backpacks’s whumptober 2023 | second chance(s) scorned
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Suddenly, he feels sixteen again, facing down at werewolf in the darkened hallway of the Shrieking Shack.
(And perhaps, if he were more aware, Severus would have realized that is exactly what has occurred.)
In which Severus dies to Nagini and finds himself facing off a werewolf. James reflects in the aftermath of The Prank.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 1: “How many fingers am I holding up?”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
- Part 1 of backpacks’s whumptober 2023 | second chance(s) scorned
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Friendship had never been an easy thing for Severus to grasp.
In which Severus finds himself back in his Fifth Year and reflects on the friendships that led to that point. A conversation-turned-argument with Lily does not achieve anything.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 2: “They don't care about you.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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Severus gasps, pushing himself up against the wall, trying to gain distance where there isn’t; there’s sharp, unforgiving teeth, clawing, ripping, tearing at his throat, at the remaining shreds of his coherence. He might be crying, he thinks hysterically, from a distant part of his mind that gets thoroughly smothered and ignored amidst his panic.
In which fifteen-year-old Severus Snape meets his end at the jaws of a werewolf, and wakes up on the Hogwarts Express for his First Year at Hogwarts. He does not cope well.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 3: “Make it stop.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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Regulus cannot seem to shake the feeling of unease.
Severus has never missed a single opportunity to gain a few extra galleons. Skipping on a scheduled lesson that had been planned is more than odd – it’s a reason to believe something is terribly wrong.
In which Severus is displeased to find himself in the past rather than the afterlife. He decides to do something to rectify this. Regulus is Not Okay with this course of action.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 4: “You in there?”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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Lily still cares about him, on some level, and she knows he does too, but it’s not the same as before.
She doesn’t know where it leaves them in the here and now, though.
In which Severus finds himself back in his Fifth Year, just after the OWLs, when moments before, he had been in Godric’s Hollow, mourning his ex-friend’s recent death. Lily doesn’t know what to make of his change in behavior.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 5: “It's broken.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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Snape stands, spreads his arms wide, and says, “Kill me.”
“What?” James’s mind stutters. Then, “I—I can’t.”
“Oh, for—fine. I have to do everything myself.”
In which Severus knows that the Dark Lord finding out about the future would be the worst possible outcome, and takes measures to deal with it. James does not cope well.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 6: “It should have been me.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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Regulus is…gone.
Severus doesn’t know where or when or what caused it; all he knows is that Regulus will not be coming back, not now, not ever, and something in his heart breaks a little more.
In which Severus travels back in time, and Regulus…does not. Interacting with the boy who is not-quite-and-never-will-be his boyfriend is more painful than Severus expects.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 27: “Let me see.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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It was an unfamiliar motion: his mother had barely recognized he existed as of late.
But—this was Eileen Snape before she had gone near catatonic, spending her days wasting away, staring at nothing, lost in her head as she blocked out the rest of the world.
In which Severus meets his end to a werewolf and wakes several years before Hogwarts has even begun. It isn’t a fresh start for a better future.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 28: “You’ll have to go through me.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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“I doesn’t get better,” whispers his past self, voice soft and resigned.
“No,” Severus says, because he is used to doling out truth in a way that hurts, “it does not.”
In which Severus Snape, after his death to Nagini, finds himself summoned and tethered to his teenaged self. Neither of them are happy with the arrangement.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 29: “What happened to me?”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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on the inevitability of death by TumblingBackpacks
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Oct 2023
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Severus Snape dies on May 2, 1998.
He wakes on September 1, 1991.
In which Severus Snape wakes on September 1, 1991 after his death. Again. And again. And again.
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No. 30: “Not much longer...”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series
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He feels shaky and unbalanced. It’s awful. He stumbles to the faucets. Presses his hands on the cold tile of the porcelain sink. Looks into the mirror at his pallid face. His eyes are just a shade lighter—from black to something like brown—like his original dark eyes had begun to bleed…amber.
In which Sirius's prank meets fatal results, but instead of the afterlife, Severus finds himself back in First Year. Unfortunately, he also finds that Time cannot cure lycanthropy.
backpacks's whumptober 2023
No. 31: “Take it easy.”second chance(s) scorned
Severus Snape gets a second chance. He's not really interested in taking it.Series