Potions and Snitches
Snape and Harry Gen Fanfiction Archive

Genres: Family
 


Stories
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
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)
Following the disasterous Third Task, Harry begins to notice two things about himself. First: his appearence has begun to change. Second: something is very very wrong. The Cruciatus shouldn't continue to be causing him pain this far out from having received it, should it?

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Disguised!Harry, Injured!Harry, New Identity!Harry, Physical Impairment
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape > Severitus Challenge
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect, Out of Character
Chapters: 47 - Completed: No - Updated: 13 Jan 2023 / 08 Jan 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Christmas Eve 1997. All is not well.
Harry Potter's successful capture by Nagini in Godric's Hollow prompts some divine intervention and leads to astonishing revelations.

One of quite a few Harry Potter fanfics inspired by Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol".

Takes Place: 7th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Kind
Tags: Alternate Universe, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Time Travel
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Fic Fests > Bingo! Fic Fest, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 08 Jan 2023 / 24 Dec 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Most of the wizarding world thought that Draco was Lucius Malfoy's only child. What nobody besides the family knew was that Draco had a younger half-sister, Yue Prince-Malfoy, who was kidnapped as an infant.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Overly-protective Snape
Tags: Baby fic, Child fic, Deaged!Harry, Girl!Harry, Pregnancy, Vampire!Snape
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape > Severitus Challenge
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Character Bashing
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Jan 2023 / 11 Dec 2022
Series: None - Challenges: My Mum Severus Snape
“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
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
The year was 1988, and on one quiet Sunday morning in the early days of a blisteringly hot July, the Dursleys departed from Number Four Privet Drive. This, by itself, was of little consequence. They habitually went to church most Sunday mornings. Except... this time they simply didn't return.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Hospitalization
Categories: Big Brother Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Panic attack
Chapters: 4 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Nov 2022 / 28 Oct 2022
Series: Storm Surge - Challenges: None
Severus Snape has somewhere to be this weekend, but who can he trust to take care of little Harry?

Third story in the 'Milky Tea' universe, so you may want to read the first stories 'Milky Tea' and 'The Present' prior, but can be read as a stand alone piece too.

AU/ Severitus, fluff, childfic

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Overly-protective Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 27 Nov 2022 / 27 Nov 2022
Series: Milky Tea - Challenges: None
Harry made a sudden, and unusual request, that leaves the whole school stunned. Severus can't believe what he hears, and is in shock.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Self-harm
Chapters: 1 - Completed: No - Updated: 25 Oct 2022 / 25 Oct 2022
Series: None - Challenges: Random Requests

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