Danni's Favorite Snarries!
I know everyone is just DYING of curiosity. Probably not. But! I love snarry a lot and I thought I would share my very favorites with you!
I'll list them by author alphabetically. If I've written an individual rec I will link that as well. If a fic doesn't have an individual rec yet...it's coming at some point! I like to reread fics before I rec them so it's all FRESH, but some of these are long and who has the time??
[click below the cut for EXCELLENT SNARRIES you should definitely read, because my favorites are OBVIOUSLY the Very Best.]
(I'm not full of myself, I swear.)
💚 A Bittersweet Potion (series) by Alchemia Dent & Bugland
Rated E. Word count: a lot. (Not publicly available atm)
From Fanlore: During his 5th year, Harry Potter acquires the ability to shape-shift into anything he wishes. While in the form of a cat, he is adopted by Severus Snape, who believes he is a stray.
🖤 In Between Days by Atrata
Rated E. Word count: 68k. My rec.
Snape kidnaps/rescues a clinically depressed Harry from the Dursleys, but nothing is quite what it seems.
💚 Blood and Fire by Cluegirl
Rated E. Word count: 34k.
After the deaths of Dumbledore and Voldemort, Severus Snape must learn to cope with yet another Master; Harry Potter.
Rated E. Word count: 5k.
🖤 Denial by drachenmina
Rated E. 8k. My rec.
Harry definitely isn't gay, and Severus certainly doesn't care about him.
💚 Suspiria by drawlight (ripeteeth)
Rated E. Word count: 5k.
You like to cut yourself on his bones, and he likes to let you.
🖤 A Choriambic Progression by Mariead Triste & Aristide
Rated E. Word count: a lot. 93k. My rec.
Snape is under a curse, is forced to spend time with Harry in the summer after OoTP.
💚 Night Watch by @mia-ugly
Rated E. 18k.
The connection between Harry and Voldemort is stronger than anyone realized. It is decided; the boy must be watched.
🖤 Rapture by mia_ugly
Rated E. 48k.
Snape sees the man, for the first time, on his twenty-fifth birthday.
💚 I Was Adrift by necromanticnoir
Rated E. 18k.
After the war, Harry finds that Snape is alive - and in Azkaban. Unfortunately, the only people allowed to visit inmates are immediate relations - or their spouses
🖤 Reconciling Lily's Eyes by persepolis130
Rated E. 52k. My rec.
Had Harry known "bonding" with his former professor would lead him to three different countries, a hastily-planned wedding and his pants around his ankles in Snape's sitting room, he wouldn't have quit his day job. Or…maybe he would've… What it's like to fall in love with someone you absolutely cannot stand, who happens to still be in love with your mum.
💚 The White Road by @perverse-idyll
Rated E. 47k. My rec.
One day, comfortably set up in the afterlife, Lily Evans Potter switches on the telly and gets hooked on the Harry Potter show.
🖤 When the Rose and the Fire Are One by perverse_idyll
Rated E. 81k.
Harry's haunted by guilt. Snape's warded by roses. Each must free the other in order to free himself.
💚 Snape: Home Fries Nazi by pir8fancier
Rated E. 27k.
When Harry defeats Voldemort, all those marked by Voldemort lose their magic. Snape decamps to the United States, where he becomes a fry cook in a diner. Five years after Voldemort's defeat, Harry comes to him for advice. AU, obviously, as Snape was still alive when I wrote this story.
🖤 Something to Remember (So They Won't Forget) by RoozetteR
Rated E. 10k.
All Harry wanted to do in his eight year was learn how to move on with his life. He succeeds.
💚 Yet Here You Stand by sarkysue
Rated E. 40k.
Can we ever see ourselves as we really are? Sometimes we need to look through someone else’s eyes, and even then the truth can change. Over ten years we visit Harry and Snape on Harry’s Birthday, starting from when they are forced together in 1998 to keep Harry safe. I wanted to give both Harry and Severus the chance to be broken and to learn how to live with themselves. I hope I’ve done them proud.
🖤 Shame by Spirit
Rated M. 4k. My rec.
Shame. It choked him. It made him cringe inside, as Snape's anatomy would be ripped apart, examined and found revolting. It made him lay awake some nights while Neville snored and Dean tried creeping back into the dorm and Ron muttered rubbish in his sleep. It made him angry and left him feeling trapped.
💚 Nights of Gethsemane (series) by starcrossed
Rated E. 300k. My rec.
Harry is a prisoner of the Dark Lord and Snape, his prison guard. Completely cut off from the outside world, Harry struggles to hold himself intact as he is forced to rely on Snape for everything. Yet Snape may not be all that he appears....
🖤 Chrysalis by starcrossedgirl
Rated E. 84k.
In which Harry is a tad messed up after the war, but Snape gives him a run for his money. Or: an epic tale of PTSD, recovery and gay porn!
💚 The Sleeping Prince by who_la_hoop
Rated T. 42k. My rec.
It's hard to ignore your past — and impossible to do so when you can't remember your future. But a meddlesome portrait, a dragon with an ancient grudge and true love's kiss teach an unlikely Prince that a regrettable past doesn't have to mean an unhappy ending.
🖤 The Beating of This Fragile Heart by @writcraft
Rated E. 33k. My rec.
After the war, the last thing Severus Snape needs is the memory of a fleeting wartime kiss and a very persistent Harry Potter thwarting his plans to live a peaceful and solitary life. It’s only when Harry’s life is endangered that Severus is finally forced to confront his feelings head on.
