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• To make an Omelette by Dufferpuff

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
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  • Complete Work

  30 Jun 2025

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  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Remus Lupin & Severus Snape
  • Severus Snape
  • Remus Lupin
  • plastic chicken timer
  • Not Beta Read
  • not actually therapy
  • Emotional Baggage
  • Emotional Hurt
  • Angst
  • Character Study
  • Survivor Guilt
  • Guilt
  • Remus Lupin Needs a Hug
  • and also a kick up the arse
  • Severus Snape is So Done
  • Past Character Death
  • References to Depression
  • Physical Disability
  • Psychological Trauma
  • Medicinal Drug Use
  • Moony’s Midlife Crisis Fest 2025
  • Pathetic Remus Lupin
  • Hopeful Ending
  • i've never written a fic before so I don't know how to tag correctly
  • a little rushed - I found the fest very late and was inspired to try haha

  Summary

  Post-war, Remus Lupin is 'rewarded' for his service with a cramped office and a mandated job as a 'mind healer' - a farce as hollow as his shell of a life.
  A session with Severus Snape shatters into decades of guilt, vicious truths - and the ugliest question of all: How do you rebuild when all you’ve ever done is break things?

  (AU: Tonks died. Severus and Remus survived.)

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