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1. To make an Omelette by Dufferpuff

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   30 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Remus Lupin & Severus Snape
   • Severus Snape
   • Remus Lupin
   • plastic chicken timer
   • Not Beta Read
   • not actually therapy
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Angst
   • Character Study
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Guilt
   • Remus Lupin Needs a Hug
   • and also a kick up the arse
   • Severus Snape is So Done
   • Past Character Death
   • References to Depression
   • Physical Disability
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Medicinal Drug Use
   • Moony’s Midlife Crisis Fest 2025
   • Pathetic Remus Lupin
   • Hopeful Ending
   • i've never written a fic before so I don't know how to tag correctly
   • a little rushed - I found the fest very late and was inspired to try haha

   Summary

   Post-war, Remus Lupin is 'rewarded' for his service with a cramped office and a mandated job as a 'mind healer' - a farce as hollow as his shell of a life.
   A session with Severus Snape shatters into decades of guilt, vicious truths - and the ugliest question of all: How do you rebuild when all you’ve ever done is break things?

   (AU: Tonks died. Severus and Remus survived.)

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