#danpuff 2024

A little self-rec list for what I wrote this year.

WIPs

smile with sweet surprise

Harry/Severus. Lily/Severus. Rated: E. Chapters: 4/5. Words: 17,760. Stepdad Snape. Pseudo incest. Infidelity.

Harry is barely sixteen. Had barely blown out his candle when Severus kissed him.

Wasted for Love

Harry/Severus. Hermione/Harry/Ron. Rated: E. Chapters: 9/25. Words: 25,435. Polyamory. Closed triad. Fidelity issues. Domestic bliss. Developing relationship. Angst & feels.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are living happily ever after 5 years after the war. That is until the Prince returns, and with him all of the turmoil and temptation from the past.

Sugar, Honey

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Chapters: 8/?. Words: 21,926. Sugar Daddy Harry. Sugar Baby Snape. Bottom Snape.

Severus Snape has been down on his luck since the war ended. Enter: Harry Potter. With no other causes to occupy his time, he makes Severus an offer he can't refuse; but Severus can't help but wonder: what is it the boy really wants?

Hopes of the Heart

Harriet/Severus. Rated: E. Chapters: 3/?. Words: 22,074. Female Harry Potter. Pregnancy. Angst. Student/teacher. Harriet Potter is busy her sixth year of Hogwarts. She has lessons and Quidditch and tasks and a war to fight. She's also pregnant.

Completed

Good Daddy

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 2,639. Daddy kink. Praise kink.

Severus is nice. Sometimes.

Heartstop Lollipop

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 400. Student/teacher. Valentine's Day.

Harry eats a lolly in class.

The Forbidden Fruit

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 7,060. Check AO3 for warnings.

Severus is obsessed with the Dark Lord's young heir.

The Whispers in Your Eyes

Harriet/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 15,703. Infidelity. Past underage. Past student/teacher. Angst. Dysfunctional relationships. Ambiguous/open ending. Female Harry.

Severus Snape wants revenge for his broken heart. Harriet Potter wants revenge for his revenge. Naturally, matters escalate.

The First Date

Harry/Severine. Rated: E. Words: 11,178. Female Severus. Blind date. First time.

Harry hasn't seen Severine Snape since the trials 7 years ago. Now, she's his date.

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Hyacinth/Sulpicia. Rated: E. Words: 11,875. Female Harry. Female Snape. Hanahaki Disease. Language of flowers. Case fic.

There's an outbreak of Hanahaki, and Curse Breaker Hyacinth Potter is brought onto the case, to work closely with the Aurors and Unspeakable Sulpicia Snape. Snape doesn't have a romantic bone in her body, and Hyacinth is happily in love with Ginny Weasley. They have nothing to worry about...right?

Spellbound

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 1,315. Somnophilia. Infidelity.

Has anyone ever loved and hated anyone so deeply?

The Enemy's Bed

Harry/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 3,985. Student/teacher. Secret relationship.

Harry has Snape wrapped around his finger.

Guilty Pleasure

Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Chapters: 2/2. Words: 2,414. Hand & foot fetish.

Harry and Severus have a date night on Harry's sofa, and they keep their secrets to themselves.

Snowfall

Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 2,433. Fluff & angst. Christmas.

Thanks for the tag @sitp-recs!

I started the year strong with a few rec lists, though I didn't do nearly as many as I have in years past. Still, I made 2 Snarry rec lists (Jealous Snape & Bottom Snape) and one non-snarry list (Valentine's themed).

Okay maybe I lied in that last one because I did have 2 big rec projects for this year: fest themed rec lists. I made a Top 5 list for every year of Snarry-a-Thon and Snarry AUctober Fest. I plan to add to them each year, and I'd also like to make similar lists for other fests, but we shall see!

I finally finished and posted Good Daddy, an addition to the Yes, Daddy series I've been talking about for years. (In fact my first podcast interview was with Snape Chat back in July 2021 and I'm pretty sure I mentioned it at the end of that episode...yikes!)

I continued my tradition of once a year posting on smile with sweet surprise, and one of the chapters I've been most excited for. Which means I get to wrap up the fic for good in 2025!

I ran HP Chan Fest again this year, and even participated with a fic called The Forbidden Fruit (part of the same 'verse as the prior year's The Virgin Bride).

Continued posting on 2 WIPs: Wasted for Love and Sugar, Honey.

I took a fandom break over summer which was helpful, and probably something I'll need to do in the future, as well. I hid all of my works and stepped away from socials. I get so in my head sometimes, and question my place in fandom, so it helps to take a breather and give myself some grace.

I ventured into the world of Snarriet, with help from my dear friend @loneamaryllis and her rec lists. I've inhaled a ton of @spicedlantern's fics because of it. This new step has given me a greater appreciation for my OTP in ways I didn't think possible, and now I have so many extra feelings about Snarry as a whole.

Because of my new love of Snarriet, I played around more with genderbending in my own writing. I wrote my own Snarriet fic called The Whispers in Your Eyes (which I love and am super proud of), a current Snarriet WIP called Hopes of the Heart (which I'm excited to continue next year), a fem!Snape fic called The First Date (which was a lot of fun and I really need to find more fem!Snape fics out there...)

PLUS a femslash Snarry fic (which I first did years ago with Take Heed, Dear Heart) called She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not for Snarry AUctober Fest. I've so wanted to participate in AUctober Fest for a while, so it's funny that when I finally did it was pretty much on a whim last minute.

(Funny story, the fic was inspired by an episode of Worst Roommate Ever and my muse took OVER) (In the episode, this lady was slowly poisoned and made sick by her so-called BFF, which inspired the "what if people were made sick by Hanahaki?)

(Oh also I edited Take Heed, Dear Heart to change Harry's name from Holly to Harriet, to fit my current preferences). (I think I also changed Hermione's name from Hercule to Herman?) (Not that anyone cares but still.)

I finished another fic that's been knocking around in my head for years: The Enemy's Bed. I've had the opening few paragraphs done for a while, but I was only able to finally make headway this year for Kinktober.

Speaking of, I also finished 2 other fics that I've had in mind for a while, these 2 part of the Love, Your Enemy series (also affectionately known as Contempt-verse). The first was Spellbound, which takes place in the immediate aftermath of Contempt. The other is Snowfall, a Christmas ficlet (first envisioned last year when I wrote the Valentine's Day ficlet, Lovestruck).

I've also been running @hprecfest with dear @coconutice22 and even participating in it myself here.

Fandom aside, I've also made strides in my personal life, between getting my home in order and also taking care of my health. I took a 2 week break from work, which was much needed. And I'll continue to prioritize myself and my wellbeing into the new year. With luck, that will benefit my fandom life, but if not...at least I'll be focused on what matters most.

Oh also I've been reading actual books for the first time in a while this year. I started off with some trashy romantacy books (which I love and are great), and now am in the middle of the Super Powereds books (for anyone interested).