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Hi, I'm Jan. :D I love Snape and Harry fics, and just mentor fics in general. I first started Potions and Snitches (P&S) as a safe place to find Snape & Harry gen fics without stumbling into Snape and Harry slash (aka Snarry, or HP/SS).

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Due to the Dursley's being 'preoccupied' for the summers, Dumbledore arranges for Harry to be sent to a summer camp. Little does he know that a particular Potions Master will be there as well. Suspicions are confirmed, however, when Snape begins prowling around the boy, discoveries he'd never thought possible unravelling. Set in the summer after Second Year, Severitus/Sevitus.

Takes Place: 2nd Year, 3rd summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Overly-protective Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Hospitalization, Physical Impairment, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Profanity
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 19 Aug 2021 / 20 Jun 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 3: Potion Batches 28 Jun 2022
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Poor kid. He doesn't seem well enough to go to the Headmaster's office, let alone summer camp. I'm really interested to see what happens next. Great story so far. I'm loving it. Thanks so much for writing and posting it.

“I- I wasn’t trying to kill myself, Professor,” Harry said softly.

Snape glared at him, only slightly less cold than usual. “Then just what were you trying to do?”

“I was just going to… cut myself.”

Snape blinked and kept his eyes closed for a moment, rolling them as he opened them once more. “Obviously.”

Takes Place: 4th Year, 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Addicted!Harry, Depression Recovery
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Self-harm, Suicide Themes
Chapters: 5 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 05 Jul 2021 / 27 Jun 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Part 1 28 Jun 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Fantastic chapter, and story. I am so glad that Snape stopped Harry before he could harm himself this time. Cuting releases endorphins and I've always thought that an extreme workout would release even more. Perhaps Harry needs to run sprints, and do birpees and lift weights. :)

    Thank you for writing and sharing this. I hope you can find the strength to turn to other coping mechanisms like Snape said.

    Author's Response: Thank you, Jan, I appreciate it! We've got some rough waters to go through in the following chapters, but Harry will be okay in the end. I believe I will be as well!

Title: Chapter 2: Part 2 29 Jun 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Fantastic chapter!! I love the development and transition. Wow that dragon was really scary for Harry. And all the other tasks.

    I love Severus' sarcasm. And how the relationship has grown. I love that he sees Harry for Harry now and also volunteered to take him in for the summer. Yay!

    Great chapter and great story! Thank you for taking the time to write it and share it!

    Author's Response: Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it!!!

Title: Chapter 3: Part 3 06 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Wow! Powerful chapter. Poor Harry. I bet Snape was freaked to come home to that. I hope they figure out how to really help Harry.

Title: Chapter 4: Part 4 06 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Woah! Incredible pace of healing. I am so glad that Harry got help, and it's real, and hard work, and goes back and forth. It's very realistic. Healing is messy and difficult. You managed to capture the journey very well.

    Very well done!

Title: Chapter 5: Part 5 06 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awwww, I loved the last line. And the culmination of all the healing. Very well done. I am so glad that Harry went to Snape and told him about the Quill, and that Snape's doing something about it, and healing Harry. What a wonderful ending.

    Thank you so much for writing and sharing this. :)

    Author's Response: thank YOU so much for all of your reviews, you've been so kind!!! :)

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
Title: Chapter 1: The Beginning (or the end?) 06 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    I love this beginning. think I've read it before, maybe on FFN?

    I love all the descriptions and the tone of the story. Also this version of Snape is very interesting. Kind of struggling but together.

    I really look forward to reading more. :)

    Author's Response: I think you've read it in my notebook on the discord server! I was going to wait to post it here but *shrugs* XD I'm glad you like it!! I think I've found that writing Snape as sort of inwardly lost but outwardly put together is my new thing haha thanks for reading!!

Every once in a while Hogwarts held a summer camp the week after school ended. Severus was none too pleased that this was one of those years the Ministry and the board of governors had decided to hold one. And though he would like to think there was nothing worse than little miscreants staying on the grounds for a full week past term, there was Potter, strutting across the grounds as a camp counselor, with a group of starry eyed first and second years following after him. Welcome to the week from hell. For the Summer Camp At Hogwarts challenge by me on P and S.

Takes Place: 5th summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape is Controlling, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Runaway, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 Jul 2021 / 06 Jul 2021
Series: None - Challenges: Summer Camp At Hogwarts
Title: Chapter 1: An Extra Week Of Potter 06 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Yay a new story! And camping! Tehehe. I love it! the hair dye is new.

Severus Snape has no interest in the personal lives of students. And he certainly wouldn't do anything that would bring two unlikely students closer together. That would be insane.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Secretive
Tags: None
Categories: Misc > All written in Snape's POV
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Out of Character, Romance/Slash
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 29 Jul 2021 / 29 Jul 2021
Series: None - Challenges: Random Requests
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 30 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Awwww, Snape has a heart! I'm glad it worked out. :)

    Author's Response: Thank you! 

Harry has a plan to bring back Sirius and erase the guilt he feels about the Department of Mysteries debacle. It's not a very well thought out plan, but it's still a plan. It comes as no surprise when his plan goes awry. Can he possibly save more than just Sirius? And what does a teenage Severus Snape have to do with his success?

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Kind, Snape is Stern
Tags: Time Travel
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Bullying, Character Death, Violence
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 30 Nov 2021 / 29 Jul 2021
Series: None - Challenges: Time Travel, not so fix -it
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 30 Jul 2021
Reviewer: Jan_AQ (Signed)
    Woah! Fantastic start! Just what was Snape doing there? Did he know Harry was missing? Did he have a tracking device or something?

    I love Harry taking the initiative and making a plan all on his own, and doing it. Of course it's going to mess up.

    Great start! I look forward to reading more!

    Author's Response: Thank you! We will learn about Snape and why he was there as the story progresses. Poor Harry, his plans never seem to work quite like he anticipates they will....


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