crack_van | Truth by thisveryinstant (NC-17)

Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Author on LJ:

thisveryinstant
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:

I’m signing off this month (just under the wire) with a Snarry rec, because, even though I’m not a huge fan of this pairing, my sister likes them and I promised. Besides, I looked and surprisingly there hasn’t been a lot of Snape/Harry recced here.

OotP wrecked a lot of havoc in the HP fandom, and damn near destroyed two of my favorite pairings (Snape/Sirius and Percy/Oliver, if you want to know). However, Book 5 really did a lot for Snape/Harry. (There’s no way any slash fangirl worth her salt read the line about Harry being on all fours on the floor of Snape’s office without getting some ideas.) Obviously, a lot of post-OoTP Snarry fics revolve around the Occlumency lessons and the things Harry discovers in Snape’s penseive (which give Snape and Harry’s relationships a lot more complexity than the basic antagonism they’ve got going on before). One of the best fics that touches on these issues is Truth by thisveryinstant.

I like it because it does an amazing job of conveying the entire scope of their feelings towards each other (anger, envy, lust, understanding and even more anger). Harry’s character, which is often so hard to pin down, is extremely believable (he even yells in capital letters at one point).

The plot is begins with that tried and true HP plot device: Snape uses veritaserum on Harry. However, thisveryinstant uses that as merely a starting point for a vibrant emotionally complex story.

Truth

That’s it for me- sorry I didn’t get more in, guys. Hope you enjoyed the recs. I really had fun! *waves*