Characters: First Year Snape [Mentions Peeves and the Bloody Baron a little]
POV: Third, Snape
Setting: Hogwarts, Great Hall
A/N: I have very little time today so had to do a shorter one today darling, I hope you’ll love it though! I think this may be the youngest Snape I’ve ever written about and he is ADORABLE 😩👏❤
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He couldn’t stop looking.
His first year at Hogwarts hadn’t turned out how he expected, nothing ever seemed to in his life. But, at the very least, he had received permission from his parents to remain at Hogwarts for the Christmas break - and that was turning out to be quite great.
He was walking about more freely, there were barely any students and as there were no classes he had had so much time to study whatever he saw fit, spending his days in the library most of the time. But now, as he entered the Great Hall, he simply could not stop staring at the giant Christmas Tree that seemed to reach all the way to the sky, dressed splendidly in all the house colours perfectly matched together and entwined.
It looked beautiful, and never had he ever had a tree for Christmas. There was no money for such things according to his father. He usually received one present, smuggled to him by his mother in the dark of the night, and that was that. But there, at Hogwarts, there was so much Christmas — all around really.
Not only were there decorations in the communal areas, like hallways and the Great Hall, but even the dorms and common rooms were decorated for the holiday. He had never felt such joy towards Christmas even if he knew there would most likely not be a single present for him. It didn’t matter, everything was so pretty, so shiny and bright. It felt warm, on the inside of him. And what could possibly be better than that?
He just sat by the Slytherin Table, watching the giant tree sparkle and shine, the glitter and candles twinkling in it while snow fell from the sky yet never reached further than halfway down before it disappeared, the ceiling being enchanted and all that. It didn’t matter that he was alone. That he had no friendships to hold on to, or family members to share holiday cheer with. He was fine, right where he was, basking in the beauty of the holiday he had never truly experienced up close.
As he slurped some hot chocolate with bobbing marshmallows Peeves flew through the room in a fright, the Bloody Baron hot on his tale spewing words not fit for young ears, and Severus laughed for himself. A small noise of chuckles that somehow managed to remain for his ears only in the big room dotted with a few other magicians of all ages.
He was alright, and even if he didn’t have all he wished or wanted, even if life was hard and unpredictable, he vowed to himself that one day — one day — he would have his own tree, in his own home, and it would be warm. There would be light, laughter and gifts under the branches.
“On day,” he whispered to himself while smiling down towards the cup warming his little hands. “I will have everything one day, and I’ll be alright. One Christmas, I’ll be alright,” he told himself as Peeves came zooming back through the hall only for the Bloody Baron to appear in his way, tearing a ghastly shriek from the poltergeist before he bolted off once more, pleading for forgiveness about disturbing the Grey Lady while Severus drank up and watched the twinkling Christmas tree with a sparkle in his little eyes, for once filled with wonder and hope.
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A/N: WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT THINK ABOUT THIS AS CANON BECAUSE HOLY SHIT IT HURTS MY HEART! JUST- oh, damn, now you are, aren’t you?!
snape and i are inviting you to mourn the loss of tiny snape. he lived a good life, attached to my keys, and forever reminding me not to be a dunderhead while driving. he will be missed
"Severus Snape was described in the books as "thin and TALL"'. The books are told from harry's perspective. Harry is also very very short. So short that Snape looks tall. So Short Snape can still be canon, Harry is just also short.
i believe that when harry grew old enough to have monsters in his chest, he surpassed severus in height. it’s why he’s so disrespectful to severus in hbp. before harry could only get angry when severus was being a dick but now that he’s taller, he became the dominant onne. it’s a process that poor severus has gone through so often
