#harryxseverus

Prompting is now open for the 2026 Snarry AUctoberfest!

The prompting form can be found here. All prompts submitted so far for this year are listed at the bottom of the prompting form page, if you want to see what other ideas are already brewing.

You are welcome to leave up to 10 prompts for this year's fest. Leaving a prompt does not sign you up to the fest in any way. Conversely, you're very welcome to still join in and participate in the fest later on even if you never left any prompts.

The prompts do not need to be AU-focused, but the resulting works should be to meet the theme of the fest.

Fanworks of any type (fic, art, podfic, sculpture, tapestries etc etc) are allowed in this fest, so long as they're in the spirit of the Snarry AU we're celebrating. Prompts from all previous years are also valid for the fest. We also accept self-prompting / write-in (no prompt) works. Timeline for the 2026 fest: ➡️Prompting: June 15th–June 30th Claiming: July 5th–September 16th Works due: September 16th Posting starts: October 1st 🎈 Creator reveals: November ??

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2026 AO3 collection

“Sending a Raven” by Apassingstory

Of Feathers and Bone- (169,502 words) complete

Of Flames and Flight- (56,719 words) in progress

harry/severus

Of Feathers and Bone- “Voldemort begins to suspect Snape in sixth year and sets a trap to capture him and the Boy Who Lived. His plans don't work as well as he hoped and instead force Harry and Severus to learn to live with one another. Snape is outed as a spy, changing the course of events in a few important ways.”

Of Flames and Flight- “Harry, Severus and Hermione have left Hogwarts to continue the hunt for horcruxes. Draco has played his part and now lives on the edge of ever present danger at the side of the Dark Lord. The Order is trying to hold onto their slipping control over the ministry and Riddle's plans are moving forward without Dumbledore to stand in his way.”

Sending a Raven - Apassingstory - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“Always” by Talie48

(69,756 words)

teacher/student

harry/severus

“Harry is tired of being dumbledore's golden boy after so he starts to fight back in his own subtle ways, throughout Harrys new ideal he gets closer to certain potions master.”

Always - Chapter 1 - Talie48 - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“Magic can only do so Much(OLD)” by SardonicAngelofFallen

(110,316 words)

harry/severus

“Harry Potter has lived with his supposed aunt and uncle until at 10 he calls upon ancient law unknowingly at his worst moment. Whisked away by his magic he is dropped in front of a study naked, broken and near death. Cared for in a way he has never experienced in his life he learns of the truth of his heritage and must go through Hogwarts while questioning everyone's motive to be near him and only trusting one man who he does not live with; Severus Snape. Can he succeed and find love after picking up all his pieces or will he be charmed, lied to, drugged and cursed into being a puppet for the real evil, the one no one suspects?”

Magic can only do so Much(OLD) - Chapter 1 - SardonicAngelofFallen - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“Be Careful What You Wish For” by elvirakitties

(3,025 words)

harry/severus

“Severus Snape always returns for what is his.”

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/daily_deviant/406538.html

“Willing” by DebsTheSlytherinSnapefan

(486,471 words) complete

harry came to Hogwarts late

harry/severus

“Harry’s been missing since he was 9 years old, the wizarding world have been looking for him for seven years. Since he was eleven years old and did not come to Hogwarts. He's Seventeen when they find him, but they are in for a shock if they think he'd do what they wanted. Turns out Harry has known Severus for years, he's a metamorphmagus. Dumbledore's manipulations are found out, the world is in for a shock.”

Willing - Chapter 1 - DebsTheSlytherinSnapeFan - Harry Potter - Fandom

“Wearing Only a Sneer” by pluperfectsunrise

(88,761 words)

femHarry harry/severus

“With the war finally over, Harry Potter is dead set on losing her virginity. What will happen when she decides that the perfect candidate for a partner in this endeavor is Severus Snape?”

Wearing Only a Sneer - Chapter 1 - pluperfectsunrise - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“The Leader” by DebsTheSlytherinSnapefan

(254,194 words)

harry/severus

“Albus Dumbledore's been searching for Harry Potter for seven years, he accidentally and unknowingly bumps into the eighteen year old and stirs the hornets nest. Not only is Harry out for Dumbledore's blood he has to put up with Voldemort encroaching upon his territory - Harry controls the underworld. Watch as the most powerful leader takes on the Death Eaters and The Order for dominance.”

The Leader - Chapter 1 - DebsTheSlytherinSnapeFan - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“Haunted Jaded Eyes” by  DebsTheSlytherinSnapefan

(271,172 words)

mpreg

harry/severus

“The wards around Privet Drive fall, and Harry is taken by Voldemort after the Dursley's are brutally murdered. Saving Remus Lupin from doing it himself when he realizes the extent of the abuse. Harry is rescued by Severus and returns to Hogwarts seemingly a different man. It's time Harry shed his mask and became who he was always meant to be - a Slytherin. One that just might be able to win the war. Harry finds the Founders Portraits - what awaits to be learned from the most powerful wizards and witches the magical world has ever known?”

Haunted Jaded Eyes - Chapter 1 - DebsTheSlytherinSnapeFan - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“To Have Another Life” by InfinitytimesInfinity8

(52,690 words)

mpreg

harry/severus

“After Sirius died Harry found out that everything he knew was a lie. He's forced to go back to Privet Drive, his uncle keeps on getting worse, until one day, when he thinks that he's finally going to die, he is saved by the most unlikely people. Harry finds out who he truly is..”

Fanfic: To Have Another Life Ch 1, Harry Potter

“The Potion Master’s Snake” by Winds of Water

(94,671 words) complete

harry/severus

“A snake gives Harry an intriguing revelation about her owner.”

Fanfic: The Potion Master's Snake Ch 1, Harry Potter

“Harry Potter Has Alway’s Known” by  DebsTheSlytherinSnapefan

(69,221 words)

mpreg

harry/severus

“Harry has always known Dumbledore is manipulative. He starts showing his true, Slytherin self after being forced to Marry Severus Snape! This will eventually be his undoing.”

Fanfic: Harry Potter Has Alway's Known Ch 1, Harry Potter

“In Between Days” (2 part series) by atrata

- In Between Days (68,708 words) complete

- Maybe Someday (23,008 words) complete

harry/severus

“Snape kidnaps/rescues a clinically depressed Harry from the Dursleys, but nothing is quite what it seems.”

In Between Days - atrata - Harry Potter - JK Rowling

“Life As He Knows It” by dwinchester’sgirl88

(255,651 words) in progress

harry/severus “Harry had a normal childhood. Then one day he reads a letter from Severus Snape. His life ultimately changes after meeting the Potions Master, and together they discover secrets that will rock the Wizarding World”

Fanfic: Life As He Knows It Ch 1, Harry Potter | FanFiction

“No Need for Salvation” by Shadow Fiend

(18,718 words)

harry came to Hogwarts late

harry/severus

“Having disappeared from his relatives house at the age of four, Harry Potter has become an unknown quantity to a desolate Wizarding public caught in the throes of war. Kidnapped from his new home at an elite school, Harry reappears at Hogwarts thirteen”

Fanfic: No Need for Salvation Ch 1, Harry Potter

“SoulMate” by Katrinika

(53,071 words) complete

harry/severus

“Due to the losses of the war, the Ministry has decided to try and encourage young witches and wizards to marry young, by allowing them to look into a mirror that shows your one and only. Of course things never do go as expected for Harry and with death eaters having escaped Azkaban, it truly seems that Harry would never have a calm year in Hogwarts.”

Fanfic: SoulMate Ch 1, Harry Potter

“The Life of Another” by jin fenghuang

(40,313 words) complete

harry/severus

“When Vernon takes away his Hogwarts Letter, Harry makes a wish. A wish to have another life, to meet his parents and to go to Hogwarts. A wish that splits Harry in two and carries one Harry back in time, while the other lives on in the present.”

Fanfic: The Life of Another Ch 1, Harry Potter

“Red and Green” by Simplicity

(61,850 words) complete

harry/severus

“When the winter season comes in -- romance can't help but to fall down on Hogwarts.”

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