“Do you like it?” Severus asked, feigning nonchalance. “I know it’s not the same color, but they were all out of brown…”

“Are you sure they were out of brown or are you just incapable of buying something in a color other than black?”

It was still a touchy subject, then.

OR

Severus may have kind of, sort of, inadvertently yet possibly purposely murdered Harry's teddy bear. So he does what any decent Potions Professor/Psycho Guardian Angel would do and replaces it, obviously. Whether or not it's enough for Harry to forgive him remains to be seen.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Hufflepuff!Harry
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

Holidays bring with them a mixed bag of emotions. For some, they bring joy. For others: sorrow. But avoiding them outright in a magical castle is nearly impossible.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: None
Categories: Fic Fests > Winter fest 2021, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Teacher Snape > Unofficially teaching Snape

“I only want to talk.”

“You’re a middle-aged man who just wants to talk,” he makes air quotes with his fingers to emphasize his words, “to a kid. That’s not weird or creepy at all.”

Severus blows out a heavy breath. “Fine. What if I buy you breakfast somewhere? You seem like you could use a meal.”

“Are you trying to bribe me?”

“Call it a deal. You eat, I speak, you listen. Perhaps you’ll even speak as well and I will listen. Sound fair?”

Harry hesitates. “Sounds like a trap to me, but… whatever.”

OR

In which a homeless Harry Potter reads his Hogwarts acceptance letter while sitting in a sticky booth at a McDonald’s in London.

Takes Place: 1st summer before Hogwarts - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

Ron finds it very strange that Harry doesn’t find an abusive teacher to be strange at all. And Hermione and he have a bit of a battle over bravery.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

With the anniversary of the defeat of Voldemort fast approaching, the Wizarding World is finding it hard to bounce back. It is then that a certain Trio (plus one) find a chance to fix things the first time around far too good an opportunity to pass up. Harry hopes to save those he lost, including a certain Potions Master.

Takes Place: 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Time Travel
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape