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25 yr old artist and writer who recently reread the HP series and proceeded to fall head first into severitus fic after canon once again failed to quench that thirst for mentor Snape and mentee Harry. [Report This]
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Past Featured Story A Place for Warriors by owlsaway starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 554]
Snape and Harry are locked in the Room of Requirement by Dumbledore. Harry's magic works, and Snape's doesn't. Will they kill each other? In response to the 72-Hour Challenge.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Foes Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Violence
Chapters: 28 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 13 May 2011 / 30 Jun 2007
Series: None - Challenges: 72 Hour Challenge
Title: Chapter 28: Epilogue 04 May 2023
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    Just read this again and it's still sooooo good. Such realistic characterization without being completely frustrating and enough softness to soothe the more difficult moments.

Recovery by Kristeh starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 32]
Harry has defeated Voldemort, but is badly injured. Can Severus help him find the will to live?

Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 20 Dec 2007 / 20 Dec 2007
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 07 May 2023
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    Too precious. This was the healing fic I needed after reading one that ripped me apart. I love the magical lingo you used!

Past Featured Story Prisoners by Whitetail starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 518]
Left with partial paralysis after being tortured by Voldemort, Severus is sent to Bell Point, a secure location on the seaside owned by the Order of the Phoenix. However, he is not the only one who will be there, for Harry, refusing to express his emotions regarding Sirius’ death, has unknowingly invoked an ancient kind of magic that will force him to deal with them. Deaged to four years old, he has to contend with a bitter and broken Snape, who, like Harry, is being forced to live in a body that does not work the way it used to. These two vastly different people have beat the odds many times over, and somehow prevailed in a world that has tried time and time again to destroy them. But the challenges they now face are nothing like they’ve ever seen before. Will they rise to the occasion, or become prisoners within themselves?

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: None
Tags: Deaging, Physical Impairment, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Torture
Chapters: 28 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 19 Jul 2013 / 12 Jan 2013
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 28: Every Day and Always 06 Feb 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    This was so beautiful. I am so grateful to you for writing this and so very glad I happened to find it. Years later your work is still reaching new eyes and I hope you know how much good it does. It healed a little part of me.

17 Days by JAWorley starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 143]
It’s another normal evening for Harry Potter, serving detention in the dungeons, that is until he notices water at his feet… water that keeps getting deeper. Harry never expected Hogwarts to flood, or that Severus Snape would come after him when he’s swept out of the castle by the ever present water. A story in response to the 'Natural Disaster At Hogwarts' Challenge by Whitetail.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Injured!Snape, Physical Impairment
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 10 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Nov 2020 / 18 Apr 2013
Series: None - Challenges: Natural Disaster at Hogwarts
Title: Chapter 10: The Boys 30 Jan 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    Love the natural disaster idea and the way you implemented it. I had to "awhh" at Snape hugging Harry in relief. It felt very in character even though it's more performative of affection than you'd expect.

Second Chances by rosina starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 14]
A response to Nightshade sydneylover150's challenge 'Not Auror Material'.

Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: None
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 27 Dec 2013 / 27 Dec 2013
Series: None - Challenges: Not Auror Material
Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1 14 Jul 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    What a great little piece! A hopeful future~

As Seen Through A Mirror by Scorpia starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 122]
Harry Potter stolen away from his relatives house, and Draco Malfoy the only witness. There would be some explaining to do, if Severus managed to save the brat in time.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Kidnapped!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 13 - Completed: No - Updated: 08 Jan 2018 / 07 Jul 2014
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 13: Chapter 13: A New Hope 31 Jan 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    I'm not sure if you'll return to this seeing as it's been years since you last updated, but I'd love to see more! I love your characterization of Snape and the relationship you developed between Harry and the kids. Very charming ocs you've made!!

Young Again by JAWorley starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 28]
When a potion explodes in NEWT Potions class, Severus Snape finds himself in an interesting predicament… he really hates when people stare at him. Ron thinks Harry has a hero complex when he tries to help Snape, but has no idea that Harry is the one that needs saving. A one-shot.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind
Tags: Deaged!Snape, Deaging, Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Suicide Themes, Violence
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 22 Jun 2017 / 22 Jun 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 1: Young Again 02 Feb 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    Absolutely adored this!! My favorite thing was Snape telling Harry to steal his coat.

Building Doors by JAWorley starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 191]
[COMPLETE] 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: Snape is Angry, Snape's a Bully, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
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 > Fic Fest 2018
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Neglect, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Suicide Themes, Violence
Chapters: 25 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 10 Aug 2021 / 17 Aug 2018
Series: Building Doors - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 15: Harry's Guardian 31 Jan 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    This has been such an interesting read! I had no idea of the potential a business oriented Harry Potter had. I noticed in most of your notes that you were worried about people being bored by the technical aspects, but I found you did an admirable job of explaining it clearly enough that we the readers and Harry could understand while not getting bogged down in the details. I had a lot of fun with it actually and I feel like learned a bit! (Flashed-back to those accounting and applied math classes I took.) While I, like many others it seems, am not wholly interested in the relationship between Dumbledore and Harry, it is still apparent why the dynamic bears exploring and I support you in that endeavor. My craving for more Snape and Harry interaction has definitely been fed more with the recent chapters and I look forward to more! Thank you for this innovative read.

Time to Choose by RitaRevenant starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 97]
Harry finds himself having to unravel a mystery across time when he is forced to spend the summer with his Potions Master and Snape's estranged family. Who is the boy Harry keeps meeting at unexpected moments and why is it that Snape suddenly starts to develop some slightly more human qualities as the two slowly come to understand one another?

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Loving, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Deaged!Harry, Deaging, Disguised!Harry, Time Travel
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 15 - Completed: No - Updated: 18 Sep 2022 / 17 Sep 2018
Series: None - Challenges: None
Title: Chapter 14: Chapter 14 03 Feb 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    Brilliant! I'm on the edge of my seat after reading this all in one go! I love this ever evolving concept of de-aged Harry and glimpses of Severus in the past.

An Unexpected Detention by MagnificentAndStrange starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 24]
Harry Potter didn’t expect a detention his first week back at Hogwarts, but then again, everyone knew Snape hated him, right?

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts
Tags: Spying on Harry! Snape
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Neglect
Chapters: 5 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 07 Mar 2019 / 08 Dec 2018
Series: None - Challenges: Timed Fic with words, Telling an abused tale, Multiple Challenges, Secrets
Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5 02 Feb 2021
Reviewer: esoteric (Signed)
    This was wonderful. I loved it! I typically shy away from fics that center around eating disorders and self harm since a lot of the time it's portrayed in a very juvenile and romanticized way, but you did a fantastic job.

    Author's Response: Thank you so much! I usually am hesitant myself to read fics that might not appropriately address trauma, so I understand what you mean! I'm glad that you felt like this fic handled the subject matter well, I was worried about that because it was short but it's good to know it still worked. Thanks so much for commenting :)


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