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Response to a challenge: Out of the darkness by Swamygliders. In his fourth year and after the events of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry stares down from the Astronomy Tower. An unlikely someone stops him from falling, and tells him he matters.

Takes Place: 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Stern
Tags: Depression Recovery
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Out of Character, Self-harm, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 24 May 2022 / 14 May 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
“What— What are you doing?” To his credit, he manages to pull the child to a full stop by yanking him back, bringing him in closer to hold his shoulders again and glare at him in the eyes, no matter the way he winces at their familiar colour. “You are aware that you have just undergone a panic attack, are you not?”


There’s something in Potter’s eyes that seems to flash at that, but it’s gone within the moment. Severus files that away for later ruminations.


“I know,” he says matter-of-factly, like he’s just declared that the sky is blue.

Takes Place: 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Time Travel
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 29 Nov 2022 / 27 Jun 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Set at the start of book five. The ever-busy Dumbledore is a little delayed in sending that howler to Petunia, and so when Vernon insists that Harry needs to leave the house as he's clearly a danger to the family, Harry is packed and down the road with no protest, causing the blood wards to break. The Dursleys instantly become a vulnerable target for Death Eaters, and Harry himself is snatched by a Death Eater, but it's Severus Snape and this is coming from a Severitus writer so you've likely already figured out where all of this is going.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Stern
Tags: Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Panic attack, Physical Abuse, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 11 - Completed: No - Updated: 22 Feb 2024 / 31 Jul 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
It only took a moment for the world as Harry knew it to crumble. For everything he thought he knew to be cast into doubt. High on the Cliffs of Dover, he'll learn not just about himself, but his bitter old potions professor, and his beautiful rescuer, each scarred by love and loss. Secrets are waiting in the winds. It will take all the hope in the world to bring them to the light.

Takes Place: 3rd summer, 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Depression Recovery, Disguised!Harry, Hospitalization
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Panic attack, Profanity, Romance/Het
Chapters: 28 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 07 Feb 2023 / 03 Aug 2022
Series: Wishing on the Winds - Challenges: None
A year after Voldemort’s death, Harry and Snape have reached a brittle reconciliation with one another. Harry wishes Snape would speak more to him about Lily, but Snape is being stubbornly secretive and jealous of his private life. Harry’s own relationship with Ginny is getting shakier. Hermione has initiated a campaign in the press against Obliviating spells which will have unexpected consequences for Neville Longbottom, and the Auror Office is looking for Voldemort’s son, without really believing that he exists.

In the second part of “Spiral” Harry goes to medical school at St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and lives at Grimmauld Place in London with Ginny, Ron and Hermione. As to Snape, he is a multitasking headmaster who seems to turn up ever so often in Harry’s life.

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Romance/Het, Romance/Slash, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 23 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 27 Nov 2022 / 28 Aug 2022
Series: Spiral - Challenges: None
Troy Prather is the most popular writer this year. He's also a student at Hogwarts with a lightning bolt scar. That's right. Troy Prather is actually Harry Potter. Lost and alone with no way to be heard and everyone believing him to be a liar, He's turned to writing under the pen name, Troy Prather, and for the first time, Snape seems to like him. Not that he knows it of course.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Depressed
Tags: None
Categories: Big Brother Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Character Bashing
Chapters: 2 - Completed: No - Updated: 17 Oct 2022 / 04 Oct 2022
Series: None - Challenges: Snape's New Favorite Morning Read
Harry needs a break. From himself. From reality. From the huge ordeal of existing and being alone in that existence.

He also has double-potions first thing in the morning.

*Severitus one shot*

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Out of Character Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Alternate Universe, Depression Recovery
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Eating Disorder, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Profanity, Suicide Themes, Violence
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 12 Nov 2022 / 12 Nov 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
If nothing else, Harry had always received a gift from Santa. When his first Christmas at Hogwarts lacks a visit from Old Saint Nick, Harry's dour Potions Professor to provide some insight on the matter and inadvertently, himself.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Unofficially teaching Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Emotional Abuse, Neglect
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 13 Dec 2022 / 13 Dec 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Ronald is on a highly dangerous mission to go after the Hufflepuff's cup against Harry's adamant wishes. Harry is devastated and Severus shares a secret recipe.

Takes Place: 6th Year, 7th summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Controlling, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Out of Character, Panic attack, Profanity, Romance/Slash
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Nov 2022 / 28 Nov 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Responding to JAWorley's Just Pretending Challenge:
Severus is in big trouble. He doesn't have any kids, but he's supposed to be bringing his son to Christmas to meet his family, who he's been estranged from for twelve or thirteen (or more) years. Harry ends up being that pretend son.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Out of Character Snape, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Out of Character, Physical Abuse
Chapters: 11 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 24 Jan 2023 / 10 Dec 2022
Series: None - Challenges: Just Pretending (For Christmas)

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