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1. Open at the Close by allthegoodnamesaretakendammit

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

   06 Aug 2017

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Albus Dumbledore/Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • AU
   • uhhhh
   • sorry I guess?
   • it just really wanted to be written
   • and it's very in-character?
   • I don’t know if this will make you feel better but Harry is technically over the age of consent
   • Age Difference
   • Mutual Pining
   • this is rated M because there’s no sex but christ would you look at the pairing
   • a revisionist history of sixth year
   • a reckoning of the interpersonal conflicts never fully resolved by the novels
   • and a reflection on the cruelties of time
   • Albus Dumbledore has a romantic soul and a strategic mind
   • Harry Potter is just a beautiful mess
   • grab a handkerchief
   • One Shot

   Summary

   Dumbledore teaches Harry Occlumency instead of Snape. It doesn't change much, except for the fact that it changes everything.

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   English

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