It was a ridiculous idea, of course, loving that hopeless twit with her bushy hair and her glasses that were constantly sliding down her nose. But then again, he had always been a bit ridiculous, in a way." SnapeSinistra vignette.

The true-life occurances of one Severus S. Snape, sure to bewitch your mind and ensnare your senses.... er, perhaps not. Filled with bitterness, discoveries, and plenty of spite towards the starry-eyed Astrology professor.

They were young once, and beautiful. They were friends forever, practically brothers, and inseparable. But little boys grow up.

Casualties come with every war. But sometimes Auriga Sinistra likes to forget.

"But whether James really did take of Snape's pants, Harry never found out." Where the memory ends, the story begins.

Brief musings on the state of Gilderoy Lockhart during his tenure in St. Mungo's.

They had started with four back nearly 30 years ago. Slowly, their numbers had dwindled, each lost to the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters. In the end, he was the only one left. (Contains spoilers for OotP)

Remus gives Sirius one minute before he leaves, and after thirty years of friendship, they realize that they've been wasting time.

"Tell me about Harry, Virginia." A conversation between Ginny and her diary leads to Tom requesting a favor from her as proof of their... friendship.

Grief will do strange things to people. Some laugh, some cry. . . and some, like Auriga Sinistra, will do anything to pretend that Severus Snape will still walk back through the door.

'Auriga Sinistra hated the rain, with the fires of a thousand boiling cauldrons, hated it. And it happened to be raining.' Things can't get much worse when Sinistra gets locked out in the rain. That is, until Snape gets locked out with her.

As a student, Lucius Malfoy finds precisely what he was looking for in the arrival of a certain Severus Snape. But neither expected life to turn out like this. (Chapter Eleven Up)

A sweeping and poetic expression of Snape's feelings toward everyone's favourite glasses-wearing Boy-Who-Lived.

Moody’s arrival poses a threat to the careful balance of secrets at Hogwarts, not the least of which is Snape and Sinistra’s play at marriage. As they struggle to keep up their make-believe, the past unravels and lines of pretending become blurred. (C

"So this was it... He'd always imagined it as worse, like the Cruciatus, a mind-numbing pain that drove you mad until your release. It wasn't so horrible after all." A life not-quite-lived comes full circle.

When buying a Valentine's Day gift, be sure to make your purchase something that shows your devotion... despite the fact that you cannot stand your significant other. (A Snape/Sinistra set in "The Odd Couple" but not a needed part of the story.)

‘Snape was now quite sure that time had stopped and that he was trapped for all eternity in this hellish existence called the Yule Ball.’ Another Yule Ball, just like the last. Until someone asks Severus to dance, that is.

“Chances are, love, that Voldemort will be defeated before Halloween.” James informs his young wife that Voldemort's death is inevitable, while their own lives are about to end.

To save the life of an innocent, he left the Death Eaters. He hoped to find a better life, but he should have known that happiness would be hard to find. Is it better to be miserable than dead? Severus Snape is about to find out. (Chp 10 Up)

(or The Potion Master's... Mistress?) When the Potions class finds themselves overhearing Snape's private conversation with a woman, they can only make several guesses as to who, precisely, that woman is- make that several... amusing guesses.