Fic: Apologia, Snape/Lupin PG-13

[anneline]

Title: Apologia
Characters: Snape/Lupin
Rating: PG-13 or R for some references to slash
Disclaimer: Not mine
Warnings: Angst
Summary: Snape's memories under legilimens.
A/N: Haven't written in ages. Hope I still can. Thanks to my betas schemingreader!

Comments

[lore]

Yes, you can still write. And kill me at the same time.

He thought of blood blossoming up from slashes in Black's skin. Slippery, red rivulets. The type a werewolf would leave. Torn to shreds. He jotted it down in the margins of his book during potions class, for enemies. - Incredibly insightful. I don't think anyone else has correlated the two before.

Thank you for writing and sharing! Missed you! <3

love, lore

[anneline]

Thanks! I'm pleased you liked the sectumsempra bit. I kept thinking I should expand it. It seemed to work as a short, dark denouement to the shack incident but I was afraid nobody would notice it. Ever since the last book, I've been obsessed with poor bullied Snape brooding and writing revenge spells.

[cordelia_v]

This was the story you were asking for a beta for, the other day? I felt sorry that I was too overloaded to volunteer, since I know how well you write. But I now I wasn't needed.

And instead, I get to come to this fresh. This is powerful. Unusual. You do such a good, complete job of showing them both as merely human: undecided, prone to temptation, sometimes inconsistent, neither entirely good nor evil.

This is very fine. Thank you.

[anneline]

Thanks. You always leave such thoughtful comments. I'm glad the characters come across as human. I mostly write to explore human relationships in all their messed-up glory, and to write porn.

[undunoops]

Ow, that hurts! Can one get any more angst in a story without killing either of the leads? So well written!

[anneline]

Thanks, sorry to pain you. I admit this is one of my angstiest stories. I actually felt sorry and embarrassed for Snape as I wrote it. Still, I showed him no mercy, poor man.

[osmalic]

Oh good god. This is the fic I've always wanted to read, the one I want to write, the one I always hope other writers are writing. This is beautiful, I love your insight on little events, on sectumsempra, on the effects of legilimens when partnered with crucio... I love this, it broke my heart, made me sniffle, and gods this is really good. Thank you for sharing!

[anneline]

Thanks, you're too sweet. I'm glad you found it moving. I've been writing it since the last book came out, heck even a little before that. So it's good to know it was worth all that time.

[summerborn]

Oh my goodness! So many heartwrenching moments, but the killer for me was this: "all he got were these unimportant recollections." Oh, my poor, poor Severus.

An amazing work.

[anneline]

Thanks so much. It's funny I was going to change that line about the unimportant recollections because I thought it was too mean, but it's proved so popular. I guess I should never underestimate the lust for angst.

[summerborn]

Ha, we just love getting our hearts broken :)