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Coming Back Home by CleganeSnape starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 102] New!
After the Battle, the only thing that Harry wants to do is rest, but he notices that there is something that he needs to do first: bring Snape's body back to Hogwarts. Ron and Hermione will be there to help him, while they deal with the effects of the war and learn to find hope where there seemed to be none. Once they find out that certain Potions Master is not as dead as they thought he was, things will start to change. (Snape!Lives)

Takes Place: 7th summer, 7th Year, 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry), 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean
Tags: Depression Recovery, Injured!Snape
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Misc > Strictly Canon Universe, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Panic attack
Chapters: 30 - Completed: No - Updated: 04 Dec 2025 / 13 Oct 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Fighting One's Demons by OutriderIvyHill starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 5] New!
In a little house beside a river, two people share a pot of coffee as the sun slowly rises. One of them has seen what it would mean to lose everything. The other has felt the joy of getting it all back. Both are learning what it means to be human. The final installment in this five-part series.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Book Snape, Rickman Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Cranky, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Sassy
Tags: Healing, Injured!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Emotional Abuse, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 01 Dec 2025 / 23 Sep 2025
Series: It Takes a Village - Challenges: None
Sanctuary by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 6] New!
The Battle of the Department of Mysteries has marked the start of war. The wizarding world is going into hiding to escape the deadly threat of Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Harry, Ron, and Hermione must go into hiding with Professor Snape where they remain as their world is ripped apart, at least until they understand the task Dumbledore has left for them. Growing close in their isolation, they will leave their safe haven and embark on a hunt that could end it all. They can only hope that they'll survive it.

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Kind, Snape is Sassy, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape, Teacher Snape > Unofficially teaching Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Character Death, Out of Character, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 01 Dec 2025 / 25 Jul 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Surprising Development by SpiritTree starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 180] New!
Sirius is finally free, and Harry is looking forward to having a real family who cares. But then everything falls apart. Can Severus Snape figure out what happened to Harry and the secret he is hiding? Harry and Severus are thrown together due to an impulsive action by Sirius Black. This story is a response to the prompt "Disowned" by Nightshade sydneylover150.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Mean
Tags: Alternate Universe, Snape-meets-Dursleys, Spying!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Panic attack, Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 29 - Completed: No - Updated: 30 Nov 2025 / 24 Aug 2024
Series: None - Challenges: Disowned
Keep Your Enemies Closer by Riddletobien starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 1] New!
Harry's sixth year ends with the Dark Lord's takeover. Harry gets to live - but why? After a gruelling summer, he struggles with sneaky attacks at Hogwarts and his power over Dark Marks. He realises the truth, and the Order tries to free him from the horcrux - but fails. Harry feels as if he is slowly slipping away… but help arrives from an unlikely source: Snape.

~Gen, plotty AU: a slow-burn, realistic mentorship between Harry and Snape (will become the focus) and Harry and Voldemort

Takes Place: 6th Year, 7th summer, 7th Year - Snape flavour: Book Snape, Canon Snape, Snape is Mean, Snape's a Bully
Tags: Injured!Harry
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Suicide Themes, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 14 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 Nov 2025 / 19 Nov 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Feature Books And Aconite: The Adventures Of A Potions Apprentice by JAWorley starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 291] New!
Uncle Vernon’s acting weird, and Snape has designs on making Harry the most obedient student Hogwarts has ever seen. Harry just wants a quiet summer to himself and to earn the money he needs for his school supplies, but he could only hope for something so simple. Entry into the Bingo Card Fic Fest.  NOW COMPLETE.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Angry, Snape is Controlling, Snape is Kind, Snape is Stern
Tags: Hospitalization, Injured!Snape, Runaway, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Master Snape > Apprentice Harry, Fic Fests > Bingo! Fic Fest, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Violence
Chapters: 29 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 17 Nov 2025 / 05 Nov 2022
Series: None - Challenges: None
Bright Eyes by krosi starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 28]
When Harry is bitten by a werewolf in his third year, his life is turned upside down as he struggles to navigate a prejudiced world. Due to the threat he would be to his relatives, Severus Snape is assigned as his new guardian, and together, they both face fears neither were prepared for. A Sevitus story.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind
Tags: Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry, Werewolf!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Emotional Abuse, Panic attack, Violence
Chapters: 22 - Completed: No - Updated: 11 Nov 2025 / 09 Jul 2024
Series: None - Challenges: Harry is a werewolf
When the Lost Mirror the Broken by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 8]
After Dementors attack Harry and Dudley, Vernon decides he's had enough of magic and enough of Harry. Nearly killed by his uncle, Harry unconsciously uses magic to call for help and is subsequently expelled from Hogwarts. Ending up in the care of Severus Snape, Harry finds himself brought on the professor's dangerous summer travels where they learn about Voldemort's past, Harry discovers he has an incredible rare magic, and they get to really know each other, so much so that Harry returns to Hogwarts as Snape's apprentice. With such a change in their relationship, the year at Hogwarts becomes an exercise in trust.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines , Snape is Kind, Snape is Sassy, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Bashing, Character Death, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Out of Character, Physical Abuse, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 Nov 2025 / 29 Jul 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
In the Valley of Death, the Hallowed Light Shines by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 13]
When Harry finds himself locked in a room that seems to be trying to kill him by Dumbledore, he knows he has to escape. Luckily, he gets help, but is brought to the one person he never would've thought to go to: Severus Snape. Under the man's protection, Harry will learn that his life has been a manipulated lie, there is a prophecy from Death himself-who likes to be called Nex?-Voldemort may be a better option, and he has a father who actually loves him. It's time for the Master of Death to step out of the shadows.

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Sassy, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe, Evil!Albus, Evil!Harry, Evil!Snape
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Bashing, Character Death, Out of Character, Panic attack, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 6 - Completed: No - Updated: 28 Oct 2025 / 25 Jul 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Shadows of the Forsaken by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 57]
While the wizarding world struggles with the return of Voldemort, Harry struggles with the death of Sirius and his own out of control magic. His summer before 6th year is unlike any other as he trains alongside the Order, grows close to Severus Snape, of all people, and learns of an unfathomable fate assigned to one Draco Malfoy, a fate he is determined to stop. As the world falls apart, it seems Harry's life may finally come together.

Takes Place: 6th summer, 6th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines , Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Animagus!Harry, Depression Recovery
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Character Bashing, Character Death, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Self-harm, Suicide Themes, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 27 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Oct 2025 / 11 Nov 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None

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