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Five Fics Friday: January 17/25

Happy Friday everyone! I hope y'all have had a good week, and are ready to settle in with some more fantastic fics I've been recced recently! And be sure to give the boosted fic some extra love!!! Enjoy!

SIGNAL BOOSTING

Not One of Those Times by glass_rose_paperweight (G, 12,807 w., 3 Ch. || Star Trek AU || Tags to be Added) – When medical officer John Watson, of the United Federation of Planets, beams aboard a Borg ship with a small group of fellow crewmen in an attempt to blow the ship up, he knew there were a million ways the mission could go wrong. What he doesn't anticipate is who he finds on the ship. Intended to be understandable, even if you don't have much knowledge of Star Trek. As long as you have a passing understanding of who the Borg are, you should be able to read this fic.

RECENT MFLs

Accidentally On Purpose by merelypassingtime (G, 1000 w., 1 Ch. || Three Continents Watson, First Kiss, Fluff, Sherlock Speaks French) – Sherlock is injured so, of course, John has to help him any way he can.

Sherlock Spills the Beans by wendymarlowe (E, 6,635 w., 5 Ch. || Frottage, Straight John, Gay Sherlock, Lestrade Has A Secret) – Sherlock blurts out some extremely intimate details about John's sexual habits, during a case, right in front of Greg and Sally and a witness (who happens to be a former one-night-stand of John's). John is furious that Sherlock would let the Yard assume he had first-hand knowledge of John's behavior in bed, but Sherlock doesn't see what the problem is - he's deduced everything he needs to know already, so why hide it? Especially when he's got some suggestions of his own... Part 18 of John and Sherlock's Kinky First Times

Meet Ugly by JRow (T, 9,766 w., 5 Ch. || Alternate First Meeting AU || ASiP Divergence, Meet Ugly) – One encounter with a gorgeous madman is a good story. Twice is a crazy coincidence. Three times might just be fate.

Unrequited but Not Much Longer by Rini2012 &  SHwithDefectiveTransport (M, 126,423 w., 14 Ch. || S4 Rewrite, Past Mary/John, John's In a Coma, Therapy, Homophobia, First Time, Rosie Growing Up, Mary is Good, Adoption, Slow Burn, PTSD, John's Blog, Pets, Developing Relationship, Bisexual John, Demisexual Sherlock, Virgin Sherlock) – John Watson has woken up from a coma only to find out that everything that happened in The Final Problem was part of a coma dream. Not only that, but Sherlock has child-proofed the flat and had been taking care of Rosie during the 2 month period John was unconscious. For years the two were willing to die for each other, but for both of them, it runs much deeper than friendship. Will they finally tell each other how they feel? Can they find the woman who posed as John's therapist? How will Sherlock and John raise a baby in 221B with their lifestyle?

[leosficlist]

Johnlock Smut List part 4!

Smut List 1, Smut List 2, Smut List 3, Smut & Fluff

As always, these smut lists have little to no plot, and are often first times & getting together. I’m a sucker for that tension breaking.

John and Sherlock's Kinky First Times by wendymarlowe 250k words spread over 46 stories.

I GOTTA recommend this entire collection! There is a theme or prompt that everyone will like, and it has been an active running series since 2013, and was just updated with a new story this past July 2024. I have read almost every store in here, and many multiple times. Thank you wendymarlowe!

Right Foot Red by Irrevocably_Sherlocked 3k words

"..ok, it’s juvenile, but at least it’s a game where touching is allowed. And if something more were to happen, well, John can’t say he’d be too upset about that.

“What are the rules of this game?” Sherlock asks, the disdain evident on the word ‘game’.

“I spin, you do as I say.” John thinks he sees a slight widening of those pale grey eyes at that, just for a fraction of a second, before it is shut down. Oh, this is interesting, he thinks."

Right Here by EstherShapiro 

A little ficlet with very little plot. Post-case, first-time possessive sex and sentiment. Basically? 1400 words of John owning a certain consulting detective's arse.

Everything and This by suitesamba 2.7k

Sherlock and John’s relationship moves from platonic to physical with no fanfare, no explosive arguments, no drunken confessions. It was just John doing what he always did, and Sherlock finding a fitting new way to thank him.

Not like I love you by TeaHouseMoon 2.6k

“So, if we wanted to… Er. Do. What you – what you said. What would be – how would we, do it?”

John looks over at Sherlock, as he's sitting at the living room table, fingers fiddling with the fork from his Mrs Hudson-cooked breakfast. He isn't looking at him and his face is flushed, his cheeks almost visibly red.

notes: dirty talk

Chain Reaction by Weisse_Rose 1.6k

John tries something new and is surprised at the reaction he gets from Sherlock.

notes: For those of you who like Sherlocks sexuality to be like a dam breaking.

Deduced by sleepingirl 5.5k

"You like my voice," Sherlock said, interrupting him. "It arouses you."

John shut his eyes for a moment, trying to claim back some sense of decency, trying to will his prick not to twitch. "Oh, it took you that long to catch on?" It came out weakly, but enough sarcasm to keep him afloat.

"Of course not. I'm flirting, John, keep up."

A Million Ways by Mazarin221b 1.8k words

John is the master of the sneak attack; the sniper kiss to the back of the neck, the surprise snog in the kitchen, and because of this, Sherlock's inexplicable elusiveness only makes him want to try harder.

notes: sherlock is a tease, getting together, tension

That One Last Tender Place (To Sink His Teeth In) by philalethia 6.1k words

In which John has an occasional kink for pain, Sherlock finds out and begins acting oddly, and John quickly becomes (pleasantly) overwhelmed. Lighthearted painplay fic.

notes: kink negotiation, getting together

Something Reckless by berlynn_wohl 1.6k words

"But you'll forgive my naivete..."

notes: first time hung!John results in Just The Tip

Exceptions by lily_winterwood 1.2k

Perhaps it's because it's Sherlock, because Sherlock has always been the exception in John's mind.

notes: post-case first time, lighthearted

In Good Hands by englandwouldfalljohn 1.2k words

As an ever-insistent Sherlock assists his flatmate with yoga stretches for his leg, he notices that more than John's muscles could use some attention...

Problematic by MrsNoggin 6.1k

Author’s summary: This could get to be a problem. Sherlock is semi-aware of his position and how he managed to get there, but has yet to figure a way out of it.

notes: first time, Sherlock is a sensory weirdo and John is in to it

[snarrybang]

Late night

by @flymetosnarryland, for wendymarlowe on AO3.

Explicit Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter/Severus Snape

Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy

Additional Tags: snarry, Art, Comic, Severus is Policeman, harry is a sex worker, NSFW Art, Muggle AU

Words: 499 (image description)

Summary: A little comic made for prompt: one or the other is a sex worker.

Here is the first panel; click the link above to see the whole comic!

Detailed ID under the cut

SnarryBANG! 2024 Gift Exchange AO3 collection

Guessing game: who wrote what?

Gorgeous banner by @ac1d6urn!

Banner ID: Severus scrutinizes Harry, who is face to face with Severus’ patronus, a silver doe with bright green eyes swooping in with the magic whirlwind resembling a winter blizzard. Both Harry and the doe are mesmerised with one another. The tip of Harry’s index finger is over the tip of Severus’ wand. Harry is holding up lily of the valley blossoms below the doe’s chin. Harry’s cravat is green with white decorations to match the flowers. Severus’ expression is stern and attentive. Behind him, bats descend from the top of the drawing. A tree stretches its branches behind Harry. They are enveloped in sunrise pinks and blues of the sky. A full moon hovers between Severus and Harry’s figures, with a solitary shadowed spec of a bat against its yellow glow.

First panel ID: Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape – both policemen (Severus has a badge on his jacket; wearing tie) – are talking on the street. There is a night sky with stars above them.

“We have successfully cleared the street of all sex workers. Except for this one. Our boss won’t be happy to hear that,” Lucius says.

Severus, who stand next to his partner with cigarette in his mouth, is looking at mentioned person in front of them. “Hm…”, he frowned.

“Any idea why he keeps coming back, Snape?” asked Lucius, raising one eyebrow.

Severus narrowed his eyes, smirking.

[snarryauctoberfest]

2023 Snarry AUctoberfest Masterlist 💚❤️

Without further ado, the masterlist for the House of Snarry’s 2023 Snarry AUctoberfest! Thanks to all the participants, Tumblr followers, Discord members, Snarry enthusiasts, and then some! You guys were amazing and we can’t wait to be back next year!

Podfic

💚❤️ Out of Place by Faelyee || T || 189 minutes   Podficcer: Cailynwrites (AO3) Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Harry wakes up and the world has changed. Then he does it again.

Filk

💚❤️ Game Over || T || 3 minutes   Filker: EleanorPhoenix (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

As the war ravages on, they meet again, years after Snape’s betrayal. Filk (fanmusic) to the tune of Zu Ende (Dracula the Musical original German performance).

Art

💚❤️ Kings of the Forest || G   Artist: SerenaEW (AO3) / @serenaew Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

There the trees, holly and oak, stood through sun and rain, always ready to spread their leaves over visitors and inhabitants of Hogwarts Castle who came their way. - modified according to Tate, W. K., Withers, S., Browne, H. (1917). The Child’s World.

💚❤️ Nightly Wanderings || G   Artist: Trueliarose (AO3) / @trueliarose Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Snarry AU - Cats Watercolour on paper, digitally edited

Art + Fanfic

💚❤️ How Deep a Promise Goes || M || 6.7k  Artist & Author: Evocative_Enigma (AO3) Archive Warning: Underage Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

When the owl Harry is gifted by Hagrid is threatened by his Uncle Vernon, Harry makes a solemn vow to protect his familiar from the man. This sets Harry’s life on course to be protected by the most unsuspecting characters.

Fanfic

💚❤️ all that’s left in the world || E || 16.8k Author: WeAreTheLuckyOnes (AO3) /  @peujeune Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

He’s a different person; he thinks differently. He used to think like a victim who had barely escaped their capture, but now… now maybe he thinks like a soldier; like a survivor. He thinks like a leader. He isn’t sure how he managed to land himself in this position, he never wanted to lead them, but he does, and he does it well. He’s kept most of them alive, somehow, through everything.

💚❤️ The Barter System || G || 5.6k  Author: whythehellnothavefun (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

The first conversation they had resulted in a breakup. Things can only get better from here. Right?

💚❤️ Brat! || E || 25.7k  Author: Coconutice22 (AO3) / @coconutice22 Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

“Every child in the world will know his name!” With Voldemort gone forever, Harry’s childhood goes a little differently. Years later, Severus is called in to help deal with Harry’s magical outbursts. Life will never be the same again.

💚❤️ Calamity at the Canadian Call Centre || E || 3.7k  Author: Coconutice22 (AO3) / @coconutice22 Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Harry has a bad day at work. His manager calls him into his office to check up on him.

💚❤️ For I Have Found Salvation || E || 7.1k  Author: lumosatnight (AO3) / @lumosatnight Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Severus is a priest, and Harry is the parishioner who may just make him break his vows of celibacy.

💚❤️ Harry Potter and the Monster in the Woods || T || 5.8k  Author: wendymarlowe (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Harry is sent into the woods to be sacrificed to the creature who lives there in exchange for the creature lifting his curse on Harry’s village. Harry is rather surprised not to be eaten. The creature is rather surprised that Harry turns out to be a tolerable life companion.

💚❤️ i would follow you into the deep || T || 3.5k  Author: DandelionConstellation (AO3) / @dandelionstars  Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Last year, when Harry Potter dove into the Black Lake to retrieve a treasure he’d sorely miss, he hadn’t counted on finding an even greater prize in the murky depths. Severus Snape, a merman of many talents, is a mystery that Harry is just itching to unravel.

💚❤️ In darkness, there is fear and comfort || T || 6.4k  Author: SerenaEW (AO3) / @serenaew Author: bluebird8683 (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

The anguished scream, muted only by distance, had his feet racing before he could even consciously recognize who the voice belonged to. Even if he wasn’t pulled to the sounds of agony and loss and despair like a bloodhound on a hunt, the fact he recognized the voice as Harry’s would have made him run regardless. Ten years after the end of the Wizarding War, Severus and Harry face their worst fears once more. They’ve changed and so have their fears.

💚❤️ Innocent Lilies || E || 1k  Author: emeraldlove (AO3) / @givereadersahug Archive Warning: Rape/Non-Con Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

It was bittersweet to have Harry as he was back then — a charming boy who asked after another’s health, who cared for the hippogriffs roaming the castle grounds, and who greeted Severus each day with a bashful hello. Now Harry was the Dark Lord, ruling the land with a tight grip and harsh declarations, so different from his first eighteen years of life. Severus receives confirmation one night. A 2HA Snarry inspired fic.

💚❤️ Just Me and You || E || 63.6k  Author: Somn (AO3) / @somnwritessometimes Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Harry was just trying to get supplies but winds up completely alone and in dire straits. Just when it looks like he might really be finished, his magic spontaneously Apparates him to Hogwarts…and delivers him right into Severus Snape’s clutches.

💚❤️ The London House || M || 21.5k  Author: Acid (AO3) / @ac1d6urn Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Severus never anticipated the stroke of luck which led him to discover kindred spirits in Muggle London, yet it turned his life around. He never expected to fall in love either, but he must now deal with the consequences. Written for a prompt: “At London Pride, Police Officer Harry clashes with Drag Queen Severus, who has An Opinion about cops at Pride.”

💚❤️ Long Time Coming || G || 6.6k  Author: Fikadrw (AO3) / @fika-drw Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

It is as easy as breathing. To fall in love with your best friend. To make your whole world revolve around each other. There are no timelines where we didn’t end up together. There are no timelines where your mere presence didn’t light up my day. You, my best friend, my lover, my spouse, are everything to me.

💚❤️ The Mail-Order Bridegroom || E || 7.6k  Author: maraudersaffair (AO3) / @maraudersaffair Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

It’s 1888, and Severus needs a spouse to help him manage his homestead. His friend Lucius submits an advertisement for a mail-order bridegroom and Harry answers the call.

💚❤️ The Mistake || NR || 593  Author: whythehellnothavefun (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

You know how embarrassed you feel after accidentally sending someone the wrong link? Wouldn’t you hate to imagine how bad it would be if you sent the wrong link to *two* people? Imagine no more.

💚❤️ Never in Your Favour || E || 20.8k  Author: zalil (AO3) Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Underage Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Muggle AU. Headmaster Dumbledore decides it is time for Harry to train resistance to interrogation so he can properly join the Order of the Ostrich. And who better to administer that training than his very own Chemistry teacher, Severus Snape? “I am not merely talking about discomfort – you will be hurt, you will need medical assistance, there is going to be a severe impact on your mental health as well. We will be far, far out of range of a student-teacher relationship.”

💚❤️ A Potter Thing || E || 5k  Author: Kuronekochan (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Severus had always been sensitive to other people’s magic. Lily’s relaxed him, the Marauders’ made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, and he vomited the one (and only) time he felt the Dark Lord’s. But Harry’s, the new Defense Professor’s, arousedhim. “You’ve been avoided me, Severus Snape.” “Hardly,” snapped Severus, turning his emotions to anger in a desperate bid to keep the arousal at bay. “Today, you stared down at your desk while thinking of another man. “And how did you even know what I was thinking anyway, you creep!” Potter pursed those plump and kissable lips of his in apparent annoyance. “That’s certainly no way for you to talk to a professor, Mr. Snape.” “Oh gods…you look so much like Potter I thought you’d be saved from the Black madness but you’re positively raving.” “You’re not the only one who feels it, you know,” Potter replied, his voice seeming to drop an octave as he did so. “It’s a Potter thing. From what James has told me, he’s felt the same pull from Lily since the moment he met her. Unfortunately, since she’s a Muggleborn, I suppose she’s not sensitive to it the way you are. Are you done fighting me now? Why deny what is inevitable?”

💚❤️ The Prince and the Painter || E || 8.3k  Author: Aeternum (AO3) / @aeternumregina Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

For the prompt: Renaissance!AU. King James and Queen Lily are trying to marry off their son, Prince Harry, and have hired Europe’s most revered court painter, Severus Snape, to paint a portrait of him to send out to prospective princesses. Severus is so charmed by Harry that he wants him for himself. His professional pride means he can’t bring himself to paint a bad portrait of him, but how can he prevent any royal wedding from taking place?

💚❤️ The Promise || M || 28k  Author: SquibNation10 (AO3) Archive Warning: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Violence Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Ever since Harry arrived at Hogwarts: Home for the Orphaned Magicals, his life has been perfect. all the Sisters are here to help, he has a family in his friends and is working hard to be Chosen to graduate. But Hogwarts is keeping a dark secret and Harry needs Severus now more than ever. Prompt 2023-197: Based on Promise Neverland Premise (you don’t need to read the story to read this one). “I want you to be part of that whole”- is a paraphrased quote I took from one of the main leads from the anime.

💚❤️ Receive You || T || 11.5k  Author: babygray (AO3) / @babygray Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

It was supposed to be a typical investigation, even if “unwanted mischief in Glenloris” left too much up for conjecture. Suspicious characters were sneaking around the ancient dragon tomb just outside of town, and Severus had been sent to look into it. Things become a bit more complicated, however, when a young man and his white horse come to town. Prompt: 0001 - Wild Card! Snarry meet-cute in a Skyrim reskin with a dash of Yakuza/Like a Dragon mixed in for flavor.

💚❤️ Resurgence || E || 37.9k  Author: armassy (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Prompt: #26: BDSM-AU: magical folk have certain dynamics between them. Magic ebbs and flows freely and healthily if one’s dynamic needs are met. Severus is a sub, but to keep his spywork perfect, he pretends to be a dom. It’s a thing that could seriously mess up a lesser wizard, but he is anything but lesser. He is not well though. Harry sees this, and, a dom through and through, craves to help. I love a good worldbuilding with these dynamics and the many ways bdsm-worlds could shape our favourite characters

💚❤️ Season of Growth || E || 25.8k  Author: sillybeans (AO3) Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Harry has everything he needs to live a simple but good life: a roof (and what a roof it is!) over his head, a loving family and a somewhat fulfilling job. What more could he want? Then he meets the prince’s new surly tutor, and everything changes.

💚❤️ A Stray Adventure || T || 6.6k  Author: Trueliarose (AO3) / @trueliarose Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Taking in an injured stray cat when walking home drunk was an idiotic idea; even more so if said cat turns out to be a (very attractive) wizard who captures Severus’ heart in an instant.

💚❤️ These Gifts are Made for Using || T || 9k  Author: whythehellnothavefun (AO3) Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Possessing the Family Gift is enough to elevate a half-blood or pureblood to become the Heir of a Family, regardless of the current Lord or Lady’s wishes. The Princes, Blacks and Potters each have Family Gifts, and in the annual Ceremony, Heirs are chosen, leaving some relatives… disappointed. The 1970 Ceremony will change people’s lives, for better and for worse.

💚❤️ Unexpected Suitor || T || 6k  Author: GenesisCrisis (AO3) Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Prompt: Historical AU. Harry must marry before his 25th birthday in order to receive his inheritance or see it given to a distant relative, but he has driven off every suitor. Fed up, Lily decides he can marry her childhood friend Severus, who won’t let himself be scared off by Harry’s antics. James is less enthused, but can see no other option for Harry to receive his inheritance. - “Severus, you’d be perfect!” “Excuse me?” exclaimed James and Harry simultaneously, one horrified, the other shocked. Severus’ eyes narrowed. “I’m not quite sure what you mean, Lily.” -

💚❤️ Whiskey and Whine || E || 5.5k  Author: Likelightinglass (AO3) / @likelightinglass Author: Serpenscript (AO3) Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Omega Severus Snape and his Alpha Harry Potter have some fun between classes. But they aren’t alone!

💚❤️ Wicked Wiesn || E || 18.2k  Author: Trueliarose (AO3) / @trueliarose Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Tumblr Post: Link AO3: Link

Severus fought tooth and nail to be spared the experience of visiting the famous Oktoberfest with his colleagues, but of course Albus made him come. Being forced to endure the crowds of people, a handsome waiter catches his eye. Maybe this whole affair is not as bad as it seems, and maybe Severus can find something (or someone) to enjoy this craziness.

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💚 HoS Members’ Recs: Self Rec ❤️

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*Sorry for the repost! In the process of fixing a mistake, I accidentally deleted the original post. This mod and Tumblr are not on good terms right now. lol BUT! We added one more fic and it's a doozy! Check it out! And hopefully there are no more mistakes. *crossing fingers

- Scarlet It's NaNoWriMo! While we are busy creating new fics and art and rec lists and everything under the sun for our fav ship, what about some self-recs? Here are some of our fav Snarry works made by us! As we look forward to accomplishing our goals, we got to give appreciation to the works we've done in the past. <3

Art

🎨 Little Christmas story - @flymetosnarryland (AO3) with a snippet on Tumblr

🎨 Severus in red + Under the Influence Harry - @ofnightsndsongs (AO3)

Choose Your Own Adventure

🌸 What Comes Next (And How to Like It) - @likelightinglass (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 28.6k

A choose your own adventure fic! You are Severus Snape. You survived against all odds, and now it's time to take life into your own hands. What will you do with this gift of a second chance, and how will you find your happy ending? Your happy ending is pretty much always Harry Potter, but there's so many fun ways to get there.

Fanfic

📚 B.R.E.D - Elffaw Rated E, Word Count 5.3k

“You have been summoned here today,” he said, each word crisp and clear, “to partake in a physical examination required by the Ministry itself; in other words, you will be B.R.E.D.”

📚 Certain Dark Things - @liladiurne (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 50.3k

“You want me. I know you do.” I was too worn-out by then to even deny it. In the light of day, with only the summer wind and the cicadas to hear, it didn’t seem necessary to hide it. “It doesn’t matter, Harry. This can never happen.” He stared at me some more, and I did my best not to falter under those shimmering eyes. “I won’t tell anyone, if that’s what you’re worried about,” he assured me.“ I know you wouldn’t,” I added, insisting on the conditional. I didn’t like the way he’d spoken as if it had already happened. As if I had already lost. Perhaps I already had. In which Severus takes a trip to Italy, thinking he'll have a quiet time at the Malfoys' villa, but Harry has other plans. Written for prompt #182: AU. Harry never lived with the Dursleys. He was adopted by the reformed Malfoys as an infant. He is secretly in love with his adopted father's best friend, Severus Snape.

📚 Contempt - @danpuff-ao3 (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 20k

Harry hates Snape, and he always will. (He will, won’t he?)

📚 Courting Day - wendymarlowe Rated M, Word Count 42.8k

It's Courting Day: seventh- and eighth-year students get the chance to declare their intentions to formally woo each other. The only way for Harry to avoid being a matrimonial target is to put in a declaration of his own. Surely if he picks someone who would never in a million years accept his suit, he'll escape unscathed...

📚 dream a little dream of me - @dandelionstars (AO3) with art by @acydpop (AO3) Rated T, Word Count 4.6k

While Severus was not a strong enough Seer to receive complete soulmate dreams, unfortunately, he had just enough power to catch fleeting moments of his soulmate. These flashes of intense joy were more of a curse than a blessing. Despair was suffocating when his hopes were dashed again and again like carved crystal, inevitably shattered on the floor. A Snarry Soulmate AU

📚 For I Have Found Salvation - @lumosatnight (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 7.1k

Severus is a priest, and Harry is the parishioner who may just make him break his vows of celibacy.

📚 Harry Potter’s Avada Kedavra Wedding - whythehellnothavefun Rated M, Word Count 11.4k

(From The Book of Terms And Their Definitions, page 101) Avada Kedavra Wedding: noun, informal, see also: Avada Kedavra Marriage An enforced or hurried wedding, due to one member being pregnant or under blackmail, potentially to gain access to another’s vault(s) and/or properties. (See also: Muggle Oxford English Dictionary, shotgun wedding/shotgun marriage)

📚 Invisible String - @givereadersahug (AO3) Rated G, Word Count 3.7k

The first time Harry saw Snape's black eyes — him truly acknowledging Snape's existence beyond him being his mean professor — it was the night after Harry killed Professor Quirrell. He was dreaming, and in his dreams, he was screaming. Harry dreams of Severus over the years.

📚 On the Origins of Dementors - DarkTony Rated G, Word Count 2.6k

Amidst the pages of tomes that now remain unread,there a story, a fable, a legend goes of a man made of misery…

📚 Sir Saisir - @coconutice22 (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 27k

Some things that glitter are gold. Twenty years after defeating Lord Voldemort, Severus has a meet-cute at a, ahem, private members' club.

📚 The Beat of Their Own Drum - @aeternumregina (AO3) Rated M, Word Count 2.4k

Harry sees Snape dancing at a bar, and is instantly enthralled by this new, carefree person who barely seems to resemble his old teacher.

📚 The Way Death Clutches At Life - @tax-onomic (AO3) Rated E, Word Count 7k

Death is permanent, unless it is not.

📚 This is not my beautiful wife - Klari Rated M, Word Count 35.9k

What happened after Harry smashed up Dumbledore’s office? With Sirius dead and his plans to run away from the Wizarding World on hold, Harry is on the edge— literally, and Severus manages to learn rather a lot about him at the top of the Astronomy Tower.

📚 Wish not for a soul that is full of sin - @serenaew (AO3) Rated T, Word Count 4.7k

After all, a flighty soul could not return to the water, or to the earth, as they maintained all life eventually should. (What one did not have, they believed, could not be broken.) Prologue to the merman!Snape, amnesia AU no one asked for.

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Snarry Fairy Tale AU Rec List [ 5 ]

Gasp! I can't believe I have read fifty (Yes, you didn't misread) fairy tale theme work. While I'm well aware that all of it might not be considered 'fairy tale' enough, as long as it had a tiny implication that it is a Fairy Tale AU or inspired, it will be included. So enjoy this list!

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Harry Potter and the Well at the World's End by mirawonderfulstar

Rating: General Audiences || Words: 1,272

Summary: "Once upon a time there was a young Prince named Severus. Being in possession of neither fortune nor the physical beauty and charms to secure one, he was forced to work for the cruel and violent Lord regent who had ruled his kingdom since he was a small boy…" A Snarry Fairy Tale (a Snairy Tale?) for Happy Snape Week.

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The Rune King by PiperDerg

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences || Words: 11,199

Summary: Harry is a thief that works in magical runes stealing where he can and trying (sometimes) to do good with it. Until he gets caught and stuck in a marriage that he's not entirely sure he wants out of.

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Silas Barnaby and the Green-Eyed Dragon Boy by suitesamba

Rating: General Audiences || Words: 13,217

Summary: Silas Barnaby enjoys a perfectly ordinary life as a museum guard in York and – until these last weeks, at least – did not see spectacled cats, ghosts in graveyards, or heads in fireplaces. What’s more, the green-eyed man in the portrait in the Dumbles gallery is definitely not winking at him. A tale of sacrifice, forgiveness and people who aren’t at all what they seem.

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in time of lilacs by NecromanticNoir

Rating: Not Rated || Words: 9,799

Summary: Severus has only spent one night with the Omega - surely this melancholia cannot be… Pining Sickness?

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Sleeping Beauty by DobbyRocksSocks

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences || Words: 2,796

Summary: Despite the Death of the Dark Lord, Potter still manages to get himself into trouble. Can Severus save him?

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Rings of fate. by Bluemoondreams

Rating: Mature || Words: 11,373

Summary: There is a lord of the rings feel to this story. Complicated romance between elf wizards. Very much an AU. Just done for fun really, so please don't take this so seriously.

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Rings of fate. by Bluemoondreams

Rating: Mature || Words: 11,373

Summary: There is a lord of the rings feel to this story. Complicated romance between elf wizards. Very much an AU. Just done for fun really, so please don't take this so seriously.

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Requiem At Dusk by Femme (femmequixotic)

Rating: Explicit || Words: 48,929

Summary: Harry would do anything for his son, even follow in Orpheus's footsteps.

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Prince Forgetful by agneskamilla

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences || Words: 8,747

Summary: Prince Severus lost his memories but found some new allies.

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Wish not for a soul that is full of sin by SerenaEW

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences || Words: 4,798

Summary: After all, a flighty soul could not return to the water, or to the earth, as they maintained all life eventually should. (What one did not have, they believed, could not be broken.) Prologue to the merman!Snape, amnesia AU no one asked for.

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Harry Potter and the Monster in the Woods by wendymarlowe

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences || Words: 5,833

Summary: Harry is sent into the woods to be sacrificed to the creature who lives there in exchange for the creature lifting his curse on Harry's village. Harry is rather surprised not to be eaten. The creature is rather surprised that Harry turns out to be a tolerable life companion.

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[echoofawind]

This reminds me of Hadiya from Courting Day by wendymarlowe! Hadiya was made of silver or something like that.

I love reading Slytherin harry fics

I can't remember which fic has the one snake familiar that is white.

[wizardingworldlibrary]

Sub Severus Snape Masterlist

Links Last Checked: May 20th, 2024

A Neko's Master (ao3) - LadyZabini Harry/Snape E, 6k (WIP)

Summary: What happens when James and Lily decide not to follow Dumbles advice and go into hiding but move away

What is up With Harry. Why is Severus important

Denial by Mail (ao3) - Likelightinglass Harry/Snape M, 1k

Summary: Severus receives some instructions to spice up his alone time.

Lies of the Bold (fanfiction.net) - koishii-tenshi Snape/Voldemort M, 11k

Summary: Severus is ousted by none other than Dumbledore in a ploy to get his Golden Boy back after he was captured by Lord Voldemort. But is all as it seems? Follow his tale as he learns how far and how deep the manipulations of an old man can run, and re-evaluates what it means to be a wizard.

Obsession & Abduction: Taken (ao3) - Trickster32 James/Snape, Lucius/Narcissa M, 21k (WIP)

Summary: The Princes develop a plan after Severus had escaped their clutches 1975 to change the course of history. To save and protect Severus, Honoria Prince will use a special time turner and return to the past - 9th January 1962 - she will rescue the toddler and bring him home to the Prince Estate. He will be blood-adopted and raised as a pureblood. Lord Prince had declared war against Albus Dumbledore and his ilk. He will nobody allow to use his heir for any crazy schemes, and personally choose the best suitor for his son and heir A.S.A.Prince

Who will it be James Potter or someone else?

Revenge and Redemption (ao3) - sycorax Luna/Snape/Tonks E, 7k

Summary: Luna was still in the Safe House, still unconscious, still hurt. Tonks bit her lower lip hard, wishing to get revenge, if not from the Death Eaters that had done that to Luna, then from herself for not being able to protect her.

Severus's rich bass spoke again. "I've done everything I could, Dora."

She knew that, of course. She'd been there when Severus took care of Luna. He always did everything he could, and what he could do was often remarkable.

survival bonds (ao3) - younoknowme93 Harry/Snape E, 132k

Summary: Voldemort has found the Dursley residence, with no where else to hide the boy who lived Dumbledore crafts an unconventional plan to keep Harry safe- much to his and Snape's dismay.

The Dragonhide Corset (ao3) - wendymarlowe Harry/Snape E, 3k

Summary: A PWP in which a post-war Harry invents delightfully depraved sex toys, tests them on Severus, and Severus loves every minute of it.

The Last Bedroom Down the Hall (ao3) - Small_Days Kingsley/Snape, Harry/Kingsley/Snape E, 2k

Summary: After the war, Grimmauld Place has become a safe house for order members. Under the guise of his invisibility cloak, Harry slips into his friends' bedrooms at night, soothed by the sight of them sleeping. However, one night he stumbles upon a certain couple and watching them quickly becomes an addiction. PWP.

Two Dominates and One Submissive (fanfiction.net) - SlashyMcGee Harry/Snape/Remus T, 3k

Summary: Harry and Remus are both Dominates and Severus is their submissive.

You let me (ao3) - Mersheeple Hermione/Snape, Hermione/Lucius, + more E, 27k

Summary: By day, Hermione Granger works a run of the mill job at the Ministry. By night, Hermione has a secret life as a paid Dominatrix and Mistress. What happens when she finds herself falling in love with one client and learning things about herself along the way?

[khorazir]

“Quarantine haircut”

Inspired by the marvellous fanfic Quarantine by @wendymarlowe which is updating in real time and is just brilliant. The drawing is also for this month’s @sherlockchallenge: Grow.

[swissmissficrecs]

Word count: 2303 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson Additional Tags: AU, Massage Therapy AU, alternate first meeting Summary:

AU in which Sherlock is a massage therapist and John is a client recently returned from Afghanistan with a shoulder injury that won't go away. Sherlock demonstrates some... unconventional methods, to John's complete approval.

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Quickrec: Sherlock basically give the best massage in the world. I could feel those hands setting every knot of tension free. Thoroughly satisfactory and indulgent, with the potential to become much more.

[cupidford]

Five Times Sherlock Reads John's Mind (+1 he doesn't have to) by wendymarlowe

Johnlock Love Letters #1736

Sherlock's powers of deduction allow him to practically read John's mind. Except when they don't.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday: April 11/25

Happy Friday everyone! Check out these fics added to my MFL list this week, and be sure to give some extra love to the Boosted fics!!! Enjoy!!

SIGNAL BOOSTING

If Only She Said Yes! by Gregorovitch (G, 9,755w, 1 Ch. || Sherlock & Co. || Case Fic, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Bittersweet Ending, Light Humour, Gaslighting, Manipulation, Medical Negligence) – The story of a doctor (a specialist) finding loopholes in the law and using them for his own benefit (sorta successfully). Sherlock and co. to the rescue!

Eyes Like the Sea by winterdaphne2 (M, 14,055 w., 1 Ch. || Post-TLD / TFP Does Not Exist, Angst, Unhealthy Relationships, Abusive Relationships, Ambiguous/Open Ending) – Sherlock and John are in love. After the morgue, maybe that isn’t enough anymore.

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One in Ten Thousand by Blind_Author (G, 1,736 w., 1 Ch. || Post-TGG, John's Shoulder Injury) – John seems to have unusual mobility for a shoulder wound… Just a random snippet that came into my mind, set after TGG. Largely gen, but could be interpreted as pre-slash.

Sherlock, Overwhelmed by wendymarlowe (E, 5,682 w., 2 Ch. || Graphic Violence, BAMF John, First Time, Blow Jobs, Oral Sex) – BAMF!John gets a chance to show off a bit during a case. Sherlock realized he likes being manhandled just a bit more than he ought to for someone who insists he has no interest in his flatmate. It turns out John specializes in deducing attraction, though, and Sherlock can't keep it a secret forever. Not even through supper, in fact. Part 9 of John and Sherlock's Kinky First Times

Best Man Bender by Silvergirl (M, 30,120+ w., 16/20 Ch. || WiP || Post-TSo3, Love Sickness, Drugs, Boredom, Reluctant Allies, POV Sally, POV John, Mutual Pining, Not-Nice Mary, Angst with a Happy Ending) – Sherlock counted on John to know how and when to pivot. John hopes he's done it right.

[leosficlist]

Johnlock Smut Rec List!

Porn without plot, just for the sake of getting it on. Will contain a lot of first times, since that is my cup of tea. <3

Smut List 2, Smut List 3, Smut & Fluff

Take Everything by akitsuko 2.1k words

John fucks Sherlock's face, and Sherlock discovers that he loves it.

Belt-Fed Cock by VulgarWeed 4k words

Some babies are born with hair, or with teeth. Some with a caul, some with a tail. Sherlock Holmes was born with an olive drab bandana in his right pocket.

notes: dirty talk, military gangbang fantasy, est rel

A Hot Day by Avice 2k words

A heat wave hits London – Sherlock and John make the best of it without leaving Baker Street.

notes: first time

Alarmed by RosaPotentis 8.9k words

Set after Scandal in Belgravia. John asks Sherlock about Mycroft's snide remarks, and it goes from there. All smut, no plot. Second chapter added by popular demand.

notes: switching, love confessions

Groceries by mochi_face 5.9k words

John thinks Sherlock does nothing when he's out getting the groceries each week. But that's the time when Sherlock rolls around in John's bed.

Straddled by jamlockk 2.9k

Sherlock gets a bump on the head and his mouth runs away with him a bit. Fortunately John overhears. Then smexin'. Yup, that's about it.

The Perfect Specimen by Cleo2010 16k words

After seeing John undressed for the first time and making certain observations, Sherlock quickly becomes obsessed with a certain body part belonging to his flatmate. This is the story of how that first sighting came to be and the following attempts to learn more.

notes: part of a series that includes first time bottomlock

Sherlock Discovers "Three Continents Watson" by wendymarlowe 13.6k words

When Sherlock learns what John "Three Continents" Watson's army nickname is for, he realizes he's got the perfect opportunity for a first-hand experiment in physical passion from the one person he can actually stand to be touched by. John thinks there might be a bit more to it than that.

How to reduce your consulting detective to a pliant puddle by Weisse_Rose

Sherlock gets frustrated over the puzzle of Moriarty's return. John offers stress relief. Post-HLV fluffy fluffness.

notes: massage, coming in pants

Couch Wars by katyb64 6.7k words

John is awoken from a lovely nap by his dickhead of a flatmate lying on top of him. Obviously John is displeased, and as they argue Sherlock gets into John's space and John... Reacts.

Deduced by sleepingirl 5.5k words

"You like my voice," Sherlock said, interrupting him. "It arouses you."

John shut his eyes for a moment, trying to claim back some sense of decency, trying to will his prick not to twitch. "Oh, it took you that long to catch on?" It came out weakly, but enough sarcasm to keep him afloat.

"Of course not. I'm flirting, John, keep up."

The Couch Experiment by 221bRosieWilde 1.7k words

Fill for kink prompt: Sherlock sleepily nuzzling onto John's lap, which turns into Sherlock sucking off John. I'm sorry jesus.

Obsession, Appassionato by shinychimera, Yeomanrand

John is late, and he hasn't called, and Sherlock works himself into a state.

notes: jealous sherlock, first kiss, possessive first time

[snarrybang]

This is it, folks - the whole SnarryBANG! 2023 smörgåsbord is fully posted on AO3 and in our #snarrybang23 tag. Fics, playlists, podfics, art... Seventeen Snarry collabs!

All kinds of Snarry flavours for all tastes :D

Banner Description: This is a black and white picture. Harry and Severus are framed in a Polaroid-like photographed, taped to the banner. Both have their eyes open and smiling slightly, although Severus's is more like a smirk. Event name and info are to their right. By @flymetosnarryland !

Below the cut lies the treasure :D

Promises, promises... Fic by @serenaew , art and banner by @acydpop General Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 4,990

Summary: Healer Harry Potter has been pining after his former-professor-turned-occasional-consultant-colleague Severus for a while now, but he doesn't believe anything will come out of it. Turns out, his children, Jamie, Al and Lily, have a surprise for his birthday — will he like it? Tumblr post

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where the sky meets the sea Fic by @peujeune, art and banner by @flymetosnarryland Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 11,664

Summary: After the Final Battle, Severus disappears to South England leaving the wizarding world to believe he's dead. He'd meant to live the rest of his life out alone, dying in obscurity, but a pesky siren who's decided he's Severus's new best friend puts a dampener on that plan. And Severus, surprisingly, does not seem to mind at all. Tumblr post

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Eavesdropper Fic by Wendymarlowe, art and banner by @acydpop Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 2,439

Summary: Severus Snape never really learns to play the violin, exactly. There wouldn’t have been the money, even if his father wasn’t tippling away his occasional paycheques. That doesn’t stop Severus’s violin from being his earliest and most prized possession, though - summoning it from thin air had been his first accidental magic, pulling it to and from wizardspace as easy as breathing, and he guards his secret jealously for years. The music comes from somewhere inside him, set free the moment he set bow to strings. Tumblr post

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The Curse of Anteros Fic, playlist, and banner by @danpuff-ao3, art by @mrviran Explicit Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Word Count: 52k

Summary: When Harry is cursed, he seeks out Severus Snape. They have a long history behind them, after all, and they've always had so much between them. Tumblr post

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Love from the Past Fic by @maraudersaffair, art by @stopme Explicit Underage Words: 14,447

Summary: When Harry loses his magic, he seeks out a cartomancer for help. She tells him his other half is dead and his future lies in the past. When he uses the spell she gives him, he accidentally Summons a teenage Severus from 1977. Tumblr post

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The Secret Life of Portraits Fic by @whimsyckle, art and banner by @acydpop Teen And Up Audiences Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Words: 6,462

Summary: Severus Snape tries to live the rest of his after life as a portrait as uneventful as possible. Enter Harry Potter. Tumblr post

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A Shrouded Encounter Fic by @corinalannister, art and banner by @stopme Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 5,179

Summary: Harry has relationship issues because he is the Chosen One and everyone wants something from him—whether that’s fame, money or status—and Harry has had enough. He just wants a normal relationship. Harry asks his friend Neville for advice, and Neville recommends anonymous sex, his reasoning: if people don’t know he is Harry Potter then they can’t ask him for anything. This results in Harry visiting a glory hole and having the time of his life with someone who hates his guts. And, what better way to possibly start a relationship? Harry knows that if they don’t like him, then they certainly don’t want anything from him. Aside from sex. And Harry is fine with that. It’s a win-win. For both him and Severus. Tumblr post

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Detention with Snape Fic by @danzanelfuoco, art and banner by @acydpop Explicit Underage Words: 6,987

Summary: “You shouldn’t look so pleased about getting detentions, Potter,” Severus told him as soon as the boy opened the door and waltzed in. Severus didn’t need to raise his head from the homework he was marking to know the boy had the same expression he had always donned for their detentions. He looked up nonetheless. Potter took a second to reign in his smile, biting his cheeks to avoid it spreading even further and utterly failing. “You shouldn’t look so pleased about giving me detentions, then. Sir,” he replied, grinning broadly. Tumblr post

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dream a little dream of me Fic by @dandelionstars, art and banner by @acydpop Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 4,562

Summary: While Severus was not a strong enough Seer to receive complete soulmate dreams, unfortunately, he had just enough power to catch fleeting moments of his soulmate. These flashes of intense joy were more of a curse than a blessing. Despair was suffocating when his hopes were dashed again and again like carved crystal, inevitably shattered on the floor. A Snarry Soulmate AU Tumblr post

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Shapes in the Deep Fic and art by @ac1d6urn, podfic by Cailynwrites. From a draft by Taxonomic! Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 20,068

Summary: In Greater Marrow, there are but a few simple rules to survive the night: porch lights stay on till dawn, quirky fish dishes are a standard fare, and the fog keeps everyone inside after sunset. Newcomer Harry learns this from the gruff bartender who tends to the lighthouse beacon. What lurks in the fog -- surely, not monsters? Would the press discover Harry's private hideaway? And why does his new acquaintance remind Harry of Severus Snape? Let's find out. Tumblr post

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Restitutio ad integrum Fic and banner 2 by @danzanelfuoco, Art & Banner 1 by @anaki-boo Teen And Up Audiences Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Words: 7,800

Summary: Harry writes a list, pros and cons of abandoning a career path that has already been laid in front of him, served on a silver platter - he’s the Boy Who Lived, the Saviour of the Wizarding World, he’s up to become Head of the Auror Department in less than five years, and he’s seriously thinking about quitting, and going back to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. It's foolish, so Harry writes a list. Severus Snape figures in both columns. Tumblr post

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Fidelitas Fic and art by @serenaew, art and banner by @ac1d6urn Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 3,228

Summary: fidelitas, atis, f noun 1. faithfulness, fidelity The long-awaited happy ending to the Halcyon Days series!And as she watches the two ethereal kingfishers dance their song around one another, enfolding their owners in a world of their own, she finds herself thinking: Yes, this is how it should be. Tumblr post

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In Search For Harry Fic by @goddess47 , art by @flymetosnarryland Mature No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 15,533

Summary: The Horde has reason to search for Harry Potter, who has chosen not to be found. But the Horde did find a connection between Harry and Severus... is it enough to allow Severus to find Harry? Tumblr post

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Legato Fic and playlist by ONYX_TWILIGHT, podfic by Cailynwrites, banner by @acydpop General Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 3,555

Summary: This wasn’t the first time he’d gone for a walk at night, though normally he’d always end up back at Gryffindor Tower. He wasn’t sure why this time was different, and he wasn’t sure he liked it. Tumblr post

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The Still Year Fic by @titconao3, banner and art by @ofnightsndsongs Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 34,299

Summary: Severus wakes up after the war, but that had never been part of the plan. He's lost, but he's not the only one who has to find himself now Voldemort is defeated… Or: how Severus learned how to choose life. Tumblr post

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Wish not for a soul that is full of sin Fic and playlist by @serenaew, art and banner by @hereiamwithmyninjaclan Teen And Up Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 3,852

Summary: After all, a flighty soul could not return to the water, or to the earth, as they maintained all life eventually should. (What one did not have, they believed, could not be broken.) Prologue to the merman!Snape, amnesia AU no one asked for. Tumblr post

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The Boggart Fic by @sinick and @ac1d6urn, banner art by @ac1d6urn Explicit No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 30,282

Summary: Imprisoned and out of options, Severus encounters a friendly Boggart. Adrift after Voldemort's defeat, Harry allows his worst nightmare to become his guilty pleasure, that is until Severus asks for his help. Harry remembers the advancing Dementors and the Patronus cast on the night of Voldemort's final attack, but what really happened between them? And why does he keep suspecting that nothing will ever be the same? Tumblr post

[carnationbooks]

Fandom features: Author Wendy Qualls

To kick off a series of fandom-focused posts, we’re chatting with author Wendy Qualls (aka wendymarlowe on AO3) about fanfic, Johnlock, getting published, the intersection of fanfiction and original fiction, and a little dash of DragonCon! We so enjoyed learning a bit about Wendy’s fandom experience, and are so glad to share her insight with all of you! Don’t miss the amazing rec list she wrote for us after the jump (it’s so good). Thank you so much for talking with us, Wendy! 

Thanks so much for chatting with us! How can our readers find you?

I write fic as wendymarlowe (Marlowe being my middle name), but I write my original male/male romance under my real name, Wendy Qualls. (www.wendyqualls.com)

So what inspired you to start writing fic?

I write in the Sherlock fandom with brief forays into Harry Potter, but my first ever fandom was Dragon Age. I played Dragon Age: Origins and went through the love story with one of the characters and immediately thought "I want to experience exactly that again, but different" and I remembered something called fanfic my sister used to read so I looked some up. The one I found was awful, but then I found my way onto fanfiction.net and eventually onto AO3. The fics got better :-)

Now that you’re writing mostly in the Sherlock fandom, what about Johnlock is the most appealing to you?

Honestly? I love what fandom has done to the characters. The Sherlock and John on the show would both be horrible people to be in a relationship with, but the general fandom version sort of rounds the edges off a bit. Sherlock is abrasive but not cruel, John is competently BAMF without being violent and angry. The show has throwaway lines like how John “lost an entire Wednesday once” and I know Moftiss put it in there because they thought it was funny but SERIOUSLY? Drugging your flatmate is not okay! I’d much rather read (and write) about characters who are capable of healthy relationships :-)

What is your favorite thing you have written so far?

My most popular fic, and the one that was the most amazing to write, was Dear John (https://archiveofourown.org/works/2647979). Summary: "With Sherlock dead, John eventually (under duress) makes a profile on an online dating site. And falls into a long-distance relationship with an enigmatic partner who reminds him of Sherlock in all the right ways. (Hint: it turns out to be Sherlock.)" 

It was inspired by a friend trying a dating website and me realizing that sense of waiting for replies and not knowing when they're coming could be replicated by AO3's subscribe feature - I posted the fic in "real time." (As in, back and forth according to when the characters would have been writing each other). It had a pretty modest following at the beginning, but by the time John and Sherlock shared their first sexting right before Christmas it kind of blew up on Tumblr and the comments section started to be longer than the chapters :-P 

It was amazing to see a mini-fandom develop right there and see everyone debating what they thought John and Sherlock were up to that very minute. By the time the fic got to the big dramatic face-to-face meet, the comments/replies were coming in faster than I could read them! I'm told it's still fun to read now, all at once, but the shared waiting experience was something I wish I could replicate for another fic and I don't know that I ever could.

When I started submitting around to find a literary agent, the popularity of Dear John and my other AO3 fics was a strong point in my favor with the agent I ultimately signed with :-) There's a LOT of overlap between romance authors and fanfic authors, actually, even if not all of them are public about it.

Speaking of your work as a published author, do you have any words of wisdom for the fic authors out there who are hoping to get published one day?

Everyone—every published author ever—has a few manuscripts “under the bed” that just didn’t work. Often it’s because their writing needed to get stronger before publishing, sometimes it’s because they hit a crowded market exactly wrong or just never connected with the right editors/agents. Only around 10% of people who attempt to write their first novel make it to the end, and less than half of those get to the point they’re submitting it for professional consideration. 

The thing is, though, the only way to get better at writing is to write. I don’t care how many books and blogs you read about the craft (although those help too), you’re not going to get your book out there for money if you’re not willing to write something imperfect first.

Fanfic, I believe, is an amazing way to practice writing for low stakes. You get your pick of pre-developed characters and settings to choose from, there are no deadlines, and 99% of fanfic readers are supportive. AO3 says I’ve had 11,549 comments on my works - I think I’ve had only one or two readers who were critical. The rest are positive and make me excited to write for them. There is no doubt in my mind that fanfic has made me a better writer. Anyone who dreams of being published someday, my advice is this: write a book. Then write another. Write fanfic along the way and pick up people to cheer you on. The difference between published and unpublished is mostly luck, persistence, and confidence.

Do you ever get writer’s block? What do you do to combat it?

I do absolutely get writer's block, in big part because of my depression. (Depression sucks, btw.) Writing fic has made me comfortable having multiple works in progress at once, though, so often if I'm stuck on my "real" book I can write fic instead. I can't turn out fic as fast as I could before I started actually being published and having deadlines, but it's still a totally different feel writing for no stakes versus "how are my agent and editor and readers going to judge this?" Positive comments on AO3 pretty much balance out the negative energy in bad book reviews :-P

While we discussed this interview, you mentioned you’ll be in attendance at DragonCon this weekend. What are you most excited to do at con?

The panels and the people! There are several friends I only see at DragonCon, and it’s always fun to reconnect. The panels, though, are the heart of the convention. Science vs. Movies (10 PM Sunday in the Hilton Crystal ballroom) is always a highlight - it’s a panel of real, actual science experts forced to watch terrible Hollywood scenes and then argue why the scene was actually 100% scientifically plausible :-P Sometimes they break down and cry. It’s awesome.

You’re on some panels, right? When can folks catch those?

Friday at 10 PM: "BritTrack After Dark - British Fanfic/Slashfic Panel!" in Hilton Galleria 5 and Saturday at 10 PM: "We Do the Weird Stuff!: NC17 Fanfic" in Marriott M301

And finally, do you have any fic recs to share with our followers?

(Ed. Note: Y’ALL! Wendy wrote us an amazing rec list which is under the cut - Click for some Sherlock-y goodness!)

Favorite crack-premise-but-serious-fic: The Midas Touch (E) by flawedregina (https://archiveofourown.org/works/2479868) John Watson has a medical condition that means everyone he sleeps with is instantly healed of all illness and injury. This causes complications when Sherlock breaks his arm, and even more complications when Sherlock falls in love with him. Yes, this is a story where John has a literal magic healing cock. It's a lot less cracky than you're probably imagining. I love this for the "literal magical healing cock" premise, but it's also a beautiful look at ethics, personality, and the dynamics of sex. John is caught between feeling like he ethically HAS to use his rare gift because it saves people's lives and feeling the very human need for privacy and having control over his own life. Sherlock is a brat because he's always a brat but he GETS it and supports John and seriously, it's wonderful. 32K.

Favorite crack-premise-but-serious-fic without all the smut: A Magnificent Instrument (T) by mycapeisplaid (https://archiveofourown.org/works/7452193) A series of vignettes set in an AU in which Sherlock plays the tuba instead of the violin. This does have some brilliant takes on the idea (my favorite is Sherlock playing "oompah oompah" elephant steps in time with Mycroft leaving the flat) but it's also got an amazing connection between Sherlock and John. 6K.

Favorite fantasy AU: Here There Be Dragons (E) by Leloi (https://archiveofourown.org/works/786378) When Lord John of the Umberland Watsons volunteered to his lord father to deal with a dragon, this was not what he had in mind. Instead of using his sword and shield to deal a deadly blow he found himself trussed up like a festival goose sans armor and small clothes, naked as his birth day. This is sweet and hot at the same time and thanks to a certain Tolkien movie, we don't have to imagine very hard to envision Sherlock as a dragon :-D 8K.

Favorite short, kinky smut: Performance Art (E) by thisprettywren (https://archiveofourown.org/works/208374) “I have to say, John, I really just. Well. I can’t see the appeal.” That wasn’t precisely true, of course. At the moment, the appeal lay in the way John was blushing and licking his lip, avoiding Sherlock’s gaze, thoroughly discomfited. This one is so sexy and so Sherlock in how he thinks and gah, just read it! 6K. Favorite AU: The Bang and the Clatter (M) by earlgreytea68 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/744242) Sherlock Holmes is a pitcher and John Watson is a catcher. No, no, no, it's a baseball AU.   I learned a ton about baseball from this fic - it's very educational :-P It's also clear that earlgreytea is an AMAZING writer and a true baseball fan. 137K.

Favorite D/s verse: Shames and Praises (E) by s0mmerspr0ssen (https://archiveofourown.org/works/573019) Unable but desperate to find a dom who will put up with him, Sherlock swallows his pride and turns to Mycroft for help. Shortly after, John Watson steps into Sherlock's life.   Kinky as hell with a wonderful caring top!John. D/s done right. 52K.

Favorite Mystrade: The DI and the Spy (T) by chasingriver (https://archiveofourown.org/works/558609) Greg is an early-morning runner. Mycroft is an early riser who happens to live on Greg's running route. Hilarity ensues. Written for MystradeDoodles' prompt: "Greg is a runner. Rom-com." Exactly what it says on the package - a sweet rom-com story about how Mycroft and Lestrade get a crush on each other before even knowing who the other is. 44K.

[drowninginfanfics]

When Sherlock learns what John "Three Continents" Watson's army nickname is for, he realizes he's got the perfect opportunity for a first-hand experiment in physical passion from the one person he can actually stand to be touched by. John thinks there might be a bit more to it than that.

(Part of my "John and Sherlock's Kinky First Times" series of shorts, all revolving around the same basic theme of "John and Sherlock get sexy for the first time and also discover some kinky stuff about each other.")