Severus is a teacher in Harry's primary school in Little Whinging, and he sees what everyone else has been too blind to notice.
Inspired by the song Concrete Angel by Martina McBride. Happier ending.

At a young age, his life changed and he now has a secret that must be hidden at all costs. Over the Yule holidays, another boy endures his own horror. Two first-years, each with a secret, must try to navigate their school years but Draco's secret is revealed and he is disowned by his parents as well as shunned by his classmates. The two boys come across each other, discovering the other's secret but circumstances lead them finding themselves within the United States and under the protection of someone unexpected as they try to navigate the lunar waters. Based on Harry is a werewolf by JAWorley

Third year brings new troubles to Hogwarts, but none more than Harry Potter with the breakout the Dark Lord's right hand man, Sirius Black. Determined to finish what his master failed, Harry is sent back to the Dursleys where he can be safe within the blood wards and not allowed to visit the Weasleys at all nor contact his friends. To make sure of this, Hedwig is forbidden from being taken back to the Dursleys, yet after Sirius is sighted near Privet Drive, Professor Snape is forced to take control of Harry as an apprentice. However, when Snape arrives at Privet Drive, he discovers that Potter is missing. Is it Black that kidnapped him? Is it someone or something else more sinister? Harry is found in an unlikely place and taken away, forbidden from contact with his friends as he is thrust into the role of apprentice. Yet amidst these troubles, Harry discovers something about himself and a hidden crime that only a murderer and his best friends know, something that may change Harry's future for the better...or the worse.