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

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

After being captured and tortured for days, Harry and Snape are about to be killed by Voldemort. However, they manage to escape only to discover they have been brought back in time to help in the War of Morgan le Fay. Alongside the Founders and the people of Camelot, Harry and Snape will exchange one war for another all while learning of long lost magic, discovering themselves, and finding a family in each other.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape Disciplines , Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Alternate Universe, Time Travel
Categories: Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

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

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