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Twisting of canon starting immediately after OotP and going through HBP. Major canon points in play. As the war escalates, those on both sides find themselves caught between doing what is right and what is easy, and oh, what dreams may come. The Dark must have the Light, and the Light must have the Dark - bone of the father, blood of the mother, the meddling of old fools and the hubris of youth. Whispers of the past meet the potentiality of the future as Harry comes of age in an age of war, where deception is the currency of the day and its cost is highest for those with the most to lose.
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- Part 1 of The Light and The Dark
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28 Sep 2025
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After the events at the Department of Mysteries in June—and all that came after—Harry finds himself once again stranded at Number Four Privet Drive. With only his own thoughts to keep him company, he takes to writing letters to the only person he thinks can help, if only he were still alive to do so.
As it turns out, though, sometimes help can arrive in even the most unexpected of forms too.
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23 Sep 2025
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Just before his eleventh birthday, Harry is found in a dark London alleyway. He is subsequently taken to stay in the home of one Severus Snape until he begins Hogwarts. Harry isn't quite sure what possessed him to agree to this arrangement, and Severus has no intention of allowing Potter's unfortunate progeny to get under his skin, but this is a Severitus fic, we all know how it ends.
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- 60/60
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23 Sep 2025
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Harry’s post-war “eighth year” back at Hogwarts was supposed to be a time for reflection, healing, and maybe even naps. Instead, he’s sharing a dorm with Draco Malfoy, who owns a cat Harry suspects is planning his demise, criticizes Harry as a pastime, and weaponizes passive-aggression like a Slytherin art form. What begins as a series of petty arguments and suspiciously smug eye contact slowly morphs into something far more dangerous: feelings. Unfortunately, Harry might just be falling in love—out of spite.
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- 34/34
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21 Sep 2025
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Returning to Hogwarts after the war should have been simple—finish classes, try to heal, and pretend nothing had changed. But nothing is simple where Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are concerned.
Between late-night study sessions, hesitant truces, and the slow collapse of every wall they’ve ever built, Harry begins to wonder if starting over might be the most dangerous thing he’s ever done.
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Two boys who were never supposed to be anything but enemies, learning how to want, how to hope, and how to love.Bookmarked by OpenWaters
21 Sep 2025