Valkyrie Kat

Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: Refllective Thestrals
Word: 532
Rating: PG / Warnings: mild angst
#5 of 100 more prompts: Thestrals
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Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: The Tool
Words: 100 exactly
Rating: PG 13 / Warnings: heavy angst
#54 of 100 Prompts: “fingernails”

Severus’ fingernails were biting deeply into his arm, as if to tear away the proof of his mistakes, or to render it if not invisible then incoherent. The Dark Mark. It had faded considerably but now was so close to burning that he had to clear his mind. He had to, for he knew some of what was to come. The sacrifice made for that Potter, the Potter with the Evans eyes.

Yes, he had been a Death Eater and no amount of deeply imbedded fingernail marks could erase it. Yet it was used as a tool now, a hope

Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: Precision and Afterlife: Severus Snape
Words: 718
Rating : PG 13
Warning: Angst, rare departure from canon
A/N: (17) of 100 Prompts “Control”

Severus lay there thinking of magic so controlled it was second nature, and he need never second-guess himself.

Precision. Precise control. That is what Severus Snape had wanted to learn. He had learnt a good deal at Spinner's End. He'd learnt more from his home library than he had learnt in his first three years. That and learning to use telekinesis – he could move small objects, animate them, without a wand. He'd been doing it for years thanks to the ministrations of his maternal grandfather. Then he entered his fourth year, where everything had been so great and so terrible.
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Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: For Extra Credit
Words: 567
Pairing: Hermione/Draco
Rating: PG / Warnings: None
A/N: Third Year, exams

Cheering Charms. That’s what she missed in Charms after she smacked Draco Malfoy across the face, the time when sleep found her laying with her head on her Arithmancy textbook. Flitwick had told her to read three books on theory, and she’d done an extra turn on her special time-travelling necklace to catch up. She was so behind in everything, and Buckbeak’s fate and Malfoy calling Hagrid pathetic had driven her even more to distraction.
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Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: The Cry of Coward
Words: 100
Rating: PG-13 / Warnings: None
#51 of 100 Prompts: Coward

“Coward! COWARD!” Minerva McGonagall cried , and bitterness tore at Severus’ heart. He knew of cowards. Pettigrew. Greyback. Lucius, wandless and shaking.

The boy Potter had shouted “Coward!” at him too. How that wrenched him.

With any luck he would be able to prove otherwise. It stung worst from Minerva. They used to have a grudging respect for each other.

He didn’t want his colleagues, or students, falling at his hand. Enough had fallen at his hand already. He had never been one to take the easy route.

Did it matter that he be vindicated? No. Just kept his word.

Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: A Challenge
Words: 100
Rating: PG / Warning: ironic
A/N:#50 of 100: “Frost Underfoot”

Severus liked to experiment, whether with potions, spells or chess matches. He liked to see if he could go beyond the reaches of yesterday. At the moment, he was trying an experiment in human nature. This wasn’t his usual line of thought, but he was in love. How did he know?

“I just know,” he told her as they walked across the grounds, frost underfoot, crunching footfalls sharp in their ears.

“How do you just know?” Lily asked.

“You always challenge me. I like a challenge.” Severus smirked.

“But Sev, why do you love me?”

“Because you’re my biggest challenge!”

Author: valkyriekat
Title: Chapter 3 of Promises to Keep, SBB
For: severusbigbang
A/N: Please excuse the poetry, and the Nietzsche references, I can't help myself. Underneath all the intensity is a fluffy bunny. Or perhaps not.
16+ read only please
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Author: valkyriekat
Chapter 2 of Promises To Keep SBB
severusbigbang contribution
A/N: Please excuse the poetry, and the Nietzsche references, I can't help myself. Underneath all the intensity is a fluffy bunny. Or perhaps not
16+ Read only please
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Title: Promises To Keep
Author: valkyriekat
Beta: flaminia x, snapealina
Genre: general • Rating: 16+ • Warnings: much angst, character death
Pairing: Severus/Severus • Characters: Severus, Lily, Dumbledore, Voldemort, Harry Potter, Lucius, Eileen Snape, references to others
Word Count: 16719
Summary: Severus dictates his thoughts to an enchanted quill
A/N: Please excuse the poetry, and the Nietzsche references, I can't help myself. Underneath all the intensity is a fluffy bunny. Or perhaps not.
Written for: severusbigbang
The disclaimer on my journal applies, namely invention: JKR/Warner Bros. I make no money.
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Author: Kat J valkyriekat
Title: Alternate Studies
Words: 100
Rating: PG 13
Warnings: angst, sexism
Prompt #47/100 "bookworm"

Severus sat leaning against the bookshelf, his nose close to the page, reading Challenges in Alternate Magical Studies, which even the twelve-year-old knew was just a handy euphemism for the Dark Arts. Why he found them a rewarding challenge he couldn’t explain, but he expected it had something to do with the man staring at him.

“You, bookworm, fetch me a brew.” Tobias growled ominously. Severus shrugged and went into the kitchen, where his mother was cooking dinner.

“Did he call you anything?” she asked nervously.

“No, just bookworm.”

“That’s your ticket out, my little bookworm. Enjoy your Alternate Studies.” She winked.