Severus pauses, gauging his surroundings with his senses, not yet reaching for his wand. The boy is near, he can hear the slight hitch of breath, can almost see the shape near the water-swollen stream. The rain continues and the trees appear as inky skeletal things before him, dripping and shining in the moonlight that wavers in and out of dark clouds.

Takes Place: 0 - Pre Hogwarts (before Harry is 11) - Snape flavour: Snape is Kind
Tags: Runaway
Categories: Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Misc > All written in Snape's POV

Summer after fifth year: Why did everything bad happen to Harry Potter? Why did it always have to be Severus who picked up the pieces? And why did the kid in Severus’ neighbourhood had to be such a Hufflepuff?

Interrupted in his well-earned summer holidays of tending to his vegetable garden and just reading a lot of sciene fiction, Severus Snape is sent to track down one runaway Harry Potter.

Takes Place: 6th summer - Snape flavour: Snape Comforts, Snape is Angry, Snape is Kind, Snape is Mean, Snape's a Bully
Tags: Adoption, Runaway
Categories: Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

Turns out, the Dursley's weren't too happy with Harry for blowing up Aunt Marge. Harry finds himself on the streets of Muggle London.

Takes Place: 3rd summer, 3rd Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Desperate
Tags: Incognito!Harry, Runaway
Categories: Fic Fests > Bingo! Fic Fest, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape

Harry went through the worst thing a kid his age possibly could. In a desperate attempt to escape, he runs home to the Dursleys, and swears off magic. Instead, he learns to live as a normal boy. Unfortunately for him, a certain professor has other plans.

Takes Place: 5th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Snape Comforts, Out of Character Snape, Overly-protective Snape
Tags: Runaway, Snape-meets-Dursleys
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Trusted Mentor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape

After Harry's turbulent second summer and third year, he's begun to gain more confidence in himself in his dealings with the community. He's learning to find his footing in his new family as well, even as Albus and Severus struggle to find theirs. The wizarding community isn't happy about Harry's stance on Fae, and now that he's been entered into the Tri-Wizard tournament, Harry will have to find a way to balance the backlash he's facing from his community and the dangers of the tournament he must prepare for. "Be careful Mr. Potter. Small changes can have lasting effects." - Harrison Silver

Takes Place: 3rd Year, 4th summer, 4th Year - Snape flavour: Snape is Angry, Canon Snape, Snape Comforts, Snape is Kind, Snape is Loving, Snape is Stern
Tags: Adoption, Azkaban Character, Elves, Hospitalization, Injured!Harry, Runaway, Vampires, Werewolves
Categories: Healer Snape, Teacher Snape > Professor Snape, Parental Snape > Guardian Snape