Potions and Snitches
Snape and Harry Gen Fanfiction Archive

Genres: Tragedy
 


Stories
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
Harry's grief over the war overtakes him, and he allows himself to slip away. There, he walks to the gates of Dark Forest, to be accepted into peace by a familiar face.

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Out of Character Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 01 Nov 2014 / 01 Nov 2014
Series: None - Challenges: Halloween
Hagrid’s effort to console Snape after he hears Snape and Dumbledore’s argument in the Forbidden Forest has far-reaching implications. Will the Trio be able to figure out what happened before it’s too late?

Takes Place: 7th Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Master Snape > Headmaster Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 15 Sep 2014 / 14 Jun 2013
Series: None - Challenges: None
When Harry Potter finds his life in a mess and can't cope with the guilt, he goes back to the Forbidden Forest to look for the stone he had left there the last time he came. A most unexpected man forms in front of him-and Harry doesn't know why because he hadn't meant to summon him at all. Worries are shared, as two people who used to hate each other are forced to talk...civilly.

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: None
Categories: Misc > Strictly Canon Universe
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Aug 2014 / 28 Aug 2014
Series: None - Challenges: None
Unable to deal with the pain and loss he felt during the third task; Harry slowly startes to fall apart,the others around him oblivious to it all. The loneliness continues to eat him up until one day, Harry finally snaps. Who will be there save him now and help him pick up the pieces?

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Resorting, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Death, Neglect, Profanity, Self-harm, Suicide Themes, Violence
Chapters: 38 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Jun 2014 / 11 May 2012
Series: None - Challenges: Pushed Too Far
When tragedy strikes, will the almost half finished green jumper ever be completed? Or will it always lay abandoned on the couch? One thing's for sure. Severus Snape will have to learn how to knit.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Alternate Universe, Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Profanity
Chapters: 6 - Completed: No - Updated: 28 Jan 2014 / 17 Jun 2012
Series: None - Challenges: None
"Things are never what they seem." On a beautiful fateful night, Harry wakes up in the middle of his worst nightmare come to life – his own initiation into the ranks of the Death Eaters. In order to survive, he must assimilate and truly become one of them. But can he survive without breaking? 2010 Challenge Fest entry. Response to Harry's Dark Mark by Malora.

Takes Place: 7th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe, Physical Impairment
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Fic Fests > #11 Challenge Fest 2010
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Character Death, Physical Punishment Spanking, Profanity, Rape, Romance/Slash, Self-harm, Suicide Themes, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Jan 2014 / 12 Jul 2010
Series: None - Challenges: Harry's Dark Mark
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
Voldemort is gone and Harry's relatives had no desire to keep Harry for long, so he was placed into an orphanage until he was adopted by a family. But when they pass away a few years later, he is placed into the custody of another who had just moved to Spinner's End. That is when Severus first saw the boy without even knowing who he was. The little boy, seven years old, who was always forgotten, uncared for and treated like filth. Severus watches this boy and sees a reflection of his own childhood. And when they meet, Severus vows to offer kindness where no one else does, in the form of a simple piece of food the boy lacked or a warm blanket for the cold days ahead. And when things get worst, he even offers shelter to the child the world had forgotten and cast aside.
The boy Severus now wants to save.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic, Runaway, Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Physical Punishment Spanking, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 25 - Completed: No - Updated: 07 Sep 2013 / 16 Oct 2010
Series: None - Challenges: None
The final thoughts of Severus Snape. (Spoiler for The Deathly Hallows)

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Misc > Strictly Canon Universe, Misc > All written in Snape's POV
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 30 Apr 2013 / 29 Apr 2013
Series: None - Challenges: None

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