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    He decided to stop reminding the teachers that he didn’t have any parents to make presents for, too. Instead, he did the projects as he was told, writing Happy Christmas, Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Father’s Day, and signing empty “I love you’s” to people who did not exist for him. He decided not to throw them away like Aunt Petunia had done with his either, and instead saved them like she had with Dudley’s presents. He kept them under the mattress on the cot in his cupboard like he did with all other things that were precious to him, which really didn’t amount to much.

    Harry often wondered what it would be like to have a parent who treasured his handmade gifts like Aunt Petunia did with Dudley, a parent who didn’t see his presence as a nuisance. Maybe that’s why he kept these things, for the hope that someday, maybe, he’d have someone he could give them to. Someone who would treat them as a keepsake, someone who would treat him like something of value.

    Maybe someday.

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    18 Apr 2026

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    A visit to The Burrow from a frustrated Arabella Figg brings about a series of events that causes a paradigm shift for both Harry Potter and Professor Severus Snape.

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    18 Apr 2026

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    “I did! I told you! Besides, you already know, don’t you? McGonagall knows. She told me to keep my head down, and I did, I swear! But I can’t exactly stop breathing for a full hour of class, can I? Umbridge puts me in detention no matter what I do-”

    Severus loses his little patience almost immediately. “I do not care about your detentions! Stop being so evasive and tell me what happened to your hand.”

    “Don’t make me say it!” Potter shouts, face screwing up with frustration. “You already know! Can you not be such a major git for once and not make me say it? You can still mock me all you want. Why don’t you go get Draco Malfoy in here to help you out? I don’t care, just don’t make me say it out loud!”

    OR: my take on what could have happened with the blood quill if Harry had adults he could actually depend on

    (title from Prey by The Neighbourhood)

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    02 Mar 2026

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    Shane stares at the fabric in his hands and takes a deep breath. He’ll never hear the fucking end of it if he wears this thing out. He’ll never hear the end of it if he doesn’t.
    Lose-lose, really.
    A whoop sounds out behind him as Shane slips the jersey over his head. It sits awkwardly, though he can’t tell if that’s because the material is brand new or because his body won’t relax. It’s hot, as if the fabric lettering on the back is branding his skin. As if he’ll take off the jersey and be marked for life:
    ROZANOV. 81.

    Shane wears Ilya's jersey out in public. Ilya has very strong feelings about it.

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    23 Feb 2026

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    There’s no humor in Shane’s voice. It’s cold, hard, determined. “When we meet them on the ice next season, I want to fucking destroy them.”

    After a moment, he feels Ilya nod thoughtfully behind him.

    “Is good plan. Let’s fucking destroy them.”

    The Montreal Voyageurs won't stop slinging mud at Shane in the press, so Shane and Ilya decide to get revenge the best way they know how.

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    05 Jan 2026