.

Severus: If Mr. Weasley is quite finished regaling us with his wit and charm...I suggest everyone get back to work.

[witchesbrewtoo]

I just need a fic all about Severus and Minerva being absolute besties and it's just them meeting up for their weekly juicy gossip sessions over tea and biscuits.

[witchesbrewtoo]

Severus Snape/reader. Reader has a stutter. Supportive Severus. No age gap, Sev and reader are the same age. Protective Severus.

Bonus points for BAMF Severus.

PROMPT.

You have a very pronounced stutter due to a head injury when you were a child, which you find frustrating and embarrassing. Especially when people have awful things to say to you about it.

But, from the moment you met him Severus Snape has been nothing but supportive, kind, and protective of you.

[witchesbrewtoo]

Severus Snape/reader. Curvey reader. Young Severus. Supportive Severus. Marauders Era.

TW: Bullying, targeted harassment, fat shaming.

PROMPT.

You're used to being made fun of about your weight but one day Sirius Black says something truly humiliating to you.

Not just in front of everyone in general, but in front of Severus. You were absolutely in love with that boy, not that you ever planned to say so. Why would such a handsome, clever, sweet (to you, anyway) boy want a girlfriend who looked like you?

It wasn't like you didn't think Sev had functioning eyes and could very well see your curves for himself. You knew he knew.

But being humiliated like this in front of him, knowing he heard it...you did something even more humiliating.

You began to cry.

[witchesbrewtoo]

Imagine if during that horrible bullying incident where the marauders pull down Severus's pants and suspend him in the air, a Prefect (from any House) runs up in shocked outrage and says, "STOP! What are you doing sexually assaulting this boy??"

As soon as it went from words to physical that makes it assault, and given the nature of the assault it falls under non-penetrative sexual assault quite neatly. You don't have to stick anything inside of someone for it to be SA.

I just wonder what might have happened, how things may have been changed (if at all) if this wasn't allowed to be viewed as bullying but it were loudly named for what it actually was.

This wasn't tit for tat. This crossed a line, but it wasn't treated like it did so it sailed over a lot of heads. But what if it was treated as the crossed line that it was? If it was treated as the SA that it was.

Sometimes, just unapologetically naming something in bluntness and truth is enough to make very large shifts.

Once named, once everyone isn't allowed to simply avert their eyes or engage in revisionist history because then that would make them complicit in SA even if they never said a word themselves, what might have changed?

These were popular boys committing this offense, some of which were wealthy and had pretty privilege. I can't remember if any were good at sports, but that can be a privilege of its own when it comes to getting a pass for heinous behavior.

But I would love for someone to explore a Prefect or professor naming this for what it was, sexual assault and the crossing of an unforgivable line, and it leading to the reputational downfall of the Marauders and people starting to see Severus as an actual person

I have more thoughts, but this is already too long and I hope I've done a good job explaining what I mean with this prompt.

I would prefer it be a Sev-centic fic.

[witchesbrewtoo]

Imagine Severus Snape's reaction when he finds out that there are some boys and even grown men who may take regular showers but REFUSE to wash or properly wipe their own butts because they think touching their own rear ends is a gay thing to do.

Surprisingly, growing up living in a dormitory full of boys did not teach him this horrifying fact. No, instead being in charge of a dormitory full of boys as their professor and Head of House taught him that in his first year teaching.

[gilderoy-lockhart-n1fan]

I actually despise most forms of Snirius.

Because most Snirius fics are just: "Remember all those years Sirius bullied Snape and tried to kill him? He was just flirting."

Which stems from the whole "pulling pigtails" thing.

Which plants the idea that hurting the person you love is normal and that pain is a sign that this person likes you and you should be grateful they are hurting you.