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Written for geminiscorp for the 2011 round of the SSHG Exchange


Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Title: CONTRA SALIGIA, or how Gilderoy Lockhart proved to be almost useful at last.
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~6400
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters and/or Pairings:: Snape/Hermione, implied background pairing of McGonagall/Sprout.
Possible warnings and/or enticements - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): (skip)Nothing in particular. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here
Notes: Canon compliant up to - but not including - the Epilogue (or the alleged demise of Mr Severus Snape).
Summary: After many months spent working closely with her former professor, Hermione Granger is absolutely certain that Severus Snape's near-death experience in the Shrieking Shack transformed him completely - and all for the better. However, judging by the comments about Severus that Hermione has been noticing recently from her other colleagues, it's clear that her positive opinion isn't shared by everyone. What could explain the vast gulf between the Severus she's come to know and the Snape that everybody else seems to be seeing? Hermione has no idea what the answer is, but she's determined to find out.

( CONTRA SALIGIA, or how Gilderoy Lockhart proved to be almost useful at last )

Written for the sshg_exchange, December 2006

Title: To Touch The Spaces
Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Characters: Snape/Hermione
Rating: PG-13/R
Possible warnings - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): Some alcohol use. Please leave a comment if anything else seems problematic.
Word Count: 4592
Author's Note: Many thanks to Arsenic, Flora, and Meri for sterling beta workl
Summary: Severus Snape's post-war existence is not quite so bad as he feared it might be. But perhaps it could be just a bit better.


( To Touch The Spaces )

Written in January for the sshg_exchange 2009 on LiveJournal (here) for bluestocking73 (and tangentially for eeyore9990")

Title: The New Man
Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Possible warnings - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): Nothing in particular. Please leave a comment if anything seems problematic.
Pairing: Snape/Hermione
Word Count: 8300
Author's Notes: This was written as a combination of some elements from the original prompt (see below) and as an homage to, well, that would give it away, wouldn't it? Click here to see the [possibly spoilery] source of the aforementioned 'homage.' Generally canon compliant, apart from the Epilogue.
Summary: Ten years have passed since the War, and Hermione is happy with her great job, her wonderful flat, and even her social life. It's true that her love-life is practically non-existent, but Hermione isn't particularly bothered by that. Then she meets a new man . . . but just how 'new' is he?


Original Prompt: Years after Snape's assumed "death," Hermione randomly encounters Snape, who's living as a Muggle and remembers nothing of his past, his magic or his former identity. All he knows is that he's an average man who was horribly injured in an accident and that he woke up in hospital afterward. Hermione's drawn to the mystery of how his memory was deliberately erased (and by whom). UST and eventual romance would be great.

( The New Man )

From the lovedraughts ficathon

<Rating: PG (mostly...prehet? *g*)
Requester: wildwinterwitch:
Request: hurt/comfort (yes) and a cottage on a northern beach (mostly yes). They definitely aren't married - and don't have children.
A/N: Many thanks to Luthien for beta. The 3000 randomly-inserted words I added after she went to sleep are not her fault.

Good Enough
by Beth H.
(c) September 15, 2004

( Good Enough )