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Beyond Starlight

An Alien Fated Mates Limited Edition Box Set

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GENRE | TROPES: Sci-Fi Romance | Fated Mates

Release Date: November 19

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Star-Crossed Love by Diana Dawn

Blurb:

Kira’s planet's sun had suffered collapse, destroying her world and everyone she loved. As part of the Gundrie race, Kira's crystal pendant with its energy source of their planet's sun would allow her to live forever. She was one of only two left of the Gundrie. The other was a man she despised. If you are one of the last of a race that lives forever, how can you find everlasting love?

Tropes: End of Civilization, Enemies to Lovers, & Reluctant Lovers

Captive Heat by Susanna Eastman

Blurb:

She was captured by sex slave traders, and he was her only hope.

When intergalactic trader Jaden Zoma rescues beautiful teacher Mia Townes from sex slave traders, she thinks her problems are over. Being kidnapped was awful, and Mia can’t wait to get back to the family that means everything to her.

Jaden is dedicated to helping those in need and never expects to need anyone else. He has few roots, and he likes it that way. Their paths should never have crossed.

But when their bodies are sabotaged—first by the slavers and then by nature—they must put aside honor and virtue to save each other.

What happens when their crazed journey ends, and it’s time to move on?

Tropes: Sex slave, MMC hero, Alien Abduction

A Cup of Sin: An Alien SciFi Romance by Demelza Carlton

A Tale from the Colony: Vice Series

Blurb:

Sinclair has one goal in life: to survive her sentence on a prison ship full of male prisoners so she can go home and live her life again. Until the ship's systems start to fail.

Edward prides himself on being a model prison guard, obeying all the rules. Until Sinclair steps aboard his ship. She's everything he ever wanted…and everything he can't have.

But when disaster strikes and they're stranded in space, a little sin could mean their salvation…

Tropes: Prison ship, Stubborn MC, Model Citizen Gone Bad

Starry Eyes: A fated mates alien romance by Katrina S. Karter

Blurb:

My life turns upside down when my girl’s trip is invaded my aliens. I have sworn off men. Do aliens count?

It was the worst breakup of my entire life. The end of all of my hopes of having a family with the man I thought was my soulmate, the end of … everything. But the worst thing about all of this is the high-priced, 5 nebula class all inclusive honeymoon suite he convinced me to spend my entire savings and Christmas bonus on. The jerk wanted me to take it out of my name so he could still go…. It turns outs I was wrong. Turning my honeymoon vacation off planet into a girl’s trip my very well be the end of me as aliens crash the party.

Tropes: Alien Abduction, Alien Invasion, Fated Mates, Alien Romance

Matched to the Alien Workaholic by Danielle Forrest

Blurb:

Zenhan wanted nothing more than to do his job. It was his passion. He lived for it. But his brother, and now his boss, had other ideas. They thought he needed a break.

Except, a vacation wasn't the only plans his brother had made for him. He'd signed Zenhan up with a matchmaking agency, and his new mate was going to meet him there.

Their meeting goes badly enough, but the icing on the cake?

Finding a weapons cache in the quaint little cabin they're expected to stay in...

Tropes: MMC Workaholic, Stubborn MMC, Matchmaking Agency

The Starlight Prince by Clare Dugmore

Blurb:

A love story written in the stars.

Hunted for being a witch, Madelyne longs for somewhere to belong and performs a full moon spell to find her true love.

Across the galaxy, Kalas completes the aeons-old celestial ritual to show him the location of his fated mate.

Enchanted by Madelyne’s beauty, Kalas flies to Earth to find her.

And, with nothing left for her on Earth, Madelyne agrees to accompany Kalas to his home planet.

But as Madelyne adjusts to her new life, old doubts linger, and she just cannot understand why someone like her would be worthy of the crown prince.

Madelyne has spent her entire life being told she doesn’t belong, and now Kalas must convince her it’s more than just ‘fate’ that makes him want to claim her as his own.

Tropes: Magic drawn love, Fated Mates, Crown Prince MMC

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Some Snames Fics...

Earning His Forgiveness by OwlsWithFin

When Snape brushes off James Potter's attempt to make amends, James makes a game out of winning the Slytherin's forgiveness. Instead of giving him some peace of mind, however, the game causes his feelings toward his once rival to spiral out of control in a direction he never anticipated.

Dependence by OutcastDeity

James becomes ill, and Snape is the only one who can keep him alive. Of course, Severus will only help him for a price.

The Three Abstracts by PseftisIncertus

Severus Snape just lost his mother and is having nightmares. Pomfrey decided to give him a parchment to write about his feelings about Time, Love and Death, and another for his everyday struggles. Will it help soothe just his pain or will it change his life altogether?

Starstruck by Ayolen, Esthermay

There is no one who can resist James's charm.It was a well-known rule.As a world-loved celebrity, he broke more hearts than could count.But what happens when the young star meets someone who doesn't fall at his feet like everyone else?

Cake, Please! by BeyondStarlight

A story of blackmail, the wonderful world of sexuality, and lots of cake.

Ninety-Three by orphan_account

James promises Severus that if Severus has sex with him 93 times, he will break up with Lilly and advocate that she date Severus.

La Douleur Exquise by SpicyWolfsbane

"He was the boy mercilessly in love with his own hangman" .

The Tulips Make Me Want To See by sleepingnerd

"And then he saw Potter curved over his place in a library table, tucking a single red tulip in the middle of his potions notebook. Severus stopped, eyes wide, looking as the other boy smiled a bit at his work and tried to leave.“What.” Severus said, grabbing his arm. “Are you doing.”Severus keeps getting flowers, and he doesn't know what to make of it.

Boys Will Be Boys by RoonilWazlibMalfoy

James just wanted to be noticed. Everything he did was just to be noticed.

8 Hours by FrankieQuinn13

For 8 hours James Potter and Severus Snape disappeared. Poof! Just Vanished into thin air. What happened to the boys when they were gone and why do they seem so broken now that they've returned?

Pretending by FrankieQuinn13

"Pretend I'm him." Severus hurts and receives some unconventional help from a very unlikely source.

Gold and Silver Bound by FrankieQuinn13

James plus Severus plus bonding rings equals trouble. Watch as Sirius fumes, Peter is confused and Remus prays that he didn't just witness what he thinks he just witnessed.

His Wish by Illyxion

In his town, it is said that if someone writes a wish onto a charm and pins it on the wishing wall, it will fade away when their wish comes true. Some charms stay for only a few hours, some for days, and some for months. It’s rare that a wish would stay for more than a year. For James, his wish was one of the incredibly rare wishes that are never fulfilled.

A Prank Gone Wrong by HiroPride

When James Potter decides on pranking his fellow marauders and crush, it leads to something he hadn’t see coming at all.

Birds & Arrows by mirawonderfulstar

For hundreds of years witches and wizards have been matched with their most magically compatible counterpart by a spell which marks a name on their skin. All this may unravel when Severus Snape wakes up on his sixteenth birthday to find the name "James Potter" on his arm.

But if the prince should suspect by LyraWrites

Severus Snape had a dream; to be a regular Hogwarts student and to attend a ball. A ball where no one will see how ugly he was nor how poor he was. Luckily he is a master brewer, and can produce the "prince charming" potion. During this night, he catches the eye of one James Potter and spends one magical evening together. But the clock must strike twelve! A shameless Cinderella take!

Gay for the Greasy Slytherin Kid by themoonsurfer

It's their last year on Hogwarts and James would love to finally confess to their victim of bullying for six years about his feelings for him.

Ordinary Incidents by NightMareTurtleRS

Nothing ordinary happens at Hogwarts but it seems the Marauder's strive to out-do the unordinary however, their prank goes off plan disrupting the life of Severus Snape permanently.

The Friend of a Friend by GoldenEmpire

James really wants to go to the New Year's ball with Lily, but she has one condition - James has to befriend her best friend and his archenemy, Snape. The Gryffindor sets out on this daring quest of being nice to the Slytherin, and accidentally learns things he never though he would about the boy and his past. Suddenly James finds himself with a lot of complicated feelings that could ruin everything he thinks he has with Lily. Maybe he doesn't want to go to the ball with her after all...

The line between love and hate | Jeverus by Kai_9273

Severus is tired. Hes in a relationship that is purely conventional and hes tired of living a life without light. His husband however is scared. Scared that if he gets too close he'll accidentally show the affection he held so dear for his dear husband. Its a idiot in love and a tired chemist who wishes his husband would try. So james makes it his personal mission to get severus snape in love with him again.

When Pigs Fly by BooksR4ever

Severus had always believed that romance wasn’t for him. Everyone else believed him to be filthy death eater scum, and he agreed, never fathoming the concept of someone liking him enough to actually pursue a relationship with him.

Until one fine day in sixth year, when he finds himself with a small, adorable child clinging to his right leg, calling him Papa.

If I Could Tell Him by flamerose

Severus always thought the universe seemed to be against him, and that everyone in Hogwarts wanted him dead, until James Potter apologised to him after getting him injured in class and began hanging out with him per Lily's request. He never thought that holding in feelings could be so hard.

#pro snape #snape fic #fic recommendation #fic recs #Snames #Jeverus #PrinceProngs #Snotter #James Potter x Severus Snape #Severus Snape #James Potter

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21 HP slash recs from 21 years (2001 to 2021)

21 slash recs from 21 years

I picked the best slash fic posted in each year from 2001-2021 based on what I read. We are spoiled for choice with heaps of great fics, so it's really impossible to pick a best fic by any metric. The criteria I used to select - each fic meant something to me at a fundamental level, I read it multiple times and I think about it frequently.

Since older fics often got posted on LJ or Geocities, I gave it my best effort and tried to go with the archiving dates on public websites as much as possible.

List and reviews follow! This was first posted on Reddit hpslash sub. AO3 COLLECTION LINK

2001 A most disquieting tea by Telanu

2002 A Bittersweet Potion by Alchemia and Bugland

2003 Primer to the Dark Arts by Icarus

2004 Consanguinity Arc by Tryfanstone

2005 Peripheral Vision by Alexandra Dane

2006 Snape: the Home Fries Nazi by pir8fancier

2007 In the Gloaming by RaeWhit

2008 Down the Rabbit Hole by RaeWhit

2009 Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks by RaeWhit

2010 Storytelling by kelly_chambliss

2011 The Boy Who Fell by bussaiko

2012 The Bone Mother by rinsbane

2013 The Muggles Have a Word for Them by kelly_chambliss

2014 The Judas Sextet by eldritcher

2015 Gods and Monsters by writcraft

2016 Love in the Eye of a Storm by rattlesoft

2017 A Promise Made by BeyondStarlight

2018 Almagest by eldritcher

2019 a certain optimism by hippocrates460

2020 Crooked Neighbors by ebparentheses

2021 Pandemic by eldritcher

2001

A Most Disquieting Tea

by Telanu

One of the classic Snarry fics that influenced many authors afterwards. I discovered The Tea Series through painless_j's recs way back when. (painless_j's work actually inspired me to do this rec list.) Albus Dumbledore invites Severus for tea to discuss a Harry problem. Madame Minster's Mint Madness. Dumbledore's sentient armchair is called Toby. How the author handles a complicated subject in a tasteful manner really impressed me. It was one of the first fics where I realized how writers use fiction to explore taboos. No longer available since the author took their fics down.

Severus/Harry

Angst, Romance, Pining

2002

A Bittersweet Potion

by Alchemia and Bugland

Write for yourself is common advice. A Bittersweet Potion is one hundred percent written without trying to pander to readers. Alchemia's first person Harry and Bugland's Severus are unique and lovable, but the world they are in is dark and tragic. I like the fics with Harry's narration the most in the series but both are equally good and really powerful. It is a controversial fic but it will make you feel something. The one exception to going for only completed fics in this rec list.

Hermione eyes me critically. "Maybe you should kneel."

"Is that part of the ritual?"

"No, but it'd be humble," she says, pushing me down by my shoulders.

I kneel on the cold, damp tiles, grabbing her sleeve to pull her down beside me - right into a puddle that I hadn't noticed. "Now they'll be twice as impressed," I say.

Severus/Harry

Angst, Romance, seriously dark

2003

Primer to the Dark Arts

by Icarus

Primer is the first Severus mentors Harry before they fall in love fic I have read. It is one of the fics that really convinced me about the pairing. This fic is written before OoTP and you can see that in the plot elements. There is Snape Manor. Severus is rich and pureblood. But all that doesn't detract from how unique the fic is. Severus is brilliant and loves the Dark Arts. Harry is trying to learn without getting killed. Ron gets the popcorn. This is one of the classics without a ton of angst going on.

"It's still dark out," Harry complained. The window could have been a wall for all he could see outside. "You are certifiable."

"Yes, well, collecting Cursed Artefacts is a registered form of madness in the Compendium of Wizarding Mental Disorders and Other Things That Make You Twitch," Severus said, "alongside most compulsions to collect. But it's very a popular one, and I intend to be there early to beat everyone else to it."

Severus/Harry

Unresolved sexual tension, snark, not angsty

2004

Consanguinity Arc

by Tryfanstone

Severus and Harry are trying to get a divorce. They are only married on a technicality. But are they really wanting to be divorced? A dark and complex story. Mature and brilliant. Harry claims Severus because he wants to kill him himself.

Prior claim has been made and recognised. In the case of Wizengamot versus Snape -

He looks down

possession is, by law, precedent Brown versus Lamont, 1875-

It is Padfoot's collar.

This fic is the first one where I really liked OCs in a fan work. Jonathan, the solicitor. Kate, the marriage counsellor are both written brilliantly. Incredible Severus characterization.

Severus/Harry

Dark, Angst with a happy ending

2005

Peripheral Vision

by Alexandra Dane

"Ex-wizards, Potter. Very ex. Surely you remember - one last final surge of elemental magic ripping through everything, Dark Lords dropping dead, Malfoys blasted to vapour, all the witches and wizards in the world losing their powers simultaneously?"

This fic made me fall in love with the Loss of Magic trope and Room mates to Lovers trope. Really clever writing. The first fic where I discovered what good pacing does to make the story great. The relationship progress is shown through conversations between Harry and Severus. Harry hasn't lost his optimism. Severus hasn't lost his grit. The world is a mess outside but in their room they have got books, snark and heart to hearts... and pining for each other.

Severus/Harry

Snark, Pining, Angst with a happy ending

2006

Snape: the Home Fries Nazi

by pir8fancier

The only story fanfic or otherwise I read set in Arizona. This fic made me want to see the desert. Harry and all the Death Eaters have lost their magic after Voldemort's death. Harry is on suicide watch and dealing badly with his dying magic. He tracks down Severus in Arizona where Severus is a fry cook. They don't exactly get along. Severus is as prickly as the desert plants. The desert itself is an allegory for their loss of magic. But like the desert they find something beautiful. Harry is a mess. Severus has issues. Absolutely brilliant fic that packs a punch.

Severus/Harry

Snark, Angst with a happy ending

2007

In the Gloaming

by RaeWhit

The first fic I read that convinced me about the faked death trope. Really amazing pacing. Dumbledore faked his own death with Severus's help. Let's just say that Harry isn't their biggest fan when he found out.

Snape observed as Potter walked with his friends to the door, then waited until the man was about to turn back to murmur, "Finite Incantatem."

He watched with satisfaction as Potter's eyes went wide, then feared he might faint when the color drained completely from his face. Standing, he held out a hand and guided him to a chair, then Albus Dumbledore said kindly, "Hello, Harry."

Neither Albus or Severus are happy when Harry pulls the same move on them later. I actually like this plot much better than Deathly Hallows. Not surprised! RaeWhit is an amazing author who knows how to construct not just a world but also flesh and blood characters in it with realistic motivations.

Severus/Harry

Romance, Angst with a happy ending

2008

Down the Rabbit Hole

by RaeWhit

Another RaeWhit fic! Brilliant and angsty. Nonlinear and whimsical narrative. This one made me finally read Through the Looking Glass. Sentient Castle saves Severus after the war. But Hogwarts keeps him a prisoner because he failed his duty to the Castle. Whenever Severus tries to leave his rooms, he gets agoraphobia. Harry is the only person who knows that Severus is alive and trapped in the dungeons. Binns the ghost is part of the Castle's sentience. Really complex and beautiful plot, excellent pacing. Harry saves Severus. But getting Severus out of Hogwarts isn't easy. This Harry is a savior who doesn't hesitate to go to war with the Castle for Severus's sake. Binns likes Severus and that is the only reason why the Castle saved him. It turns out that Binns traded his magic to the Castle in returning for binding him eternally to the sentience. So the Castle sometimes listens to him. A great plot and reveal, like I mentioned earlier.

"And who would you be, if I'm the Cheshire?" Harry asked him once they were seated, side-by-side.

Severus didn't even stop to consider. "Oh, I'm most definitely the rabbit. Down the hole, ever late for a very important date," he said, giving Harry a challenging smile. "You would be Alice, though, chasing after the silly rabbit."

The best sentient Hogwarts fic I have read. The best Snarry fic I have read.

Severus/Harry

Angst with a happy ending

2009

Sex, Lies, and Audiobooks

by RaeWhit

Another RaeWhit fic! RaeWhit wrote some of the best Snarry fics so definitely not surprised that her fics ended up on my list three times. I am a big fan of her pacing and plots as well as of how she conceptualizes the Snarry dynamic in a mature setting. Harry in her fics is his own man in a postwar setting. He is written as an equal to Severus in her fics which I really love.

This fic opens with Harry and Severus in Scotland in Lochdubh. They are there to settle Dumbledore's will. Harry is left a cottage with mysterious tenants. The relationship deconstruction between Harry and Severus happens as they deal with the cottage problem. Harry is now making wooden rocking chairs. Severus is now recording audio books which I really liked as a career for him. Harry is kind of lost in his life. Severus is finally at peace or so he thinks but he's lonely. They have history between them. Severus sent Harry away after one night together immediately after the war. Harry hasn't really recovered from the rejection but Severus had his own confusing reasons. They keep picking at each other's scabs and hurts but with a lot of mutual respect and love. The pacing is just perfect.

Severus made a face. "After ten years, still finding himself. For god's sake, he's twenty-eight. If he's not done it by now…" He shook his head.

Whitney rested his chin in a hand, then asked softly, "And you, Severus, had you found yourself at twenty-eight?"

Ah, touché. "Lost myself, was more like it," Snape had to begrudgingly confess.

Severus/Harry

Pining with a happy ending

2010

Storytelling

by kelly_chambliss

Hermione falls in love with Minerva. This isn't an easy fic. Brilliant and incisive, it cuts to the core of Hermione's characterization. kelly_chambliss writes female characters beautifully. So no surprise that this fic is my favorite femslash story. It starts with an obituary column Hermione is reading. Then the fic goes into a flashback through time, from Hermione's Hogwarts letter and her years at Hogwarts. Each flashback shows us an interaction or an observation by Hermione of her teacher. The progression is written in a realistic and sharp portrayal of Hermione. She knows that she is falling in love very early on. She learns to masturbate from a book. She finds out that Minerva is interested in woman when she discovers Minerva's relationship with Wilhemina Grubbly-Plank. She wants to know what attracts Minerva to the other professor. She watches Minerva through the Marauders Map. HBP/DH years are hard on everyone. Hermione marries Ron after the war. She can't let Minerva go though. She comes back to Hogwarts to teach. This fic is realistic. There is no happy ending with everything working out. Things are complex and unresolved but they make their peace with it.

She liked to think that "bewitchment" came closest. She felt like the word itself -- "be-witch-ment," the "witch" tucked inside, encased and enclosed by another's being and essence. The structure of the word was a lovely metaphor for the way the pleasures of McGonagall's presence and voice and regard surrounded her like a cocoon, like the blanket of a warming spell cast and welcomed.

The best femslash fic I have read.

Minerva/Hermione, Minerva/Wilhemina

Pining with a bittersweet ending

2011

The Boy Who Fell

by bussaiko

It's not a big secret that the best fics are in rare pair land! This fic is full of hurt/comfort and soft things that will make you go gooey in happiness. Dudley redemption but not really. He is not falling over himself to go apologize to Harry or anything like that. He thinks about Harry but he's not in touch with his cousin. He is an interior decorator. He's adult and written as an adult with brilliant characterization. His relationships with his parents are still strong. Petunia tries to set him up with gay dudes when he comes out. Vernon doesn't like queers but this is his son so he makes an exception. Things are going normal for Dudley. That's when he sees Dennis Creevey getting beaten up. He saves the younger boy. The wizarding world makes a reappearance in his love as they fall in love. Dudley is a good boyfriend even if it means going to Mrs. Figg and begging her to take him to buy a wand to replace Dennis Creevey's broken one.

"So," Dudley says. "Gay, huh."

Dennis snorts. "It was the Victor Krum at Hogwarts effect. Everyone either wanted him or wanted to be him. I was young and impressionable and madly in love, and then I figured out it wasn't just him."

Dudley waits a moment and then says, "At my school, they called it the Dudley Dursley effect."

Dudley/Dennis Creevey

Hurt/Comfort with a happy ending

2012

The Bone Mother

by rinsbane

Rinsbane has written some amazing fics in our fandom including great Snarry fics. So definitely not surprised that they ended up on this list I was making. This fic is one of the most complex and beautiful ones they have written. I am confident that this fic is older than 2012 but I just went by the AO3 posting date.

Andromeda is completely fascinated by Bellatrix. Bellatrix is cold and calculating, even if she does love Andromeda in her own way. Andromeda hates Narcissa who is equally fascinated by Bellatrix. Everything goes to hell when Bellatrix becomes obsessed with Voldemort. Things spiral from there. This is a seriously dark fic. It is brilliantly written and characterized. Bellatrix is predictably cruel. Andromeda is not far from Bellatrix in her personality. They both have a mad obsession and attachment to each other. Voldemort, Narcissa and Ted Tonks change their life but nothing breaks that bond between them even if it gets poisonous and deadly.

They pretend it’s a game, though, no matter how serious it becomes. For if there’s one thing Bella hates, it’s to be out of control. Andromeda would hate it too, if it weren’t Bella seeing her so. In the end, then, Bella thinks she wins because she usually manages to make Andromeda fall apart first, and Andromeda knows she wins because she’s getting exactly what she wants.

Bellatrix/Andromeda

Angst, Horror, dark, bittersweet ending

2013

The Muggles Have a Word for Them

by kelly_chambliss

This fic made me fall in love with the magical portrait matchmaker trope. I loved this fic because it was one of the first fics that I read which was good without being weighty, if that's the right way to explain it. The Fat Lady is a self-appointed Cupid at Hogwarts. Violet is another magical portrait of a woman who isn't famous or heroic who goes in other portraits of Hogwarts to collect gossip for The Fat Lady and helps her to do matchmaking. Their latest targets are Madam Hooch and Professor Sinistra.

"A butch. Madam Hooch is one as well. A woman who acts like a man, wears men's clothes, cuts her hair short. No adornments. Not even the lightest touch of rouge."

Oh, one of those women. Well, I don't know why Violet thinks I need to know some vulgar Muggle term for them. We have such women in the wizarding world, too, of course; we call them "hitches," for "he-witch," a much more tasteful expression, if you ask me. Why Violet doesn't know this, I can't imagine, I mean, she did receive a fine magical education.

Madam Hooch/Sinistra

Humor, Romance with a happy ending

2014

The Judas Sextet

by eldritcher

This fic is the first Voldemort pairing that actually worked for me. He is completely barking mad and somehow a kind lover to Severus. Severus betrays him anyway. After the War, Harry falls in love with Portrait Severus. The sparse but deeply emotional and intense writing style works for Severus. He feels everything so much but he doesn't have the words. And Harry! Harry is brilliant here. The flesh and blood of the characterizations is very much three dimensional and present. Voldemort's madness is written without holding back. Really, really powerful fic.

Perhaps she had expected Harry to call the dead man Severus. He didn’t know why he would. It wasn’t as if he had ever known the man without smokes and mirrors. He was not sure that he mourned the loss of a beloved as the Daily Prophet declared often. He had happened to fall in love with a dead man, after the death had happened.

Severus/Voldemort, Severus/Harry

Pining, Romance with a bittersweet ending.

2015

Gods and Monsters

by writcraft

This fic made me restless and uneasy for days. Umbridge manages to curse Harry through the scar she gave him on his hand with the quill. Years later he is dying because of that. He is plagued by dreams. Severus is affected because he has some of Harry's blood. They are both dying slowly. The author does a great job of showing the layers of their relationship here. They have a lot of emotional unresolved issues between them. Sexual attraction. Bonded by Umbridge's curse. Slowly dying without being able to do anything when their entire life was about doing things. This is a great fic but definitely not an easy one to read.

Snape pointedly ignores Harry and continues. “I am now certain that Potter was cursed before the end of the war. I believe my final interaction with Potter resulted in some of his blood entering my system. The result is, unfortunately for me, that Potter and I appear to have developed some kind of connection which means my life is now inextricably bonded to Potter’s.” Snape finishes with a snort, avoiding Harry’s eyes.

“You didn’t tell me any of this.” Harry clutches his wand and stands, ignoring Kingsley’s attempts to calm him. He shoves his chair backwards. “I’ve been in your company for days and you’ve been stalking me all over the place and you didn’t think to tell me we were bonded?”

Severus/Harry

Angst and horror, dark, Ambiguous ending.

2016

Love in the Eye of a Storm

by rattlesoft

This fic didn't stay with me because of the femslash. It's honestly one of the best divorce and midlife crisis related fics I have read. Narcissa's divorce from Lucius doesn't happen with arguments or fighting. But it is unpleasant and leaves scars.

All of it could be blamed on Lucius. He hadn't been happy about the divorce. That had been clear from the beginning. But, and this was the part that stung now, he had been civil. He hadn't fought over money or possessions. It helped that Narcissa had money of her own. All that civility had dried up or had never really been there at all.

His suggestion of Autrey Island was no longer an olive branch. Narcissa saw it now for what it had always been: a way to get her disconnected from the world so that he could manipulate the public's view.

Narcissa/Hermione

Romance with a happy ending

2017

A Promise Made

by BeyondStarlight

One of the best fics I have read showing Severus's Imposter Syndrome when he comes back to teach at Hogwarts at a young age. This fic is intense. Albus failed the promise to keep Lily alive. Severus still comes back. He doesn't know why. He is tired. Albus makes him swear to live for him. Severus isn't attracted as much as he is clinging to the last thing that's keeping him standing. Albus teaches him Occlumency and their lessons go every bit as disastrously as the time Severus tries to teach Harry. Albus isn't a kind teacher. But there is something between them. It grows and grows. A beautiful and powerful fic. It made me cry for both of them.

Before his eyes, Albus had become another man. He was no longer the Albus he had met first – the Headmaster to his student self. A man not unlike the god Severus had learnt about at home. A distant god, with the power to change the ways, and judge the people. Not always a fair god. And he had seen Albus as the Devil too. More powerful even, but on the other side of the war. A man who believed in his own righteousness and his own justice more than anything. And, not long ago, Albus had become a god once more. A personal god. A father. Who forgave and guided. Now, Albus was no longer an Almighty Being. He was no longer part of a dichotomy – either all virtue, or all sin. Albus was, finally, just who he was. A man. Flawed and beautiful. Strong and soft and warm to the touch.

Albus/Severus

Romance with a tragic ending

2018

Almagest

by eldritcher

Another eldritcher fic! This fic makes me feel everything I am capable of feeling and then some. I am not a fan of Voldemort/Harry fics because of the tropes they usually have and the characterizations they go for. Almagest does the impossible. Beautiful writing, mature characterizations, brilliant plot. Canon divergent after OoTP. Albus is spectacular as the beating heart of the fic. Voldemort is brittle and cautious but he can't really hide his love for astronomy. Harry is true to himself here. Kind even when he doesn't want to be. He can't look away from the wreckage of the relationship Voldemort and Albus had. He falls in love with astronomy just like Albus and Voldemort. Albus sacrifices himself to save the world. Voldemort breaks. Harry puts him back together.

He had not minded incorporeality; he had not felt corporeal in his body for most of his life. In Albania, as a spirit, his existence had been simpler. What would he do now? There was no end to this, he knew. Take my triumphs, Albus had said, and had omitted to tell him that he was placing a world upon his shoulders, a world Albus had not wanted to deal with. Death danced in his veins now, and he struggled to overcome being pulled into its mysteries. Mastery was not a single day's combat. He fought the hallows into submission each day, with his will, knowing that the mantle would fall upon Harry if he failed.

The best slash fic I have read.

Albus/Voldemort, Harry/Voldemort

Romance with a bittersweet ending

2019

a certain optimism

by hippocrates460

hippocrates460 writes an amazing Snarry. I love all their fics but this one is special to me because it made me fall in love with Snarry again. Definitely different from the earlier classics but absolutely beautiful. The first secret identity conversations in a book fic I loved. The characterization for Severus is amazing. What he feels, how much of that he is willing to share (not much). The book is a lifeline for both Severus and Harry during the war. This isn't a surprise given what they were doing. But after the war they need it just as much to stay afloat in The New Life.

The person that has the other book, Severus has started thinking of them as The Person That Has The Other Book, writes as often as they did during the war.

Severus/Harry

Romance with a happy ending

2020

Crooked Neighbors

by earlybloomingparentheses

Set during PoA. Remus is appointed to teach at Hogwarts. He gets along with the staff just fine. Albus asks Severus to make Wolfsbane for him. Things are going well...until he hears about Sirius Black put on the line to be Kissed. Albus tries to show connection by sharing a memory with Remus. Instead of getting the comfort, Remus gets fascinated by seeing Albus as a man. It snowballs from there. The author is really good at hinting about the complicated motivations Remus has. But things don't become easier for Remus. Sirius has broken out of Azkaban. Harry is in danger. Remus finds out that Sirius is at Hogwarts but he doesn't tell anybody. It is a predictable tragedy from there but that doesn't make the blow land softer.

Remus/Sirius, Remus/Albus

Angst with a bittersweet ending

2021

Pandemic

by eldritcher

Another eldritcher fic! Not a surprise given that the author is really good at mature psychological characterization that shows instead of tells. I am a big fan of how they balance grand saga plots with intimate relationship progression between the characters. Pacing is brilliant. Their fics take unique directions especially when it comes to relationships and sexuality.

Pandemic can quickly trip you up at every turn if you aren't paying attention. Brilliant, layered, subversive and packs a punch. Yes, it's set in 2020. Yes, there is the pandemic and its tragic effects in the community. But there's also Harry, who is now a 40 year old single gay man waiting for the spark with a midlife crisis. We find out they ended the war in the 90s by dividing the country into two. Voldemort appointed Griselda Minister in his half. Dumbledore is still the Headmaster and Fudge the Minister in their half. The Pandemic response brings them together after two decades since the war was ended with this pact. It feels at first look that it's a standard slash fic around Gellert, Albus, Voldemort and Harry. The fic peels the layers to show us four pandemics (Spanish Flu, Polio, HIV, Coronavirus) and four women (Ariana, Minerva, Narcissa, Delphi) and how they changed the course of the Wizarding World. A story told in motifs of rivers, astronomy and wandlore.

"I had an epiphany on the nature of viruses."

"Pray tell."

"They spread by touch, by proximity, by intimacy. How clever of them to know that we, in our imperfections and desperate loneliness, crave to seek and hold and be held, as is the course of human things."

Abraxas/Voldemort, Harry/Voldemort

Romance with a bittersweet ending

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Severus Snape x James Potter Fic Recs

let’s get to it, these are the best ones for me,

1. Earning His Forgiveness by OwlsWithFins

(this one is well-written i gotta admit)

2. La douleur exquise by SpicyWolfsbane

"He was the boy mercilessly in love with his own hangman" .

(Snape love James, but totally unrequited)

3. Actions Speak Louder Than Words by TeaWithMeAtThree

'James watched awkwardly as Severus’ back shook. The boy was not crying, but the motion was that of someone unmistakeably broken. James stepped forwards again and lowered himself to his knees, ignoring the mud now painted on his trousers. “I’m sorry,” he whispered.'

When James releases the spell levitating Severus, the boy falls and hits his head against the ground. Once they have all gone, James returns to Severus. Angst, apologies, comfort, rain and a little ray of sunshine.

(fluff!)

4. Cake, Please! by BeyondStarlight

A story of blackmail, the wonderful world of sexuality, and lots of cake.

5. Pretending by FrankieQuinn13

"Pretend I'm him." Severus hurts and receives some unconventional help from a very unlikely source.

(This one hurts SO bad! unrequited love)

6. Unfortunate Beginnings by JocelynBarro

Snape's worst memory from his time at Hogwarts, but reimagined with alpha/beta/omega dynamics. What would happen if James Potter was an alpha and Severus Snape was an omega--especially one in heat? This is set in Severus' fifth year at Hogwarts.

(h o t)

7. The Friend of a Friend by GoldenEmpire

(this is still my number one fav of snames. angst, fluff)

#snames #severus snape x james potter #james x severus #fic recs #harry potter #my post

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sneverus · 5 years

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Monster

Severus Snape / Albus Dumbledore

Werewolf AU: Snape was bitten by Lupin. Many years later, Dumbledore still feels guilty.

Warnings: non-con or dubious con

You can also read this fic on AO3 under the same name, my username is BeyondStarlight.

Severus is tied up. Hands. Feet. Face down. He is screaming, sometimes nearly growling. Nails digging into the wooden bedframe. His scratch marks aren’t quite human, aren’t quite animal.

Tense. The muscles of his back are rock hard. Scars weaving into one another. Albus wishes he could run his hands over them. Softly. Gently. It will only make things worse. Later, he reminds himself. Later he can be gentle. When the damage has been done.

For now, his fingers are tightly interlocked with Severus’ hair. Holding his head back. He wants to shush him. It will only make things worse. Later. Later. He thinks he ought to hate himself. For agreeing to this. For being aroused by this. It helps, of course. For now, the desire is good. Carnal as it may be. That heavy, hot feeling. That restlessness. That too tight too good feeling of sliding into him. Fucking him, roughly, until the young man can’t help but arch his back and his moans become long and drawn out. Until the energy is burnt up. Until the anger turns to lust, greed, need. Severus’ cock drips with precum. His hips jerk forward desperately. He moans, screams, curses, begs – then shudders violently through his release.

Every move he makes echoes through Albus. He trembles through his orgasm and Albus pulls him closer. Burning skin against burning skin. Until he himself can’t hold back anymore, and comes without making a sound.

There is plenty of time to feel disgusted with himself. Later.

Severus sinks into the mattress. The energy is drained out of him. The anger is, temporarily, replaced with numbness. No more lust for blood. No more trying to tear through his own skin. No more intrusive thoughts. Of sinking his teeth into someone’s throat. Of gurgling on their blood. Of fucking them as they bleed to death. He curls up. He wouldn’t. He wouldn’t do the things that flash before his eyes. He craves them. His hands itch for blood. But he wouldn’t. He repeats it to himself. He wouldn’t. He hates these thoughts. He hates himself. He wouldn’t.

Warmth. Severus shivers. He is cold. Albus’ body next to him. He clings onto it. His body feel so heavy, so limp, yet it moves, curls itself around Albus. His face is buried in the crook of Albus’ neck. The thought of sinking his teeth into his throat passes through his mind. It does not linger.

He does not remember waking up. He is not aware that he is not himself. His body is white hot with pain. His limbs are too long. His tongue hanging out of his mouth, in between his knife-like teeth. His nails tear through everything they meet. The taste of blood hangs heavily in the air. He follows it, instinctively. Where the treetops part, the moonlight burns on his skin.

“Hold still.”

Minerva halts. Her raised fist pauses in the air, moments away from knocking Severus’ door. Even from behind the door, Albus sounds unlike himself. Exhausted. Angry. The vial of wolfsbane weighs heavy in Minerva’s hand. Like lead. It’s stench immediately catches up with her. Sharp. Warm. Nauseating.

She listens. She knows she shouldn’t, but then again Albus could just keep her informed of matters, rather than leaving her in the dark. Severus hisses. There is a rustle of clothing. A thud. A glass hits the floor but doesn’t shatter. A long pause.

“I said,” Albus says slowly, “Hold. Still.”

“Let go! Let go or I’ll rip your fucking throat out! You think I won’t? You think I- You think I- You smug bastard! I hate you!”

Ah. Severus is drunk.

“I’ll kill you!”

Again.

“Let go you fucking- ah- you monster- no- nnh-”

Minerva instinctively almost takes a step forward. Then forces herself to take a step back. Moans. Muted behind the door. Moans of pain or pleasure – it’s hard to tell. She wonders sometimes whether Severus can tell the two apart. She looks away, into the empty corridor, and then delicately puts the vial on the floor. She pretends, perhaps more for her own sake than for anyone else’s, that she doesn’t hear anything. That she doesn’t hear the breaths sucked in through Severus’ teeth, the shaky gasps for air, the slap of skin on skin. Albus ought to know better. He ought to be ashamed.

“Ah- Albus, please- please-”

Perhaps she is the one who ought to be ashamed, for turning her back and letting this happen.

Albus has barely stepped out of the bathroom when he searches for Severus’ silhouette in the bed. Nowadays, he half expects Severus to flee at every chance he gets. Sometimes, he can’t blame him. He runs his hand through his damp hair and straightens his robes. It is four in the morning. In three hours, he meets with the Order. For a few long moments he just stands there, half-asleep, watching Severus.

Severus – who is finally still. He rarely is. If he is not asleep, he paces. Fights. Works. Drinks. He is caught up in the thrum of the beast within him. Seeing him like this – his frail figure, sallow skin marred with scars that look pale white against his dark skin – it doesn’t surprise Albus. He seems too feeble to contain such a monster within himself. Even in his sleep, though he is still, he isn’t peaceful. Sweat pearls together on his forehead, and his breaths are quick and shallow.

Albus watches him and catches his every movement. Out of habit, perhaps. The rise and fall of his chest. How his eyes move back and forth beneath his eyelids. The delicate movement of his throat when he swallows.

Dark streaks of blood taint the sheets. He sits down beside him with a towel, a bowl of water, and an array of potions. Slowly, he cleans the dried blood from between Severus’ fingers and from underneath his nails, and then he carefully coats his wounds with salve. Years ago, Severus used to flinch awake at this. Snarling through his tears. Now he doesn’t even stir. Albus can feel the flesh and skin mending itself. It’s an unpleasant sensation. Beneath his fingertips, Severus’ body is ripping itself apart and re-attaching itself, but he has been broken and mended too many times to feel it still.

A deep gash runs down Severus’ shoulder, ending on his chest. The wound is trying to heal itself around the silver barb embedded into his flesh. Every now and then Severus will come home with one of these. Albus holds the protruding silver firmly between his thumb and index finger. Then sharply yanks it out.

He is too exhausted to react. He lets it happen. He has no energy left to fight it anymore. Almost as though it happens in slow motion, Severus jerk awake. Eyes wide and feral. Albus feels the floor beneath him before he realises they are falling. Severus is on him. His whole body is tense and shaking. His teeth, blunt and human, press into Albus’ throat.

One day Severus will not pull back. One day he will, perhaps instinctively, perhaps not, surrender to the urge to bite down. That desperate need for blood. For revenge. For release.

But today Severus slinks back. He collapses on the floor and lets out a broken cry.

“I hate you”, he mouths between gasps. His hands running blindly over the wound in his shoulders. Blood running over his clean hands once more. “I hate you.”

Severus starts awake. Hazy visions fill his head. Memories or nightmares. He remembers the forest and the moon – if he does not spend the night with them, they come to him in his dreams. His limbs feel heavy.

Albus. He looks around. Where is Albus? He stumbles out of the bed. His head is light. He sinks to his knees. Crawls out of the bedroom. His body aches. Where is Albus? He gets back on his feet. Wanders from room to room, barely registering anything. His foot catches behind some sheets and he trips. A loud bang. Darkness.

Cold. Why is he on the floor? Where is Albus? He gets back on his feet. His head throbs. It’s too hot. Suffocating. He pulls at the bandages on his chest and shoulder. Too hot. Breathe. Where is Albus? He wipes the sweat from his forehead. His hands grasp at the door handle of his quarters, but it won’t open. He scratches at the door. Blunt nails. There is blood on his hands. He steps back, nearly falls again. Blood on his chest. Thick, dark droplets dripping down from his shoulder. His head throbs. Where is Albus? He screams. A primal sound. Kicks the door. His toe hurts. Kicks it again. Screams again. He can’t tell when the hoarse sound coming out of his mouth turned into a sob. His head is spinning. Where is Albus?

The door opens and closes rapidly. Not Albus. Minerva. A deep growl rises from Severus’ chest. She eyes him tiredly.

She ought to have reprimanded Albus. Ought to have had words with him. How dare he. When Severus is at his weakest. Use him. Harm him. How dare he. She wipes the sweat off of Severus’ forehead. His eyelids flutter. The effects of the moon are fading, slowly. The wounds are still unhealed. Severus is feverish. She carefully runs her fingertip alongside the swollen flesh around the wound.

Her eyes drift lower. Fingertip-shaped bruises are littered across Severus’ hips. She has to put a halt to this. Yet there is only one word, one name, on Severus’ pale lips. He keeps asking for him. Keeps glancing around the room furtively, as though he is afraid to fall asleep without him.

When Albus finally does enter the room, it is as though Severus can breathe again. His muscles, hard as stone, suddenly relax, and he seems to melt into the mattress. His eyes light up, and when Albus’ hand rests on his forehead they slowly close. She knows how they snap back open, red-rimmed and unseeing, the moment Albus leaves the room. She knows she will say nothing. And she knows that every full moon when Severus loses himself Albus will be there to bring him back. And she doesn’t know whom she should feel more sorry for.

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#snumbledore #severus snape #snapedom #albus dumbledore #fanfic

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