Rumours (слэш)

Harry discovers that the prophecy says he will die when he faces Voldemort. What if Severus Snape refuses to allow this to happen? A new friendship between a student & professor becomes the strongest force against Voldemort. For Harry, it's a story of how he is saved. For Severus, it's a story of how he really, really shouldn't have fallen in love with Harry. Everyone lives AU. EWE?
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Full list of warnings: a few mentions of self-harm (no actual self-harm). Minor character death (muggles, off screen). Violence. Sexual themes. Swear words. This story begins while Harry is still in his seventh year, but nothing sexual occurs while Harry is underage. There will be mentions of Harry with another semi-major character later in the story, but worry not! There will be a happy ending for our boys. Light bashing of pretty much everyone, nothing too bad, though. This is AU in that I kept a few canon themes as they fit my story, but plenty of this is not at all canon. This story pretty well splits from canon midway through PoA, I'd say.
This is a slooow burn.