we must unite inside these walls or we’ll crumble from within
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to be good in the face of all this anger by whoscountinganyway
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
25 Apr 2026
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Minerva sighs. “No matter how you disagree with other Heads of Houses’ behavior, you cannot yell at them. That is what Albus is for. If we had accused you of the things you did Flitwick? You would have rioted, Severus. It’s not our place.”
Severus pauses and considers her words. Would he have wanted that?
“I do wish that one of our colleagues, especially you, had spoken to me about my behavior. And yes,” He adds, quieter than before. “It would have been embarrassing. I would have been upset—but I could have changed sooner. Been less cruel. I would have valued, eventually, that you cared enough about the students to do something one might deem improper in order to help them.”
Shrugging, Severus looks down to the water. He misses being a teenager. No, he just... he wishes his teen years were different.
Maybe he’d know better sooner.
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you say that it’s going to get better. prove it by whoscountinganyway
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
12 Apr 2026
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“I do not care what you want.” Snape says bluntly. “I care what you need.”
He said Lupin gives him what he wants—not like that was a bad thing. Is there really that big a difference between them?
“It is preferred that an adult can give the child in their care both, making them safe and happy.”
Yeah, Harry’s aware.
Everyone has been telling him that they want him to be happy, stress free, normal. That they need him to be able to keep himself safe, not that they'd be the ones to get between him and a dementor.
“That is not always possible.” Snape says. Harry lifts his head up, nobody’s said that yet. That being happy and safe aren’t an option for him, which made him feel crazy—it's such an obvious thing. “Every time, should I have to make the choice, I would give you what you need. With our rapport, I cannot imagine a scenario where I enforce your needs, Harry, and you are able trust I am doing what's best for you."
Harry says, “But you… would. You'd give me what I need even if I argued with you." Nobody will argue with Harry. They just tell him what to do, not up for discussion. "That’s what you mean?”
“That is an accurate statement.”
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my lover - the brightest star in the sky by whoscountinganyway
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Apr 2026
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Remus chokes on his words. "But… he’s still my Padfoot.”
“Your Padfoot died the minute a dementor got to him.”
But that's not exactly true, is it? For Sirius Black is in front of him right now - skinnier than he should be, tattoos old and faded, bags under his eyes and somehow, he's still beautiful to Remus. It's easy to see that old heart throb through all the grief. He's a little crazy, aged, yes; the same is true for the werewolf. Beautiful, nonetheless. This man, his shining, half-destroyed star...
They didn't make it back to each other for no reason. All of this, it won't be for nothing.
Remus will get his Padfoot back if it kills him.
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