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The Hardest Part Of Ending Is Starting Again by water_and_jellyfish
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Jul 2026
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Severus Snape survived the encounter with Nagini, unbeknownst to Harry. The former Potions teacher/DADA teacher/Headmaster finds himself lacking a purpose following the victory of the Light side. However, one day thanks to that annoying The-Boy-Who-Lived's clumsiness, he discovers something he wished not to find out. Severus Snape can't be left alone by the universe, it seems. But maybe the universe is giving him something to live for?
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince again (as if every single one of the seven books wasn't about Harry Potter's relation with the Half-Blood Prince to some extent), but this time it's his dad.
The title comes from Waiting For The End by Linkin Park.
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Bookmarked by strawbbriez
06 Aug 2026
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So adorable a definite heart tug too
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Ever since the events of his fourth year, Harry Potter has been drowning. He’d already been struggling for years, and a mixture of fresh trauma, mounting pressure, and disturbing nightmares is pushing him closer and closer to the edge.
His friends see him falling apart more and more, but they’re powerless to help him. The adults in his life are willing to turn a blind eye to his ever-increasing issues, so long as they’re able to maintain their idea of a savior and keep their plans in place.When Harry Potter arrived at Hogwarts, Severus Snape's life became exponentially harder as he tried to field threats against a boy he didn’t even like and take up spy work again at the same time. With the return of the Dark Lord, Severus also suddenly had to work to protect his godson from the threat looming over them; if Draco fell into the Dark Lord’s hands like his father, he would never escape.
Severus is content to allow the obvious problems rising in Potter to be addressed by the boy’s other teachers, and the people who cared for him. However, as more issues arose and intensified, one thing became obvious: Severus may be the only person with both the power to help Potter, and the will to do so.- Language:
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Bookmarked by strawbbriez
03 Aug 2026
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What happens when Harry Potter learns that magic is real, and he contacts the only magic person his aunt can remember?
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Bookmarked by strawbbriez
30 Jul 2026
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Very interestinggg rec
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Harry Potter and the Slytherin Ideal by PreciousLadyAthena
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Jun 2023
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What if Hagrid caught a nasty case of dragonpox, and was unable to introduce Harry Potter into the wizarding world? What if the only other person who Dumbledore trusted to handle the situation, who was not otherwise indisposed, was a very reluctant Severus Snape? What if this one difference created a butterfly effect that would change Harry Potter's life, and the future of the wizarding world forever?
Harry is determined to impress Snape and prove his worth beyond the stupid title and scar that have made him famous.
Draco is determined to impress Harry Potter and become the boy's new best friend.
Severus is determined to survive the headache that is two hyperactive new Slytherins who seem hell-bent on bending the status quo of his entire House, and their common room, to their will.
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- Part 1 of Slytherin Ideals
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Bookmarked by strawbbriez
29 Jul 2026
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intriguing loved this
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No one thinks to check on Harry Potter after being placed at the Dursley house.
No one cares enough to make sure that Harry Potter is safe, loved, and cared for.
Now Hogwarts has a new ghost and Severus has taken on the responsibility to guide and care for the broken child since he failed in his duties and promises to Lily Potter to keep her son safe.*REVISED AND UPDATED JUNE 2024*
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Harry has come to his parents grave with one objective in mind - to kill himself. Except he hadn't planned on Snape screwing it up.
(Eventual Snape adopts Harry)
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When he arrives at Hogwarts, Harry Potter is not at all the boy everyone wants him to be. Harry does not speak, he does not make eye contact, he does not cast spells, he makes no magic at all. Not until he explodes in a hurricane of Dark magic, nearly leveling the entire Forbidden Forest with his uncontrollable fury.
Dumbledore and the professors of Hogwarts are horrified.
As the parasitic magic continues to consume the shy and skittish Boy Who Lived, it becomes up to his reluctant Head of House, Severus Snape, to determine exactly what’s wrong with the boy he loathes so very much — before it is too late.
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Harry Potter is being ignored by everyone who’s supposed to care, takes a fall off a ladder and wakes up in a hospital. With nowhere left to go and a deep mistrust of adult intervention, he escapes to London for a night where things, naturally, get worse. He’s got no plan, a bruised skull, and a wand he’s not allowed to use. What he does get is Severus Snape, pressed into reluctant babysitter duty by Dumbledore himself.
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- Part 1 of Timshel (Thou Mayest)
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SEQUEL to Two Weeks! With the knowledge of his fate weighing heavily on his chest, Harry is struggling to cope with his latest revelations as he is plunged into his sixth year at Hogwarts. Meanwhile, a certain Potions Master, now Defense Professor, is hellbent on finding a solution. The two wizards had never seen eye-to-eye, but that is coming to a change as the two must co-work and conspire against more than just the Dark Lord now. But with both of them burdened with their past mistakes and trauma, the path they have chosen will not prove easy.
But maybe they will not have to venture it alone. At least, not anymore.
So, it begs the question: will they succeed? Will they overcome the many obstacles thrown in their way by this damned war, where the battlefield is a chess board, and they are two mere pawns, played by the two most feared and powerful wizards of the century?
Will they find life and solace in their mere existence?
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- Part 2 of The Path Chosen
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Bookmarked by strawbbriez
10 Jul 2026
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This is amazing I rec
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Set during the summer after Harry's Fifth Year. The fifteen-year-old is struggling to cope with his godfather's recent death, ridden with guilt, shame, remorse, and much internal conflict, depression looming on the horizon. The Dursleys aren't helping things either. Things take a sudden twist for the worse when the Blood Wards around Privet Drive fall, rendering Harry unsafe. What's the solution? Dumbledore arranges for Harry to stay with his most hated person after Voldemort and Umbridge: Severus Snape. In isolation. For two weeks. It goes without saying that neither wizard is pleased, and their feelings of mutual hatred are much reciprocated. And with a ticking sleep-deprived Gryffindor time-bomb, that right there is a recipe for a dangerous concoction.
Angst, hurt/comfort, emphasis on psychology and character developement. Super slice-of-life kind of story where every chapter is one day of the two weeks our two favorite characters have to spend in isolation. And the chapters are LONG. Panic attacks, stress, anxiety all based off of personal experiences. Written in third-person omniscient. Heavy emphasis on internal conflict, feelings, emotions, and learning to cope with life's shit.
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- Part 1 of The Path Chosen
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Following the summer break with his new guardian, twelve year old Harry is returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his second year. But with the bloodwards transferred from his relatives’ home significantly weaker, it hasn’t been quite the fairytale ending he’d hoped for, and now there’s trouble brewing at Hogwarts too. Harry must navigate both paths simultaneously, but the darker forces at play soon find him questioning who he can really trust.
AU, Severitus, second year.
This is the sequel to my previous work ‘In Somnis Veritas.’
Thank you to every who read the last story and for your patience in my finally getting around to the second story!
This time you can look forward to longer chapters and a little more intensity than the last story, but you’ll still find some good old fashioned fluff along the way!Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
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- Part 2 of In Somnis Veritas
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When 11 year old Harry Potter arrives at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, there is something very familiar about the dour Potions Master sitting at the teacher's table. Where has Harry seen him before, and what does it mean?
AU, Severitus.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
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- Part 1 of In Somnis Veritas
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Harry Potter has a plan: prank Severus Snape on April Fool’s Day. What could possibly go wrong? (Hint: everything— and somehow, nothing at all)
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A visit to The Burrow from a frustrated Arabella Figg brings about a series of events that causes a paradigm shift for both Harry Potter and Professor Severus Snape.
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Harry Potter is called up to Dumbledore's office and told he was being moved elsewhere to keep him safe. He no longer has to stay at the Dursley's, but Dumbledore tells him he has to stay with Severus Snape. For a few days it seemed like a bad idea. Until Severus Snape uncovers the truth of who Harry Potter really is and what he's been through. Watch as Severus does as nobody else has done before him. He takes care of Harry. Watch him flourish into who he was meant to be, a boy with the heart of a Gryffindor and smarts of a Slytherin. The Dursley's, Umbridge and Dumbledore had better watch out Severus is out for revenge. Spy or no spy, Severus is not allowing anyone away with hurting Harry.
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Family isn't everything, as Harry, Snape, and Draco discover in this sequel to A Year Like None Other. How will a mysterious mirror and a surprising new relationship affect a father and his two sons?
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- Part 2 of Like None Other
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A letter from home? A letter from family? Well, Harry Potter knows he has neither, but all the same, it starts with a letter from Surrey. Whatever the Dursleys have to say, it can't be anything good, so Harry's determined to ignore it. But when the Potions Master forces him to read his letter, Harry gets sent down a path he'd never have walked on his own.
It will be a year of big changes, a year of great pain, and a year of Harry confronting his worst fears.
But from the most unexpected of sources, Harry Potter will finally get a chance to have that which he has never known: a family.A sixth year fic, this story follows Order of the Phoenix and disregards any canon events that occur after Book 5.
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- Part 1 of Like None Other
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Whispers in the Castle by aspionage, BinteMuhammad
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
08 Jul 2024
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While trying to escape from Dudley and his gang, nine-year-old Harry Apparates himself to Hogwarts instead of the roof of his school. Thrilled by his magical surroundings and the lack of vindictive Dursleys, Harry decides to blend in amongst the students so he can stay in the castle forever.
Meanwhile, Severus tries to make sense of a new, tiny first-year whose name he can't quite place.
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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 relationship. Angst galore. Warnings: coarse and suggestive language, mentions of abuse/neglect. Un-betaed and un-Britpicked.
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- Part 2 of Crime and Punishment
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Tension's Empathy: The Wanderer's Curse by yarrowmirth
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
11 Mar 2024
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“It has recently come to our attention that we cannot trust everyone in the Order with your well-being.”
“You mean…a traitor?”
“Yes. The Headmaster is cleaning up internally, and in the interim you are to stay away, even from people you think you can trust."In the wake of Sirius’ death, Harry must go into hiding in the muggle world with Snape. Surrounded by forces that are desperate to either kill or preserve him, Harry weighs the value of his own life.