The war was getting worse, Dumbledore had given the order to close hogwarts for christmas. All students were to return home and the castle closed for the break. The Order of the Pheonix members were also ordered to move into 12 Gimmauld Place over the holidays to bolster security and reduce risk. You arrive with Severus, who you're in a relationship with.
When simultaneous attacks destroy both Grimmauld Place and the Burrow, the Order of the Phoenix is forced into flight with nowhere left to hide. Acting on Dumbledore’s hurried instructions, they regroup at the last place any of them would willingly choose: Spinner’s End. Severus Snape’s home is warded, isolated—and deeply unwelcome. But what awaits them inside is something none of them were prepared for. Snape has a child. As the war closes in and trust frays under pressure, the Order must take refuge under the roof of a man they neither like nor fully trust, while grappling with the fragile, dangerous secret he’s been keeping. Because in a world where everything is being torn apart, one hidden life might matter more than any of them realize.
Summer at Hogwarts is meant to be quiet—but new Ministry laws force the staff back into service, sending each Head of House across the country to conduct mandatory welfare visits for their Muggle-born students. Reluctantly, they comply. What begins as a bureaucratic inconvenience quickly turns unsettling as familiar rules stop applying outside the castle walls. Each visit reveals something different—unease, secrecy, and the quiet pressure of being watched. For Severus Snape, the task is routine. Seven students. Seven visits. No complications. Until the final name on his list. A first-year. Soon to be second. And unlike the others, nothing about this visit feels routine at all.