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Titles: None
Author: blindmadness
Fandom/'Verse: Harry Potter; spoilers for HBP.
Characters/Pairing: Tobias Snape, Eileen Prince, and Severus Snape; Tobias/Eileen, in an angsty bad-marriage way.
Rating: PG-13ish?
Summary: A series of drabbles/drabbles-and-a-fraction centering around Severus, Eileen, and Tobias Snape; written to count down to the release of HBP. Canon created by dizmo, peridium and myself, respectively, for desperatefans.
Warning: HBP spoilers.

( Malice drove him to break his vows. Terror drove her to keep hers. 136 words. )

( Severus never found out who had murdered his father; that was probably for the best. 136 words. )

( Severus Snape knew that he would never marry. 180 words. )

( It was the first time since their wedding that he had looked at her with a smile in his eyes. It would be the last. 156 words. )

( His voice would get louder, his movements more violent, and he would strike his terrified wife even harder. 144 words. )

( Eileen knew she was weak; Tobias had beat the knowledge into her. 166 words. )

( No one ever knew the truth about Tobias Snape. 100 words. )

( As an adult, Severus still awoke in the middle of the night with fear and cold fury clawing at his throat. 155 words. )

( The voices of the dead haunted Severus Snape. 118 words. )

( It took him a while to form words; when they came, they were honest and emphatic, truer than any eulogy. 158 words. )

( Tobias Snape was dead. Of this Severus was certain. 100 words. )

( Severus Snape wished he could forget his father. 118 words. )