ReverberationInGossamer
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“Belonging is something far more visceral than love. Love is a powerful feeling, but it remains, in some way, airy. Belonging, instead, is what activates all our sensations toward the subject in question.
It is a more intense feeling, deeper, almost physical. It is what makes the chest ache, the ribcage, the throat.
It is the sensation of possessing someone… but also of being someone’s. It is not only love: it is pure need for the other, both mental and physical.
It is the desire, almost banal and savage, for physical intimacy—hands, lips, flesh. But also the mental necessity of the other: a sharp conversation, a heated exchange, even a furious argument.If pure belonging is based on a positive need for the other, secondary belonging becomes more visceral, at times morbid and aggressive. The other becomes pure necessity, and their needs, their desires, fade into the background.
It is a wilder part, made of instinct.
Belonging is a need for possession that can turn into almost a single source of survival.”
Snape’s jaw tightened slightly.
Too specific. It was not theory. Or not only theory.
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20 Jul 2026
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The Second Wizarding War is in full swing. Innocent people are being hunted and murdered across the land. Behind all of this are Voldemort and his countless followers, who plan and carry out their atrocities in the Malfoy Manor. For Severus, this house has become a symbol of horror. It becomes even more so when he finds his former student bound and humiliated in the dungeons of the Manor. Within a short time, he must make numerous decisions that could potentially cost them their lives.
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27 Jun 2026
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Professor Snape: the teacher everyone tried to avoid. The teacher that made almost every student look down in fear. The teacher that made the butterflies go to war in your stomach. A relationship between a student and a professor is off limits at Hogwarts and would result in being thrown out. You knew that these feelings towards your potions master weren't answered, but what is wrong with dreaming and trying your best? As long as no one found out.
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27 Jun 2026
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Harry Potter is eleven. Sort of. Except he's thirty-one. Or so.
Doesn't matter, really. He can look eleven if he wants. What matters is, he's lived all this shit before. SEEN it, anyway. and aged up. And he will not let it go that way this time.
This time, he's taking care of everything. Nobody's dying. Nobody's living in fear. And nobody's camping and starving for months looking for horcruxes. Harry's destroying the damn things immediately. Like, yesterday. Who knows. Time's a little wonky.Severus Snape is not prepared for adult, unhinged Harry Potter. Neither are Sirius, Remus, Ron, or any of the Weasleys. But that's okay. Harry hopes they won't get too attached. Because. Well. Harry's a horcrux. And all horcruxes have to be destroyed.
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10 May 2026
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AU where Severus Snape is tasked with retrieving Harry Potter from his relatives in the summer before Harry's 5th year rather than the other Order members.
Also featuring: a supportive Remus and Sirius, a sassy and devoted pet snake, a stable Golden Trio, Professor Harry Potter, and a really cool (and possibly sentient?) library.
In other words, this is OOTP but better.
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12 Mar 2026