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Description: I read this story many, many years ago (at least four, most likely six or seven years ago).

The main points I remember: It involved Harry moving into Snape Manor, and the room Harry was given could be manipulated by him to make it however he wanted, and he went with this huge beautiful tree-structure. It was a long story, and it had a happy ending. Harry was either still a student, newly graduated or having been removed from being a Hogwarts student for some reason.

Things that I think I remember, but that I may be mixing with other stories in my head: It may have involved some kind of involuntary binding ceremony between Harry and Snape. There might have been a druidic ceremony out in the moors in the dark to take the binding off. Snape may have taught Harry magic while he was staying with him (wandless magic?). He may have rescued Harry from something at the beginning of the story. *flails* I've been out of this fandom for so long, but the memory of this story bugs me every holiday season because I probably originally read it over holiday break, and I'd really love to find it.

(P.S. If I'm indeed getting stories mixed up in my head with the things I think I remember, then the other story I'm recalling, the one with the involuntary binding ceremony that's removed much later in the moors under the stars in the cold and the dark, I'd love to find that one too, but don't want to spam with multiple posts.)

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Title: Under the Mistletoe – Good Boy
Pairings: Severus/Harry, mention of Draco/Charlie, Blaise/Pansy
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slash, Smut, Cross-Dressing, Toys, Piercings, Tattoos
Summary: Severus and Harry are forced to chaperone the annual Hogwarts Christmas party. Is Severus prepared for Harry’s reward if he behaves himself?
Authors Note: Gift-fic for jtsbbsps_dk . Just a lovely bit of Snarry porn in celebration of the holiday period. Glad you liked it hun!!!
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the characters of Harry Potter – they all belong to J.K. Rowling. I just play with them and promise to return them in their original condition.


Under The Mistletoe - Good Boy

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