[Harry Potter] The Proximity Effect

When Aurora was sixteen, Severus Snape was thirty-one.

"Professor, I just realized you're a very interesting person.

And now I'm very interested in you."

"That is not something you should say to a professor."

When Aurora was twenty-one, Severus Snape was thirty-six.

"Professor, do you remember how I said I was interested in you back in sixth year?"

"I remember. You have always been a baffling Ravenclaw."

"What if I'm interested in you in a different way now?"

"Then that only proves you really are a hopeless Ravenclaw."

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#Content Warnings#

SS x OC

They may or may not fall in love. We'll see where the story goes.

An ordinary female protagonist, not "what a girl is traditionally supposed to be like."

Inspired by real experiences. More or less had a relationship and was manipulated by an "ex-boyfriend."

The timeline runs from the protagonist's fifth year (1990) to the end of the Battle of Hogwarts (1998), possibly a little beyond.

The protagonist is an INTP Aquarius Ravenclaw. There will be no house bias.

I'm a student writing this for love, so updates will be slow, but I won't abandon it.

The manuscript is currently handwritten. I'll write it gradually over about two years and post it bit by bit.

Thank you, everyone. Please bear with me.

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No matter what, I will always love SS.

He kept guiding me through the darkest days of my life.

He is not a good person.

But perhaps he is a great person.

He is simply himself:

complex, contradictory, sharp-tongued, gloomy, conflicted.

I offer this clumsy piece of writing as a tribute to the professor,

to JKR, who doesn't like Snape,

and to everyone at Hogwarts,

and to you.

Finally, this is for myself.

Remain the same from beginning to end.

In other words:

Always.

17th June 2023

25th September 2023, second draft (timeline revised)

6th May 2024, third draft (character names revised)

Theme: If I see you again after all these years, how should I greet you?