Title: The Serpent Bearer Author: iulia_linnea Characters: Severus Snape, implied Original Male Character Rating: PG Word Count: 2000 Summary: Severus discharges his parental duty. Disclaimer: This work of fan fiction is based on characters and situations created by J. K. Rowling and owned by J. K. Rowling and various publishers, including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made from (and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended by) the posting of this fan work. Author's Note: This epistolary "fic" was inspired by a non-fandom friend's musing about what manner of father (book) canon!Severus might have made. Thank you, arynwy, for beta'ing.