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aim & ignite by shostakobitch starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 75] New!
Severus Snape is given redemption in a form he least expected — or wanted. When a letter with the power to change everything comes to light, Severus finds himself wondering if destiny is earned and whether or not it can be returned.

His daughter learns the answer over the course of seven years.

Takes Place: 1st summer before Hogwarts, 1st Year, 2nd summer, 2nd Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape
Tags: Alternate Universe, Girl!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Alcohol Use, Bullying, Profanity, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 28 - Completed: No - Updated: 28 Mar 2025 / 24 Apr 2020
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Learning Curve by OutriderIvyHill starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 25] New!
Harry and Snape are back at Hogwarts, but things are different. Snape is back to being the harsh professor in class, and the turnaround when they're in private is giving Harry whiplash. Also, this new "High Inquisitor" seems to have it out for the both of them. Together, the two of them will learn to navigate a new world at war.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Cranky, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Kind, Snape is Sassy
Tags: None
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 24 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Mar 2025 / 11 Sep 2024
Series: It Takes a Village - Challenges: None
My Little Runaway by krosi starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 160] New!
After little Harry Potter runs away from his relatives’ home for the sixth time, Albus decides something drastic must happen. Instead of sending a friendly witch from family services like he had done before, he sends Severus Snape in hopes of scaring the boy into staying put. But when a blizzard interferes with plans, Severus learns why Harry keeps running away and a change of plans ensues.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Out of Character Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 42 - Completed: No - Updated: 18 Mar 2025 / 22 Oct 2017
Series: None - Challenges: Runaway
Cripple Me by krosi starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 164] New!
Severus Snape hates Harry Potter. Nothing will ever change that. Nothing. Not even the boy’s sudden intrusion in his life. Or that cheeky smile. Or that all too innocent look. Or the sudden shift in his relationship with the Potter whelp. Not even those green eyes. No, nothing will ever change Severus’s hatred for Harry Potter – no matter how fond of him he was becoming. An eventual Snape adopts Harry story. Beginning in Harry’s first year.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Angry, Snape is Cruel, Snape is Mean, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Misc > All written in Snape's POV, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 46 - Completed: No - Updated: 17 Mar 2025 / 09 Oct 2017
Series: None - Challenges: None
Such Small Words But They Hit So Huge by WrenRibs starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 3]

Snape sits across from him, all long limbs and complete lack of what he used to be. Harry swallows and watches his pale palms, a healthier tan than they used to be. They don't look wide enough to strike well. Harry doesn't know if that makes a difference.

 

Or: Harry and Snape reconcile



Takes Place: 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Abuse Recovery
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Colleague Snape and Harry
Rated: K+ - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 02 Mar 2025 / 02 Mar 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
True Heart by mandancie starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 87]
Starting a new adventure, Harry learns there's more to life than what he's seen.

Takes Place: 1st Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Out of Character Snape, Snape is Stern
Tags: Alternate Universe
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Godfather Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Bullying, Out of Character, Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 30 - Completed: No - Updated: 27 Jan 2025 / 11 Jul 2020
Series: None - Challenges: None
A Lit Roof in a Dark World by OutriderIvyHill starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 16]
When the zombie apocalypse turns the whole world upside down, it also twists the fate of two people who thought they'd never be able to work together. Now, forced by their situation to grow beyond their past, those who were once defined by their mutual enmity will become united in their experiences and the hope of saving everything they care about before it is too late.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape is Cranky, Snape is Desperate, Snape is Sassy
Tags: Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Snape Equal Status to Harry > Comrades Snape and Harry, Teacher Snape > Unofficially teaching Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Profanity, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 26 Jan 2025 / 03 Nov 2024
Series: None - Challenges: None
Doves and Daffodils by TheTransfiguredCanary starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 79]

This year, the Snape family faces numerous challenges, including wedding planning, avoiding a terrible teacher, and the growing threat of the death eaters and their elusive leader. Additionally, they must care for a young witch who desperately craves love and attention. Do they have what it takes? Can they overcome these obstacles, especially with Albus Dumbledore keeping secrets?



Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Sibling Addition
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape
Rated: T - Warnings: Abusive Dursleys, Alcohol Use, Character Death, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Romance/Het, Romance/Slash, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 32 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 26 Dec 2024 / 23 Jun 2023
Series: Wishing on the Winds - Challenges: None
Coming Back Home by CleganeSnape starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 101]
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: 29 - Completed: No - Updated: 20 Dec 2024 / 13 Oct 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
Healing the Past by TEC starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 10]

In a world where the shadows of the past linger heavily, 11/12 year old Harry Potter finds himself in desperate need of a safe haven. After escaping a life of abuse at the hands of his relatives with help from Severus Snape. He finds himself in need of rescuing again from a place he expected to feel safe and secure.



Takes Place: None - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Injured!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Godfather Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Bullying, Character Bashing, Emotional Abuse, Out of Character, Panic attack, Physical Punishment Spanking
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 05 Dec 2024 / 04 Nov 2024
Series: None - Challenges: None

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