Where Juniper is made to Gin

Recipient: arielhime
Title: Poco Allegretto
Author: gin_tonic
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 16,700
Warning: Alternate Reality
Prompt/Summary: Severus Snape, conductor of the Hogsmeade Symphony Orchestra finds himself faced with a new addition to his orchestra. That addition's name is Harry Potter and Severus is not at all amused by his presence – and therefore he must leave; the sooner the better.
A/N: Ariel, you said you liked some angst that resolves itself, courtship/seduction, music (or any of the Arts, in general), foreign languages, different cultures / moving to a different country, non-magical AU or AR and first times and many, many other stuff that I could choose from. I hope this lives at up to your expectations – at least a bit. I had loads of fun writing and researching for this. :)
Many thanks go to my dear translators E and P, who will never know that they contributed to a slash story, and to the absolutely fabulous drachenmina for so many suggestions and beta-reading!
The evaluation of the musicians is not mine – it's what the characters think, I swear! XD

Poco Allegretto