Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Pairing: Hermione Granger / Severus Snape Words: roughly 49 K total so far Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Queen Mab (Shakespeare), Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Weasley twins (mentioned), the voices in Severus’ head, Professor Hermione Granger, the Fae Tags: Hermione Granger / Severus Snape, HP: EWE, Hogwarts, Severus Snape Lives, POV Severus Snape, POV Hermione Granger, Post-War, Post Battle of Hogwarts, Colleagues, Debt to the Fae, Professor Hermione Granger, Christmas, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Eve, Fluff, ss/hg, fanfic, Harry Potter, Potterverse
Summary: The Fae have done Severus a favor, and he is greatly in their debt. Every three months, on the solstices and equinoxes, he stops by to pay his respects.
Apparently it's so unusual a thing these days, both their initial interaction and his sincere and continued thanks, that the Fae decide to give him another gift, whether he think he wants it or not. (Merlin, he's still paying for the last boon...)
So you can imagine his surprise when he discovers that he's not the only one with something to thank them for... And isn't it pity that they are so willfully obstinate in their gifting? Surely they could have just asked? (He needs a new iron cauldron now that he thinks about it...)
(But he supposes that would have been too much to ask from the Fae after all...) This post is ‘sticky-ed’ and can be reached at any time by clicking on the user name ‘thankthefae’ to navigate to the journal overview. It’s the first entry listed in that view. The most recent chapter always follows immediately below it, or you can scroll down to the Table of Contents in this post and navigate from there.( Collapse ) The rights for everything you recognise (and a lot of the stuff you don’t) belong to JKRowling et al.. (Thanks for letting me play with her world. ❤️)
Hermione investigates the break-in, Arthur gets an owl and a clue, paper gets folded, and wards are discussed. Most thoroughly. Originally Published: 2017-02-14 on AO3 Chapter: 13 / 13 of ?
Lunch is eaten, or not, shopping happens, and someone tries their hand at a spot of B&E. Forsooth! Originally Published: 2017-02-13 on AO3 Chapter: 12 / 13 of ?
Hermione dreams up a present for Severus. Hogwarts survives its first pared-down breakfast, and tea of varying qualities is drunk with a variety of results, possibly including blushing. Originally Published: 2017-02-10 on AO3 Chapter: 10 / 13 of ?
Hermione talks to Minerva about the house elves, and gives some thought to contacting Harry and Ron. Briefly. We find out what Minerva has done for the Slytherins, and some of the measures she has taken for Severus and the children of the Death Eaters at Hogwarts.
A bunch of students decide fighting is the answer to a question nobody asked. Hijinx ensue, or maybe just jinxes. And people just can't seem to stop pfaffing about with the greenery. Originally Published: 2017-01-26 on AO3 Chapter: 9 / 13 of ?
Thursday. While Severus is researching elsewhere in the castle, Hermione's reflecting. We find out what Draco's been up to, and maybe Hermione isn't quite as friendless as she fears.
Incredibly minor ginger and Potter bashing occur. Hardly worth mentioning, really... Originally Published: 2017-01-23 on AO3 Chapter: 8 / 13 of ?
Christmas Eve is fast approaching, and Severus can't seem to get out of his head, which wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't such a bloody gloomy place to be.
Hermione's got a problem that he means to try to sort, and the two of them celebrate Christmas Eve with recalcitrant bits of greenery. Originally Published: 2017-01-19 on AO3 Chapter: 7 / 13 of ?
Severus and Hermione are finally out of the woods, and with the castle in sight, they enter the home stretch. Surprisingly, Severus determines that conversation is not his forte. This should shock no one, anywhere, ever. Fortunately, Hermione is up to the challenge, and we get a bit of an update on miscellaneous Weasleys and Harry.
Severus' point of view. All parenthetical thoughts are his. Originally Published: 2017-01-10 on AO3 Chapter: 6 / 13 of ?