

Fanfic Recommendations for the Snape fan and Snarry Shipper:





1. Why should I ship Snarry? Sell me on it. OR, “read these first”:

Final Examination by asecretchord





You never forget your first, so let's start with my personal initial snarry convert fic. In this, the pairing doesn't even speak to one another, because one of them is dead. Harry is the only one able to break through the wards on Snape's offices and personal quarters, and in doing so discovers a lot more about the man than he ever expected to find.

Rating: NR Word Count: 22k

Read if you like: build up and tension, a mystery in need of solving, a determined and contemplative Harry, reading Snape's diaries, and the quiet sadness of realizing what could have been.

There is also a sequel, Metes and Bounds, which is good but I prefer the ambiguous ending of the stand alone.

Snape's Way by pekeleke

Another good introductory piece, in this Severus is not interested in Harry, so Harry has to do the pursuing-and entirely on Snape’s terms. A realistic view of the beginning of a relationship that's actually a lot of hard work.

Rating: NR Word Count: 24k

Read if you like: unrequited love Harry, in character and annoyed Snape, and some actual acknowledgment of their incompatibilities

Alright. But I don't know about this Snape guy. Sell me on him. Or, “my favorite Snape centric pieces”.

A life of smoke and silvered glass by dirgewithoutmusic

This is an AU retelling of canon where almost everything happens exactly as is but with a whole lot of different motivations. Snape stayed friends with Lily, and they stayed in touch throughout the first war. An excellent behind the scenes look of Snape throughout his life.

Rating: G Word Count: 27k

Read if you like: Snape centric fics, no romance, a well developed and interesting Lily and James, a bit with a radio that might just make you cry, and a poetic prose style.





I know not, and I cannot know; and yet I live and love by billowsandsmoke

All about Snape as seen through his interaction with Luna Lovegood over her six years at Hogwarts. It's a rare fic where you can just accept everything written as, “yes this probably all happened in canon. We just weren't looking.” This fic is not afraid to embrace the mean and petty Snape. Luna is portrayed beautifully and understands and forgives without excusing.

Rating: G Word Count: 31k

Read if you like: Luna Lovegood and her particular point of view, a realistic teacher student (platonic) relationship, petty asshole Snape, some details about the year of Headmaster Snape, and the peace that comes with understanding and forgiveness.

The Wild-Eyed Boy from Cokeworth by flibbertygigget

This is a little gem I also accept as canon, where Snape is a fan of David Bowie throughout his life.

Rating: T Word Count: 6k

Read if you like: thinking about Snape’s taste in music, David Bowie, scenes from Snape’s childhood, and the effect music has in defining moments throughout our lives

Let's Go Round Again by Jaxon



A groundhog day style fic in which Snape dies...and wakes up a teenager in Cokeworth. He tries to change things, wakes up in the past again, and realizes he is going to have to do it over and over….until he gets it right.

Rating: G Word Count: 4k

Read if you like: a time travel angle, a very frustrated snape stuck in his shitty life time loop, some Snape/Lily (but it doesn’t stick), an exploration of canon divergences and a very satisfying ending.

Rue and Rainflower by thegreatsnapescape





A sad story about the several times Snape did not die, and the one time he did. Warnings for attempted suicide.

Rating: T Word count: 10k

Read if you like: Angst, a miserable Severus, Lily, explorations of suicide





I'm intrigued by Snarry, where should I start? Or, the frequently recommended (and for good reason):

Rapture by mia_ugly

I don’t know what I can say about Rapture that hasn’t already been said, but it’s a Snarry shipper cornerstone fic. A post-war Harry meets a younger Severus through short bursts of time travel, and a beautiful romance develops. It’s about longing, and waiting and it will probably break your heart wide open. It’s worth it, and you’ll never be the same. I can’t sell this one enough, folks.

Rating: E Word Count: 48k

Read if you like: a time travel angle, a very in canon characterization of Severus and Harry, the simultaneous hopelessness and euphoria of love, a poetic writing style, a unique pacing and structure, and being reduced to tears. The sequel, Blood, But Also Roses is shorter, sweeter, and also excellent.

The Boy Who Died A Lot by starcrossedgirl

This one has a funny premise but way more heart than you might expect. Harry Potter has died and been un-killed dozens upon dozens of times by an increasingly frantic and fed-up Time Turner wielding Snape. It has a lot of humor, a lot of feeling, an excellent Snape characterization and a great ending.

Rating: E Word Count: 71k

Read if you like: a time travel angle, an I’m-sick-of-this-shit Snape, Harry dying (but it doesn’t stick) in increasingly bizarre ways, vicarious frustration with Dumbledore, and solid humor with heart.

Alright, I'm sold. Let's get to it. How do you feel about canon? I want 100% canon compliance. Uh, even though Snape died? Yep.

Time and Time Again by Mottlemouth



Snape's dead, Harry can't stop thinking about it. So he gets his hands on a time turner and fixes it. Angst with a happy ending.

Rating: E Word Count: 41k

Read if you like: forced cohabitation, time turners, guilty Harry, why-didnt-you-just-let-me-die Snape

And All We Need of Hell by rthstewart



Snape is a ghost and he visits Harry once a year. Angst and unrequited love.

Rating: T Words: 2k

Read if you like: Mean Ginny, Severus as a ghost, pining, unrequited love

Canon compliant and epilogue compliant. Figure it out.

This Time of Ours by Emynn

A bit of a wacky premise, but once you embrace it you’re in for a good time. Harry and Snape stuck together in the not-heaven part of the afterlife as the powers that be determine what went wrong on Earth. You see, neither of them were supposed to die.

Rating: E Word Count: 35k

Read if you like: A slightly softer and fluffier than usual story, a canon divergence angle, Dumbledore being meddlesome, do overs, a side of smut, and a happily ever after

Mostly canon compliant, but Snape survives the war. Details as to how he survived/the aftermath of his injury must be addressed. I don't tolerate these kinds of potholes in my fanfictions.

The House that Harry Built by asecretchord

Snape recovers from his injuries and finds peace in a house provided by an anonymous benefactor, along with anything else he asks for. Heavy on the details of a quiet life, lighter on the romance. A sweet and solid fic with a particularly kind Harry.

Rating: G Word Count: 9k

Read if you like: Neville and Luna featured prominently as extras, anonymity in gift giving, Snape recovery fics, and some gosh darn peace and quiet for once.

Monkey business by who_la_hoop



Snape's in a coma and, unfortunately is aware of everything around him. Including Harry's incessant visits. Sweet, silly, and smutty.

Rating: E Word count: 7k

Snape lived, somehow, who cares, moving on.

The Beginning of a Journey by roozetter

Harry and Snape in an established relationship, with Harry using gifts of magical portraits to help Snape get over his past so they can start a future.

Rating: E Word count: 8k

Read if you like: Snape interacting with several figures from his past, decent parent Tobias and Eileen, magical portraits, difficult but necessary conversations, and learning to move on.

Canon? What's that? I want AU. Minor canon deviations.

Amethyst by geoffaree

The first in a series spanning Harry’s years at Hogwarts. This isn’t Snarry, more of a mentor fic with the main AU being Harry discovering his Parseltongue ability as a child and getting a snake familiar. So of course, he’s sorted into Slytherin. This one does a Slytherin Harry and a close to canon characterization well, with very cute and engaging original snake characters. The series eventually has a Snape/Lupin pairing.

Rating: G Word Count: 18k

Read if you like: Harry central stories, non romantic, talking to snakes, Draco as a friend, Slytherin sorted Harry, and everyone getting a little more common sense.

Scratch by auctasinistra



Harry stays at Hogwarts over the summer, finds a cat, sort of shares him with Snape, and starts taking advanced defense lessons with him. A romance develops. Warning, Harry is a bit underage (17).

Rating: E Word Count: 54k

Read if you like: heavy on the teacher/student dynamics, private lessons, teenage crush, more Harry centric.

There is also a sequel, The Holly and The Ivy

Crossover and inspired by other source material fics

Ghost Story by Drawlight

Spooky Snarry-by-way-of-Jane-Eyre story, Severus becomes a tutor at a strange, mysterious house for the ward of an even stranger gentleman. Post war AU with an imagery heavy, poetic style. Chills with a side of longing. A particular favorite of mine, hitting just the right notes of strange and unsettling.

Rating: E Word Count: 32k

Read if you like: Gothic literature, a repressed and miserable Snape, a mystery of the spooky and threatening variety, a lot of metaphors and imagery, a unique style and pacing, sexual tension so thick you can cut it with a knife, and the ever present and looming sense of dread only living in a gothic mansion with a man of uncertain identity can impart.

The Interrupted Kiss by Emynn

A Cinderella inspired fairy tale. War hero Severus Snape is forced to endure a ball thrown in his honor-too bad one boy hero is missing and presumed dead. Perhaps he’ll have better luck with a mysterious, cinder-covered wandmaker in ridiculous sunglasses.

Rating: E Word Count: 24k

Read if you like: Fairy tales, a softer and fluffier story, humor with heart, and a happily ever after.

Perfect Bride by snarry5evr

This one gives a lot of Regency era romance vibes. Lord Harry Potter is seeking a wife, and sets his sights on Lady Sevina. Genderbend, sort of. Interesting premise, sweet, good original characters and time period/setting adaptations, and a side of smut.

Rating: E Word Count: 30k

Read if you like: Regency era, AU settings, gender fluidity/crossdressing, shy Severus, confident Harry, and fluff.

How about a time travel or age manipulation angle?

My Name is Cameron Sage by thesewarmstars

This is one of those Harry goes back in time but overshoots and ends up in the 80s fics. He starts a new life for himself, trains as a curse breaker and defense master, and befriends and falls in love with Severus Snape.

Rating: E Word Count: 41k

Read if you like: same age Snape and Harry, friends to lovers, interesting original characters, insecure Severus, and a sweeter and fluffier angle



Escaping the Paradox by Meri

A classic time travel fic, Harry ends up back in time in the 70s and becomes a Hogwarts professor and bit of a mentor to a young Severus. Eventually romantic but a good story about how their relationship evolves, and Harry coming to terms with a new life in the past.

Rating: E Word Count: 35k

Read if you like: age swap, Harry is Severus’ teacher, stuck back in time

Waiting to Divide by emynn



A soulmate fic and a time travel fic. Sweet, fluffy, happy ending. If you like other works by emynn, its a very consistent style and characterization.

Rating: E Word Count: 22k



The Sleeping Prince by who_la_hoop

Severus survives the war but is accidentally magically deaged to 17, with no memories of his future self. Harry just wants to talk to him, and Severus wants nothing to do with Harry. A slow burn with a happy ending.

Rating: T Word count: 42k

Read if you like: same age Harry and Severus, some sweet and shy teen romance, slow burn

Between the Linesby dementordelta

This is a premise I love but never see enough of. Harry writes in the Half Blood Prince’s textbook...and the Half Blood Prince writes back. Fun and sweet, a little out of character but I can dig it.

Rating: E Word Count: 22k

Read if you like: Harry talking to the half blood prince, teenage romance, crushes, something a little lighter

Harry Boards a Train by Lilian

Harry decides to take that offer of a train from Dumbledore at King’s Cross, but Snape is already on it. Harry goes through Snape’s life highlights and tries to fix it. Just like Harry to barge in like that.

Rating: E Word Count: 17k

Read if you like: Harry and that saving people thing, annoyed Snape, a bit out of character in the noble name of fluff, and fix its

A place between sleep and waking by r_grayjoy

A post war and guilt ridden Harry is having dreams of a younger Snape. He realizes he can actually communicate with him, first as a disembodied voice, then as something more tangible. A sweet story about love across time.

Rating: E Word Count: 28k

Read if you like: a smitten Harry, teenage crushing, developing friendship and feelings

And now for something completely different: weird and wild AUs.

White Light, White Heat by drawlight

Weird premise, great story. Snape and Harry are monks in the Middle Ages, dealing with the Black Death. What? Yeah, I know, but it works. More serious than the premise might indicate, this is a beautifully written story about heroes, monsters, and love with plenty of detail for your inner history nerd.

Rating: E Word count: 32k

Read if you like: Bitter and ugly Snape, kind and beautiful Harry, imagery heavy poetic prose, stories about heroes and monsters, quiet longing, and medieval history

Snape the home fries nazi by pir8fancier

Yeah, ok, the title is terrible, but this is a story worth reading. Snape opens up a breakfast restaurant in Arizona, run with his exacting standards, and Harry comes looking for him.

Rating: E Word count 27k

Read if you like: Excellent Snape characterization, a falling apart at the seams Harry, a cast of interesting original characters, breakfast foods, the American southwest, and finding the magic in the the ordinary

Squatching by tib

Non magical AU in which Harry and Severus meet each other while hunting for Bigfoot. If that doesn't draw you in then I don’t know how else to sell this. Funny, interesting, worth the read.

Rating: E Word Count: 9k

How about some classic hurt/comfort and sick fics?

The unexpected side effect of draft no. 9 by lovetoseverus



Harry is having a lot of trouble after the war, and Severus has a series of potions that might help.

Rating: E Word Count: 187k

Read if you like: dealing with mental trauma, somewhat hallucinogenic potions, confronting your issues, severus helps heal Harry, friends to lovers





Chrysalis by starcrossedgirl



Harry is on the verge of a nervous breakdown after the war and finds out Severus is alive. He's desperate to talk to him and Severus begrudgingly agrees. They both have a lot of past trauma to work through and it's not going to be an easy road.

Rating: E Word count: 84k

Read if you like: slow burn, mental health issues, past abuse, cottages in the middle of nowhere, healing, finding some peace and quiet





In care of by Fang's Fawn



Non romantic story featuring a hurt Snape stuck in bat animagus form. Harry is at the Dursleys, finds him, and nurses him back to health without knowing his true identity.

Rating: T Word count: 47k

Read if you like: animagus Snape, platonic relationship, amateur veterinarian Harry, Snape forced to gain a new perspective





Speechless by thesewarmstars



Harry nurses Severus back to health after the war. He lost his tongue via curse in the final battle and is unable to speak. They manage anyway.

Rating: E Word Count: 23k

Read if you like: sweet Harry, shyer Severus, hurt/comfort, unable to speak trope





Jerusalem by Meri



Severus sustained heavy joint damage after the war and living with chronic pain. Harry is a Healer and wants to help.

Rating: NR Word count: 23k

Read if you like: Healer Harry, hurt/comfort, wizarding medical technology, and unrequited love becoming more





Romance on the sweet and fluffy side





The gift of kindness by hippocrates460



This is an absolutely adorable Soulmate fic. Severus and Harry have to appear to hate each other, but they know the truth. Also features some really good courtship ritual and soulmate world building.

Rating: E Word count: 105k

Read if you like: Soulmates, long stories, sweet and fluffy, a shared love of plants, two nerds being adorable, detailed wizard traditions





My dinner with harry by cruise director, dementordelta



A cute first date fic, in which Harry attempts to woo Severus.

Rating: T Word count: 7k

Read if you like: first dates, first time, a delicious sounding seaside dinner and a walk to the lighthouse





The mating rituals of the crabby hermit by pekeleke



Sweet and funny, in which Harry tries to woo Severus by using tips and tricks from a wildlife handling book. Don't come on too strong, or he'll retreat back in his shell.

Rating: T Word count: 10k





Beyond Price by asecretchord



Severus is getting a lot of mysterious gifts from an unknown admirer. For all the fans of the "Harry buys Severus nice things" trope. Very cute.

Rating: G Word count: 3k





Amortentia by paimpont



Harry takes a big risk and slips Severus a love potion, but it doesn't work. I have a soft spot for this one, it's one of those sweet little fics that stay with you.

Rating: M Word Count: 3k





Speaking in tongues by abrae



Author's summary: Harry lost one language in the war, but he finds he's learning to speak another.

This is a gorgeous story which features an empathetic Harry who offers Snape forgiveness for everything, "because he's the only one who can". It's a little angsty but altogether hopeful, and I really enjoy the writer's slightly poetic style.

Rating: T Word count: 7k



7. Angst. I want everyone miserable, including me, the reader.



a. I like my Snape like I like my coffee. Bitter.



Standing on the shoreline by tofsla



If you're looking for a miserable, bitter, alcohol soaked Snape wasting away at Spinner's End post war, then look no further. I loved watching this Snape and Harry navigate getting together, the "I suppose you'll want tea" the best this Snape can begrudgingly offer, but a particularly stubborn Harry is determined to break down his walls.

Rating: E Word count: 19k

Read if you like: bitter snape, stubborn harry, complicated people, that miserable town of Cokeworth, and snape occasionally wearing dresses





When the rose and the fire are one by perverse_idyll



This story hooked me right away and kept me engaged the whole time. There is a raw and visceral quality to the writing and features a particularly nasty Snape. Interesting use of magical entrapment's and curses, good original characters and an im-sick-of-your-shit Harry. Highly recommend for those who enjoy a darker and unsettling vibe.

Rating: E Word count: 81k





Awakening by half_light



A shorter piece about a touch starved Snape in recovery. Extremely interesting premise and very well handled and detailed.

Rating: E Word count: 6k

This is a companion piece to perverse_idylls Soft Touch, which I also recommend.





Angst but with a happy ending.



In Perpetuity by starcrossedgirl



This is one of my all time favorite fics. I love when a fic explores the dynamic of Severus always being under someone's control-and adrift when free of it. Snape is wasting away, stripped of his magic, and Harry takes him in. This fic features a particularly tender empathetic Harry, a past-his-breaking-point Severus, and learning to build a relationship of equals when the power dynamics have never been in your favor.

Rating: E Word Count: 11k

Read if you like: tenderness, hurt/comfort, a very light dom/sub angle, recovery, finding yourself, and learning to move on from the same old patterns and forge something new





Falling in love is like the spring by necromanticnoir



This is a non-magical AU where mean, awful Dr. Snape seeks out sex therapist Harry. They barely start the process when Snape is maimed in an accident and Harry steps up to take care of him. This Snape is bitter, rude and nasty but passionately in love with Harry. Harry desperatley tries to return his affections but isn't sure if he can. This one hooked me with an interesting premise and kept me with the character interpretations. Read the tags (attempted non-con), but an interesting read if you prefer an odder style.

Rating: E Word Count: 25k

Read if you like: a non magical AU, physical recovery, mean and off putting Snape, passionate Snape, patience and a kind and empathetic Harry





Sine qua non by dracofiend



Ah, Severus is under a curse: being in love with Harry Potter. Harry helps him break it. Gorgeous story, tense and angsty with a happy ending. All about emotions, natural and otherwise, and what we do for those we love.

Rating: T Word Count: 13k





Disinherited by Emily Waters



A post war, Snape released from Azkaban fic that features a broken Severus, a broken wizarding world, and an uninhabitable Hogwarts. It's misery that turns into hope, which is the best kind.

Rating: M Word count: 42k





The Lighthouse Keeper by Drawlight



This is technically smut, since it was written for Kinkfest, but it's so so so much more. Miserable Severus becomes a lighthouse keeper years after the war. Harry Potter visits once a year. The smut is great, the setting is great, the tension is unbearable. Give this one a read, especially if you prefer a poetic prose and enjoy water and lighthouses.

Rating: E Word count: 10k







8. Let's lighten the mood! How about some humor?



a. Funny with heart

Protosnapeby suitesamba

This premise is so weird you just have to love it. Harry is creating a Wizarding War action figure line, and has to get the Snape figure perfect. He reaches out to a distant cousin for approval and begins correspondence with someone a little bit too familiar, and way too invested in how many buttons the Snape action figure robes have.

Rating: T Word Count:13k

Read if you like: Laughing out loud, correspondence between Harry and definitely-not-Snape, and a battle of wills.

The Worst Cook in Essex by snarry5evr

Snape never notices Harry’s gourmet cooking skills. Well, maybe he’ll notice if he starts making inedible trash. A lighthearted story about cooking, eating, and putting up with the people you love.

Rating: T Word count: 6k

Read if you like: descriptions of food, surreptitious take out meals, cooking classes, and mischievous Harry

First Times the Worst by diana williams

Voldermort has a new plan that requires a virgin sacrifice. Guess Harry and Severus better kill two birds with one stone. Awkward times ensue.

Rating: E Word count: 5k

Read if you like: something short and silly, virgin Severus and Harry, awkwardness

Andrew, 38 by hippocrates460

Harry joins Tinder and meets an interesting man. You can guess what happens. This one is lovely, hilarious, and epilogue compliant.

Rating: E Word count: 25k

Read if you like: Divorced dad Harry, flirting through texts, dirty talk, and Snape living his best life

Satire and Fourth Wall Breaking

Of Human Bondage by Emily waters

Satire of the forced marriage and slave bond tropes. Something short and silly, especially good if you’re a fan of this genre

Rating: M Word Count: 3k

Seven by Emily Waters

Author’s summary speaks for itself: Being Harry's slave is better than Azkaban. Being Snape's owner is probably worse.

A play on ‘Snape is Harry’s slave’.

Rating: E Word Count: 3k

Oh God Not Again! by Sarah1281

A good old fashioned time travel fix-it fic. A post-war Harry wakes up on his eleventh birthday, his memories of the future in tact. Time for a do-over. Uproariously funny, Harry decides to take a whole new approach to life, keep everyone alive, defeat Voldemort asap, and maybe have a decent childhood for once.

Rating: G Word count: 150k

Read if you like: time travel fix-its, non romantic/no pairings, the whole cast of characters, some common sense and logic, a take-no-shit Harry, and some creative merchandising opportunities

The Pandora Complex by Nimori

After the war, a lot of people seem to think they have the right to write fanfiction about its heroes. Snape discovers some particularly interesting ones about himself and a certain boy-who-lived. Maybe he can even write some better.

Rating: E Word count: 9k

Read if you like: the fanfiction exist in canon trope, Snape as a fanfic author, computers and old school chats, and a little fourth wall breaking

From Drarry to Snarry by snarry5evr

This is another hilarious “discovering fanfiction” story. Very funny and very smutty, one of my favorite humor stories.

Rating: E Word count: 19k

Read if you like: secret files of fanfics, snape breaking into said files, character’s opinions on ships and tropes, and laughing your head off.



9. Best of tropes



a. Creature feature

The Shadow of the Other by atypicalsnowman

One of my favorite fics. Snape is an elf, which means at his age of maturity, 40, he's about to bond to his lifemate. Unfortunately it's as good as a slave bond and in the months before the bond completes Severus exhibits very submissive and dependent behaviors which Harry doesn’t like that he likes so much. Interesting premise, good smut, great for fans of a dom/sub angle but with a lot of heart and love.

Rating: E Word count: 27k

Read if you like: creature fics, submissive Severus, kind and sweet Harry, forced bonding

Unexpected effects by made.of.bees

For reasons that are never adequately explained, Harry occasionally turns into a basilisk. This is annoying for a number of reasons, not least of which the deadly eyes. Snape has to help him find a cure. This is a unique one because there’s a stopping point with an alternate, non Snarry ending and then a continuation to a Snarry ending. It’s nice to have options.

Rating: M Word count: 160k

Read if you like: creature fics, science experiments, ugh-i-guess-ill-help-you-but-that-doesnt-mean-i-like-you, lonely Harry, interesting magic and potions

Siren by necromanticnoir

Nobody does weird quite like necromanticnoir. A very smutty story about Harry as a siren, who Snape captures as a mate.

Rating: E Word count: 6k

Read if you like: Jackass Snape, manipulative Harry, and smut of the weird and kinky variety

Contrived reason they need to work together

One Crazy Long Day by lizzy0305

Snape and Harry both move to a quiet, wizarding small village after the war and Are Not Friends. Muggles accidentally visit and they have to work together to ensure they don’t see any magic.

Rating: E Word count: 28k

Read if you like: reluctant to work together, muggles, a very entertaining cast of original characters, humor, and playful suspense

So Lonely Without Me by Caligryphy

Severus and Harry stuck in a safe house built for one. Wouldn’t you know it, there’s only one bed. This one is a little angstier than most but I loved how they are forced to actually communicate with each other.

Rating: M Word count: 41k

Read if you like: very snarry centric, angsty and depressed, good smut, forced to live together

A radical change in (self) perception by AnyaElizabeth

It’s a body swap fic! Something magic happens and now Severus and Harry need to figure out their way out of this mess. Funny, interesting and engaging, this one is a great example of its genre and has a lot of heart with a side of smuttiness.

Rating: E Word Count: 57k

Read if you like: pretending to be the other person, teaching at Hogwarts, accidental magic and now we’ve gotta work together, awkwardness

No cosy cottage holiday by gin_tonic

Harry and Severus are curse breakers that get stuck in a house together and can’t use magic. You know how this one goes, folks.

Rating: E Word Count: 13k

Read if you like: reluctant colleagues to lovers, there's only one bed, and forced communication

The path that magic takes by asecretchord

An AU where Harry and Snape both work for the Floo Network, and have to work together on a particularly difficult case.

Rating: G Word count: 13k

Read if you like: alternate jobs, mutual pining, obliviousness

Shopkeeper

Expresso patronum by wordsaretrulybeautiful



A coffeeshop AU, it's exactly what you think it is. Sweet and fluffy.

Rating: T Word Count: 6k





Love and cupcake war by emynn



Harry owns a cupcake shop. Snape opens a rival one. Now it's war. Need I say more?

Rating: E Word Count: 17k





Just desserts by accoslash



A sweet little bakery AU.

Rating: G Word Count: 5k





Courting and bonding



Courtship Rituals by Meri



A classic courtship fic, likely already known by fans of the genre. Snape is ordered to court Harry Potter, what was a farce turns into something real, as these things tend to do. Love the world building with the courtship traditions.

Rating: NR Word Count: 58k





The courtship of harry potter by Diana Williams



This one has a really interesting ritual world building and some good original characters. I particularly like the attention to detail and Snape's backstory. A must read for fans of the genre.

Rating: E Word count: 37k





Sanguis-Vinculum by Meri



Oh, there's nothing like a good old fashioned forced bonding. Potions accident, bonded for life, you know the drill. I really like Meri's particular Snape, and I enjoyed the gradual nature of the bond and the rules the author set up. Everything works out in the end, of course.

Rating: NR Word Count: 67k





Dumbledore's folly by dementordelta



So good, this one is a classic. Really interesting rules and traditions for a wizarding courtship, I really loved seeing them play out and watching them gradually fall in love. A lot of heart in this one.

Rating: M Word count: 47k





10. Specific, one of a kind fics for the discerning Snarry shipper. OR, unique fics I recommend but don’t know how to categorize.

The White Road by perverse_idyll

This one has a bit of a reputation for love it or hate it. Personally, I love it, and dig the very unique premise of Lily in the afterlife, watching Harry Potter on Heaven TV and being more than a bit disturbed by the appearance of one Severus Snape. The characterizations of everyone are excellent and the choice to use Lily as our POV character makes it even more interesting and engaging. Give this one a try.

Rating: E Word Count: 47k

Read if you like: Lily Evans Potter, the worldbuilding of the afterlife, a unique premise, and complicated people with complicated feelings.

Just for an Hour of Every Day by lizzy0305

Harry sees dead people for one hour a day. He’s the Master of Death, and Death isn’t pleased. So far, there’s one person he hasn’t seen yet, who he’s desperate to talk to. Love the premise here, so few fics play around with the “master of death” idea.

Rating: T Word count: 20k

Read if you like: Spooky tone, the aftermath of war, reluctant Snape as Death’s spokesperson, and a stubborn Harry

When Only Silence Remains by agneskamilla

I’ve honestly never read a fic quite like this. So many stories focus on how the pairing gets together, but so few on how they stay together. Severus and Harry’s marriage is crumbling, so they file for divorce. Divorce isn’t easy in the magical world, and they must undergo several trials to ensure their relationship is truly beyond saving.

Rating: M Word count: 19k

Read if you like: New and interesting magic, wizarding world worldbuilding, an exhausted and fed up Harry, a closed off Severus, emotional honesty, fighting for their relationship, and some actual communication and hard work.

A Nick in Time and it’s sequel Growing Pains by tiranog

These are older fics written before canon completion so they feature an original interpretation on the pairings backgrounds. In Nick of Time, Severus and Harry are de-aged for a few months and become friends. In Growing Pains, they navigate their relationship as adults. The stories are very long, very emotion driven, with particularly good love scenes.

Rating: T and E Word count: 52k and 120k

Read if you like: Ron and Hermione being very good friends and guardians, lonely Harry and Severus, lots of emotion and tenderness, overcoming insecurity, and making emotional connections after decades of being lonely and repressed.











