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Snitch! is one of the earliest Harry/Draco slash fanfics. The first six chapters were posted on 16 July 2001 to FictionAlley by Al with updates continuing until December of 2002 before it became an abandoned WIP.

It was published during a time that slash was still considered niche and something to be warned for, and may have garnered some hate for this (see The Pairing for more detail), but overall it was very well-received and quickly became a fandom classic. The ship name "Guns 'n' Handcuffs", which was used to refer to Harry/Draco on FictionAlley, takes the "Guns" half from Snitch!

At the end of each chapter posted to Schnoogle, the author thanked readers who had left reviews. There was also a dedicated Yahoo group, Draco's Appartment, for discussion, spinoffs, and related fanworks. Aja listed it as one of her recs in her giant fics rec meme.