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Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night by inkstainedsand
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
26 Jun 2026
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“Expect signs of PTSD,” the social worker warned him, “Extreme mood swings, risky behavior, aggression, and self-harm are all things to look out for. I would recommend counseling.”
Severus hasn’t seen any of that yet. Harry is extremely polite, neat, and personable. He likes gardening and football. He helps make grocery lists and cook dinner.
He knows there is more: clues that he’s missing and behaviors he’s overlooking, hints that Harry is struggling more that he’s letting on, but overall, Harry seems remarkably well-adjusted. It’s unnerving.
Because Severus knows that Harry spent a significant portion of his childhood confined to a single cupboard under the stairs. He knows that Harry was not fed consistently and did not have clean clothes that fit him. That he was hit.
By all accounts, Harry should be struggling. In the eight years since Severus first met Harry as an infant, his parents died, he was raised in an abusive household, and then forced to live with an estranged family friend he didn’t remember.
It worries Severus that he’s not seeing it, like Harry could be drowning right in front of him and he wouldn’t even know.
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27 Jul 2026
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Harry is captured by Death Eaters and tortured. Severus Snape saves his life.
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27 Jul 2026
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Harry hasn't slept in a week, he missed breakfast, the cuts on his hand from Detention with Umbridge are infected. He's soaking wet from the rain. He collapses in his potions class and starts to laugh uncontrollably.
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Harry Potter has a nervous breakdown.
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- Part 3 of Severus cares.
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26 Jul 2026
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An Idle Brain Invites The Dark Lord In by melted_dandelion
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
18 Apr 2026
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With a swish of Snape’s wand, Harry is plummeted into a memory.
He’s made thankful that last time Snape was unable to dig into the memories he had worked so hard to repress- not in effort to hide them from the activities of his Occlumency lessons. But to spare himself from thinking about them.
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Harry has a panic attack during his Occlumency lesson.
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- Part 2 of Severus cares.
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26 Jul 2026
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Harry had always been different. He had never once in his life felt as if he fit in. He had never once felt a well and true sense of belonging, there was no concrete reason for this. A very large part of his soul had been so relieved to find the magic inside him revealed as more than just a trick his eyes played on him or a result of a past head trauma. He was severely disappointed to find he was still an outsider in the wizarding world.
Harry would never say it out loud for fear of offending those around but- how does one manage to be a freak in a sea of freaks?
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Harry's undiagnosed autistic and struggle to process embarrassment, He doesn't understand how loved he really is.
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- Part 6 of Severus cares.
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26 Jul 2026