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The Champion by JAWorley starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 85]
“The champions' families are invited to watch the final task, you know.” - Professor McGonagall, GoF Page 534. What happens when the Dursley’s come to watch the last task in the Triwizard Tournament, and how will Severus Snape deal with the fallout?

Takes Place: 4th Year, 5th summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Kind, Snape is Stern
Tags: Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Profanity, Romance/Het, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 25 Jan 2021 / 11 Apr 2013
Series: None - Challenges: No Good, Very Bad Day
The Gifted Apprentice by snapesangel starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 27]
After 1st year, Harry is warned by Dobby not to return to Hogwarts. He runs away and is gone for nearly a year before he is tracked down/rescued by Snape. His enrollment is revoked, so he can only stay at Hogwarts if he's taken on as an apprentice. Can Prof. Snape's firm hand mentor him and help him prepare for his future?

Takes Place: 2nd summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: Runaway
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Master Snape > Apprentice Harry, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking
Chapters: 12 - Completed: No - Updated: 14 Jun 2021 / 05 Jan 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Kids These Days by ocha starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 9]
Harry, Ron and Hermione feel really bad about accusing Snape of trying to steal the stone this year. So they're determined to get better at potions next year to make it up to him. (And maybe find out that this potions thing isn't too bad after all...?)

Takes Place: 2nd summer, 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 02 Feb 2019 / 09 Jan 2019
Series: None - Challenges: None
What's Owed by JAWorley starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 37]
Harry Potter and Mark Evans hung onto each other for dear life in Little Whinging. For three years Harry worried about leaving Mark behind when he left for Hogwarts, and when Mark discovers he’s a wizard, and that Harry’s one too, he finally gets the chance to repay Harry for all the kindness showed him.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry, Sibling Addition
Categories: Healer Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Feb 2011 / 20 Feb 2011
Series: None - Challenges: Mark's Debt to Repay
Past Featured Story Digging for the Bones by Paganaidd starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 1254]
Rather than allowing Harry to stay at Diagon Alley after he blew up Aunt Marge, the Ministry sends Harry back to the Dursleys. Harry returns to school after a terrible summer, to find that he's not the only one with this kind of secret. A student has been killed by his family. New screening measures are put into place by the Ministry: Every student must be given a medical exam and interview to look for child abuse. With Dumbledore facing an inquiry, Snape is entrusted with the task of making sure EVERYONE receives one.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Death, Neglect, Self-harm, Suicide Themes, Violence
Chapters: 62 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 27 Nov 2014 / 24 Feb 2011
Series: None - Challenges: New Measures for Screening Abuse
The Family in the Mirror by Phoenixa Nymphadora starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 26]
This is a response to a challenge. Snape is asked by Dumbledore to help him move the mirror of Erised to a new location, but when Snape looks in the mirror he sees himself, Lily and you guessed it....Harry Potter.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Physical Punishment Spanking, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 5 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 03 Mar 2011 / 02 Mar 2011
Series: None - Challenges: The Mirror of Erised
The Son Becomes the Father by watercrystals starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 631]
Following the death of Sirius, Harry isn't sure what to make of the sudden appearance of a six-year-old boy. The pair form a bond, unaware they're half-brothers, and Harry decides to take the boy to Hogwarts and hide him there. To aide the boy's education, Harry anonymously exchanges letters with Snape.

A story of a how a young boy becomes a father-figure to another while their own father is oblivious of their biological existence. But can sixteen-year-old Harry give what he himself has not gained? Can he go an entire year without being discovered? Just how far will Severus go to find the writer of those letters...Or are some things best left unknown?

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year, 7th summer, 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe, Child fic, Kidnapped, Runaway, Sibling Addition, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 33 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Oct 2013 / 04 Mar 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Interview by JAWorley starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 30]
Each year questions were sent out to new first years so staff could screen incoming students for any potential problems. Minerva hadn’t suspected anything to be out of the ordinary with this year’s batch of students, but she was certainly surprised when there was. Severus Snape wasn’t expecting a scrawny boy to turn up at his office covered in filth and in desperate need of attention.

Takes Place: 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind
Tags: None
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking
Chapters: 3 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 12 Jul 2020 / 11 Jul 2020
Series: None - Challenges: Snape Was Nice To Harry From The Start
Slytherin Snakes by mkm246 starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 74]
AU. Harry is sorted into Slytherin. How different would Harry's life have been if he had never been a Gryffindor?

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Bashing, Neglect
Chapters: 12 - Completed: No - Updated: 07 Mar 2013 / 21 Jul 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None
Hut of No Return by shadowienne starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 93]
When the Dursleys abandoned Harry in the Hut on the Rock, he never could have foreseen how his dire predicament would lead to the fulfillment of his birthday wish for a different, better life.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Child fic, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 10 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 26 Jul 2011 / 26 Jul 2011
Series: None - Challenges: None

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