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Draco
Draco Malfoy, pureblood wizard, son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, slytherin house
 


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Electric Avenue by DesertPlanet starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 312] New!
Following the disasterous Third Task, Harry begins to notice two things about himself. First: his appearence has begun to change. Second: something is very very wrong. The Cruciatus shouldn't continue to be causing him pain this far out from having received it, should it?

Takes Place: 5th summer, 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Disguised!Harry, Injured!Harry, New Identity!Harry, Physical Impairment
Categories: Parental Snape > Biological Father Snape > Severitus Challenge
Rated: T - Warnings: Neglect, Out of Character
Chapters: 50 - Completed: No - Updated: 19 Jan 2026 / 08 Jan 2021
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Curse by LadySoul357 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 30] New!
After the tragic death of Sirius Black, Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts tormented by grief, anger, and loneliness. No one seems to realize how close he is to the edge. One evening, while serving yet another detention under his hated Potions professor, he finds himself embroiled in a confrontation with Draco Malfoy that culminates in a dark and ancient spell.

The result? A mysterious curse that binds him irreversibly to Severus Snape.

Forced to live together, Harry and Snape must confront not only the magic that binds them, but also the ghosts of the past, their emotional scars, and their mutual prejudices. A journey through suffering, pride, and—perhaps—understanding.

A vividly drawn Severus, faithful to the original character, where emotional evolution takes center stage.

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines , Snape is Angry, Snape is Controlling
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Deaging
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Physical Punishment Non-Spanking
Chapters: 22 - Completed: No - Updated: 17 Jan 2026 / 16 Aug 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Things Outstanding by Synfidie starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 9] New!
Harry Potter died at the gates of Hogwarts after a month of brutal torture. Severus Snape watched him fall. The Order saw the body. The world is in mourning. However, in the Twilight between life and death, Harry made a choice. To save his father from a grief that would destroy him, and to ensure the safety of his his friends and family from Voldemort, Harry returns to cage the scattered fragments of the Dark Lord’s soul.
He returns not as the Boy Who Lived, but as an injured transfer student from Durmstrang with a tremor in his hands and a darkness in his magical core. Hidden behind a glamour and a lie, he must walk the halls of the school he died to save, forced to witness the devastating aftermath of his own sacrifice. (Summary will be updated as we go along.)

Takes Place: 6th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Loving
Tags: Incognito!Harry, Injured!Harry
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Character Death, Suicide Themes, Torture
Chapters: 5 - Completed: No - Updated: 16 Jan 2026 / 27 Dec 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Fighting One's Demons by OutriderIvyHill starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 6] 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: 6 - Completed: No - Updated: 10 Jan 2026 / 23 Sep 2025
Series: It Takes a Village - Challenges: None
As Fate Would Have It by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 10] New!
Eight years after the war, the veil in the Department of Mysteries takes unexplained action and somehow brings Severus Snape back to life. Only, the former professor and spy is now a four-year-old boy with no family and all of his past memories. Harry steps in to take care of the little boy, vowing to help him heal from his first life of trauma while keeping him safe from the dangers that still stalk their world. He becomes desperate to repay all the man had done for him now he had the chance. However, somewhere along the way, Severus Snape becomes far more than just a duty.

Takes Place: 8 - Post Hogwarts (young adult Harry), 8 - Pre Epilogue (adult Harry) - Snape flavour: Out of Character Snape
Tags: Abuse Recovery, Adoption, Alternate Universe, Child fic, Deaged!Snape
Categories: Reverse Roles > Parental Harry
Rated: 16+ - Warnings: Character Bashing, Character Death, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Out of Character, Panic attack, Physical Abuse, Profanity, Romance/Het, Romance/Slash, Torture, Violence
Chapters: 4 - Completed: No - Updated: 03 Jan 2026 / 01 Aug 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Surprising Development by SpiritTree starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 182]
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: 30 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Dec 2025 / 24 Aug 2024
Series: None - Challenges: Disowned
In the Valley of Death, the Hallowed Light Shines by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 16]
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: 7 - Completed: No - Updated: 24 Dec 2025 / 24 Jul 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
A Thursday Morning Potions Lesson by Ms77 starstarstarstar [Reviews - 3]
In a potions lessons shortly after the third task, Malfoy bullies Harry too far and Snape intervenes.

Takes Place: 4th Year - Snape flavour: Book Snape, Canon Snape, Out of Character Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Stern
Tags: None
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape
Rated: K - Warnings: Bullying
Chapters: 1 - Completed: Yes - Updated: 14 Nov 2025 / 14 Nov 2025
Series: None - Challenges: None
Shadows of the Forsaken by TheLostBoys333 starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 58]
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: 05 Oct 2025 / 11 Nov 2023
Series: None - Challenges: None
The Art of Love and War by OutriderIvyHill starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 3]
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: 16 Sep 2025 / 16 Sep 2025
Series: It Takes a Village - Challenges: None

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