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   Snape's Promise by melolcatsi

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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   • Work in Progress

   05 May 2020

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   • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter
   • Severus Snape
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Bellatrix Black Lestrange
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Vernon Dursley
   • Petunia Evans Dursley
   • Dudley Dursley
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Narcissa Black Malfoy
   • Severitus
   • Severus Snape Adopts Harry Potter
   • Young Harry
   • Good Severus Snape
   • Pre-Hogwarts
   • Gen or Pre-Slash
   • Alternate Universe
   • Adoption
   • Eventual cuddles
   • Fluff
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • not too plotty
   • filling an emotional void in canon
   • Parent Severus Snape
   • Young Harry Potter
   • Severus Snape Has a Heart

   Summary

   AU:Dumbledore decides that the Dursleys are not a suitable family for Harry. He asks Snape to take in his rival's son, appealing to the man's enduring devotion to Lily and the promise he made to her. A reluctant Snape takes in an eight-year-old Harry on a provisional basis. Severitus: Snape as Harry's guardian (not biological father) NOT SLASH, pairings TBD.

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