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Winter Kept Us Warm by Delphi (NC-17)
This month is going to be devoted to Snape/Everyone, and I mean everyone. Most of the recs are pairings that I would normally run screaming from, stories whose brilliant writing and characterization overcame my natural squicks and won me over. So this month, take a chance on something off the beaten track. You may be pleasantly surprised.
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Snape/Dumbledore
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
atdelphi
Author Website: Singing the Body Electric
Why this must be read:
Dumbledore/Anyone usually squicks me, because kindly old grandfathers are just not sexy in my book. But here, Delphi shows not sexual attraction but trust, and the knowlege that Dumbledore will not send his agent out into the cold without backup: Voldemort hopes that by taking Snape's virginity, he can finally crack the Legilimens open. But only if another Legilimens doesn't get there first. Delphi's description of the inner landscape of Snape's mind always takes my breath away.
"He - He's courting me," Severus spat. "Pretending I have a choice." His face was anguished for a moment, and then the fire seemed to go out of him and he crumpled forward against the chair like a rag doll. There were no tears in his eyes, no anger. Only a sick wonder.
Severus stared down at the floor, his face still and ashen, and whispered: "He'll be my first."
It took a moment for the words to sink in. Albus had to step back from the misery that Severus was radiating to let the implications follow.
First. Severus's first. He had never...Riddle would be his first, and first was important. First was special. First was power, and between two wizards of such ability, first was often forever. Albus didn't dare give himself leave to wonder what sort of spells Riddle could fuel with a virgin's sacrifice. There was no answer he would have liked.
"Oh...my dear boy." He cautiously made his way around the chair, and stood as close to Severus' side as he dared.
Winter Kept Us Warm
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Snape/Dumbledore
Author on LJ:
atdelphiAuthor Website: Singing the Body Electric
Why this must be read:
Dumbledore/Anyone usually squicks me, because kindly old grandfathers are just not sexy in my book. But here, Delphi shows not sexual attraction but trust, and the knowlege that Dumbledore will not send his agent out into the cold without backup: Voldemort hopes that by taking Snape's virginity, he can finally crack the Legilimens open. But only if another Legilimens doesn't get there first. Delphi's description of the inner landscape of Snape's mind always takes my breath away.
"He - He's courting me," Severus spat. "Pretending I have a choice." His face was anguished for a moment, and then the fire seemed to go out of him and he crumpled forward against the chair like a rag doll. There were no tears in his eyes, no anger. Only a sick wonder.
Severus stared down at the floor, his face still and ashen, and whispered: "He'll be my first."
It took a moment for the words to sink in. Albus had to step back from the misery that Severus was radiating to let the implications follow.
First. Severus's first. He had never...Riddle would be his first, and first was important. First was special. First was power, and between two wizards of such ability, first was often forever. Albus didn't dare give himself leave to wonder what sort of spells Riddle could fuel with a virgin's sacrifice. There was no answer he would have liked.
"Oh...my dear boy." He cautiously made his way around the chair, and stood as close to Severus' side as he dared.
Winter Kept Us Warm