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Harry Potter and Severus Snape nonslash stories! SS&HP GEN ONLY (no SS/HP slash). Father and son, teacher, apprentice, mentor, guardian, comrades, enemies, healing, canon, deaging, adoption, Sevitus (biological father Snape), Severitus Challenge, and family stories. Large amounts of stories added monthly. Turn off alerts or be bombed. Part of potionsandsnitches dot org (P&S): The largest archive for Harry Potter and Severus Snape Gen relationships (SS&HP). |
The Man Who Saved The World by Innana reviews
Harry is grieving after the final battle. Perhaps this enigmatic stranger can offer him comfort and help him find peace, but all is not what it seems.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Friendship - Chapters: 7 - Words: 14,832 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 42 - Follows: 14 - Published: 2/25/2016 - Harry P., Draco M., Severus S., Neville L. - Complete
A World Of Grey Clouds by Livia Ethelind reviews
An AU where Harry has a secret! She's a girl! What happens when she's revealed and other secrets are unearthed in the process? Sevitus - No slash. Individual warnings for some chapters. Fem!Harry, Slytherin!Harry WARNINGS: Neglect, Violence, Profanity, some CP
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Family - Chapters: 35 - Words: 163,533 - Reviews: 200 - Favs: 384 - Follows: 562 - Updated: 2/19/2018 - Published: 2/27/2016 - Harry P., Ron W., Hermione G., Severus S.
Finally Wanted by Professor Potterhead reviews
11 year old Harry Potter comes to Hogwarts suffering the effects of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his relatives. Severus Snape puts on a mask and rarely lets it down, being despised for the greater good. What will happen when one hurt little boy gets the chance to be loved and protected like he has always longed for? Soft-hearted Severus. OOC. Mentor/adoption fic.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Adventure - Chapters: 7 - Words: 23,628 - Reviews: 99 - Favs: 356 - Follows: 516 - Updated: 4/16/2017 - Published: 2/21/2016 - Harry P., Severus S.
What Is And What Should Be by lovesmesomebooth reviews
After Draco and the Slytherins dress like Dementors to scare Harry, Harry flees in a moment of panic, only to hide in a rarely used classroom. He ends up overhearing a conversation between two people that turns his entire world upside down. He now has to figure out how to come to grips with having a new father, and what that means in the long run.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 61 - Words: 103,321 - Reviews: 97 - Favs: 265 - Follows: 383 - Updated: 4/27/2016 - Published: 2/21/2016 - Harry P., Remus L., Severus S.
Are You My Father by nightkitty555 reviews
A distraught Harry Potter after the death of his godfather has started to question everything people had always told him about his parents. He's not even sure who they were. Keywords: Sevitus / Severitus
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 6 - Words: 19,925 - Reviews: 115 - Favs: 253 - Follows: 297 - Updated: 3/26/2016 - Published: 2/20/2016 - Harry P., Severus S. - Complete
Guardianship by The Slytherin Writer reviews
After some startling revelations come to light, it's decided that Harry can longer stay at Number Four, Privet Drive. The only other option is for him to become the ward and responsibility of potions master, Severus Snape. Follow Harry into his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as Voldemort returns and Harry needs his friends more than ever.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 27 - Words: 111,130 - Reviews: 310 - Favs: 653 - Follows: 945 - Updated: 5/1/2017 - Published: 2/20/2016 - Harry P., Severus S.
Tired by Severus-who-Severus-Snape reviews
When Harry is guilt tripped by Dumbledore to be the new DADA teacher after he finishes school. He finds him self by the edge of the lake having an emotional break down. Snape finds him and it is the last person harry wants knowing just how truly screwed up he is. Severus and Harry will discover just how much a like they are. I own none of these characters. They belong to JK Rowling
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Drama - Chapters: 16 - Words: 38,540 - Reviews: 73 - Favs: 146 - Follows: 253 - Updated: 8/15/2016 - Published: 3/10/2016 - Harry P., Severus S.
The Unwanted One by Amyria reviews
Harry has always wished for someone to care, for a family of his own. On his birthday, he finds out that a certain Potions Master is his father, but Severus has just settled into life with his other son. Can Harry finally have the family he has longed for, or will he always be the unwanted one? Severitus. AU 6th year.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Family/Angst - Chapters: 21 - Words: 101,280 - Reviews: 437 - Favs: 738 - Follows: 1,094 - Updated: 2/25 - Published: 3/16/2016 - Harry P., Severus S., OC
Right in Front of Me (Book 1) by ShabbyBeachNest reviews
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!)
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 37 - Words: 129,037 - Reviews: 330 - Favs: 700 - Follows: 566 - Updated: 9/9/2016 - Published: 3/8/2016 - Harry P., Severus S., Bellatrix L., OC - Complete
Breaking Point by Littleforest reviews
[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...
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 3 - Words: 18,088 - Reviews: 155 - Favs: 715 - Follows: 300 - Updated: 12/28/2012 - Published: 11/18/2012 - Harry P., Severus S. - Complete
New Amenity by Hazel394 reviews
"I must ask you a favor, Severus..." The Potions Professor almost gagged as his jaw dropped slightly. His eyes widened a bit and stared at Albus', ebony black meeting piercing blue. The unpredictable occurs when Severus Snape is forced to "babysit" Harry Potter for two weeks. Rated T (described abuse) (Severitus, NON-SLASH, post-CoS)
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 6 - Words: 9,869 - Reviews: 31 - Favs: 51 - Follows: 85 - Updated: 8/16/2013 - Published: 6/7/2013 - Harry P., Severus S.
Lionsnake Chronicles IV: Harry and the Three Knights by Eria reviews
Sequel to Harry and the Barking Rook. Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fourth year, much wiser and eager to avoid the pitfalls of the previous three years. Unfortunately, his fate is entwined by the machinations of others, and he soon discovers that he has trusted the wrong people...
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 20 - Words: 279,237 - Reviews: 123 - Favs: 240 - Follows: 214 - Updated: 4/17/2015 - Published: 6/12/2014 - Harry P., Luna L., Cedric D., Augusta L. - Complete
Lionsnake Chronicles V: Harry and the Flanking Bishops by Eria reviews
Sequel to Harry and the Three Knights. Harry is used to finding unusual allies in the unlikeliest places. It is more uncommon to find monsters dressed in pink, threats in the form of marriage contracts, and crystals encapsulating true prophecies. Throw in a Christmas fiasco and he's cast a couple decades into the past. One thing's for certain: His life will never be average.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 16,813 - Reviews: 58 - Favs: 114 - Follows: 216 - Updated: 4/10/2016 - Published: 1/9/2016 - Sirius B., Remus L., Lily Evans P., Narcissa M.
Lionsnake Chronicles III: Harry and the Barking Rook by Eria reviews
Sequel to Harry and the Captured Pawn. To Harry, keeping secrets is exceptionally difficult with housemates as cunning as his, and in the Viper's world leverage is everything. With a new dimension added to his chess board, will Harry ever learn to make use of his allies?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 21 - Words: 138,560 - Reviews: 100 - Favs: 212 - Follows: 96 - Updated: 4/28/2014 - Published: 3/30/2014 - Harry P., Sirius B., Remus L., Neville L. - Complete
Lionsnake Chronicles II: Harry and the Captured Pawn by Eria reviews
Sequel to Harry and the Viper's Chess. Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year with a house-elf's warning in mind. As the term passes, he falls back into the habit of not seeking help when he most needs it. Harry tries to convince the House of Vipers that he's not the next Dark Lord but fails. If he can't convince his housemates, how will he convince the rest of Hogwarts?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 15 - Words: 89,109 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 233 - Follows: 103 - Updated: 3/24/2014 - Published: 3/18/2014 - Harry P., Draco M., Ginny W. - Complete
Lionsnake Chronicles I: Harry and the Viper's Chess by Eria reviews
AU-ish. Harry rebels against two particular traits expected of a Slytherin, that of unwavering House loyalty and self-serving ambition. As he experiences life as a student of Hogwarts, he learns that, while some of his housemates are not who they merely appear to be, others are precisely the sort of person they present. The chess board is set... How will Harry play the game?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 16 - Words: 82,290 - Reviews: 103 - Favs: 455 - Follows: 223 - Updated: 3/18/2014 - Published: 3/11/2014 - Harry P., Hermione G., Theodore N., Sally-Anne P. - Complete
Forgiveness by mandancie reviews
I saw this picture on Tumblr and I began to think what if right before Voldemort showed up that night on Halloween, Lily wrote a letter to Severus that she was going to send the next day. What if when Severus showed up after Lily was killed, he read the letter. What would happen?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,442 - Reviews: 93 - Favs: 120 - Follows: 206 - Updated: 1/3/2017 - Published: 3/27/2015 - Harry P., Sirius B., Severus S., Albus D.
A Different Start by mandancie reviews
Harry discovers something strange in his Gringotts vault among his parents' belongings-a letter of apology from James to Snape. Harry decides he should deliver it. A challenge from Alexannah on Potions and Snitches.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,462 - Reviews: 97 - Favs: 145 - Follows: 191 - Published: 11/5/2015 - Harry P., Severus S.
Vampires, Werewolf, and An Old Coot by mandancie reviews
This story is AU. Creature story. Vampire!Severus
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 5 - Words: 9,918 - Reviews: 68 - Favs: 71 - Follows: 144 - Updated: 11/7/2017 - Published: 3/6/2016 - Harry P., Remus L., Severus S., Albus D.
New Life by Muenblack reviews
Nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry and Ron received a call from the Hogwarts headmaster about unidentified dark magic that left a man who shouldn't be alive unconscious and without his memory. Young!Snape and Hogwarts student OCs, plus Harry and Ron as aurors.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Suspense/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,794 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 25 - Follows: 48 - Updated: 12/12/2015 - Published: 11/9/2015 - Harry P., Ron W., Severus S., OC
Stuff Of Nightmares by Stompy1014 reviews
Some Secrets arise out of a awful Situation. Can Harry find happiness in the form of Severus Snape?
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 6 - Words: 12,304 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 65 - Updated: 3/6/2017 - Published: 8/12/2015 - Harry P., Severus S.
A Thousand Words by Ailee17 reviews
Harry never could have predicted how much his life would change after making a surprising discovery at the Dursley household the summer before Second Year. The young wizard returns to school looking for answers, and ends up finding a whole lot more. Snape/Harry mentor fic. No slash.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 49 - Words: 136,713 - Reviews: 2307 - Favs: 3,233 - Follows: 5,093 - Updated: 1h - Published: 1/4/2015 - Harry P., Severus S.
Mea Culpa by geradsredskittle666 reviews
Snape discovers too late the the golden boy is abused. Watch as Harry takes back his life. Can he overcome his childhood? Warnings inside. Creature Harry. Harry/Blaise/Snape Pairing. Evil Dumbles/Ron/Hermionie. Good Malfoys.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Friendship - Chapters: 21 - Words: 30,431 - Reviews: 169 - Favs: 391 - Follows: 549 - Updated: 6/9/2015 - Published: 11/25/2010 - [Harry P., Blaise Z., Severus S.] Draco M.
Black as the Blood In Our Names by TimeAndLife21 reviews
Regulus was drowning, or at Least he thought he was until a woman of light came to him to offer a second chance. He was thrown unprepared into a new world to save his brother and Harry. Fate has a few things to change, for better or for worst. Blood will be spilled and an Ancient and Nobel House will rise again. Lets just hope that working in the shadows does more good than harm.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 30 - Words: 200,078 - Reviews: 560 - Favs: 1,065 - Follows: 1,428 - Updated: 7/16/2018 - Published: 10/29/2014 - Harry P., Sirius B., Severus S., Regulus B.
Wings of Sun by Loki-mutt reviews
Around a young witch or wizard's eleventh birthday they acquire wings, a sign that they have developed their full magic. Many worship their new wings, but to Harry, it's just another sign that he is a freak. Severus Snape is assigned his guardian over the summer before Harry's first year. It is up to him to teach young Harry to come to terms with his new-found fame
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 12 - Words: 74,137 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 178 - Follows: 253 - Updated: 4/10/2016 - Published: 3/7/2015 - Harry P., Severus S.