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Half-Blood Heir by polkadotsingray
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing/Characters: Severus/Sirius, Salazar Slytherin
Rating: Teen
Words: 6119

Author's summary: Severus ends up being swallowed up by Hogwarts in the process of escaping Sirius Black and discovers within the depths of the castle something hard to believe.
Author's notes: I finished reading Lily's Boy and my life was consumed by the genius idea of having the Salazar Slytherin painting in the Chamber of Secrets and that Hogwarts would choose its heirs. The rest is just my mind conjuring ways to make Sirius and Severus co-dependent on each other.
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not Canon Compliant, Young Severus Snape, Young Sirius Black, Good Slytherins, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Good Salazar Slytherin, Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets, Good Severus Snape, severus and sirius are not dating or anything but they are really co depedent, like they think they hate each other but can only care that much about each other, Teenage Drama, Angst, Pureblood Culture (Harry Potter), Pureblood Politics (Harry Potter), Not Beta Read, The Author Regrets Nothing, no bullying, they bicker a lot but sirius doesnt bully sev like canon

My comment: "I like the pacing of the narrative. It's hard to skim: I have to actually read all the words. That probably sounds weird to put it that way, lol. But what I mean is each sentence builds on the previous and unfolds something. If I skip ahead then I've missed something. I have to let myself be led by your prose."

Quote:
Usually Severus wouldn't hesitate at the chance to take all his frustrations out on Sirius, but that day— that day wasn't about being frustrated, or about feeling too much anger, or about being jealous of people with better lives, with more friends, with parents who love and care for their children, it wasn't about being wronged all the time— it was about that empty sadness, that growing hollow inside Severus, the despair of being alone everywhere in the world, even the places with more people than an eye can see, it was that— that little thing inside him that was hungry and wanted to be wanted, that silly little thing that he didn't think would bother him again after he found a little attention at Hogwarts.

The Next Doctor's Face by sunflowerz0219
Fandom: Takin' Over the Asylum, Doctor Who (2005)
Pairing/Characters: Ninth Doctor, Campbell Bain, Rose Tyler
Rating: General
Words: 5298

Author's summary: When the Doctor regenerates, his new faces tend to come from somewhere. Maybe to send a message, like the twelfth. Maybe because the Doctor just liked it. But what about his tenth face? Well, that one came from a little psychiatric hospital in Glasgow, from a rather enthusiastic patient there named Campbell Bain.
Author's notes: This does take place in the hospital and there is discussion of mental illness, often a bit bluntly, as Campbell tends to speak about it. Just a warning if that makes you uncomfortable! And feel free to interpret anything as romantic or platonic, your choice! :) Enjoy!
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Aliens at the hospital, The Doctor and Rose become friends with Campbell, mostly good vibes, Only a little bit of sad, Psychiatric Hospitals, Rose is initially frightened, but she gets better

Quote:
“Rosalie’s gonna have a meltdown,” Campbell commented in awe. That was one of the patient’s they’d seen earlier, currently unconscious. Germaphobic.
In all the chaos, something very important was missing: the alien. Perhaps they could blend in, or manipulate the light like they did with the window. The Doctor could feel that they were probably in that room. He focused, slowly looking around…
“Are you the alien?” asked Campbell, directing the question under the desk in a surprisingly friendly tone. “Why are you hiding under there?”

Just a drive-by rec here of something in that good old "squabbling for dominance begets sexual tension" vein of Snack:

Cleaning by augustus
Pairing/Characters: Severus/Sirius
Rating: Teen
Words: 1255

Author's summary: Sirius and Severus argue. Set during OotP.
Author's warnings: none

Quote:
'Because you're obsessed.' Severus's voice rose, his own eyes seeming to become even blacker as he spoke. 'Everyone knew about the two of you at school, you know. There's no point in pretending your feelings towards that child are fatherly ones.'
'You really are a foul, pathetic man,' Sirius sneered. 'You haven't changed at all in the last twenty years, have you? You're completely unable to believe in anything good or innocent.'
'Not when it involves you.'

In editing my memories to change a keyword (which, unlike tag renaming, can only be done by editing each memory entry, as far as I know), I come across various memories of now-deleted entries and have to delete them. This made me particularly sad:

Memory deleted

The journal entry previously described as "fic: The Art of War (Severus/Sirius, smut/humour, NC-17)" has been removed from your list of memorable entries.

Aw nishizono :'(

Awww... tlsosb

(edit: apparently DW isn't fetching the community icon and the fact that it should be struck through. maybe purged accounts are treated differently, because they're just "unregistered" from DW's perspective...?)

I mean, I'm not really surprised that it was deleted (and it must have been more than 30 days ago and I didn't notice, since it's been purged), but still, sad. Guess my collection of that (gosh I hope I have one... I usually do, though, I tend to save as things go along) will join the ranks in my "abandoned WIPs" folder.

Hand-Me-Down by dickgloucester in snapecase
Snape family, PG, 3374 words
Author's summary: Tobias Snape reflects on his history with Severus' mother.

My comment: "WOW. Just... wow. So much color (or lack of color, should I say?) in this. The mood and atmosphere are very vivid, and I love that you turned the common trope of Tobias hating or fearing his wife and son on its head."

Quote:
Oh but she were something bonny when she came up here that first time. Not what you'd call pretty, mind, but she had such energy. She were fierce like sparks from a furnace, and she were built like a greyhound, all bones and nerves and power.

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The Sin in Your Grin (and the Shape of Your Mouth) by xylodemon in dysfuncentine
Sirius/Snape, Remus/Sirius, implied James/Sirius, NC-17, ~16k words
Author's summary: The Order needed Sirius, but he doubted they'd mourn him very long when he finally disappeared.
Author's warnings: Angst, bad language, smoking, fight sex, semi-public sex, frottage, dubious consent

My comment: "I don't think I can possibly write a comment as long as this deserves. Hopefully it will suffice to say that I read every word instead of skimming as I often do, especially with fics over 5000 words, and I thoroughly enjoyed it in all its bleakness and angst."

Quote:
"Close your eyes. Pretend I'm Lupin, if that will make it easier," Snape said, his mouth wet as he reached for Sirius' open flies. "All dark creatures look the same with the lights off."

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Learning Curve by deathjunke
Severus/James, unrated but I'd say hard R, 3878 words
Author's summary: When Sluggy had said 'his best' [tutor] this was the last thing that James expected.
Author's warnings: Psychotropic Drugs, Hate Sex, Racism

My comment: "I quite liked this! It's always good to come across Severus/James that isn't hatesex or non-con. The touch with the "drug" potion is one of my personal favourite things to see in fic."

Quote:
The question was double-edged, and James knew it. He licked his lips and nodded. Of course Snape would know he was just playing dumb to get close to Evans. Snape could be a lot of things; acerbic, cruel, snarky, over-protective and contrary to name a few, but stupid wasn't one of them.

I don't want to spoil the picture content, so I'll just say that the "peril" in question may not quite be the one you'd likely think of: Perils of Intimacy by someoldcat (vaguely Severus/Sirius, humor, G, worksafe)

I hate to be a bandwidth vampire but I don't think there's any way I could write suitably enticing text for a mere link to this wonderful little piece by someoldcat:


(at http://someoldcat.insanejournal.com/171566.html)

I also recommend Young Punk and her art for this year's holiday cards, On the Naughty List, No Doubt.

( slightly racy Severus/Sirius image )

Nyhurgha. Imfwarphpha. Thing. Deal. Yeah. This. Please to read the whole thing. (Parts of which are very NC-17 and NWS.) It's improbable and totally a fantasy and $DEITY does it not ever matter. (why does this standard not work for fic, i esk ye!)

Saw this at the head of a Severus/Sirius fic ("Stars in Motion") as its prompt just now:

The great Overdog
That heavenly beast
With a star in one eye
Gives a leap in the east.
He dances upright
All the way to the west
And never once drops
On his forefeet to rest.
I'm a poor underdog,
But to-night I will bark
With the great Overdog
That romps through the dark

(Robert Frost, "Canis Major")

Makes me wish I'd got there first with that one!