atypicalsnowman's Journal

Subject:	Someone please slap me
Time:	9:35 pm.

So in May I lost my precious Sheba, who can never and will never be replaced. The whole ordeal took so much out of me, but I've gotten to a place where I can think of her and see her pictures and think of fun things and not the horrible end.

Plus, a few months ago I got this little troublemaker, Sadie.

( Click for kitty pics and worrying )

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Subject:	Falling Slowly
Time:	2:59 pm.

Reposting and claiming the fic I wrote for the Cliche Fest. Thanks again to accioslash and torino for putting on yet another amazing fest.

Title: Falling Slowly
Author:

atypicalsnowman
Other pairings/threesome: None.
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 9k~
Warning(s): None.
Cliche: (highlight for spoilers) *Courtship!fic, clueless!Harry, a Severus with layers*
Summary: Harry has learned to always trust his instincts, and his instincts are telling him Severus is the one.
A/N: Thanks to

roozetter for the beta read and to Torina for helping with the plot. This is such a great idea for a fest and I’m so grateful to the mods for putting it on. Long live Snarry!

( Falling Slowly )

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Subject:	...and the enemy tastes good
Time:	7:52 pm.

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Subject:	Release
Time:	8:50 pm.

Title: Release
Author:

atypicalsnowman
Rating: PG
Summary: Harry needs something. Severus learns to move.
Warnings: Mentions the death of a child.
Author's Notes: Written for the Snarry LDWS. Thanks to lovetoseverus for the beta.

( Release )

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Subject:	So much lovely art!
Time:	10:16 pm.

I have art!

Two pieces of beautiful art were posted in the past few days, and my wonderful (but omg time-consuming) job has kept me from pimping them.

ships_harry made a lovely Snarry piece for me which can be found here. I love everything about this piece, the tone of the paper, the intimacy of their kiss. I love how fragile Severus looks and how Harry's leaning into him. *sighs*

Second piece was completed about a month ago, but was only posted yesterday.

veridari made something that soothed my heart when my long time catpanion, Sheba, died in May. The art is posted here, and it's so beautiful. You can see the fluffiness of her coat and how lovely her eyes were. I'm so grateful for this.

*hugs all the lovely pictures*

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Subject:	Inevitable
Time:	2:11 pm.

Title: Inevitable
Author:

atypicalsnowman
Other pairings/threesome: SB/RL mentioned
Rating: PG
Word count: 900
Warning(s): Crack? Harry is 17.
SPOILERS/What you are fixing: (highlight for spoilers) * Snape dies? Pfft! Not blood likely. That changes the rest of it, of course.*
Summary: Snape loves Harry, of course. Why is anyone surprised by this?
A/N: Long live Snarry! Much thanks to

accioslash and snape_potter for putting together this little fest. I wlll gladly participated in all your madness. *curtsies*

( Inevitable )

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Subject:	To Sheba, the greatest of cats
Time:	9:01 pm.
Music:	a little bell.

Yesterday I had to put my cat, Sheba, to sleep. I had to privilege of acting as her servant for fifteen years, and she died in my arms at 8:45 at an animal hospital in central Texas.

She was a gift from my very first boyfriend on my fourteenth birthday. I remember seeing her for the first time and being extremely intimidated. I had had cats before, but she was somehow larger than all of them (even though she was always so small). From the very moment she stepped into the house she let us all know she was in charge. I let her out of her carrier and she jumped onto the bar and looked around at her kingdom.

I'm twenty-nine now. I'd had her for a little over half my life. She saw and met every boyfriend I'd ever had. She saw my sweet sixteen, my prom, graduation, several apartments and other cats come and go.

She saw my sister through numerous break-ups, never saying a thing when her fur was wet from tears. She saw all of my siblings graduate college, saw my mother through dozens of surgeries.

She started getting a little thinner a few months ago, and I thought it was because she was getting so much older. She was still eating, still had her bold personality so I thought she was okay.

Then a week ago she started wobbling and then eating less. I took her to the vet and they said she had a parasite, that she would be fine with some medication.

Then yesterday she was so unwell and wouldn't eat or drink. I knew something was wrong. I took her to two vets and finally they told me that it would take extreme and incredibly expensive (damn medicine for being a business) means to keep her alive, even for one night.

And she had been in so much pain.

So my brother and sister came over to the vet, and we all sat in a little room. My parents were trying to find some way of getting another opinion, taking her to some other vet, but the doctors said she wouldn't make it through the night.

The hardest part was that she didn't look bad in her last hour. They had hydrated her and she felt better. She was curious about her little room with the warm colors and plush carpet. She managed a few steps to lay down on it.

But I knew she wasn't going to make it, and I knew that it was my selfishness that was keeping her with me. That if I kept her for another day she'd be in pain, and crying, and I just didn't want that for her.

She died in my arms. I always knew that was how she'd go, and I always knew what my last words to her would be. So I just told her thank you, and that I loved her, and goodbye.

I have little faith, but times like these I wish I had more. I hope there's a special place for cats and that she's young again and she wants to play again and be a cat.

And more than that, I know that I will never have another cat like her. I could search for the rest of my life and it would be in vain. She was and is the best cat I ever knew.

My brother rushed home at the crack of down to bury her at my family's home, by the tree she used to claw. I can't think of a better place for her.

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Subject:	Farewell Kiss by swtalmnd
Time:	11:21 pm.

I have art! swtalmnd created some lovely art for my WIP Pains and Contradictions, and I'm so very happy with the result.

Go see!

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Subject:	Courtship, Marauder Style
Time:	12:18 am.

Crosspost from my livejournal. I started out there and stayed just because I like everything in one place, but I really prefer you group of misfits.

Title: Courtship, Marauder Style
Author: atypicalsnowman
Pairing: Sirius/Remus, Severus
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2.3k
Warnings: None that I can think of.
Summary: Sirius loves Remus, but doesn't understand why his advances aren't being accepted.
A/N: Thanks to

lovetoseverus for the beta. This is outside my usual pairing, which is probably why Severus plays such a large role. This was written to fulfill my loss of a bet I made with

lemondropseven. Back in...oh, January I think, I made a bet that I could finish my Grand Challenge Fic within 50k words. I finished just shy of 80k. She asked for Sirius/Remus courtship fic with a happy ending. I hope you like this, darling.

Courtship, Marauder Style

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Subject:	My brother has taken the greatest picture ever!
Time:	4:03 pm.

My name shall be shouted from rooftops!

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Subject:	swtalmnd art commissioned for P&C!
Time:	2:02 am.

About a week ago, I commissioned art from swtalmnd for Pains and Contradictions.

And it's sooo pretty. Go here and have a look. I also really liked the art that Torino commissioned. swtalmnd has a lovely way of drawing Severus and Harry kissing.

*sigh*

-- snow

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Subject:	Alright, everyone. It's storytime!
Time:	4:23 am.
Mood:	anxious.

Well it's late and there's no one around to play with so I think I'll tell a little story.

So yesterday my sister came into town and had a package to give me. I tell her she can give it to me at lunch, but she says she might as well come up to my apartment. This is how the conversation went:

( Click to read the fabulous tale of how snow hid the porn in plain sight )

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Subject:	It's safe to come out now (Thoughts on P&C)
Time:	3:26 am.
Mood:	excited.

Hello, everyone! I had a very big night tonight. A chapter I had visualized and had perfectly in my head for over a year has finally been written. It's everything I thought it would be and I'm so incredibly happy with it.

I realize that it's difficult to read a WIP and even more difficult when it's angst-ridden so I do thank those of you who have followed it the entire way. That being said, if anyone dropped out somewhere along the way, it's safe to come back now.

I just hope everyone will enjoy the next chapter as much as I liked writing it. I'm crossing my fingers.

-- snow

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Subject:	Kicking and Screaming
Time:	3:25 am.

Okay, so I've decided to finally use my IJ page. I don't think I'll post P&C here since it already has a home on my LJ, but I will use this for fandom-related posts.

So huzzah! Where's the party?

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Subject:	On to LJ!
Time:	7:35 am.

This account is for fests for the most part.

All of my writing can be found on my LJ.

Follow the white snowman

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