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At seven, Harry still reached for Severus’s hand in crowds.
At eight, he stopped.
At nine, he apologized when he did it by mistake.

In the summer of 1987, Severus rescued him from the Dursleys and brought him to Cokeworth—a small, dying town outside Liverpool. While Harry comes of age during a brewing war, he struggles to become—and understand what it means to be—a man. As the world tries to make him a saviour, Severus fights to hold on to the seven year old boy who afforded him a second chance at life.

Told in alternating perspectives, this is a story of growing up and of grieving the person someone used to be.

There is a very ordinary love that holds you together as the world falls apart. Salvation is a person.

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, 6th Year, 7th summer, 7th Year, 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Child fic
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Drug use, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Violence
Chapters: 3 - Completed: No - Updated: 04 Oct 2025 / 19 Aug 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
With Harry out of reach and the Order scrambling to find some way to make things right, secrets are revealed that recast the entire year into a harsh clarity. Everything comes to a head over the course of a few dramatic days as the whole world seems to hold its breath in anticipation of what will happen to Harry Potter.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Sassy, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Kidnapped!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Character Death, Violence
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 17 Sep 2025 / 17 Sep 2025
Series: It Takes a Village - Challenges: None

Third year brings new troubles to Hogwarts, but none more than Harry Potter with the breakout the Dark Lord's right hand man, Sirius Black. Determined to finish what his master failed, Harry is sent back to the Dursleys where he can be safe within the blood wards and not allowed to visit the Weasleys at all nor contact his friends. To make sure of this, Hedwig is forbidden from being taken back to the Dursleys, yet after Sirius is sighted near Privet Drive, Professor Snape is forced to take control of Harry as an apprentice. However, when Snape arrives at Privet Drive, he discovers that Potter is missing. Is it Black that kidnapped him? Is it someone or something else more sinister? Harry is found in an unlikely place and taken away, forbidden from contact with his friends as he is thrust into the role of apprentice. Yet amidst these troubles, Harry discovers something about himself and a hidden crime that only a murderer and his best friends know, something that may change Harry's future for the better...or the worse.



Takes Place: 3rd Year, 4th summer, 4th Year, 5th summer, 5th Year, 6th summer, 6th Year, 7th summer, 7th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Addicted!Harry, Animagus!Harry, Creature!fic, Dragons, Elf!Harry, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Injured!Snape, Kidnapped, Kidnapped!Harry, New Identity!Harry, Resorting, Sibling Addition
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Master Snape > Apprentice Harry, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Fic Fests > Bingo! Fic Fest
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Drug use, Neglect, Panic attack, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 21 Dec 2024 / 14 Feb 2023
Series: None - Challenges: Aesop's Fable, Taken, Bathtime, Another School, Stolen , Other wizarding cultures
How far would you go to protect the ones you love? How much of yourself would you be willing to sacrifice? How much would you deny yourself to ensure their safety?

Severus Snape knows exactly how far he would go, and there was still no turning back. Not until his mission was truly finished. James Potter and Lily Evans were the center of Severus’ world. If losing them both on the same night wasn't devastating enough, the realization that the Dark Lord wasn't dead continued to eat at his spirit. The Dark Lord would return, forcing Severus to play his part once again.

It’s been eleven years since the Dark Lord disappeared, and much to Severus' chagrin, Harry Potter has finally come to Hogwarts. Nothing would prepare Severus for pushing the last thing he had left of James and Lily away. As Severus struggles to face his mistakes, a young Draco Malfoy falls victim to a similar fate. For the love of his best friend, Narcissa Malfoy, Severus is driven to help Draco navigate the dark legacy that has been forced upon him.

As the Dark Lord rises again, Severus will do anything to ensure Harry and Draco's survival, even if it means burying his heart deeper to do it.

Takes Place: 0 - Before Harry is born, 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, 6th Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Secretive
Tags: None
Categories: Misc > No category on the site fits
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Bullying, Character Bashing, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse, Profanity, Romance/Het, Romance/Slash, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 May 2024 / 26 May 2024
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry and Snape are back at Headquarters, and the stakes to find the spy are higher than ever. As members of the Order of the Phoenix begin to turn on one another, more is happening in the background than any of them are ready to expect. 

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Spying!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: None
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 28 Dec 2023 / 28 Dec 2023
Series: It Takes a Village - Challenges: None
When Harry discovers that Sirius Black is the one who betrayed his parents, he would like nothing more than to exact his revenge. Lucky for him, Snape shares the same goal. Together, Harry is sure they will hunt Black down and bring him in for the punishment he so rightfully deserves. Or so he thinks…

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape is Kind, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Out of Character
Chapters: 4 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 23 Dec 2023 / 21 Dec 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Sequel to The Choices We Made.

With Voldemort dead and Harry's cancer settling life should be returning to normal for Harry and Snape but things aren't always as they seem. Instead they find themselves challenged in new ways. When dangerous events start after Harry's return to Hogwarts can Snape figure out what's going on before they're torn apart again? HPSS mentor Healing/Coping

Takes Place: 7th summer, 7th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Azkaban Character, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Character Death, Out of Character, Romance/Het
Chapters: 84 - Completed: No - Updated: 30 Sep 2023 / 15 Nov 2020
Series: Choices We Made Universe - Challenges: None
Summoned from the canon universe at his moment of death Snape lands in a world where he never delivered the prophecy. While he's adjusting to life as a husband, father to a quirky little girl, and step-father to a different Harry, wizards start disappearing forcing him to put his animosity aside and work with the most unlikely team to help bring down a villain worse than Voldemort.

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Desperate, Out of Character Snape, Snape is Secretive
Tags: Alternate Universe, Injured!Harry, Physical Impairment, Sibling Addition, Time Travel
Categories: Parental Snape > Stepfather Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Out of Character
Chapters: 6 - Completed: No - Updated: 06 Jun 2023 / 15 Oct 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Harry gets tired of the abuse he faces with the Dursleys, Dumbledore telling him to tough it out, and now his best mates have gotten together and won't spare him a backwards glance. He tells Voldemort the Prophecy, And offers a new regime.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape is Depressed, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Azkaban Character, Azkaban!Harry, Evil!Harry, Injured!Snape, New Identity!Harry, Resorting, Slytherin!Harry, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Colleague Snape and Harry
Rated: K - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Character Death, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Out of Character, Physical Abuse, Physical Punishment Non-Spanking, Profanity, Self-harm, Suicide Themes, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 2 - Completed: No - Updated: 16 May 2023 / 15 May 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
Responding to JAWorley's Just Pretending Challenge:
Severus is in big trouble. He doesn't have any kids, but he's supposed to be bringing his son to Christmas to meet his family, who he's been estranged from for twelve or thirteen (or more) years. Harry ends up being that pretend son.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Out of Character Snape, Snape is Secretive, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Out of Character, Physical Abuse
Chapters: 11 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 24 Jan 2023 / 10 Dec 2022
Series: None - Challenges: Just Pretending (For Christmas)

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