New Chapter Lost Souls Found

[Lisa]

Lost Souls Found, Chapter 43: Nuptials 

At last we see the wedding of Remus and Tonks—from the perspective 
of Severus and Rowena.  I agonized over Severus' "best man" speech 
for ages, but I am actually pleased with the result.  I wanted him 
to be `funny', or at least make a snarky comment about how he 
doesn't "do" humor, but the Snape in my head was appalled with the 
result every time.  The few paragraphs of the `speech' alone 
represent days of agonizing, deleting and re-writing.  What exists 
here met the approval of my internal Severus.  I hope it meets yours.

Reprise the summary: 

Severus Snape and OFC, Romance/drama, hurt/comfort. After OotP so 
loads of spoilers for that book, but before Half Blood Prince; so AU 
to that book when it arrives.  Voldemort is out in the open, Snape 
is involved in DE activities because of his OotP Spy role.  A 
researcher from Ministry offers to aid and assist Dumbledore and is 
reacquainted with our Potion's Master whom she knew slightly from 
school. Snarky Snape, in depth plot. (Way too much plot for those of 
you who want PWP.) WIP Rated NC-17 for romantic/sexual content in 
later chapters as well as some graphic/mature dealings with the 
horrors of a Magical War.  Overall a romance, but I do not pull any 
punches when it comes to dealing with Snape as a Death Eater to 
maintain his `cover'.  War is gruesome.

http://www.fanfiction.net/~lisasimaginings Author page (see my cute 
family—and my hubby who has not cut his hair since HBP-release date 
was announced, just for me so he can dress as Snape for the book 
party!! What a guy! /vbg/)

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1789723/1/ Story link at ffn

http://adultfan.nexcess.net/aff/authors.php?no=13713  Author Page at 
AFN
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For this chapter I had a great deal of help from the folks at the 
HP_Britglish on British wedding traditions.  You can see the topic 
and their wonderful answers here:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/hp_britglish/117719.html

They were extremely friendly, helpful and very quick with their 
responses.  I recommend `lurking' that group just for fun if you are 
a HP fanfic writer—I learn all sorts of interesting things there.

A special thank you to Lady Claire who is helping me with some 
German translations I want to use between Severus and Katrina, to 
Surgical Steel who has helped me a great deal with authentic Texan 
material, and to Hermaania Malfoy and WitchEcho who have begun the 
process of going back through the entire fic and Brit-Picking for 
me!  Yay!  I am not, at this time, going back and DOING the repairs, 
as I focus on getting the fic done before HBP comes out, and 
fortunately they all seem to be relatively minor without detracting 
from the overall story.  

If you are interested, I am keeping a `running list' of known-fix-
needs here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/weasleyfan/10155.html?nc=17

I am always grateful for comments, critiques, constructive 
criticism, etc. 

Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Shanti