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1. Harry Potter and the War That Never Was by Tobias444

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter/Severus Snape
   • Harry Potter
   • Severus Snape
   • Neville Longbottom
   • Luna Lovegood
   • Ron Weasley
   • Molly Weasley
   • Arthur Weasley
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Hermione Granger
   • Time Travel
   • Adult Harry Potter
   • Competent Harry Potter
   • Magic has a Cost
   • War Mage Harry Potter
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Heavy angst with hope
   • adult relationships
   • Ruthless Teaching Methods
   • Students Learn Survival
   • Secret Identity
   • Slow Burn
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Eventual Smut
   • Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Harry Potter

   Summary

   THE WAR WAS LOST.
   The resistance was close to its end.
   A potion was consumed to send the consciousnesses of the last surviving members back in time — a chance paid for by the world they left behind.
   Harry Potter, along with six others, wakes in 1996 at sixteen, carrying the knowledge of defeat and the cost of survival.
   Now a war mage known as Gold, Harry works from inside Hogwarts as the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, where every spell demands payment.
   Severus Snape sees the discipline, the danger, and the familiarity — and knows Gold is not what he seems.
   A slow-burn, high-angst Snarry fix-it about sacrifice, secrecy, and choosing what is worth saving.

   Language:

   English

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