Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Remus Lupin/Severus Snape Characters: Severus Snape, Remus Lupin, Lily Evans Potter, Marauders (Harry Potter) Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Gen or Pre-Slash, Sirius Black's Prank on Severus Snape, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Marauders Era (Harry Potter), Canon-Typical Violence, Mild Blood, Anxiety, Nightmares, lycanthropy as a chronic illness, Blood and Injury, Good Severus Snape, Wolfsbane Potion (Harry Potter), enemies to lab partners to lovers, Severus Snape invents the Wolfsbane Potions, Not Beta Read Series: Part 1 of The Alchemist and The Wolf Summary:
The Shrieking Shack incident should have ended with distance, detentions, and House rivalries resuming as usual. Instead, Severus Snape wakes each day to pain that refuses to fade: A curse woven into blood, bone, and memory. Desperate for answers, he buries himself in secret research, isolation, and the dark corners of the library.
Remus Lupin carries his own guilt and hunger, tethered to the cycle of the moon and terrified of the harm he can’t undo. When their paths collide, the truth becomes unavoidable. Healing is far more complicated than an apology or a potion.






