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A short little drabble on the mystery of why Snape hates Harry so much.

Snape\'s perspective throughout HBP.

Some need more than words to tell their story. Gen -- Features Minerva McGonagall & Severus Snape.

It's not so easy, you know, being a Dark Lord and intimidating people and all that. It's all about the act. It's a matter of practice. Assistant Director: Severus "I have to know my motivation" Snape. Beware of complete and utter nonsense.

Dolores Carr finds herself back to Hogwarts after graduating about thirteen years ago. Bringing along her codependant mother, and her minimal skills as a teacher, she is being protected from he-who-must-not-be-named, and she becomes an advocate in the war against him.

A kiss, a Death Eater, Hogwarts attacked, and a new side of Sirius. A SS/HG fic.

Severus Snape is in trouble. His Dark Mark has begun to burn. He needs to return to Dumbledore, but he's run out of the potion which keeps his horrible guilt at bay. While on a search for ingriedents, he finds a woman who will test his resolve for the coming war.

When Lily Evans attended school at Hogwarts, she made a choice that affected the magical world as we know it. This is the first part of her daughter's story.

A companion piece to "Summer of the Sixpack" in which the events of the summer are seen from different perspectives. It sets up the continuation of the storyline in subsequent fics. Lots of shippy goodness!

A healer assigned to assist Snape in his efforts for the Order gives her side of the story.

Severus never meant to get into the cult scene, really. All he wanted was a pretty pair of shoes. One shot.

Severus Snape has many jobs, but is still, not least of all, a teacher.

A scene with Severus Snape and Sirius Black. They hate each other; Black sneers and Snape leaps into action.

Once, Sirius Black decided to play a very nasty prank on Severus Snape. He told the Slytherin to go down to the Whomping Willow, poke a particular knot, and follow the tunnel where he would undoubtedly find a big surprise. When James Potter heard, he knew exactly how wrong this could go, so he raced down to the Shrieking Shack and saved Snape just before he would have come face-to-face with a feral, merciless, blood-thirsty werewolf. What would have happened if James hadn't made it in time?

Lady Andromeda Mallory has finally received her Hogwarts letter - six years late. However, this year is going to be a little more exciting than she planned on.

It was insane. It was stupid. But he had to do it. Severus Snape knew he would never be able to live without knowing. It all came down to her. Lily.

One-shot: Snape has come back into Harry's life after 16 years, and Ginny doesn't know what to do to save her family. Epilogue compliant. 10427 words.

The night before the final battle, Hermione and Snape share a moment.

Alone in his cold chamber, Severus Snape thinks about his lifelong affair with the seductress that changed his life forever.

AU. DH Spoilers. Snape is the post-DH headmaster of Hogwarts, and not all the students want to return. Especially a certain bushy-haired Muggleborn. One-shot.

Severus Snape is passed a note by his stalker, I mean Sybill Trelawney and of course Minerva McGonagall is loving it. (The ships included are only mentioned slightly).

A unique Love Potion, after drinking which you smell lusfully and the person who you're in love with finally notices you? Evan Rosier drank too much of this... and now he has to run and hide because the whole female society of Hogwarts has fallen in love with him and his wonderful scent.

COMPLETE Voldemort has decreed a punishment for the traitor. What will happen to Severus? SSHG

One month post HBP, Severus sits writing a mad assignment for the Dark Lord. To be read with Vivaldi and a glass of cognac.

Harry goes into Snape's office in search of an ingredient and finds more than he bargained for.

After Voldemort's demise, Harry has a rather painful talk with an incarcerated Death Eater.

Severus Snape is thirty-five years old and is looking back upon his life. It is with regret he thinks about the one true love of his life and how he lost her to the man he hates the most.

Snape is puzzled by one of his students. She is smart and funny and everybody loves her, but Snape know the look of one who bears a dark secret, and that look is upon Alannah Leskevitch. As the Potions professor comes to know this girl, he learns that she has suffered more than he could have ever imagined. He sees in her parallels to his own life, and slowly begins to show a human side of himself that lay hidden for many years. Set in the Trio's seventh year during the Second War, love, determination, and sacrifice must rise up out of the evil that encases the world.

The night after Voldemort's fall, Albus Dumbledore pays a visit to Severus Snape. Features Snape's first lesson as a teacher!

The story of a certain Slytherin and how he became the man we all know and love... well, some of us.

Remus and Severus have been dating for some time... Is their relationship as passionate as it seems or is there something else? Why did Sirius want to kill Severus Snape when they were in school?

Vignette. Severus Snape, traitor, liar, killer, pawn. He contemplates the sides he plays and where his loyalties lie. When you are nothing more than a pawn to be used on both sides, it is hard to tell. For him, it is also hard to care.

Sequel to Snowballs! The further adventures of Draco the teddy bear, Harry's dancing (and now singing!) snakes, and more giggles...

Snape has a grudge, Sirius has a request, and Remus has a secret. And none of them could have picked a worse time to reveal it than New Year’s Eve, 1995. Slash Remus/Sirius. Not a happy story.

Draco must rely on his quick wits to survive a Death Eater meeting gone awry.

This was inspired by Serpentina's lovely SS/HG story "From This Day On". I recommend reading that one first. Severus and Hermione's young daughter Tina can't sleep, and neither can her baby brother...

Even years after his defeat, Voldemort's reign of terror destroyed lives in more ways than one.

My answer to the WIKTT 'Angstier Than Thou' challenge. Snape considers suicide and Hermione interrupts.

Ginny isn't the little innocent sister Ron wanted. She's flawed. She's surprised him. Angsty!Angry!Ginny thinks about her life while Ron screams. [Ginny/Tom, Ginny/Snape, Ginny/Ron?]

What if Harry had a different Head of House in spite of being sorted into Gryffindor? Completely AU, will probably be a longer story following most canon events from first year until the end of fifth year but with a twist. Partly OOC, sick!Harry.

Snape decides that Harry and Draco have horsed around with petty revenge games long enough; they need to learn to identify real priorities and real dangers – or else. They decide … various things. A sequel to Victory Parade and Wedding Party. Still no romantic fluff.

It's Fred and George's final year at Hogwarts and they are busy inventing as usual. But a sudden accident makes them see someone in a whole new light.

A short glimpse of Severus Snape's life during the Marauder's time. Sometimes, what must be done is very different from what the heart yearns to do. Severus/Sirius slash.

An aside to Switch. Where do memories go to die? Why, our dreams, of course.

Its ten years after canon-Potter; Voldemort has been defeated (probably, although he's bound to pop up somewhere again) and England is settling down. However, a new Dark Lord is on the rise. He's clever. He's maliciously evil. He won't let a bespectacled scar-face stand in his way, and he has impeccable taste... Welcome to No. 2 Winding Road, Home of the Dark Lord.

Twinkle Toes: Ron, Hermione and Harry play a trick on Snape, who is blissfully unaware for a long, long while. Dumbass. Jelly: Ron hears a rumour about Draco...and uses it to his great advantage. Of course. Well, what else is he going to do with the information?

Prequel to "Scrawled Upon My Soul" and "The Way the Candles Light Your Face". What was Draco up to while Harry was off being a war hero? Faced with a life or death decision, Draco has a realization regarding the man he wants to be and the man his father wants him to be.

"You will never hear me singing 'la la'" Four hearts. Two couples. All linked by heartbreak. "I guess 'la la' means 'I love you...." (SS/HG and DM/GW) Songfic to The Verve Pipe's "La La"

While school shopping in Diagon Alley, 10-year-old Severus Snape meets Lucius Malfoy for the first time.

What made Severus Snape kill Dumbledore? Is he really a loyal Death Eater? Take a step into his mind to find out what really happened.

Hermione's new way to relieve stress may be more helpful than she originally thought. One-shot. Slight SSHG.

About a young Snape and his time at Hogwarts through to when Lily and James die.

A lone wizard watches an ordinary Muggle home, pondering the inevitable path that led him to this point.

Sirius Black and Severus Snape start getting along. Kind of.

Based on Severitus. Everyone has skeletons in their closets, but in Harry's case, these skeletons can turn out to be sword-wielding undeads. Which was why Snape tried so hard to keep them under rugs. And what does the Mirror of Erised have to do with all these?

In the quiet of the infirmary, to ears that could not hear his words, Severus Snape remembers. SS/RL

Snape's memories of the fateful night at the end of Book Six. This takes the view that Snape is not the bad guy he appears to be. This is what I hope really happened!

A young Lucius Malfoy is pressed into an engagement...and forced to leave behind what he really wants. Mild slash.

There was only one thing going through the mind of Severus that night as he aimed his wand at Dumbledore: He will be forgiven.

The dark, evil Azkaban tower had no idea what it was in for when a quarreling couple tramped up to its doors, soon to be joined by a confused Severus Snape, still rattled and disgruntled from the HBP incident. And you'd never know that you could tell so much about someone just by looking at their socks.

An impulsive rescue has profound results; first for Professor Snape, but the butterfly has flapped its wings and the breeze builds strength....

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Hermione and Draco had to serve detention together in the wee hours of the night? You can find out here as Hermione tells Ron about her... interesting... night.

The promise was broken. A reflection on the Snapes.

Bellatrix is bored, Severus has been picked on by James and Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He needs to learn who his friends are.

After Dumbledore is murdered, Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape talk about what's going to happen to them next.

Two months after Voldemort's death: Harry and Snape have to confront each other, themselves and a boggart. SSRL implied. Redemption intended. One-shot.

Severus Snape looks back and reflects on why exactly he hates James Potter.

Hermione finds herself having an odd conversation with a dead man. Post Deathly Hallows

Snape has a new research project. It's pure science, but unfortunately, elements of humanity seem to be getting in the way.

Severus Snape is distraught at Christmas having lost the love of his life earlier that year. A dark morose destroyed Snape. Fearing he is suicidal Dumbledore visits him. (not slash) happy ending

The diary of Severus Snape if he were ever to live with me for three months (in America, in the Muggle world, and invisible to the Muggle eye).

Severus Snape's son, Alexander Snape, comes to Hogwarts in the middle of sixth year and is sorted into Gryffindor. He acts the part of a loner, but Harry, Ron and Hermione think there's more to it than that.

The Mask of Anarchy is a poem that leads Hermione to investigate the death of her friend. Involved in her investigation is a new DADA professor and her friend. Snape enters the scene as well as Lupin when it is discovered that Voldemort is behind all of it. The plot thickens when Snape finds out one of the Death Eaters is a sister of the new DADA Professor. Harry becomes tempted by Voldemort's powers after the loss of someone close to him, and everyone works to protect him from himself. Includes SS/HG, DM/??, LM/??, RL/??, RL/HG, SS/?? as well as some others.

Auror Frank Longbottom makes a hash of young Severus Snape's life and career plans.

Post OoTP. Snape is assigned to a dangerous and all but impossible task by Voldemort, and it is in the Order's best interest for him to deliberately fail in achieving any end result. However, when Harry finds out about Snape's assignment, the necessity of failing clashes with Harry's agenda.

The Malfoy family does not bribe, it blackmails...

Severus's love from his Death Eater days comes back... How does he react?

Ella comes to London in search of someone who can help her rid herself of her family's curse. While in hiding, she gains the heart of the last man she would ever expect, but will it be too late? Eventual SS/OC.

Where did Snape go when Dumbledore asked him if he was ready, and what did he mean? And who is Dumbledore's real spy?

Harry will keep his promise to deliver Snape's portrait to the Headmaster's office--but only after enlisting its help with an important assignment. Even Snape's image can be a handful, but Harry isn't worried. There are so many ways to dispose of an obstreperous portrait . . .

When Snape's daughter starts to go to Hogwarts, she is confronted with perhaps her greatest fantasy and her worse nightmare: becoming her father. It is a psychological journey through the mind of a seventeen-year-old, confronted with the 'annoying' society, the presence of Houses, while trying to be independent and strong.

Deep in the hidden places of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore watches over a colleague and friend as he plays a dangerous game.

The year is 1980 and the date is December 25th. The Dark Lord will be defeated by a small child called Harry Potter in less than a year. Just a few weeks earlier, two Death Eaters have been killed by Aurors; everything seems to be going remotely well for the good part of the wizarding world. But in another corner of it three Death Eaters share a Christmas full of memories, too much wine, hope and humour. Meet Armand Avery, Corwin Nott and Severus Snape at their last Christmas as followers of Voldemort for fifteen years.

Snape's thoughts after Remus Lupin was hired as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and Sirius Black escaped from Azkaban. Warning: very bitter Snape

After HBP Harry can understand only how much he aches. And he is not the only one. When Severus abducts Harry from Bill's wedding, he tries to make Harry hear him. Slash. Angstyish.

A very interesting piece of news reaches Lucius Malfoy, who engages Severus Snape in quite a devious plan.

Snape is alone and captured by the enemy. He has been confined to a dark dank prision for the better part of two years. The time of his imprisonment is coming to an end. Caution, there is a twist to this tale...

When Snape's unknown niece joins him at Hogwarts at the begining of the Trio's fifth year, chaos ensues. Thrown in a semi-nice Lucius and an unrelenting Draco on a quest, and fifth year doesn't seem so boring anymore. A/U, Draco/OC

Sometimes, the only way to hold onto happiness is to make yourself see what you want to see.

Snape arrived unannounced -- much as Sirius had, months before -- with nothing but the clothes on his back.

A missing scene from chapter 24 of HBP. What goes through Snape's mind as he waits in the bathroom after sending Harry, who has just cast the Sectumsempra spell on Malfoy, to fetch his bookbag? One-shot.

When Draco is beaten and left for dead by a mysterious attacker, Severus Snape realizes exactly how much Draco means to him. But love never was something that came easy for the Potions Master and he'll have to fight with everything he's got to keep it within his grasp.

Snape didn't wonder why Potter was the way he was. Snape just wanted out.

Lily brings him home for the summer, and Petunia tries to figure out just why he's there.

A look into the life of the Order, and the lives involved in the first war. Their love, their losses, and the trials of their youthful union, parenting and friendships. Not Chronological.

Glimpses of war. What it is, what happens, and what do you look for. Harry's half-POV, variating-length angsty (and slashy) bits.

Snape has taken something precious and Remus wants it back. But Snape hasn't forgotten, of course, what we all know about silver.

Because of the Ministry, Snape's status as a vampire is revealed. Harry's got a Defense project on 'dark creatures.' You do the math.

When Severus returns to the Inner Circle, Voldemort is suspicious. How can Severus earn His trust?

Trust is a hard word to live with.