Terry was still a boy when he faded away. Only nineteen. Years later, Hermione catches the echo of him in Sirius's face. A certain slant of light, a different tilt to his smile, and there he is: the boy she failed. Working with Snape in the Department of Mysteries leads her down old, familiar paths. She cannot fail this time.

It's all Potter's fault. As per usual. After years together, Hermione and Severus have an overdue conversation. Written for the 2020 SSHG Promptfest.

Upon finding herself thrown back in time to 1987, Hermione decides to befriend a young Potions Master. He has other ideas.

Nineteen years after the war, Severus wakes up to a world in which Harry Potter admires him. As if that wasn't unsettling enough, he also ends up trapped in the body of Neville Longbottom. All things considered, he wonders if he should have stayed asleep. SS/HG, RW/NL

Just because she let him into her body, it doesn't mean she has a place in his life. It doesn't mean she was ever more to him than a partner in crime. It doesn't mean he wants her.

The last thing Severus remembers is overhearing a prophecy in a dingy, goat-scented pub. Now there's a James Potter clone with Lily's eyes, a much aged McGonagall, and an infuriatingly familiar woman with wild hair all saying he is not a loyal Death Eater. Looking in a mirror proves that he is, indeed, suddenly pushing fifty. All in all, not his best day.