April is the Cruelest Month 2026

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• April Fools but this is not a joke by Gravitytrips

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  02 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
  • Minerva McGonagall & Poppy Pomfrey
  • Minerva McGonagall & Severus Snape
  • Poppy Pomfrey & Severus Snape
  • Harry Potter
  • Severus Snape
  • Minerva McGonagall
  • Poppy Pomfrey
  • Voldemort (Harry Potter)
  • Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Established Severitus

  Summary

  Day 1 of April is the Cruelest Month challenge.
  Prompt:
  Shot | Runaway | Gagged | "Not
  Like you care"

  Yay :)

  Series

  • Part 1 of April is the Cruelest Month 2026

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,212

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  30

  Kudos:

  172

  Bookmarks:

  17

  Hits:

  2,146

• No good change in Harry's life can ever come easily by Gravitytrips

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  03 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
  • Hermione Granger & Harry Potter & Ron Weasley
  • Harry Potter
  • Severus Snape
  • Hermione Granger
  • Ron Weasley
  • Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent
  • Hurt/Comfort

  Summary

  Day two of April is the Cruelest Month
  prompt:
  slapped across the face | Emotional Abuse | Cabin Fever | "Don't you ever try that again"

  Series

  • Part 2 of April is the Cruelest Month 2026

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,222

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Collections:

  1

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  140

  Bookmarks:

  19

  Hits:

  1,769

• Time Travel is NOT Fun guys by Gravitytrips

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  09 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
  • Harry Potter
  • Severus Snape
  • Tobias Snape
  • Eileen Prince
  • Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent
  • Child Abuse
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort

  Summary

  Harry finds himself in Cokeworth in 1969. What on planet earth is he supposed to do now?

  April is the Cruelest Month Day 7
  prompts:
  Beaten with a bottle | Emotional Breakdown | Too Far | "Why didn't you come?"

  Series

  • Part 3 of April is the Cruelest Month 2026

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,485

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  104

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  1,183

• Lost in the Woods by Gravitytrips

  Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  15 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
  • Lily Evans Potter & Severus Snape
  • Albus Dumbledore & Severus Snape
  • Harry Potter
  • Severus Snape
  • Albus Dumbledore
  • Lily Evans Potter
  • She's not TECHNICALLY here but she is VERY important to the story
  • Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • graphic depictions of injury
  • I do not know why that's not already a tag

  Summary

  April is the Cruelest Month days 8 and 9

  Day 8 prompts used: Broken ankle | frostbite
  Day 9 prompts used: Bear trap | Abandoned | Out of Earshot
  Day 13 prompts used: Snapped | Blood trail

  it counts as a broken ankle if his whole leg gets messed up right?

  Series

  • Part 4 of April is the Cruelest Month 2026

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  8,622

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  29

  Kudos:

  89

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  1,153