After Harry blows up Aunt Marge and catches the Knight Bus to Diagonalley, he decides to take charge of his life when he learns he’s being sent back to Four Privet Drive. Harry spends the summer turning life in Diagonalley on its head, trying not to worry about the murderer Sirius Black, and attempting to avoid Severus Snape. In the midst of this he finds himself embroiled in an intense legal battle against Albus Dumbledore to decide his future. For the first time his fate rests solely in his own hands, and depend on the decisions he finds himself being forced to make. Harry wishes he could just be a thirteen year old boy, and begins to wonder if he’ll ever have the childhood he desires the most. Some of the warnings listed just as a precaution for things mentioned or alluded to.

Takes Place: 3rd summer, 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Angry Snape, Bully Snape, Canon Snape, Comforting Snape, Kind Snape, Mean Snape, Secretive Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Adoption, Azkaban Character, Incognito!Harry, Injured!Harry, Runaway, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Fic Fests > 2018 Fic fest

After the Battle of Hogwarts, McGonagall's grief forces Harry to consider using the Resurrection Stone

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Comforting Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Master Snape > Apprentice Harry

The professors no longer can scare Harry with talk of lost points, detentions or Quidditch suspensions. He's been beaten down for far too long, and he finally has reached his limit. Severus mentors, eventual guardian

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Angry Snape, Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry, New Identity!Harry, Resorting, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

After Harry goes back to Hogwarts, it’s as if he hangs on a precipice, trapped on the edge and waiting for the storm to break. And none of them, not Harry, not Voldemort, not the Death Eaters, nor Sirius Black’s resistance, have any idea what the world will look like when its all over.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Comforting Snape, Desperate Snape, Loving Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe, Spying!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

The Lernaean Hydra has many heads, and it seems as if you will never cut them all away. It's near immortal - as if it will never die.

With the death of a man he never expected, the wizarding war is tipped into motion, but Harry Potter doesn't feel prepared to approach it.

Mixed POV: changes between Harry Potter's and Severus Snape's.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Controlling Snape, Cruel Snape, Depressed Snape, Desperate Snape, Kind Snape, Mean Snape, Secretive Snape, Stern Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe, Slytherin!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry