AU. The Sorting Hat doesn't just let the Sword go when it falls on Harry's head in the Chamber, but also Sorts him again, this time into Slytherin. Harry is furious and terrified, and the adults aren't helping much. COMPLETE, sequel to come.

A snotty anti-Snape comment led to this little bit of cracky goodness. I promise a laugh and some fluffy good times (also, a very sassy Hermione!).

Sequel to Common Ground. After Halloween, Snape and Harry begin to bond even more as they discover some common interests. But will it stand the test of time . . .and can Sev protect Harry from the evil that stalks him? AU, Sev/Harry mentor/guardian story. Complete!

*No Slash* When an accident in potions causes imaginable damage to 3 different boys, perceptions start to change. One in particular of a dark and stern man, as truths start to come to light. How does one heal and move on from something like this? Who is left the task of picking up the pieces? Set in 3rd year, AU

[HG/SS] Underestimated ever since she was a child, no one believed in Hermione Granger. The magical world was no different until she stood up for herself. [NC/AU/EWE] COMPLETE

The spell was supposed to give him a laugh, or at least some blackmail. That's why he thought it would be fine to include Snape in his new discovery. But the surprise at Potter's less than luxurious living conditions with his Muggle family, was nothing when compared to what Draco felt when he saw the puddle of blood on the wooden floorboards.

Snape discovers Umbridge's preferred method of detention. [Finally complete: Harry loves.]

Snape grew up in a poor environment - just ask him - and this influenced his other job choice. So, when he learns Harry didn't want to return home for the summer of his First year, he had to investigate.

Dylan Falls has died at the hands hands of his abusive, magic-hating, muggle family. The professors begin caring about home life. Harry wonders why it took the death of an innocent child for that to happen. AU SCENES / T for abuse and side affects/PTSD-like symptoms.

Hermione thought she was in a very solid relationship of three years when a job promotion for her boyfriend and some very unexpected news turns her life upside down. She returns to the healing haven of Hogwarts and finds an unexpected friend. Written for the LJ 2016 SSHG Giftfest; a gift for Articcat621.

After being punished by the Dark Lord, Severus requires a trip to a Muggle dentist - Hermione's mother. This is a companion piece to my story "Matrimonium Lex."

Severus meant only to save Hermione from a stampeding Hippogryph. An old caretaker meant only to stop students from snogging in broom cupboards. Jason Pierce and Toby White were meant to be murdered, or worse, expelled. Nothing quite went to plan that day.

Dark secrets and an even darker past threaten to destroy the boy on whom the entire wizarding world has pinned their hopes. Can Severus Snape find it within him to heal and accept the broken child of his nemesis, and in the process, ultimately heal and accept himself? (AU-ish w/ OC, but follows canon. Severitus - mentor/adoption - mentions sexual abuse, but no details - NO SLASH!)

After Harry runs away from his relative's during the summer and gets in a fight the first day of school, Snape argues that he needs to be watched more and have more guidance. His argument backfires when Dumbledore suggests Harry be in Slytherin for a term. Will Harry see another side to the Slytherins? And will Snape finally see the real Harry? Third Year. Mentor/Guardian Snape

Snape and Dumbledore enact an old tradition in the castle, hoping to gain a much-needed edge. More-or-less AU starting at book 6. Rated for language and smut.

Every year it was the same, Severus Snape cleared his face of all emotion, apparated to Privet Drive and visited a little boy whose only desire in the entire world was to have someone that would love him. Winner of Potions and Snitches Halloween fest 2014.

Harry and/or Snape find themselves reliving the same span of time over and over again. What caused this phenomenon, and just how are they to get out of it? Are both wizards aware that time is repeating itself, or just one of them? And just what is it about this one day that it just refuses to end?

Snape tracks Granger to her house to talk about Thursday.

One lonely little boy. One snarky, grumpy git. When the safety of one was entrusted to the other, everyone knew this was not going to turn out well... Or was it? AU, sequel to "Harry's First Detention". OVER FIVE MILLION HITS!

Harry Potter had gone missing from the wizarding world when he was just 4 years old. Despite everyone's frantic searching the boy is still missing the summer of his 11th birthday. Severus Snape feeling guilty for not protecting the boy decides to go search for potions ingredients in the forbidden forest, to clear his head. He's been needing snake parts anyway.

Severus Snape would sooner chew off his own arm than willingly attend the garish festivity that is 'Snape Day'. Hermione comes up with a plan to ensure her former professor's absence when Snape Day comes around, only she finds herself hiding along with him.

After Sirius's death, Harry is sinking into depression. And then, he receives a detention which leads to a shocking revelation. Will he be able to stop sinking deeper? COMPLETE! No slash.

Little Harry just wants to celebrate Christmas with his parents like any other child... - Child abuse/neglect, suicidal thoughts/acts... in short, a lovely little Christmas story. No pairing. (And no lion.)

During the summer before sixth year, Harry finds an injured bat in the garden and decides to try to heal it...and an unwilling Snape learns just what kind of a person Harry Potter really is. No slash.

Walking home a drunk Harry Potter, one who was giggling out all his secrets, was not how Severus wanted to spend his evening. [Complete]

There always was something not quite right about the broom cupboard in the Entrance Hall of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Severus and Harry find themselves stuck. No Slash.

Harry's grief over the war overtakes him, and he allows himself to slip away. There, he walks to the gates of Dark Forest, to be accepted into peace by a familiar face.

Snape is sent to check on Harry around 3 weeks before he is due to go to Hogwarts, but what he finds shocks him and he takes up the intention of becoming Harry's new guardian. (I don't own anything, it all belongs to the fabulous JK Rowling!) I suck at summaries... PLEASE REVIEW!

An accident the summer before 6th year puts Dumbledore's plans for Harry in motion sooner than planned. Will an unexpected truce with Snape better prepare Harry for what is to come? A Snape mentors Harry fic with all the regular players. AU after OOTP.

When a potions accident has some interesting consequences, Harry is forced to spend the Christmas holidays in the dungeons with his least-favorite teacher. Snape is, of course, furious with the situation, but he soon learns that when it comes to Harry Potter, not everything is as it seems.

Albus Dumbledore is acting suspiciously and Severus knows that he is hiding something. But when he confronts the old wizard and Albus agrees to let him in on the secret, Severus will have to accept that some of his assumptions were severely miscalculated. Because, it turns out, minds are like parachutes, they have to be open in order to work.

When Severus Snape is left in charge of Hogwarts over the christmas break, he is less than pleased to discover Harry will be one of his charges. Events force him to face that Mr Potter may not be quite what he has assumed all these years. Year 6

It's 5th year and Harry Potter has been facing crisis after crisis on his own. He has no one to turn to, other than his friends, but they can only help so much. Harry needs the legal right to protect himself from the abuses he is constantly targeted with. Follows OOTP, but all events occur 1st term. Mentor/bonding fic. Slightly AU Severus in the beginning/more as the story goes on

When Snape is sent to deliver Harry's Hogwarts letter on his 11th birthday, will he still be able to hate Harry after meeting the Dursleys? Harry is a first year at Hogwarts. HP & SS

Sequel to "Green Eyes" Harry is back with the Dursleys, but will he really be safe there? An unexpeting guest shows up and Severus has to step in.

After Harry's second Hogwarts year, he decides to hide at Hogwarts instead of going back to the Dursleys. However, this plan leads to unexpected realisations and consequences. Completely AU, partly OOC, sick!Harry

Hermione overhears something she shouldn't concerning Professor Snape and decides that maybe the House-elves aren't the only ones in need of protection.

Snape and Hermione carry on a rather strange conversation witnessed by Harry and Ron who can't tell what the heck is going on. Can you?

[Complete] Post-OotP. When Snape is forced to search Little Whinging for a missing Harry Potter, the last thing he expects is to find the boy drunk, covered in bruises and close to giving up...

During his first Christmas at Hogwarts, Harry discovers his liking for liqueur filled chocolates... and experiences more than just a terrible hangover when he awakes the next day. Pre-Guardian fiction.

Oneshot. Written for a challenge on potions & snitches. What if Snape took Harry from Godric's Hollow instead of Hagrid.

All is not well on Privet Drive, and one Christmas Eve, Severus Snape is called upon to intervene.

When Harry thinks a tragic accident has occurred, his brain finally says "enough".

Since his parents demise at the hands of Voldemort Harry has lived a life no child should have to at the hands of the Dursleys. Every year he has made this same wish on his birthday. Will his wish finally come true? Snape/Harry mentor fic. Rated for abuse

A mentor fic: When Snape discovers Harry is abused by the Dursley's, he is forced to teach Harry for the summer after the tri-wizard tournament. Will they eventually find the family they never had? No slash and Harry will never be Snape's biological son.

Abandoned at a Shopping mall at the age of 6,Harry is rescued by a man in black..who is it?

A vision of a hurt boy in a cupboard appears to Unspeakable Snape, but its meaning eludes him until he intercepts a lost letter addressed to Harry Potter. Alarmed, he goes to Privet Drive & rescues Harry. Now he must win the boy's fragile trust. mentor/SS

Back for second year, Harry chooses to follow a new path and it's no simple highway. He's depressed and angry; tired of trying to be someone he's not. Snape may be the only one capable of providing the support Harry needs. OOC Snape and Harry. AU.

KakaSaku: His students are all grown up, but something doesn't seem quite right with Sakura and Kakashi's determined to find out just what the problem is... shame all Sakura wants is for him to mind his own business.

Unable to catch hold of anything in order to save herself, her mind clung to the one fact it knew to be unassailably true: something was terribly, terribly wrong.

Based after Owlsaway's A Place For Warriors. Harry experiences disturbing nightmares and turns to Snape. The problems run deeper than they know... No Slash. Mentorfic.

Under the influence of a curse, Harry reveals the truth of his upbringing to his Potions Professor. With his preconceptions of his most hated student falling down around him, how will Severus move forward? HPSS Mentor/Adoption fic. Please R&R!

When Umbridge's detentions get too much to handle, Harry finds himself back in the hospital wing, and Snape finds himself forced to come to the aid of The Boy Who Lived once more. Will Umbridge finally get her comeuppance?

After a tragedy, Harry's unwelcoming and abusive childhood at the Dursley's comes to light to the most unlikely person during an occlumency lesson. Abuse but realistic, not over the top. Somewhat a stream of consciousness. Snape mentor. One shot.

Dumbledore locks Harry and Snape in the Room of Requirement. Harry's magic works, and Snape's doesn't. Will they kill each other? No slash.

Slightly A/U. Snape notices that Harry isn't getting the marks he should be in Potions.

Just before Christmas,Harry hears the basilisk and thinks he's going mad. He flees into a blizzard and is followed by Snape. Trapped by the storm, they hide in a cave. Will they survive to celebrate Christmas? Sick!Harry & sick!Severus. AU, COS, mentorSev

Locking Harry in the broom closet was the catalyst that unlocked a whole flurry of issues that young Harry and Severus must now begin to work through... together.

Harry has only been at Hogwarts for 3 days and he may already be in trouble. When Snape finds him on his hands and knees, feeling around on the hallway floor at midnight, he knows that his chance of having a peaceful night are over. one-shot.

After nearly freezing to death outside his relative's home, little Harry is rescued first by a spirit and then a snarky git! The adventure isn't over yet though, as Snape soon realizes that his charge's problems aren't limited to just frostbite. Childfic

Albus asks Severus to go watch over Harry at the Dursley house for the rest of summer. When he is there secrets are revealed. Snape adopts Harry eventually. Warning: CP, abuse, language, self harming, OOC, AU, Harry has a HUGE attitude problem.

Severus finds another similarity between himself and Harry. He finds he must face what the boy himself does and mourns that the teen may not come back from the war living...

Snape accepts a lemon drop from Dumbledore during the annual Halloween feast. He never realized that he'd end up becoming Harry's hero as a result. Inspired by a YouTube vid. Harry & Snape general relationship.

Harry hides in the library on Halloween, trying to escape his dreadful memories of Lily's death. No one else seems to remember or care that he lost everything that night. He is found by Snape . . .and also a troll. WINNER-BEST HALLOWEEN STORY at P&S! sequel Common Interests!

One-shot. What if Professor Lupin had let Harry have a go at the boggart in third year, and what if it turned into something that no one had expected? Coincidentally, Snape's boggart is the exact same...

A gift for acelly for being the 1000th review on my story Nobody Cared. Harry can't sleep one night & runs away to the hospital for help. When Harry disappears, our Potions Master is sent to investigate. One shot COMPLETE.

HP's life has always sucked. So when he learns that he's not the son of James Potter, but Snape's, he decides to drink away his troubles.

Snape has a theory that the reason why his students cannot brew potions correctly; they do not understand the meaning of the words. Snape decides to change his lesson plan...to a vocabulary lesson. The Gryffindors and Slytherins are less than enthused.

Complete! Snape stumbles upon Harry at the top of the Astronomy Tower just a few nights after Sirius' death and the revealing of Harry's fate. With Harry standing on the wall, arms outstretched and rambling about destinies, maybe there's reason to worry.

Complete! The only element of consistency in Harry Potter's life always seemed to be the death of the people he loved. One more death, so soon after the last, pushes Harry over the edge. He finds comfort in a most unexpected place.

During a 'Remedial Potions' class, Snape learns just how close he was to having Potter in Slytherin.

Response to Burned Hedwig Challenge. After blowing up his aunt, Harry's uncle abuses him farther than his mental capacity can stand. Even his cousin is concerned, and sends a letter by way of owl "To Whom It May Concern" pleading for help for his cousin.

It's Christmas Eve and little Harry has many requests, but none of them are for Santa.

Abandoned in the wilds of northen England, lost and alone, Harry stumbles across a small town and discovers a street called Spinners End...

The gloomy cupboard suddenly alit wondrously; the ceiling transformed into a night blue canvas and decorated across it were two shinning stars, making up the two brilliant eyes of a deer." SickHarry.

“If you’re not 'defective' or 'damaged', what are you?" Severus runs a hand over his face, sallow, and tired, and too old for childish games in the pale moonlight. "I don’t know, Potter. Destroyed.”

A midnight escapade does not go as planned when Harry finds himself injured, locked in Snape's storage room and worst of all, doused in Veritaserum. And this is all before Snape finds him. Winner of the Potions and Snitches 2009 Prompt Fest.

During the the opening of third year, Harry Potter and Severus Snape find their assumptions challenged and their fears tested. Warnings for abuse, OOC due to Harry and Severus's shifting paradymes, and AU.

COMPLETE Harry's relatives abandon him at the playground at age six, miles away from their home. Who should find him but the one and only, Severus Snape. Sevitus/Severius.

When Harry tries to find a quiet place to mourn his parents unexpected difficulties arise. What will Snape do when he finds him? Halloween fic

He needed help that care right away. He sent his owl out with a note. His response was one of his professors, even if it was the one that loathed him greatly.

ONE-SHOT. Harry and Ron must serve one week of detention with Professor Snape in the Potions classroom. Set at the beginning of Harry's third Hogwarts year. The only thing on which Ron and Snape agree is: Detentions from Hell. Completely AU, partly OOC, sick!Harry

Sequel to ‘You Thought Wrong.’ After Snape’s death, Harry examines the man’s memories he collected from his dying mind. What happens as Harry sees what Snape did the night he confessed his abuse to the man?

Only a week into fifth year and Harry Potter botches a potion that had been covered the previous year. Severus Snape discovers a thing or two about Harry in an evening of detention. Why does nothing change for the young savior? No Slash. Warnings inside.

Harry spends his days with a book that whispers to him, and he wonders. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince.

AU. Wanting to be left alone, Harry neglects to visit the Hospital Wing after he is hit by the rogue bludger, and is caught by Snape...

Ignore the pain," he whispers, knowing he's getting through to the boy. "Ignore it. Push through it. PUSH THROUGH IT!" Severus really didn't want to help the bloody boy... but he did. Set during HBP

Harry saves Snape from serious injury caused by a Slytherin in a potions class. This is the story of what happened and how Snape reacted and how Harry reacted back. Response to the Challenge Harry saves Snape in Potions by gershwhen.

Harry and Severus are called back to the time of the Founders. Written for a Challenge Fest at Potions and Snitches.

Nightmares. The only solidity Harry Potter can count on anymore. As he enters his sixth year at Hogwarts, he will face a new nightmare in the form of one Severus Snape. But will it be as bad as they both expect it to be? COMPLETE!

A young child makes sure he is not seen or heard as he listens to something on TV, - something about homeless children, and children's services available. Harry's sure he's not really a Freak, and maybe he deserves better.

YEAR ONE COMPLETED! As a first year, Harry is sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor, and no one is more surprised than his new Head of House. Snape mentors Harry fic.

The final story in the The Christmas Guardian: Watcher in the Shadows series. Dumbledore's reaction to Severus adopting Harry during Christmas break when Albus wasn't in the castle.

Sometimes safety takes on a strange meaning, but Harry always knew cupboards were safe. He just never knew that he would one day associate Snape along with cupboards and the safety and sense of security they always brought him.

With Hedwig's help somebody comes to rescue Harry Potter from his abusive realtives. Warning: contains mention of child abuse and self-mutilation!

Severus and the teachers decide to take matters into their own hands when Dumbledore leaves the castle for the holidays. Sequel to A Christmas Guardian I:Watcher in the Shadows - read that first.

A Christmas-y fic. Harry is left alone at Hogwarts over Christmas, during his seventh year. Bored and lonely, he tries to find something to occupy his time and ends up, as usual, in trouble. Can Snape help him? OotP compliant.

There are many different definitions of 'care'. Harry copes with the consequences of different types of care. AU as of HBP and DH, but elements from both are borrowed.

Severus Snape had been fully prepared to hate Lily Potter's son until the Sorting Hat casts them into a nightmare. That was only the beginning of a world gone mad. AU PSSS, Slytherin!Harry, SnapeisHarry'sfather - Complete! Sequel "Creep" now up!

Snape melts into the shadows as he overhears Harry tell Ron how he shouldn't complain. A prompt from KimSpiritTalks. Sequels are A Christmas Guardian and A Christmas Guardian: The Reaction

Formerly on the account of Luke Kenobi. Written for the Third Floor Corridor Cliche Contest. Harry and Snape have been sent to Azkaban on false charges. Once out, they are not what the Order expects.

Surely you've discovered how uninteresting life as a painting is. The world seems to have shrunk to include only this office, and thus everything going on in here is of vital importance if you want to keep your brain from shrinking, shrivelling and dying!

What does it take for a certain Potions Master to realize Harry is not his father?

Having disappeared from his relatives house at the age of four, Harry Potter has become an unknown quantity to a desolate Wizarding public caught in the throes of war. Kidnapped from his new home at an elite school, Harry reappears at Hogwarts thirteen

Harry is hurt and loses his voice. Will Snape help him find it? Not slash.

He shouldn't have asked. He shouldn't have been curious. But who wouldn't want to know why the Potter brat was still alive after a deadly snake bite.

[Venom's Sequel. AU] He should have asked. He should have remembered. But who would have thought that the Potter brat's blood could be so deadly.

Harry's accepted a dare, but it's the morning after and suddenly it doesn't seem quite so funny. He has a hangover, a nagging best friend, and a tail in his pocket. It promised to be an interesting Potions lesson. GEN.

Dumbledore orders Snape to give Harry extra DADA lessons. Understanding dark magic is easy. Understanding each other is not. Nonslash. Please review. It makes writers happy.

Severus learns that sometimes, it takes the end of life to make us appreciate the thing itself. DH compliant up until after Harry sees the memories, DH spoilers.

Idea comes from the fic H is for Harry. Snape thinks he knows something, but Harry shows him something more. AU oneshot.

Harry remained quite still for a moment, then hurled the mirror back into the trunk where it shattered.Order of the Phoenix. Harry accidently cuts himself on Sirius's mirror after breaking it. He then runs into someone unexpected.

While making an unplanned trip to Diagon Alley, Severus Snape runs into someone unexpected. HGSS Oneshot.

[Hints of Child Abuse: One Shot] First Year, AU in Potions class. Snape grasps what he otherwise would have missed. Looks may not be deceiving, but in a different way than he had even considered...

PART 27 ADDED, COMPLETE. Something odd about Hermione causes her to have unexpected reaction to a love potion. Only it's one which no one expected. How could a lack of reaction cause so much trouble? AU to Books 5 and 6.

Dumbledore is off his rocker and thinks an easter egg hunt is a swell idea. Slughorn has contributed a bottle of Felix. Hermione REALLY wants it. Enter Snape. Add in Amorentia, blackmail, and a Jew. response to WIKTT easter egg challenge

At a celebratory Halloween ball, unlikely companions discover more in common than just the battle scars…this is AU. HBP ignored Oneshot for Halloween.

A dire situation, a few words exchanged, and the tables are turned. All are victims of circumstance, except, perhaps, for the boy and the Potions Master. T for...well, I'm not sure.

A teacher, a student, a cup of tea, a thunderstorm, a brand. SS,HP AU Gen, with a little Fluff

Harry has had a hard life, harder than anyone knows, even himself. What happens when Snape finds out that Harry's mind couldn't take the strain and fractured, leaving the BWL with MPD? PreHBP COMPLETE!

A Woman like her would never love a man like him, would she? HGSS.

They become, to the mildest degree, insane. Harry is captured by 'The Dark Lord'. He listens for the Grim Reaper's light footsteps, he thrives in deadly secrets, and he 'ensnares the senses'...all to survive...if he can...

Repost - Snape discovers something disturbing about Harry and acts . . . like Snape. Complete.

“Well, Miss Granger, even incapacitated as you are, you are still causing me trouble.”

OneShot Spoof. An unfortunate Potions experiment makes Snape live through his many fanfiction incarnations. Dumbledore and Hermione watch. Four times Multifaceted Awards Nominee.

**COMPLETE** AU. Tensions are running high in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Everyone who knows anything knows something is about to happen. And it is in the midst of this that two unlikely people find a little more than a common ground...

Harry's mixed up. Snape's confused. Self harm, eating disorders, depression. Seen it all before? Try it - you might like it.

COMPLETE SSHG Severus goes late night wandering and finds something and someone most unexpected...

AU: Alcohol. Yum yum. Snape. Harry. 1985? If you like heartwarming, humorous Snape & Harry bonding fics, you'll like this.

Snape finally goes too far in hurting Harry. Harry develops serious problems - FINISHED - Please read and review!

At a staff meeting to discuss the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, Severus disagrees with Dumbledore's choice for the object of Viktor Krum's quest. Preromance...more of a discovery of friendship.