Harry Potter and Severus Snape have never been particularly close, but that changes his sixth year after Professor Slughorn's Christmas party. Now, on the cusp of his Horcrux hunt, these two cannot seem to stay away from one another. While the fate of the Wizarding World rests in Harry's hands, knowing he must vanquish Voldemort, Harry cannot get his Potions Professor from his mind.

When Scotland Yard's newest detective, Nymphadora Tonks, takes on the case of Harry Potter, she is shocked to discover that his relatives have been horribly abusive. Harry, who is now in his sixth year at Wartsmoth Academy for Gifted Students, wants nothing more than a sense of normalcy and, now in the custody of Remus Lupin, believes that it is entirely possible. However, Harry cannot shake the nagging feeling that his chemistry professor, Severus Snape, is harboring secrets against him, and he will strive to figure out why.

Harry is disillusioned when it comes to love, and is shocked when a familiar face, presumed missing, shows up at his doorstep on Christmas Eve. Lines are dawn, but subsequently crossed, and then deep desires are revealed, as the holidays ring in with Harry Potter and Severus Snape.

After witnessing a kiss between the Minister of Magic and Severus Snape, seventeen-year-old Harry finds himself at a literal crossroads of his life. Intermingled with scenes of the past - in which Harry studies for, and receives his NEWT's grades in the wake of the Battle of Hogwarts - it flits back to the present, where Harry is a reluctant Auror, while Ron, also an Auror, is planning his wedding to Hermione. All of this surrounds Christmas as its backdrop, with Harry wondering if he'll ever have a future with the one person he truly wants.

"Well, what was the cure, then?" "A soul-bond," Severus told him quietly. Harry went white. "Are you serious?" Severus sighed. "I am afraid so. In order to save your life, you had to be bonded immediately to your soulmate, and only then would the curse begin to purge itself from your system." "And... And you were able to figure that out?" Severus swallowed. "There's more to it, I'm afraid," he told him. "As it seems, your soulmate has been found, which is why you were able to awaken."

Harry Potter, seventeen, abused and broken but determined not to show it, has been in the care system since he was ten, and about to age out in the next ten months. He needs all the help he can get, if only he would be willing to accept it. Severus Snape, thirty-eight, is a social worker and is a little too obsessed with a romance series and is married to his work, despite what his co-workers want for him. When Severus meets Harry and their worlds collide - literally - they are left wondering if all is as they thought it was, and if there is hope for a better tomorrow.

After Severus Snape removes his Dark Mark out of loyalty to his years-long betrothal to Harry, he believes his troubles are over. However, they are only beginning as Voldemort has come upon an ancient, and potentially, deadly ritual, one that will turn friends to enemies, where people could potentially die a most painful death, and one where Harry and Voldemort will once again have an epic standoff. Will this one result in one finally dying, and fulfilling the prophecy?

Lord Harry Potter, eighteen, newly graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, must save the life of his godfather and guardian, Sirius, Viscount Black, by taking his place at the gothic Murkwood Manor, and becoming the companion of the elusive earl, Lord Severus Snape, who resides there, who may or may not be afflicted by a Dark Magic curse. It is through mutual compassion and understanding that Harry becomes not a prisoner, but a valued friend, and, soon, Harry and Severus must come to terms with the notion that there is deep lust, and perhaps even love, between the two of them. But, Severus is of the opinion that, if you love someone, you must set them free, and Harry isn't quite sure that he wishes to go any longer.

(140,000+ words) In the aftermath of war, Harry tries to pull his life back together. Guilty of all the blood on his hands, he seeks a way to deal with his grief. He begins to write letters to the late Severus Snape, wishing he was able to reconcile with a dead man. Will Harry receive the closure he needs?

" You're beautiful" He whisperd " What was that Malfoy? " She said as she went to her trunk and her clothes had re-apeard. " I said " Cold hands wrapped around her waist and a muscular chest pressed against her back " You're beautiful " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ art belongs to amaizng upthehillart on ig Just some Dramione one shots. { Slow updates } J.K Rowling owns all the amazing characters.