Author: Svartalfur
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Slughorn/Snape
Warning: NC-17, slash, drug abuse (Snape)
Length: Short
Status: Completed
Slughorn pursues Snape. An account of the burgeoning relationship between two Slytherins on the background of the events of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
This story is remarkable in two aspects; Snape is ugly. Inside, outside. Some authors portray him as a victim, some as misunderstood, others as an adult who repents his youthful sins. But some don't. Some authors paint an even uglier picture. This author belongs to the latter. And yet there's beauty in him - he feels like anybody else, he suffers in his spite. Slughorn is similiar in character, but loneliness has formed him differently. He sees Snape; and can't stop looking.
It's sad in some aspects. Both are in need of somebody, but they are too destructive together. Not right for each other.
