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Snamione (Snape x Hermione) Recs

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For the Potions Master’s Amusement - An absolute MUST read! BDSM, explicit and oh so sexy and hot, dark and sweet in a deliciously twisted way and just amazing. Completed.

For the Only Hope - Hermione is recruited at 13 to not only be Harry’s friend but also protector, and using the time turner, she trains with Severus and pretty much becomes a BAMF.WIP.

Unto their Own - The Light has fallen and the Dark has taken over. When she’s captured, Hermione is given into Severus’ care, only to find out not everything is as it seems. Dun dun dunnnn! Very awesome and some great twists and turns. WIP.

Unintentional Inveiglement - Over a summer, Hermione finds herself drawn to Severus while they are staying at Grimmauld. He tries to push her away, but she is persistent. Continues on through canon events. AMAZING. And really needs to be updated! ;) WIP.

Captured - Pirate!Severus raids a ship looking for cargo, and his crew “accidentally” makes off with Hermione, who is supposed to be sailing to meet her new fiancé. Regency-ish, and so cute. WIP.

Clash of the Conjurers - There is tension and anger and love and sex and it gets down right dark at times. Lovely! WIP.

Devolve - Albus Dumbledore disappears and almost all of the teachers have all been turned into children, approximately thirty years younger! Little Severus becomes attached to Hermione and things get awkward when they finally become adults again. WIP.

Another Dream - After surviving Nagini’s bites, Severus is left unable to continue working. On top of that, he keeps having intense dreams about a certain busy haired know it all. Completed.

Primal Desires - Severus and Hermione meet in the library and he decides that he is going to have her. Completed one shot.

Chosen - After a terrible encounter with Ron, Hermione has an encounter with Severus on the Astronomy Tower and he makes everything better. Completed one shot.

Transcendent Quality of Remembrance - Postwar, Order and DA members are sent to a cabin in the woods to go into hiding and there Hermione either has to learn to live with her husband or be miserable. Marriage law-ish fic, absolutely loved it. Complete.

Within the Wilderness, an Orchid Blooms - After the Marriage Law is repealed, witches and wizards flock to get their divorces taken care of - except for Hermione and Severus? There is misunderstandings and problems and love and so pretty. Completed.

Cliché - After Hermione finds herself pregnant, she has to make some tough decisions about her life and who the father is. Completed.

A Lesson in Loyalty - Hermione begins to help Severus with the potions stores in sixth year and they become very close before the events of HBP. Completed.

Pet Project - Hermione overhears something she shouldn’t about Professor Snape and makes him her ‘pet project’. A must read, absolutely amazing and beautiful. Completed.

Denial - Another Marriage Law fic but with a twist! (I like them, ok?) Five years after Voldemort’s defeat, a marriage law is passed, Hermione goes to a group meeting and picks someone to marry - but it is not Severus! There are twists and turns and it’s beautiful and sad and happy and everything. Just read it. Completed.

Broken Dreams - Hermione is the Potions Apprentice and Severus is the Headmaster and they comfort one another - eventually. Completed.

The Incident in the Great Hall - Starts out with a complete shocker! And it’s mostly in Harry’s POV. A tale of how things happened from flashbacks and storytelling to Harry and it’s just beautiful. Completed.

Taking Flight - Their last night at Hogwarts, Hermione is asked to join the Order officially and gets to have a conversation with Severus. Completed.

Winter Heart - Hermione’s last Christmas at Hogwarts, Severus seduces her after an act of kindness on her part. Completed.

Before the Dawn - Hermione makes a late night discovery that shakes up everything, including what she believes in Snape. Completed.

Saving Your Life - Hermione is captured by Death Eaters and Severus is there, but there is only one thing he can think of to do to save her life. Very long, very pretty with lots of angst and drama. Completed.

Care of Magical Creatures - Marriage Law! Hermione goes after the one wizard who doesn’t ask for her - Severus. Beyond amazing, everyone needs to read it. Completed.

Needs Must - Hermione and Severus love each other and work together and need one another… however, they are married. Adultery. Beautiful, read it anyway. Completed.

Tabby’s and Snake’s - Hermione is out with Ginny for her hen party and they end up at a strip club, and they see two Slytherins they haven’t seen in a long time. On a dare, Hermione pretends to be a dancer and things get intense. Completed.

Of Muggles and Magic - Absolutely AMAZING. Regency AU (another total fave!), beginning with 11 year old Hermione being fetched for Hogwarts by Severus and it just gets better. There is all kinds of plot twists and holy, it’s just SO GOOD. Completed.

Liminal - Severus runs into Hermione as she plays piano, and they form a friendship and then more. Absolutely gorgeous fic with some twists and turns, but a must read. Completed.

For Hogwarts - A Regency Gamble - Hermione plans a Regency weekend fundraiser for Hogwarts, while Severus is Headmaster and has no desire to participate whatsoever. But there’s just something about a man in Regency get up… Completed.

Bonds of Matrimony - Hey, look! Another Marriage Law fic. Voldemort pushes through a marriage law while in control of the ministry in order for Hermione to be forced into marriage with a Death Eater, and Dumbledore steps in with Snape to save the day. Glorious, must read. Completed.

Unquestionable Love - Almost two decades have passed since Voldemort’s downfall, but there is still drama and conflict in the wings. Severus and Hermione have settled and have a family and it’s all just beautiful. (There’s also a prequel and many one shots within the universe.) Completed.

Pride of Time - GAAAAAH. READ THIS. Hermione has an accident with her Time Turner and goes back twenty years. She can only move forward at the normal rate, and has to work her way back into the proper timeline. Convoluted and crazy and gorgeous. Completed.

Hilltop Cottage - After the war, Hermione needs a break and escapes to a cottage in the north willed to her by a relative and runs into a familiar face who lives just up the road. Completed.

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Second Life - Dumbledore comes up with a plan for Severus and Hermione to marry in order for him to survive past the upcoming final battle and to prevent the Order from turning on him as well. Completed.

Five Private Lessons (series) - Hermione’s wandering through Hogwarts leads to something unexpected. A building series, progressively more intense and a little dark. Completed.

Father Figure - Severus and Hermione are married and very happy together, but she needs something a little more than Severus might be willing to give her. BDSM, sexy and oh so freaking hot. By the absolutely awesome TeddyRadiator (just go ahead and read everything!) Completed.

The Witch Hiker’s Guide to Beltane - Hermione is miserable and Beltane is the perfect time to unwind and find her happiness. Completed.

Act of Contrition - Beyond sacrilegious, but WHOA. Hot. Snape is a priest and Hermione goes to confession. Completed.

The Seduction of Snape - Hermione moves into Grimmauld Place, where Snape is also living, and she has a certain something in mind involving her former professor. Completed.

Acquiescence - Hermione has completely infiltrated Snape’s life and he’s not exactly sure how she’s done that. Completed.

Phantom of Hogwarts - The Ministry decides to hold a new Triwizard-ish tournament between the schools and the first is a musical competition. And Hogwarts gets “Phantom of the Opera.” A little cliché (ok, a lot) and based almost completely off of the movie Phantom, but it has some truly spectacular scenes and it is loooong. Completed.

Bundle of Joy - Hermione wants a baby. But not with anyone she knows. So she puts out an ad in the Prophet seeking a donor and guess who answers? Completed.

Cufflinks and Mozart - Every Sunday, Severus sits down to listen to Mozart. And Hermione interrupts with a birthday present. Completed.

The Headmaster’s Wife - Holy twists and turns, Batman. Beautiful and glorious and you need to read it. Hermione and Severus are brought together by ancient magics and they get together and there’s so much stuff happening it’s just SIGH awesome. WIP.

The Guilty Pleasures of Hermione Granger (series) - Dark and a little twisted and oh so sexy. Includes Lucius in the last parts. Completed.

Labor of Love - Severus never wanted an apprentice, but Hermione was thrust upon him anyway. WIP.

The Marriage Clause - Sometimes, muggle parents do not wish their children to go to Hogwarts. In that case, there are ways to work around it built into the magic of the school itself. There are just a few stipulations. Implied underage (like, whoa, underaged.) relations. WIP.

The Scales of Balance - Severus and Lucius return ten years later to find Hermione, who had helped them after the war and during their trials, has become a complete pariah and is shunned even by her friends, who are apparently all possessed/Imperiused. There’s also a horny magical mirror and threesomes and moresomes and all sorts of fun stuff. WIP.

The Polyjuiced Soul - Severus agrees to assist the new Potions Mistress with a project. Completed.

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Graduation - whoa! Hermione and Severus realize that they can hear each other’s thoughts and share fantasies with one another. Only problem is that H has three months to graduation and Severus is at least ethical. Completed.

An Army of Snapes - after a potions accident, Snape duplicates eleven times and each duplicate has a particular way of disappearing. Completed.

Cloak of Courage - Marriage Law fic, major AU, with blood rites and Hermione being tempted by the Dark Arts after her parents and Ron are killed by Death Eaters. Completed.

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Practical Solutions - Hermione and Severus just want sex, no strings attached. They come up with the most practical solution! Sexy and ridiculously sweet. Looooved. Completed.

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harrypottersmut · 5 years

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The Headmaster Snape Conspiracy

So, here’s a theory for those who, like me, bemoaned the fact that Snape has never been given a second chance. In a way, his biggest flaw was to submit to a master, this being Voldemort. Which then led to him submitting to a second master, Dumbledore, to redeem himself. Although his actions might have helped Harry, in the end, he was unable to start over. It is a sad conclusion, indeed: No matter how hard you try to make up for the damage you caused, you will not be able to start over. I do not wish to engage in the debate whether he would have chosen death over life or not – rather, I would like to offer some hope to those who prefer a kinder, a more gentle world. This is my contribution to the “Snape survived and lived grumpily ever after” theme.

In order to give Snape an escape hatch, we will have to revisit the final battle in Deathly Hallows. Step by step.

Chapter Thirty: The Sacking of Severus Snape

On their way to alert the other teachers, McGonagall and invisible Harry come across Severus Snape, the official headmaster of Hogwarts. After a fierce fight, Snape takes flight, and his decision is met with irony by McGonagall:

“Our headmaster is taking a short break.”

Now, there is an obvious discrepancy between the title of the chapter, the content, and the comment itself. Snape was not sacked, because it is the Board of Governors and the ministry which hold the power to sack a headmaster. We have been reminded of this fact twice, in book 2 when too many children had been attacked by the basilisk, and in book 5 when Dumbledore was sacked by Fudge. Of course, one may argue that the teachers sacked their boss by resisting his orders. For now, I will let this argument stand as it is. It is worth mentioning, though, that although McGonagall makes important decisions concerning the security of Hogwarts, she is not called headmistress at any point in the chapter, nor is she shown to enter the headmaster’s office, a tell-tale sign of being acknowledged as the official headmistress.

In an interview, Rowling claimed that Snape “abandoned his post”, which contradicts the chapter’s title as well.

Obviously, the title intends to mislead the reader. The teachers’ actions have nothing to do with his desertion. Effectively, they did not sack him, even if their actions led to him fleeing the castle.

The second information that I take away from the chapter and the interview is that Snape has officially been acknowledged by Hogwarts as headmaster. Bear with me, this argument is more amazing than it sounds. Snape had been installed as headmaster in a similar way to Umbridge: He was chosen against the better judgement of the other teachers by the governors/ministry, and both candidates were promoted not with the best interest of the children in mind.

Now, Hogwarts actually is not bound to acknowledge the person chosen by the ministry. Umbridge was denied the post, and due to that, she was unable to enter the headmaster’s office. Yet, it acknowledged Snape: Thus, Hogwarts is able to pick up the intention of the candidate. Snape was accepted and allowed entrance to the office, because he intended to serve the school to the best of his abilities. In order for him to be able to abandon his post, he must have controlled access to the headmaster’s office.

Next, let us remember what happens when Hogwarts is without a headmaster: The office remained closed to everybody, not just Umbridge, when Dumbledore had been sacked. The castle therefore does not distinguish between intention when allowing somebody entrance: Only the headmaster may pass. And when there’s a headmaster, the headmaster controls the admission of guests. Every time that Harry was allowed into the office, either Dumbledore was in the office (thereby letting Harry in without a password) or the headmaster’s password served as proof that the headmaster invited the person.

Let us move ahead to chapter thirty-three: The Prince’s Tale

Harry received Snape’s memories, and in order to watch them, he must gain access to the Pensieve in the headmaster’s office.

The gargoyle then asks Harry:

“Password?”

Do you spot the discrepancy?

If Snape had abandoned his post, there would, in effect, be no headmaster. Therefore, the gargoyle would have to remain silent, because nobody but the new headmaster would be able to enter the office. Snape’s password would have been rendered invalid.

At this point, the office still recognises Snape as the headmaster.

The most logical explanation, of course, is to assume that the castle is unaware of Snape’s death, because it happened in the Shrieking Shack, which is located in Hogsmeade, and despite its connection to the Whomping Willow, it is outside the boundaries of Hogwarts itself. And when Snape failed to return in due time due to his death, he effectively abandoned his post.

But here’s the thing: Rowling offers her words above in a very specific context.

Fan: Was the absence of snapes portrait in the headmaster’s office in the last scene innocent or deliberate

J.K. Rowling: It was deliberate. Snape had effectively abandoned his post before dying, so he had not merited inclusion in these august circles.

If Hogwarts was unable to recognise the death of the headmaster outside the boundaries of Hogwarts, all the people who received a portrait must have died in Hogwarts. Which is, statistically, unlikely.

Hogwarts had, according to legend, been built 1000 years ago. According to harrypotterwikia, there are 23 recognisable portraits in the office (movie version), with eighteen additional ones. These people would have on average served 24 years. Taking wizard lifespan into account, this makes sense, especially since some of these headmasters are known to have served up to 40 years alone. Basically, almost all of the headmasters in the past 1000 years would have had to have died on the premises to receive a portrait. Which is incredibly unlikely.

Even if you disregard movie information: In the books, there are enough portraits to cover the walls. They have been described as “rows” of portraits. Let us assume that there are enough portraits in the room for them to debunk the aforementioned theory.

Conclusion: Hogwarts does recognise when a headmaster dies outside the castle.

Which leaves us in an uncomfortable spot: If Hogwarts would have recognised Snape’s death, and Snape had still been headmaster by the time Harry entered the office, then Snape was not dead yet.

Yet Harry claimed he was. And of course, he is the master of death, right? He must know…

Which brings us back to the Shrieking Shack.

Chapter thirty-two: The Elder Wand

Snape is bitten by Nagini, because Voldemort thinks him the master of the Elder Wand. Harry approaches the bleeding man, and he receives the memories Snape is ejecting. Before Harry abandons the man, they lock eyes:

[…] after a second something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them blank and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.

Seems quite dead to me. But here’s the thing: Harry never checks Snape’s pulse, nor his breathing. For all we know, his eyes have gone starry due to shock, induced by blood loss. Which is… incredibly likely. Since he is bleeding out. And nobody is even attempting to do first aid.

To our knowledge, Snape is still alive, albeit half-way on the other side already. Somehow, Snape survives far enough into this battle for Harry to walk back to the castle and into the headmaster’s office.

Still, there are issues. For instance, we said that Snape did not abandon Hogwarts yet, otherwise the gargoyle would not ask for a password. So… did he abandon Hogwarts by being such an ungrateful bastard as to die before his time?

Even it being a rhetorical question, there is a definitive no as an answer. After all, Dumbledore died before his time, too, ungrateful bastard that he was, leaving everybody in this utter mess, and yet he deserved a portrait. Snape did not.

Here’s the thing: Snape must have abandoned his post after having been left for dead in the Shrieking Shack. Therefore, he must have lived through this gruesome ordeal.

There are two very obvious problems with this one.

Shock due to blood loss

Poison

Since Snape lost control over his extremities due to shock, he is unable to take a potion. Remember?

The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.

He would have needed somebody’s help to survive. Even if the poison was kicking in slowly, because he was bleeding it out, too, the wound had to be healed. And Nagini’s poison makes healing the wound quite a difficult task, as we have been told in book 5 when she bit Mr. Weasley.

However, I do know of a creature who is able to not only heal deadly wounds, but also the poison of even a Basilisk. Fawkes.

Now, Fawkes has left Hogwarts when Dumbledore died, and he would have no reason to approach Snape. How would he even know to look for him in the Shrieking Shack?

Let us remember what happened in book 2: Fawkes found Harry in the Chamber of Secrets, although it is basically inaccessible and unknown to anybody but the heir of Slytherin. Fawkes’s appearance was blamed on Harry’s loyalty to Dumbledore, and Fawkes acknowledged this act by offering his protection. This teaches us an important lesson. In order for Fawkes to offer his tears, Snape would have to perform an incredible act of loyalty to Dumbledore in the Shrieking Shack.

And he did. Remember when Voldemort preferred to hear himself talk, like any good, old-fashioned villain? He had to first make Snape understand why he had to die, before going for the kill.

“The Elder Wand belongs to the wizard who killed its last owner. You killed Albus Dumbledore. While you have, Severus, the Elder Wand cannot be truly mine.”

And Voldemort even remarks on Snape understanding what this implies:

“Perhaps you already know it? You are a clever man, after all, Severus.”

Snape is aware of the fact that his promise to Dumbledore is about to get him killed. In this moment, he must realise Dumbledore’s original plan: To sacrifice not only himself, but also Severus for the greater good. Dumbledore had planned to have the ownership of the Elder Wand die with him, yet Voldemort would believe Snape to be the master. Once he killed Snape, he would become cocky, giving Harry a chance to strike back. Snape was never supposed to live.

And yet, he remains silent. Sure, revealing his betrayal would have gotten Snape killed as well, but I imagine that it would have been tempting to take revenge on Dumbledore this way. Instead, Snape raises his wand.

Oh, we all know Snape to be no fool. The book never tells us which of the two enemies he prepared to attack. Because it would have told us about his allegiance before the grand reveal: Despite being betrayed by Dumbledore, being sacrificed without his consent, Snape decided to do Dumbledore’s bidding once more.

In Snape’s memories, Dumbledore told him:

“There will come a time when Lord Voldemort will seem to fear for the life of his snake. […] when Lord Voldemort […] keeps it safe beside him, under magical protection.”

In the Shrieking Shack, Snape decided that Nagini had to be killed. He could not do so openly, because she was in a magical cage to protect her from harm. Despite the fact that Snape is a talented wizard, he took too long to protect himself – because he was not even attempting a defensive spell. He was collecting his strength to attack Nagini in her cage.

This is his act of incredible loyalty towards Dumbledore. Snape is brilliant at defending himself – that is what he has been doing all his life. He showcased these particular skills when he disarmed Lockhart in Book 2, when he applied to become teacher for Defense against the Dark Arts, when he protected himself against the onslaught of attacks by McGonagall and the others in chapter thirty-one. Occluding, too, is a defensive technique, and Dumbledore considers it Snape’s strength. His entire existence is shaped by defending himself against bullies, emotions, those that consider him of less worth due to his blood, children’s remarks on teachers… you get the picture. Snape is a master at defending. He would not have failed to defend himself. Instead, he failed to attack in time.

Just like when Fawkes found Harry simply because Harry was loyal to Dumbledore, no matter the consequences, Fawkes appeared in the Shrieking Shack to save the day.

And Snape decided to disappear. He abandoned Hogwarts whilst still being headmaster, and therefore, he did not receive a portrait, even after he died sometime in the distinct future.

Probably when he heard that Harry named a bloody child after him. And Dumbledore, of all people. And weirdly, that child’s sister has the same name as his first crush. And to mock him, the brother is called after the two people he probably despised more than Voldemort.

For all we know, Snape moved to Jamaica, got a brilliant tan, and is the proud owner of a strange book shop in which you are anything but welcome.

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