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In honor of what would have been Severus Snape's 50th birthday, I have a fic rec for you all which is especially appropriate for the occasion.

Title: A Time to Forget
By:

gatewaygirl
Pairing: Snape/Harry
Summary: Harry had expected teaching at Hogwarts, even temporarily, would have complications -- his children, for instance. But when he goes exploring in the dungeons, the past moves inexorably into his present.
Rated: Explicit Sex/Violence
Word count: 24754

This was written by

gatewaygirl for

entrenous88 in Snarry Holidays 2008. I somehow read only the beginning of the story then and then lost my bookmark to it or something and only just got back to it today, and it is BRILLIANT.

It's up at Walking the Plank:
http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=2940

Or at Snarry Holidays on IJ:
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/snarry_holidays/61352.html

Or at The Archive:
http://www.the-archive.net/viewstory.php?sid=6762

So it's 22 years after. Albus was sorted into Slytherin, James and Lily into Gryffindor, and after years of having a sort of open marriage, Ginny and Harry have broken up because Ginny got into a much more serious, loving relationship with one of her fellow pro Quidditch players (female). Harry's single but still the subject of MUCH tabloid coverage, and he ends up taking a fill-in position at Hogwarts for the DADA teacher who has to bow out for a few months after getting injured.

I don't want to give away much more than that set-up, but all the details of this fic just work seamlessly with the canon. This is a great fic for people who love time-travel, de-aging, and Hogwarts AU in their Snarry and yet it ISN'T ANY OF THOSE. You just have to read it to see how it works.

Brilliant, brilliant story.