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   Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James Potter/Severus Snape
   • Sirius Black/Severus Snape
   • Lily Evans Potter & Severus Snape
   • Severus Snape
   • James Potter
   • Sirius Black
   • Lily Evans Potter
   • Marauders (Harry Potter)
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Marauders Era (Harry Potter)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Obsessive Behavior
   • Dark James Potter
   • Dark Sirius Black
   • Imprisonment
   • First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Happy Ending
   • (depends on who you're asking)
   • fyi ask James
   • Cuz Sev does not have a good time
   • Severus Snape-centric
   • James Potter Loves Severus Snape
   • Endgame James Potter/Severus Snape
   • Lily Evans Potter & Severus Snape Friendship

   Summary

   “We weren’t born birds. We’re snakes, you and I. Forever at eye-level with the ground, forced to slither between the heavy steps of a stampeding crowd. Find your wings,” Eileen would say, pawing at him with broken fingers,

   “–but when you do, don’t let them be clipped.”

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