11 Works by pretiosus
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Both alone after the war, years pass and they are each unaware of the other.
Until a letter puts two and two together.
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A compilation of unrelated drabbles, fledgling ideas of ficlets, writing practice, and excerpts of works that may never come to light.
*Any triggers will be posted in the beginning notes.
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On the third anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, her grief consumes her whole. Everyone she knows is celebrating their victory, while she is holed up in her flat, writing letters to the casualties of a war she can’t get over.
She sends them, desperate as she is, and they come back, of course.
All but one.
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The cold persists, no matter how much tea she drinks, or how many blankets Harry brings over from Grimmauld Place.
She is dying.
Time takes its toll on her, merciless in its steadiness, as her soul sickness lulls her back to sleep.
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In Falling Resolute by pretiosus for thefrenchpress
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Dec 2022
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They have faced each other for years, pictures of politeness, until they enter the arena. All spells are permitted in a duel that lasts until one of them defeats the other, three times over.
He can't help but fall back on his caustic barbs, and she can only fight back, as she always has.
Both stubborn to a fault, their collision is inevitable. But do they know it?
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A potions master who has never been played for a fool, a witch who is the brightest of her age, and years of sitting on idle hands...
The devil has work to do.
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The first time she walks into Maillard is an accident. Or kind of an accident, because technically, she had followed the smell of chocolate down Charing Cross Road on her way to the tube, which she only takes home on her half-days at the Ministry.
It makes sense that she had gotten so lost in her thoughts that her feet just happened to take her somewhere different. After all, there was nothing, and no one, waiting for her at home. She shakes her head at the maudlin, convoluted intellection, and her eyes widen as her brain trips over its thoughts.
Standing at a glass case filled with pastries, a familiar, spiky script on the labels of cookie jars behind him, is none other than Severus Snape.
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It's been a long year, so with school finally out, Hermione and Severus take a trip to the beach. Only Hermione has a (wrapped) surprise for Severus, who can't resist taking a bite 🍑
(as in, Professor Granger goes through with a slightly Slytherin plan to seduce the Head of Slytherin house himself).
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He cannot discern his skin from the weightless darkness. Occasionally, if he turns this way and that, he can see others. Souls lit, sinking like he still does, falling into the netherworld. They plummet like stones, the waves and ripples thick and violent. Other times, they drift past him almost serenely. Then, something changes… a warm current eddies through the cool, a bright light growing in the dark. Was it falling, or was he floating?
Oh, but he wants to know where it’s going. He yearns toward that vivid burst of light, craving its warmth, with everything that remains of Severus Snape. He sees her, a folded form of a familiar woman. Her curls brush against his nose, tingling against his lips. As she stills, he pulls away to look at her.
It's Hermione Granger, her hair a halo around her sleeping face.
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The war was over. She was still spinning, flitting between the survivors, barely keeping her head above water. At the end of the day, everyone around her was either grieving or recovering, and she had no where left to go. In a new world, one that she had helped bring about... what remains?
Starts in the September following the Battle of Hogwarts.
Title from "You Can Love Me — The Boxer Rebellion". -
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It was on one last mission to Paris, beneath the glimmering gold of the Pont Alexander III, where two partnered aurors cornered an ever-elusive Death Eater revivalist. One partner falls, and the other is brought to his knees.
A story of friendship, forgiveness, and the facets of fate.
Title from Caught by the Light by The Boxer Rebellion.