Random thought but I was thinking if lily was breastfeeding Harry before she died and when sev took him it was a struggle cause he didn’t want formula.
*baby Harry touching snape’s chest looking for milk*
😭 honestly so adorable. The idea of Severus taking in baby Harry is just 🤌🏼. I love it. It’s amazing. But the image of this is honestly so fucking cute and hilarous, I love it.
Harry, sitting down: Yeah? What’s this about? Are we eating dinner early?
Snape: No. You wish. Anyways, back to my planned topic of the evening. There will come a time in your life where you will meet a lovely witch- or wizard and-
Harry: When will you give up on trying to teach me? I Know!
Snape: *scoffs* Well don’t come running to me when you contract wizarding gonorrhea.
Harry: What’s the difference between wizarding and regular gonorrhea?
Snape: Exactly why you need to sit the fuck down and listen.
(in chronological order of how a severitus story would go)
snape: Enough! How dare you mock me in such a manner!? harry: Well. How would you like me to mock you? I take requests.
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harry: Are you this rude to everyone?! snape: Yes. snape: Although one of your parents was an ass to me in high school, so sometimes I do prefer to be slightly more impolite when I look at your face.
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snape: what’s going on? harry: teenage rebellion. snape: snape: *sighs* what did i say to you this time?
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snape: N… No! harry: A fair rebuttal, dear professor. However, consider this counterpoint: Y… Yes?
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snape: *raises eyebrows* harry: Put those back down, you know you can’t prove it!
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harry: Guess what I’m about to get! snape: On my nerves.
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harry: Am I right, professor? snape: I’m almost certain you’re not, but to be fair, I wasn’t listening.
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harry: We are not mad. We are just disappointed. snape: No, we are mad. harry: Yes. We are. We are livid. But we are going to let this one slide. snape: No, we’re not! harry: Well I’m not a mind reader!
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severus: potter, fuck off. severus: And by “fuck off” I mean “fuck off right back here and listen”, you insufferable brat.
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Harry, after teaching Snape how to text: Merlin’s sake professor, you don’t have to sign your name after every text! Snape: Dear Mr Potter, Suggestion noted. Sincerely, Professor Severus Snape, potions master of Hogwarts.
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Snape: Potter, I must say, I’m very disappointed. Harry: Well, you didn’t have to say it. You could have just thought it.
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snape: I can’t believe you’ve done this….. harry: I’m sorry I didn’t know- snape, on the verge of tears: YOU CAN’T JUST BUY ME A GIFT OUT OF NOWHERE NOW I FEEL LIKE AN ASSHOLE-
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snape: Mr Potter. In vain I have struggled. It will not do. It will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how desperately I wish to adopt you.
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harry: severus? snape: Yes? harry: I’m.. I’m bah- bise- bihsex- snape: I don’t have all day- harry: *points at ron and hermione* harry: Both. snape: harry: snape: wait, how did you get into my office?
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harry: I’m going the fight the next person who insults severus. snape: I hate myself. harry: Alright, square up.
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Bonus:
*While they’re fighting death eaters or some shit like that* snape, warning about a death eater coming at harry: To the left! harry: Take it back now y'all!
POV: You’re Albus Dumbledore, and you just told your resident Ex-Death Eater that Harry Potter will be returning to his abusive relatives for his “protection”.
“He’ll wake up, he always does.” - Snape has an unfortunate habit of passing out after arriving home from a DE meeting and ensuring Potter was safe.
The cruciatus curse doesn’t leave physical marks. A mouth filled with blood from biting his tongue was always a tell tale sign to Harry that Snape was gonna be on the floor for awhile and would have shaky hands for a few days to come.
When Harry and Voldemort’s wands connect in the graveyard (4th year), instead of showing shadows of Voldemort’s pass spells, they reverse the spells. So Cedric comes back to life in his body, and then Lily and James pop out, looking just as they did the minute before they died. Harry brings all of them safely back to hogwarts with the portkey.
At first Harry is ecstatic- he has his parents!! His greatest desire came true!! But it’s not the perfect life Harry imagined. Lily and James are 21 years old (painfully young to be parents) and struggling to adjust to the 13 years they missed.
On top of that, they’re far from perfect. Lily’s temper is fiery, and she’s stubborn and dead set on believing what she thinks and not considering anyone else’s pov. While Harry loves how protective she gets of him when she finds out about the Dursleys, her resulting fiery temper triggers his trauma from the Dursleys.
James grew up rich, entitled and a bully. While Harry loves some of James’s hobbies, like flying/Quidditch, some of his other hobbies arent so fun/innocent. One of the ways he bonded with his friends was by bullying/hexing others. He attempts to bond with Harry the same way sometimes, which makes Harry wildly uncomfortable. He also consistently tries to sneak out with Harry from Dumbledore’s protections, which Harry is strongly against considering that Voldemort is up and about.
Meanwhile, there’s Snape in the background who’s a complete emotional mess because Lily is ALivE, and James (along with Sirius) are trying to resurrect their hogwarts days by hexing him. (The only difference is that after being in Azkaban and dead for over a decade, Snape is far better dueling than them).
Anyway, when hogwarts fifth year starts, Harry ends up talking to Snape. Snape is somewhat desperate for news on Lily, but considering that she wants nothing to do with him he keeps his distance. Harry tells him about Lily, and in return Snape tells Harry about his parents in their hogwarts days and helps him understand them more. Severitus, basically.
If Snape had raised Harry, the teenage years would have been hard, but I headcanon that every evening in the summers, no matter how heated the arguments became, Harry would whisper, “Night, Dad”, on his way up to bed.
………Severus would sigh every time he heard it, knowing his struggles were at least appreciated.
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