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Novelette

Within a Forest Dark

Winner Seeker Award

Severus Snape expects his journey at Hogwarts to be dark and lonely. He’s right. Mostly. But he finds friendship in an unexpected place.

Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape
Minerva/Severus
9,700 words
M/R

Read It On

After so many years in the fandom I still get excited about each new take on the developping friendship between Severus and Minerva; and this is sooo well done … the story is a real delight!

minervas_eule

What a splendid story! … this fic is just a perfect combination of something familiar from the canon and the beloved fanon of these characters, and of surprises.

paulamcg

This was a great and unexpected read. You just nailed both characters and woven them together perfectly. Only few can take these two and create a believable and naturally progressing plot and with so little words on top of it. It already ranks as one of my favourites.

John Doe
Spoiler Alert!

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