"We have passed all checkpoints and want to adopt Tom Riddle." Granger said. The older woman appeared startled before she narrowed her eyes. "Tom? But I've never filed any papers for him." Mrs. Cole said. "Mr. and Mrs. Snape, are you sure you wish to adopt a seven year old. Tom is rather peculiar." "We're sure." Severus drawled. Will be M rated

What if Snape had received some better guidance when he was young from people who cared enough to notice what he was going through and looked deeper than the surface? What if there had been Slytherins who weren't aspiring Death Eaters? Would their assistance be enough to help a few young and hot tempered teens? (Slow burn romance)

AU. How one choice changed history's course, or the life of Severus Snape from Hogwarts to adulthood if characters were less caricatural, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters were more than bogeymen (this is an AU, events before and after may differ from the books).

' I'm not dead,' is his first thought upon waking. His next thought, after opening his eyes and seeing the mold-blackened ceiling of his childhood bedroom, is, 'What the bloody—' He touches his neck. It's whole, slender – like a child's throat – and just as smooth. His third, and final thought before the banging at his door starts, is: 'Did any of it happen at all? ' Time-Travel.

Sometimes all that's needed for enormous differences is a small change, as small as the order of a few sentences in a heated row. Lily Evans unconsciously makes one such change while arguing with her best friend, and the magnitude of consequences her actions cause holds the potential to reshape not only herself and the people around her, but their world's very future. A What-if AU

Harry is accused of burglary. The Dursleys leave him to rot. Dumbledore sends Snape to remedy the situation. Harry finds himself in the care of an irate Snape. Not slash, gen-fic w/ focus on Sevitus-like relationship. Angst galore. Warnings: some language, mentions of abuse/neglect, alcohol use. Inspired by nnjjj's But He's Going to Kill Me challenge on Potions and Snitches.

A 9 year old Severus Snape meets an old man who might just be able to change his destiny and set him on the path to redemption. Harry Potter has an interesting conversation with a dead man's portrait. Story spanning Severus' Hogwarts years with frequent jumps to post-war Hogwarts. Eventually some slash. Weekly updates planned.

Just when fourth year couldn't get any worse, Harry must make revelations that could bring his entire world tumbling around his ears. With his friends being less than supportive, who will he turn to to make it through the toughest year of his life? Contains Mpreg. Abused!Harry. Severitus-ish. Contains mentions of rape and child abuse, but no details. Contains OC. I own nothing!

What could have happened between Lily and Severus if he had said the right thing outside the Gryffindor Common Room. This story is AU. Everything you recognize belongs to JKR everything else is me. Rating is for violence, language and some adult content.

Albus Dumbledore has been searching for Harry Potter for seven years, unknowingly he bumped into the eighteen year old, and stirs the hornets nest. Harry who is the leader of the underworld, vows to put an end to the manipulative old man and also has to deal with Voldemort who was encroaching upon his territory. SS/HP top Harry bottom Severus! will Sirius and Remus join Harry?

It had all seemed like such an easy trip to Jason at the time. Now he finds himself in the middle of some strange new friends, a town filled with bigots, and a man getting burned to a cross. And these new dreams... where were they coming from? What did they mean? And why can't he get this strange boy out of his head?

When everything seems to go wrong at the end of his fourth year at Hogwarts, Severus finds himself in a place he wouldn't have expected.

1976 and nightmare visions of the future are plaguing Severus Snape. With Lily's help, he will need to figure out what these glimpses are trying to tell him, to change their future to a better one for all of the wizarding world. Although the future is not set in stone, not everything Severus sees can be changed, sometimes the inevitable will reach them sooner than they expected

Severus is given a potion that de-ages him, both in body and in mind. Now he has to relive his Hogwarts years starting from the first year, but this time, with Harry Potter as his friend. Not-very-Slytherin Slytherin!Harry. AU. Year 1.

Hades is a powerful god and Nico di Angelo is only a troubled boy, but deep down, they're not that different at all. One hundred short stories about the father-son relationship between Hades and Nico. All unrelated. Chapter 21. Vacation

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!

Dumbledore urges Snape to look after Harry after witnessing the Dursley's abuse and Snape reluctantly becomes parent figure to a very small Harry Potter. Please r&r! : Do it, you won't regret it. No slash. at all.

After the disastrous end of the Triwizard Tournament, the Order of the Phoenix seeks recruits. At her first meeting, an American witch witnesses one of Severus Snape's reports and becomes fascinated by the icy, ill-used spy.

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.

SS/HP Over time Harry has learned the importance of trusting his instincts, and his instincts are telling him Severus is the one. Written for the Cliche Fest.

After coming to an understanding during the Horcrux hunt, Snape and Harry spend the next year reclaiming what they never had in their lives while playing their roles in the war. HP/SS though not rushed , with a happy ending with some humour throughout.

After years of selfimposed exile, Severus Snape is confronted with everything - and the one person - he had never wanted to see again. SNARRY, SLASH and HPB spoilers.