#perpetrating nerd design cliches

[easy-there-leftovers]

Me; writing about this story? Nah—

Me; making quick sketches of what the reader looked like in their fifth year because I’m playing HL?

Unfortunately, yeah—

S. Snape x reader angst idea

Don’t know if somebody wrote this already but imagine something like—

You know how Harry, and therefore the audience, was essentially lead to believe that Snape despised Harry for being too much like James but was actually caring for and protecting him because of his love for Lily?

Keep that, but add a professor! reader to the mix that, since day one, has treated Harry how a mother or aunt would her own son or nephew. Making people think that it’s because James and/or Lily was a dear friend of hers—or perhaps that she was in love with the pure blood himself— but was actually doing it because she thinks that it’s one of the only ways to comfort Severus— to save him from grieving.

As if by taking care of the boy—guiding him— it would be the only way to keep Lily in their (her husband’s) life.

Idk,—reader having attended Hogwarts alongside Snape, and therefore the Marauders. Throughout the years, she had always been a dear friend to him and has always loved and cared for him in her own way! Aiding him in procuring ingredients, reading with him, encouraging him— (even if it meant supporting his efforts with the girl he actually likes)

Unfortunately, while Snape is aware of the reader’s feelings and has made it clear that he cannot return the sentiment in full, (despite his actions clearly showing otherwise), he is stuck dealing with his own problems + unrequited feelings for Lily.

Something something, reader and Snape get married anyway after Lily and James do, yadda yadda— reader and Snape are still close friends, but their marriage appears more like having the other as a live-in assistant—

Bonus points if reader is either a Slytherin (oh, to watch your housemate pine for another up close) or a Ravenclaw (always the stagehand, never in the spotlight)

Probably never going to write this, but PLEASE tag me if you do!! Not even for credit—I just really want to read this—