Potions and Snitches
Snape and Harry Gen Fanfiction Archive

Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
 


Stories

When a boy who’s broken and shattered inside, slips off the edge of the astronomy tower. Who will save him?

Or

A story about a sour Potions Master saving a boy’s life. And maybe realising he cares about said boy.



Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Eating Disorder, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 04 Jul 2022 / 04 Jul 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
When Ron goes to rescue Harry in second year, Harry never got Dudley’s second bedroom. He got something much worse.

Takes Place: 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Injured!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Violence
Chapters: 2 - Completed: No - Updated: 15 Jun 2022 / 12 Jun 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Depressed from the death of his godfather and back to school from the worse summer he ever had, Harry is on the brink of death with no will to live. He just wants to succumb to the darkness knowing his parents are on the otherside, but someone won't let him. Why does he care when he never did before..or did he?

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts
Tags: Adoption, Resorting, Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys, SuperPower! Harry
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Profanity, Self-harm, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 12 - Completed: No - Updated: 13 Jun 2022 / 26 Feb 2014
Series: None - Challenges: None
It was strange, to say the least, to see it in a child so young, suffering so much.

A child whom Severus and the majority of the wizarding world had thought to be a spoilt prince with a heart beating contemptibly.

Severus hated being wrong.

***

Harry Potter is sorted into Slytherin, which automatically makes his problems Severus' problems. Like, more so than usual. Severus, being the ridiculously responsible professor that he is, has an important discussion with the boy.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Stern
Tags: Addicted!Harry, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Misc > All written in Snape's POV, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Self-harm, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 27 May 2022 / 27 May 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry cant swim. It's a secret he has yet to share with any of his friends at Hogwarts. However, regular meet-ups with a familiar looking Mer-creature at the lake soon provide him with a teacher. As well as a friend.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Creature!fic, Disguised!Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Out of Character
Chapters: 6 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 May 2022 / 10 Jul 2019
Series: None - Challenges: None
Can old wounds be healed? Can Harry and Severus have a chance at being happy? Can Dumbledore stop being a meddling old coot?

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Overly-protective Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Injured!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Neglect
Chapters: 21 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 May 2022 / 05 Jan 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Someone has to pick up the pieces of Harry's broken soul. Severus just never expected to be the one to do it.

OR

The one where Harry actually has a friend growing up, and suddenly being a wizard doesn’t seem like that big of a deal.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11), 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year, 2nd summer, 2nd Year, 3rd summer, 3rd Year, 4th summer, 4th Year, 5th summer, 5th Year, 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Depression Recovery
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Bullying, Character Death, Drug use, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Profanity, Rape, Romance/Het, Self-harm, Sexual Abuse, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 29 Apr 2022 / 05 Jul 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry's sent reeling when he learns that Professor Snape is his bio dad, and if that were all he had to deal with, he'd probably be all right, but he's got werewolves, escaped convicts, a stubborn Dark Lord, and his own inner demons to deal with. Starts third year. Rating mostly for violence. Story deals with mental health, bigotry and child abuse. See more tags in Story Notes (Some are big spoilers so beware).

Takes Place: 3rd Year, 4th summer, 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving
Tags: Werewolves
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Neglect, Profanity, Romance/Slash, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 17 - Completed: No - Updated: 04 Apr 2022 / 24 Jun 2020
Series: None - Challenges: None
After Harry's turbulent second summer and third year, he's begun to gain more confidence in himself in his dealings with the community. He's learning to find his footing in his new family as well, even as Albus and Severus struggle to find theirs. The wizarding community isn't happy about Harry's stance on Fae, and now that he's been entered into the Tri-Wizard tournament, Harry will have to find a way to balance the backlash he's facing from his community and the dangers of the tournament he must prepare for. "Be careful Mr. Potter. Small changes can have lasting effects." - Harrison Silver

Takes Place: 3rd Year, 4th summer, 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Azkaban Character, Elves, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Runaway, Vampires, Werewolves
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Panic attack, Physical Abuse, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Violence
Chapters: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 19 Mar 2022 / 02 Dec 2021
Series: Building Doors - Challenges: None
Alternative ending to Not Enough Time starting at the end of Chapter 1. Having seen Harry Potter in a new light can Severus manage to save the boy who lived

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry, Time Travel
Categories: Healer Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse
Chapters: 4 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 19 Feb 2022 / 18 Feb 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None

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