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Here’s a Table of Contents for A Long Vernal Season. Since LVS is a work-in-progress, the ToC is incomplete. I will update the ToC as each Part is complete on the Petulant Poetess. (There will be nine parts in the completed fic — possibly eight, depending on how I decide to organize the final chapters.)
Be aware that there may be spoilers for chapters you haven’t read yet!
Overall Summary: Severus Snape had believed that, for him, life after the Dark Lord was an impossibility, that his death was not merely justice, but necessity. He has survived, though, and now he must learn to live his new, unexpected life, and to find something beyond the narrow existence to which he was once bound. A post-war fic.
Genres: AU, Drama, Romance, Humor
Snape-centric Death’s Dominion sequel. Not DH-compliant. DH-disregarded. First chapters (through Chapter 28) are rated T, but ratings for individual chapters will rise later. Watch the individual chapter summaries and author’s notes for ratings, warnings, and the characters appearing in that chapter.
PART ONE
Prologue: Return
Sunday, 23 August 1998.
Severus returns to Hogwarts late in August.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter One: Hermione’s News
Monday, 24 August 1998.
Severus meets Hermione and Gareth at the Three Broomsticks to hear their news.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Madam Rosmerta, Minerva McGonagall, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Two: An Unusual Invitation
Tuesday, 25 August 1998.
Severus begins preparing for the new school year when he receives an unusual invitation by Owl Post.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Pomona Sprout, Gareth McGonagall, Twiskett
Chapter Three: St. Giles Clinic for Magical Maladies
Friday, 28 August 1998.
Severus goes for a follow-up examination at the Edinburgh wizarding clinic and receives disturbing news.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Gareth McGonagall, Melina O’Donald, Spinnet
Chapter Four: Through the Looking Glass
Friday, 28 August 1998.
Severus meets with Lucius Malfoy in his new home.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Lisa Turpin, Gareth McGonagall, Murdoch McGonagall, Estelle McGonagall
Chapter Five: An Alternative Treatment
Friday, 28 August 1998.
Severus takes his leave of Lucius and Narcissa. Gareth has an idea.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy, Gareth McGonagall, Tarrant McPherson, Melina O’Donald, Brennan O’Donald
Chapter Six: Race Cars Go “Vroom”
Friday, 28 August 1998.
Severus finds his “alternative treatment” peculiar, but enjoys it despite himself.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Seven: Waxing
Saturday, 29 August 1998.
Severus has his first treatment with the Ferron’s Elixir and tries to deal with his fears. Did he escape death only to become a Squib?
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Rubeus Hagrid, Twiskett
Chapter Eight: Business as Usual
Sunday, 30 August 1998.
Severus tries to carry on with his preparations for the new school year despite the set-backs.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Nine: A Delicate Phase
Monday, 31 August 1998.
With the start of the school year almost upon him, Severus has another examination as he enters a delicate phase of his treatment. Filius gives him a hand with the new staff, and he anticipates a visit from Hermione.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Filius Flitwick, Melina O’Donald, Laura Walker Manning, Twiskett, The Silent Knight
Chapter Ten: Jam Tarts
Monday, 31 August 1998.
Severus has a pleasant visit from Hermione, though they can’t escape uncomfortable topics.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Twiskett
Chapter Eleven: Don’t Frighten the Firsties
Monday, 31 August 1998.
Severus greets the first-years, and it’s a more memorable occasion than he’d anticipated. He obtains a new admirer before the Sorting.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Rubeus Hagrid, Poppy Pomfrey, Twiskett, Suzie Sefton
Chapter Twelve: The Stages of Brewing
Tuesday, 1 September 1998.
Severus tries to make it through the first morning of classes.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Kevin Harper, Jamie Brett, Letitia Pepper, Alice Fellows, Melina O’Donald, Twiskett
Chapter Thirteen: Breakfire
Tuesday, 1 September 1998.
After being whisked to the infirmary by Twiskett, Severus—his life and magic both in danger—receives powerful treatment. It’s touch-and-go for Severus as Poppy and Healer O’Donald work to save his magic.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Melina O’Donald, Twiskett
Chapter Fourteen: Of Ice Cream, Kittens, and Jet Planes
Tuesday, 1 September 1998.
Severus undergoes another procedure, and he dreams, past and present merging.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Eileen Prince Snape, Tobias Snape, Melina O’Donald
Chapter Fifteen: Bacon Butties and Baked Beans
Tuesday, 1 September 1998.
Severus begins his recovery and has visitors—and an unusual craving.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Hermione Granger, Gareth McGonagall, Wilspy
Chapter Sixteen: A Sympathetic New Start
Wednesday, 2 September 1998.
Severus spends the day in the infirmary, then returns to his own rooms to finish his recovery and begin his new life.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey
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PART TWO
Chapter Seventeen: An Ambush for Minerva
Friday, 2 October 1998.
Albus is having his own adjustment issues; Severus gives him advice and arranges an ambush.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Quin MacAirt
Chapter Eighteen: A New Man
Saturday, 17 October 1998.
Severus meets with Draco Malfoy about Draco’s decision. Later, he and Minerva discuss Halloween.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter Nineteen: Of Scotch, Choices, and Ambiguity
Saturday, 24 October 1998.
Severus gets a preview of Albus’s costume for the Halloween fancy dress party, and the two wizards talk about past and present.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Wilspy
Chapter Twenty: A Ghostly Halloween
Saturday, 31 October 1998.
Severus attends the Hogwarts fancy dress party, which suffers a strange interruption.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Verity Septima Vector, the Fat Friar, others
Chapter Twenty-One: Fancy Dress
Saturday, 31 October 1998.
Severus must dance, and the students vote on the best fancy dress.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Verity Septima Vector, Pomona Sprout, Filius Flitwick, Suzie Sefton, and others
Chapter Twenty-Two: Not Onerous or Dreary
Sunday, 1 November 1998.
Severus’s life seems to be edging away from onerous and dreary, but is it becoming more enjoyable? He has lunch with Hermione and Gareth—maybe that’s a start!
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Madam Rosmerta, Gareth McGonagall, others.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Collegiality
Sunday, 1 November 1998.
Severus has an ordinary afternoon when an unexpected visitor drops by.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Alastor Moody, Verity Septima Vector.
Chapter Twenty-Four: Dawn Light Reflected
Monday, 9 November – Saturday, 14 November 1998.
The portrait of Aurora Sinistra is dedicated.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Filius Flitwick, Firenze, Aurora Sinistra (portrait)
Chapter Twenty-Five: Preoccupation
Saturday, 21 November 1998.
Flitwick’s series of duelling demonstrations begins, and Severus tries to cope with a new preoccupation.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter Twenty-Six: Laid to Rest
Saturday, 21 – Sunday, 22 November 1998.
Severus has some of his fears addressed and a worry laid to rest.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore
Chapter Twenty-Seven: ’Twas the Night Before the Night Before Christmas
Wednesday, 23 December 1998.
Severus finds himself hosting a Christmas party, much to his chagrin. And what Hogwarts Christmas party would be complete without a little Charmed mistletoe?
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Twiskett, various Hogwarts staff members
Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Happy Birthday?
Saturday, 9 January 1999.
Severus has a birthday. They do come every year, after all, and everyone has one. Nothing special about it, right?
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Poppy Pomfrey, Gareth McGonagall, Twiskett, others
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PART THREE
Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Tear Shed
Saturday, 6 March 1999.
Severus goes into Hogsmeade to ask Hermione out to lunch, but spends the afternoon with Gareth.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Thirty: A Tour of the Past
Saturday, 6 March 1999.
Gareth gives Severus a tour of his mother’s house, and Severus tells him about his family. Severus invites Hermione on a date.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Gareth McGonagall, Gertrude Gamp
Chapter Thirty-One: A Date with Hermione
Saturday, 6 March 1999.
Severus takes Hermione out to dinner, but the date has a rocky start.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger
Chapter Thirty-Two: Disquiet
Sunday, 7 March 1999.
Severus has many mixed feelings, and his worries escalate.
Rated MA.
Warning for some mildly sexually explicit language and imagery.
Characters: Severus Snape
Chapter Thirty-Three: At Spinner’s End
Sunday, 7 March 1999.
Severus meets Gareth in Hogsmeade and Apparates him to Spinner’s End so that they can have a private discussion.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Thirty-Four: Uncertainty
Sunday, 7 March 1999.
Severus finds himself in a situation he brought about but nonetheless hadn’t expected.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Thirty-Five: Friendship
Sunday, 7 March 1999.
Severus is grateful for his friendship with Gareth, but wants there to be no misunderstandings about it. Gareth reassures him, but Severus nonetheless worries about what the events of the day may mean. The two go to dinner in Edinburgh, then Severus returns to Hogwarts, where he runs into Dumbledore.
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit content. Fluffy slashiness.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Thirty-Six: A Darkly Smouldering Magnetism
Monday, 8 March 1999.
A member of the Hogwarts staff is attracted to Severus when he accidentally seems to flirt with her, which alarms him. Filius teases him gently about it. Later, Severus meets with Minerva and they discuss his relationship with Hermione.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Minerva McGonagall, Sarah Duffy, others.
Chapter Thirty-Seven: An Exercise in Harmless Flirting
Monday, 8 March 1999.
Severus decides to try out some harmless flirting after having been told that he has “a darkly smouldering magnetism.” It doesn’t go quite as planned.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Surprise!
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PART FOUR
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Playing with Fire
Monday, 8 March 1999.
Severus plays with fire. Will he be burned?
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit content. (Het.)
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Morning After
Tuesday, 9 March 1999.
Severus has a very surprising but pleasant start to his day. Poppy finds someone waiting for her in the infirmary.
Warning for sexually explicit content. (Het)
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter Forty: A Matter of Timing
Tuesday, 9 March 1999.
Severus broods.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Sarah Duffy
Chapter Forty-One: A Fast Learner
Tuesday, 9 March 1999.
Severus enjoys his new-found power to bring pleasure.
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit content. (Het)
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter Forty-Two: Confessions
Tuesday, 9 March 1999.
Severus goes to Spinner’s End to meet Gareth. He confides in him, and he tells him about something from his past that he never discusses with anyone. Gareth also gives him some advice about Hermione.
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit imagery and language.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Forty-Three: Distractions
Tuesday, 9 March 1999.
Poppy and Severus both find themselves distracted. Severus learns more about Poppy.
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit content.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Forty-Four: No Unmixed Pleasures
Wednesday, 10 March 1999.
Severus finds that unpleasant thoughts can interrupt even the most pleasurable moments.
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit content.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Forty-Five: An Esoteric Spell
Wednesday, 10 – Thursday, 11 March 1999.
Severus learns a new spell.
Rated MA.
Warning for sexually explicit content.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Forty-Six: A Complicated Life
Thursday, 11 March 1999.
Severus is confused about his choices and decisions. He has a talk with Hermione.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Gareth McGonagall
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PART FIVE
Chapter Forty-Seven: Exotic Concoctions
Thursday, 11 March – Friday, 12 March 1999.
Severus and Hermione go to dinner in Hogsmeade. On his return to the castle, Severus accepts an invitation to a party. Filius Flitwick makes very powerful cocktails. *Beginning of Part Five*
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Filius Flitwick, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Poppy Pomfrey, Ezra Cahill, others
Chapter Forty-Eight: A Wager with the Headmistress
Saturday, 13 March 1999.
Goaded by Minerva, Severus places a wager on the abysmal Hufflepuff Quidditch team to beat Gryffindor in that day’s game.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Forty-Nine: Normal Life
Saturday, 13 March 1999.
Severus counsels a student and comes up with an idea, which he shares with Minerva.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Ginny Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Sarah Duffy
Chapter Fifty: A New Project
Saturday, 13 March 1999.
Minerva assigns Severus a new project to work on—with Poppy.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Fifty-One: Just a Fling?
Sunday, 14 March 1999.
Severus begins work on the project with Poppy, and later he practises the new spell on his own, but without success.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Verity Septima Vector
Chapter Fifty-Two: Technique
Sunday, 14 March 1999.
Severus masters an esoteric spell.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Fifty-Three: Dinner at Delancie’s
Sunday, 14 March 1999.
Severus and Poppy spend time together in the afternoon, then go to dinner in Diagon Alley.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Gareth McGonagall, Mr Delancie, others
Chapter Fifty-Four: Dangerous Consequences
Sunday, 14 March 1999.
Severus teaches Poppy the consequences of her flirting.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey
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PART SIX
Chapter Fifty-Five: Not Falling in Love
Monday, 15 March 1999
Poppy makes a resolution, and Severus falls into a foul mood as the day wears on.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Sarah Duffy
Chapter Fifty-Six: Out-of-Sorts
Monday, 15 March – Tuesday, 16 March 1999
Severus’s temper gets the better of him, and he reacts in a way he comes to regret. He ends the day with a visit to Arthur Weasley at the Burrow, where he is taken aback by what he encounters. Later, Severus tries to make amends.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Arthur Weasley, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Fifty-Seven: Making it Through the Week
Tuesday, 16 March 1999; Friday, 19 March 1999
Severus manages to make it through the week, though not happily.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Olivia Ouellette
Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Barghest’s Howl
Friday, 19 March 1999
Severus joins some colleagues for a drink at the Three Broomsticks, where he runs into Hermione.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Hermione Granger, Madam Rosmerta, Pomona Sprout, Rubeus Hagrid, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, Olivia Ouellette, Tarrant McPherson, Auror Shakira Plummer, David Manning, Laura Walker Manning, Helena Benetti, and members of the Barghest’s Howl
Chapter Fifty-Nine: Skimming the Lake
Friday, 19 March 1999
Severus walks Helena Benetti home, and they take a late-night flight.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Helena Benetti
Chapter Sixty: Perfect Timing
Friday, 19 March 1999
Severus seeks out Minerva to ask her advice. His timing is not as bad as it could be!
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter Sixty-One: Late Night Advice
Saturday, 20 March 1999, in the wee hours of the morning
Severus receives some personal advice from Minerva.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall
Chapter Sixty-Two: For Old Times’ Sake
Friday, 19 March 1999
Poppy and Quin have a night out, and then a nightcap after.
Rated MA.
Characters: Poppy Pomfrey, Quin MacAirt
Chapter Sixty-Three: A Little White Lie
Saturday, 20 March 1999
Severus receives an invitation from Hermione; Poppy considers what she will tell Minerva.
Rated MA.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey
Chapter Sixty-Four: The Goblin’s Knee
Saturday, 20 March 1999
Severus meets Hermione at the Goblin’s Knee in Diagon Alley.
Rated M.
Characters: Severus Snape, Hermione Granger
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PART SEVEN
Chapter Sixty-Five: Test Flight
Sunday, 21 March 1999
Severus meets Helena to test fly the new Nimbus Victory.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Helena Benetti
Chapter Sixty-Six: Broomstick Rodeo
Sunday, 21 March 1999
Severus gets a one-woman broomstick rodeo show.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Helena Benetti, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Sixty-Seven: Some Muggle Business
Sunday, 21 March 1999
Gareth has some Muggle business to discuss with Severus. Harry shows up, and he’s not a happy wizard.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Gareth McGonagall
Chapter Sixty-Eight: Bad Timing
Sunday, 21 March 1999
Severus fights his jealousy and petulance when his timing is bad.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Poppy Pomfrey, Quin MacAirt
Chapter Sixty-Nine: Moulting
Sunday, 21 March 19992
Severus meets with Minerva and has a surprise or two awaiting him, including a proposal she has regarding Hogwarts. Minerva doesn’t allow him to be moody, but she is nonetheless sympathetic. In turn, he learns a few things about Minerva that he hadn’t known.
Rated T.
Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Albus Dumbledore, Fawkes
Chapter Seventy: To Persist and Pursue
Chapter Seventy-One:
Chapter Seventy-Two: Renovation
Chapter Seventy-Three: Present Danger
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