| Takes Place: 3rd summer | Chapters: 1 |
| Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving | Completed: Yes |
| Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape | Genres: Family, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort |
| Tags: Adoption | Word count: 1062 |
| Main Characters: .Snape and Harry (required) | Read: 1131 |
Summary: He decided to stop reminding the teachers that he didn’t have any parents to make presents for, too. Instead, he did the projects as he was told, writing Happy Christmas, Happy Mother’s Day, Happy Father’s Day, and signing empty “I love you’s” to people who did not exist for him. He decided not to throw them away like Aunt Petunia had done with his either, and instead saved them like she had with Dudley’s presents. He kept them under the mattress on the cot in his cupboard like he did with all other things that were precious to him, which really didn’t amount to much.
Harry often wondered what it would be like to have a parent who treasured his handmade gifts like Aunt Petunia did with Dudley, a parent who didn’t see his presence as a nuisance. Maybe that’s why he kept these things, for the hope that someday, maybe, he’d have someone he could give them to. Someone who would treat them as a keepsake, someone who would treat him like something of value.
Maybe someday.
Awards:
Harry often wondered what it would be like to have a parent who treasured his handmade gifts like Aunt Petunia did with Dudley, a parent who didn’t see his presence as a nuisance. Maybe that’s why he kept these things, for the hope that someday, maybe, he’d have someone he could give them to. Someone who would treat them as a keepsake, someone who would treat him like something of value.
Maybe someday.
Story Notes:
Here's a quick one for you, my friends. I know that Father's Day and similar holidays can be hard for a lot of you and I was thinking about how hard it must have been for Harry during these holidays in primary school, not having parents or even a good parental figure at all, and I thought that if one day he was able to have that, wouldn't he look at the holidays in a different light? And if he had kept those things he'd had no one to give to... well, you can read on to see what I imagined. If today is difficult for you, I hope that this small fic makes it a little more bearable. Happy Father's Day to our favorite fanfiction fathers!
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1. Father Figures and Days of Acclamation by MellarkandArt [Reviews - 10] 
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The End.
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