#snily thoughts

[shadesofgreyy]

Ooh, I got the impression that Lily actually felt quite betrayed and hurt, especially when she said things like, “It’s too late, I’ve made excuses for you for years, you and your precious little Death Eater friends... you don’t even deny what you’re all aiming to be.”  And then her giving him a contemptuous look right before leaving too. That really doesn’t sound like someone who’s moved on or forgiven to me; it sounds more like someone who’s reached their breaking point. There's this clear sense of hurt and frustration that she can no longer ignore the reality of the choices Snape is making, which is understandable, because in her mind, he wants to be join the people that wants to eradicate her kind, which is like a huge betrayal for her. I also think there’s a limit to her ability to understand him. Their upbringings were quite different. Lily was loved by her parents (unlike Snape) and was better off economically than Snape. Their different upbringings shaped them in ways that would make it hard for Lily to fully grasp why Snape would align himself with people like Mulciber and Avery, despite knowing about his home life and being empathetic to it. Especially since she and Snape were just teenagers, there was likely a communication barrier where Snape couldn’t or wouldn’t open up about all of his feelings and struggles. For instance, in their conversation (the memory right before SWM happened), when Lily calls out Snape for hanging out with Mulciber and Avery and tells him directly that she doesn't understand what he sees in them and why he hangs out with them, he deflects by bringing up the Marauders instead, not communicating with her. He wasn’t giving her reasons for his choices or needs, and I think a lot of that comes down to his own pride, insecurity and need for independence. The way he lashed out with "mudblood" in SWM too shows just how much he hated feeling vulnerable. He didn’t want to be seen as weak or pitied, and that made it even harder for him to open up to Lily imo. And it didn't help that James was literally humiliating Snape in front of Lily on purpose to show off his dominance and strength and highlight Snape's weakness and "unworthiness". It’s tragic because Lily loved him and tried to understand his choices, but the "clash" in communication and values made that impossible. I don’t think forgiveness was something she was ready for at that point tbh, but that's just my interpretation. She did move on though after that.

i keep pondering over in my head wether lily potter would have forgiven snape. on one hand i’m like fuck no, i don’t care what anybody says she would have NOT forgiven him. on the other i’m thinking that despite all the bullshit in the end he did switch sides and protect harry (despite being a complete arsehole to him and only really doing it cause of his love? obsession? for lily)

open to hearing anyones thoughts on this

[darkcrowprincess]

I'm a fan of both. Harry deserves all the love and family he can get.

[quillkiller]

okay but what about teenage mom lily going to college after divorcing her high school sweetheart and she’s raising harry part time in a shitty flat off campus and then she sees her childhood best friend again she hasnt talked to in years. and also said childhood best friend is now a woman

[wookiecookiesfactory]

Severus is definitly into milfs, he is not step father material tho, those kids are being sent to a boarding school as soon as he gets the chance

[tremendouszinelovermug]

Me, in a sarcastic voice: oh, just a man holding his dead bestfriend body for the last time, creepy, huh?

_

Jokes aside, I would give my all just to go back in time and hold my bestfriend one last time, or maybe became a better friend.

I'm happy that he was given the chance in the movies even if it was misunderstood.

[iamnmbr3]

snucius, snily, linny

snucius:

category 2: makes sense, doesn't compel me. i get it. i do. prefect lucius took snape under his wing. they were death eaters together. they stayed friends for years after the war (except not actually because snape was secretly working against lucius). their power dynamic shifted because although lucius was a wealthy pureblood and snape was a penniless halfblood voldemort favored snape...especially after his return when lucius fell out of favor with him. there's tons of stuff that that should make it compelling. but they both are just don't fit together somehow and are so much more interesting with other people. I just can't bring myself to care.

snily:

YES. category 1: makes sense, compels me. unpopular opinion but I am SO here for this ship. however, i'm here for it in a toxic heathcliff and catherine type way. give me feral snape and equally feral lily. snape likes inventing spells and exploring dark magic and so does lily. harry doesn't just survive the killing curse due to a lucky sacrifice. he survives due to a willing blood offering and some frankly desperate, dangerous and downright insane blood magic on lily's part. snape is the only one who ever really sees her. let them be vicious and obsessed and rough around the edges. give me the disaster snily ship i crave.

linny:

don't kill me but personally for me this is a category 4: doesn't make sense, doesn't compel me. I feel like this ship works more in fanon with different personalities for the characters than in canon. luna and ginny were never that close. ginny is the first one to say luna is weird and call her looney. and yeah she defends luna once in book 6 but like. we never really see them hanging out and they seem to be different sorts of ppl. I can see how it could work - if we imagine ginny as an outcast post book 2 experiences and have her end up bonding with luna over that. i don't hate it or anything. im just...indifferent;.

send me a ship and I'll tell you which of these categories it falls into

[atlasdoe]

i've been watching bojack horsemen for the first time and i have the urge to write a snape centric fic inspired by the show

[ms-dead-inside]

"Shipping Regulily is the same as shipping Snily."

No, it's not. And here's why:

Snape and Lily started out differently than Regulus and Lily. Snape was her childhood friend. While Lily probably had muggle friends, he was the only one to understand what she was going through when she had bouts of accidental magic. He showed her she wasn't a freak like her older sister was saying. Which is why what happened between them was a betrayal. He was already her friend, and he called her the worst racial slur possible against muggleborns (in public, no less), because he was embarrassed when she stood up for him like the good friend she was. Because it wasn't just about calling Lily names. It was the fact that he thought poorly about muggleborns, and Lily was just the exception.

And instead of taking that moment as a learning experience and turning neutral, at the very least, with the hope that they could restart their friendship if he shows he's actually changed, Snape doubles down. He joins Voldemort and moves up the ranks. There's a train of thought that if Voldemort hadn't killed Lily Potter, then Snape would have remained a death eater, and I agree with it whole-heartedly.

Compare that to Regulus, who was canonically kind to his house elf, a creature most are dismissive of at best and downright abusive to at worst, despite growing up in the Black House with Walburga of all mothers. Would he have ingrained prejudices due to his upbringing? Of course. But he is willing to change, and that is the difference. He sacrificed his life to betray everything his family wanted for him in order to help stop Voldemort.

The best part? He wasn't Lily's friend originally. Their relationship could start of with cool indifference and being coldly polite with each other. It's only after spending time with Lily does Regulus start to critically think about his prejudices. And Lily, who realizes this, is more than happy to show him that there is more to muggleborns and muggles than his family thinks.

Regulily is different than Snily because when Regulily gets together, whether romantic or platonic, Regulus has already faced his internal prejudices. There isn't an undertone of, "I dislike muggleborns, but I like you."

Of course, this is simply my opinion.

[umihoshi]

Levicorpus and Snape's worst day

dunno if any of this was mentioned in the books, but...

In Halfblood Prince, we find that Snape (re?)invented the Levicorpus spell. Harry mistakenly believes James might be the halfblood prince, since he used it on Snape in his 5th year.

so, how did James know this spell? We know that right after this prank, Snape calls Lily a mudblood, saying he doesn't need her help.

I think those 2 may be connected. what happened is: Snape thought of the spell. He told Lily about it. Lily told James. James used it on Snape. Snape felt utterly betrayed and called her a mudblood.

It was still not okay to say that to his childhood friend, but it would make more sense that way. and it would add a new layer as to why that was Snape's worst day...

[seriousbrat]

hunger, 1128 words

COKEWORTH, 1971

Lily is crying.

“Oh, you mustn’t listen to your sister, love,” Rosalind Evans says kindly. “You know she’s only teasing.”

“But…” Lily sniffles. “She’s so— horrible— she must’ve heard me and Sev talking about Werewolves yesterday, and she said she hopes me and Sev are eaten by Werewolves!”

Ordinarily, Rosalind might open with a soothing “hush, sweetheart, werewolves aren’t real”— but nowadays she hardly seems to know what might or might not be real after all.

“Lily, Petunia doesn’t mean it,” Rosalind says instead.

The doorbell rings.

Rosalind goes to answer it— on the other side stands a scrawny boy, black-haired, looking up at her with a rather nervous expression.

As it always does when she sees this odd boy from Spinner’s End, Rosalind’s heart gives a little twinge of pity.

Sev is a curious lad from a bad family, for Tobias and Eileen Snape aren’t the sort of people that one typically bumps into on Dorlcote Close. They, along with their son— a strange boy, sullen and brooding and clad in ill-fitting clothes— live in the bad part of town, down Spinner’s End near the mill. Sometimes when Severus steps outside his house he treads on abandoned needles and bits of glass, and sometimes shattered glass litters the floor of his own kitchen, too, following one of his father’s rages— the sort he never tells the kindly Evanses about. Eileen Snape and Rosalind Evans have never met— they could not be more different.

“Oh, hullo, love,” Rosalind says warmly. She is an uncommonly kind woman, and merely takes pity on the boy who— in her professional opinion as a mother— always looks vastly underfed. “Won’t you come in— Lily’s in the sitting room.”

Severus enters shyly, hands tightly intertwined behind his back.

Lily hurries out— not a trace of a tear on her face.

“Sev!” she says breathlessly. “Mum, can we go out to the park?”

“Oh, I suppose,” Rosalind says. “Severus, would you like something to eat, first, love?”

“No, Mum, let him alone,” Lily says, rolling her eyes, before Severus can answer. “Come on, Sev, let’s go.”

“Well— at least buy yourselves a packet of crisps from the corner shop,” Rosalind says, rummaging in her purse for change. She presses 50p into Severus’s small, clammy hand.

He stares at it, wide-eyed, then up at her.

“Go on, then,” Rosalind says fondly.

Once outside the door, Lily whirls around. “You wouldn’t believe what Petunia said to me today—”

“What’s that, then?” Sev says, staring at the 50p piece.

“She said she hopes we’re both eaten by Werewolves! Can you believe that?”

“Yeah,” Sev says listlessly. “Your sister’s a stupid cow. But what does she know anyway, there’s no Werewolves in Cokeworth.”

Lily laughs. “Yeah, too right.”

Sev starts to walk, thumbing the seven-sided coin.

“Park’s this way?” Lily says, sticking her hands on her hips.

“I thought we were going round the shop,” he mumbles.

“Oh, fine, then, if you like,” she huffs, grasping his arm as they head down the road.

“She gave me a whole 50p,” Sev says wonderingly, holding it up to the light, as if it might be fake. “That’s enough for two bags of crisps.”

“So?” Lily says, blissfully unaware of what this might mean to her best friend. “We can get a fizzy pop too if you like.”

“Yeah!” Sev says enthusiastically, dazzled by the prospect of so much sugar and snack foods.

They enter the shop— the bell jangles.

Salman, the cashier, looks up as they enter.

“Hello, Lily,” he says, before peering suspiciously over at Sev. “Hands off!” he snaps as Sev’s grubby little hands reach curiously for a magazine on a nearby rack.

“Was only looking,” Sev says sullenly, retracting his hand.

Sev selects a packet of cheese and onion Walkers from the shelf and waits for Lily to choose a fizzy pop; when they both set their items on the counter, Salman looks at Lily expectantly.

“I’ve got it,” Sev says, and he hands him the 50p piece.

Salman looks at it suspiciously, holding it up to the light as Sev had done. Finally, accepting its veracity, he counts out the change and gives it to Severus.

Severus thrusts the coins into his pocket, thinking he’s got enough at least for a Mars Bar later on— then Lily pulls him back out into the bright sunlight.

They head towards the park, their old haunt. It’s deserted, and the swings creak rustily in the slight breeze.

There’s a crackle as Lily opens her can of Coke; Sev, trying not to seem too eager but quickly abandoning the pursuit as his stomach growls in anticipation, tears the bag of crisps open— he reaches in and crams a fistful into his mouth.

Lily laughs at him as he chews noisily and swallows. She takes a seat on the nearest swing, and he follows suit. They kick their legs back and forth idly.

“What’re they like?”

Sev attempts to swallow a fresh mouthful of crisps. “Hmm?”

“Werewolves, I mean. Are they really vicious?”

Her eyes are wide, solemn.

“Oh, yeah,” Sev says knowledgably. “They attack at night, but only when it’s a full moon. And if they bite you, you turn into one of them.”

“Where do they go the rest of the time?” Lily says, frowning. “When it’s not a full moon, I mean.”

“Well, that’s the thing. During the day, they look human, just like you and me. They could be anywhere, waiting ‘til nightfall so they can strike.”

Lily takes a worried slurp of Coke. “So there could be a werewolf in Cokeworth, and we wouldn’t know.”

“Nah,” Sev says, shaking his head. “Though, come to think of it…”

“What?”

“Well, Mrs. Froggatt from the post office— she’s hairy enough, in’t she?”

Lily laughs, snorting Coke everywhere. “Come off it!”

“Have you seen her moustache?”

They giggle. Lily hands him the can. He takes a swig, then looks mournfully down at the packet of crisps, which is substantially less heavy now. “Sorry, I ate most of them already.”

“That’s alright,” Lily says unconcernedly. “Wasn’t really hungry, anyway.”

They swing, and talk about Hogwarts, and how excited they are— regretfully, Sev swipes the bag of crisps with a sticky, salty finger, trying to collect every last flavourful crumb.

“Lily! Severus!”

Rosalind is hurrying towards them, her apron flapping in the breeze.

“Mu-u-um,” Lily says. “We’re busy, I’ll be in in a sec.”

“I know, love, didn’t mean to interrupt,” Rosalind says. “Just wanted to see if Sev’d like to stay for tea?”

“Oh, go on, Sev, say yes!” Lily says, eyes shining excitedly.

“Yes please, Mrs. Evans,” Sev says, unable to stop a grin unfurling on his face.

[neaverse]

do you ship snily?

Uhhhh no? Not at all😳

[darkcrowprincess]

Shadowhunters au(and me just basically making up my own story):

Jegulus shadowhunters au where James is a mundane that Regulus saves his life. Regulus is looking for his older brother who went missing. Unknowingly to him his cruel parents have something to do with it. I just want a fic where James is a completely normal mundane who got sucked up into this shadowhunters mess completely by accident. This shadowhunters au takes place in the 70s of Paris France 🇫🇷. James is there going on vacation with his family( Monty and Effie are mundanes too, but they've heard of legends that they never told James). I'm imagining gargoyle demons in this fic. And kisses amongst paintings and Notre Dame. Would also love to add some Snily in this. Yes I'm a marauders and snape fan. I'd love to picture Lily and Snape in this as Warlocks. I just love slytherin x gryffindor ships and I want all of it in this.

(Don't like don't read. Post hate and I'll block you!)

[st-severus]

There’s also the fact that James and co. treated him very badly so they might not what to bring the Snily friendship up because they feel ashamed or at least awkward about it. It’s not a super comfortable thing to bring up in conversation, telling an orphan that his dead hero father was a bully. Although they definitely either lie to him or don’t want to realize the truth themselves.

Not wanting to fully accept how their actions played a part in helping radicalize someone over to the dark side could be a bit of an in-universe answer, since they absolutely would’ve known that Snape and Lily were friends. The first time they all met, he and Lily were on the train together…

Now that I’m thinking of it, how was it never mentioned to Harry by Sirius or Remus that Snape and Lily were friends??? I mean with how much attention James spent on Lily and Sirius spent on Snape there was no way they didn’t know they were close friends. So either they weren’t as close as Snape thought they were, they weren’t friendly in public (lily with shame from snape, snape with shame from lily being a muggleborn, or slytheirn vs gryffindor issues) or they deliberately kept this fact from Harry.

[trashmouththeorist]

severus snape fic recs

my personal favs

Young Snape:

a life of smoke and silvered glass: Slight AU in which Severus apologizes, tries harder, and stays friends with Lily. Severus doesn't become a Death Eater because he believes in it, Jily get married. Sweet, slightly sad ending. (So cute).

Falling Apart: Time travel fic, no pairings, Severus goes back to when James levicorpused him. (I loved this, I loved how Mary was included and Avery had a redemption arc. Severus never calls Lily mudblood.)

in glory and in ruin: Mulciber/Snape but it's not a main part of it. Basically, a Triwizard Tournament in between the school houses, and Severus gets chosen even though he's only 16. The Marauders and Lily aren't really in it, focuses on Snape's Gang, Charity and Aurora. WIP, and I LOVE it!

The Gryffindor Sort: WIP. Long. In which Severus is a Gryffindor, Lupin is hiding something, Potter and Black are the worst, and there's a Wizarding War about to erupt.

Severus and the Marauders: Long. What if instead of being insulted and excluded from the group, Severus was embraced instead. After all, it was the actions of the group that shaped history from the sidelines. So what if they shaped history a little differently?

That Awful Snape Boy: It had all happened on Wednesday 3rd of September 1973; Minerva committed the date to memory. She would always be amazed that this discussion could happen in the first place. If the boy hadn’t been unconscious, would they even have learnt anything before it was too late?

The Unwanted Boy From Spinner's End: Severus Snape’s existence is a mistake. His mother hints at it often enough with her regretful, drawn-out sighs, while his father prefers to get the message across with a good strapping and a lecture on his worthlessness. Needless to say, the twelve-year-old is not particularly inclined to trust adults, no matter how concerned or caring they claim to be. His life changes abruptly, however, one late evening in September when an illicit brewing session results in a forced trip to the Hogwarts infirmary. Not only is the truth about Severus' home life discovered, but an investigation reveals that shortly prior to his mother’s unexpected death, a single piece of parchment was deposited into her Gringotts vault—a Last Will and Testament in which Eileen Snape n��e Prince grants guardianship of her son to none other than Albus Dumbledore himself.

To Recollect the Future: Hindsight is 20/20, but when Harry's last steps into the forest set him back further than he'd ever thought, he never realised how grateful he'd be to have Snape there to help too.

Severus' choice: How one choice changed history's course, or the life of Severus Snape from Hogwarts to adulthood if characters were less caricatural, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters were more than bogeymen. This is an AU, events before and after may differ from the books.

the lost generation: The Marauders era at Hogwarts, Voldemort's rise to power and the subsequent war, family loyalties and dishonour, and the struggles of friendship in a difficult time.

Snily:

Come Once Again and Love Me: My favourite Snily fic ever. Snape and Lily time travel back from their individual deaths to when they were still at Hogwarts. Realistic-Lily misses James and Harry and their falling in love is slow burn too. Made me want to cry. I almost liked James!

The Fields of Summer: Short and sad. His past was bleeding into the present, just as his future was bleeding out of the gaping wound in his neck. And since memories were useless to a dead man, Snape plucked them out of his mind and gave them to The Boy Who Lived. He didn’t realize that in so doing, he’d forget her.

seventeen moons: After the werewolf prank. Severus was bitten and Lily figures it out. I hated Sirius so much and he was barely in it but he wasn't villainised-it's just the consequences of his own actions.. Loved the Snily! Short.

Surprising Lessons: Tensions run high between the students of Hogwarts in the time when Severus Snape, Lily Evans, and the Marauders are teenagers. New spells are invented, insults are traded, new bonds form, and unexpected support blooms. Short and sweet.

Vox Severus: SO cute. When Severus Snape's voice changes in fourth year, everyone notices.

Ambiguous: Order member Lily did not have a baby. Death Eater Severus did not hear a prophecy. Consequently, the Dark Lord did not fall. ...but what happens when a long forgotten prophecy suddenly shakes, and flashes through the colours of the spectrum..?

Switching Wands: Severus and Lily acted as best friends should and talked about the Whomping Willow incident. Lily is less than impressed with Potter’s behaviour from that point onward.

Her Slytherin, His Gryffindor: Lily has had enough of James' bullying ways, so she decides to finally take advantage of her Prefect status. Or, in another universe, Lily helps Severus, and they become even closer.

Sweet Root: Lily decides to get Severus drunk one summer night. Angst thereby incurred happily resolves itself into, uh, happiness.

You Don't Bug Me: “Is there any reason you’re half naked in my room?”

Snape/Sirius:

Two Sides: A time travel fic where Severus and Sirius find themselves back on the evening before they graduated Hogwarts. With no idea how and why that happened, they set out to get back to their respective timelines. After all, Sirius has to save Harry at the Minstry of Magic, and Severus needs to tell Potter about the final Horcrux. Right? Too bad that they find themselves back on that evening over and over again. (Personal thoughts: I loved this one, very in character and I loved how they 'fixed' their regrets of the past).

Broken Me Found Broken You: It’s determined that Severus Snape and Sirius Black are immune to punishment after years of near-fatal pranks, bullying, and homemade curses. The only person who thinks them capable of ending the feud and finishing their education is Professor McGonagall. For the summer of ‘77, she gives them a pair of charmed hand mirrors and an ultimatum: communicate. That’s it, a mere ten minutes every Saturday. Back at Hogwarts, when their animosity proves insurmountable, Sirius and Severus are relegated to a small, Eighth Year dormitory. The tight quarters—wandless—are intended to force them to make a peaceful reconciliation, but peace is impossible with a bloody war ramping up inside and outside the castle.

Sorry: Sirius Black decides to make amends for the horrid way he treated Snape when they were teenages. Snape is less than amenable to the idea. (Written around the time of book three/four). Basically, Sirius apologises a lot. And then some fucking.

The Sin in Your Grin (And the Shape of Your Mouth): The Order needed Sirius, but he doubted they'd mourn him very long when he finally disappeared. The first Wizarding war, Snape and Sirius are fucking. Sirius thinks Remus is the spy, Severus tells him otherwise. Canon-compliant: James and Lily die, Peter is the spy. The last line. Shaking.

Dead Reckoning: Severus Snape delivers a potion to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, holding a twenty-year-old grudge in his heart. He has yearned for revenge for so long—and he will have it. Along with something else he did not ask for.

Beyond The Veil: In one world, Sirius Black ignored Severus Snape's warning and went to the Department of Mysteries to save his godson's life. He died and went beyond the veil. In another world, Sirius Black stayed back. This made all the difference. An AU where Sirius Black survived and now knew Severus Snape's deepest secret.

Rings And Ringing Bells: A bastardisation of a traditional love story. Two men both broken by the world are at wit’s end trying not to kill each other. There’s Severus, a bitter insult who does not take fools lightly, and Sirius, a drunkard who has a habit of pressing his buttons. It involves a curse which forces them to get married, an immaculate conception, and the blurring of the line between hate and love. They fear that they have no control over their lives and are doomed to make the mistakes their parents had done before them. They’re not good for each other, but the fiasco that is their romance may be enough to teach them how to hate each other and themselves a little less.

Always (Come For Me): Snape might have been lying when he said Sirius Black wasn't punished for the prank he had pulled on him. It all started with Sirius having to live with the Snapes for the remainder of his summer...

An Interlude: Set during Order of the Phoenix. Snape comes across Black looking through some of his old school things. Memories are stirred up, grudges are held, old conflicts refuse to be resolved, and new ground might be (dis)covered. A series of conversations in the year before a death.

bite your tongue, go to the funeral: A funeral, a departure, a chance encounter, a war, a funeral (again), a snide remark, and a revival.

Two Boys Kissing: Sirius goes to a gay bar and meets the last person he expects. Under cloudy skies, two boys kiss and that one moment comes to define generations of want, need and hope.

An Occlument Heart: Snape knows that, usually, keeping a secret is the bravest thing you can do. But sometimes the bravest thing is to tell one. Complete. Canon (more or less) up to the start of Book 5, when this story begins.

Found in the Moments Between the Search: When Sirius returns from beyond the Veil with knowledge of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he takes on the task of finding and destroying them. Somewhere along the way he finds an unexpected ally and perhaps something more. (AU from the end of OotP, takes place during HBP period)

Walking the Monochrome: That’s what being a dog is like – it's like you’re walking the very edge of the world, where almost all colour has run out, and you know that should you miss a step, you’ll fall off that edge... Then again, you already know all about it. The edge and the falling.” AU of the first war.

Second Life: What happens when two men are given a second chance.

The Welcoming Feast: Severus opened his eyes and he was suddenly inside Grimmauld Place. His hand flew to his neck. He remembered Nagini biting him, Potter coming to him and then he closed his eyes, expecting death, but instead he was back here.

The Devil-and-All to Pay: Albus Dumbledore is mad. Severus is sure of it, when the old man sends him to persuade Sirius Black to come back to England and let the Order use his family home as headquarters. The problem, as always, is that Severus cannot say no.

Black Out: Snape and Black try something they have never done before. Talking.

eighty-twenty: In seventh year James left Severus for Lily. Best choice he could have ever made. It never would have worked out. Besides, he and Lily are married now, she's pregnant with his soon to be child and Severus...Severus is with Sirius.

First and Last and Always: Severus had his wand. He swallowed hard. His wand. Magic. His only defense, because Black outweighed him by at least three stone. But magic was more than enough. Severus had never needed physical prowess. His magical strength, and the keenness of his mind, gave him the advantage. Except when it didn’t.

Visions of Doom: Severus gets injured in the shrieking shack (his fifth year). While unconscious he witnesses some scenes from his future and realizes becoming a death eater wouldn’t bring him power and glory but pain and servitude. He spends the rest of his schooling trying to shape a different future for himself.

Anything by FabulaRasa on AO3.

Remus/Snape:

Fuel the Pyre of Your Enemies: A paired class assignment for Astronomy incites a mutually beneficial agreement between Remus Lupin and Severus Snape. An exploration of sexuality and friendships. (One of my favourite Snupin fics, really realistic. Also no evil!peter).

where the wolfsbane blooms: Remus and Severus friendship, and then more. 7000 words-short but sweet. Severus tries to cure the lycanthropy. James is constantly befuddled.

Have Your Cake and Eat It: Remus POV. Long. Incredible. Changed my world view. I cried with Remus at the end. Still kind of happy! Time travel fic. Remus lives. Realistic for the characters and especially for the seventies (although lowkey Remus is too woke for the nineties why does he know the word heteronormative). I loved Sirius in this one. Lying in hospital after the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus Lupin has a lovely lucid dream that he's gone back to his school days at Hogwarts. Only the day passes, then another, and another, and soon he must face the terrifying possibility that it isn't a dream — that he has irreparably altered the events of the past. Cunegonde is SO good!

DELOCAPONUM: 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏. A new acquaintance to the territory of teaching, an old friend to grief and misfortune, and entirely off on the wrong foot, twenty-one-year-old Professor Severus Snape reverts to an old charm of his — a charm for things that are lost — in attempt to find the one book in which he wrote it. But when the spell starts working against him and mysterious things start happening to his own students, it seems he has no choice but to form an alliance with an old schoolyard enemy in order to find a culprit, a book, and his own identity. And one thing is for certain: the irritating charm of Remus Lupin is nearly impossible to refuse.

Creature Comforts: A classic! Remus and Severus are paired to work together in Care of Magical Creatures in 6th year. Neither one is too happy with the arrangement at first.

That Awful Boy: CLASSIC! Severitus. Petunia lets slip a twenty-year-old secret, and Harry is sent to Spinner's End to study Occlumency early. Severus Snape can see no way in which this could end in catastrophe.

Not Really Here: After the werewolf prank, Severus disappears. He’s still at Hogwarts—at least, he thinks he is—and he’s probably still alive, but no one can see or hear him. Except for Lupin. Remus, meanwhile, is avoiding the other Marauders—as well as everyone else—and Snape becomes the sole exception to his self-appointed isolation. As they work together to look for answers about Severus’ condition, the unlikely pair drift toward friendship. But building a relationship of any kind presents a challenge when neither of them is sure Severus exists at all. I've only read this once but I love it. No Marauders bashing, but no pretending they're saints either. And they have a pretty big part but obvs Snupin is at the forefront.

The Heir to the House of Prince: Harry is the main character and the main ship is Harry and Theo. While Snupin is secondary it's pretty central. Summer of 4th year and Harry's all alone, dealing with his grief and the sudden revelation that James Potter is not his father. Support comes in a strange form. The form of Theo Nott, son of a death Eater. A strange friend who says he'll help him find his true father, whoever this Lord Prince might be. Technically Snily ig? But not really.

Sight Unseen: After losing his sight during the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus struggles to adjust to his new circumstances; when depression threatens to overwhelm him, he receives unexpected assistance from an unknown source.

The Other Side of The Mirror: In sixth year, Remus Lupin nearly killed Severus Snape in wolf form. Miraculously, Severus escaped unharmed. But what if he hadn't?

The Meaning of Mistletoe: What was going on was that Severus Snape had no trouble tracking down one Petunia Evans, now Dursley, to a little town in Surrey where he saw how exactly she was treating her nephew. Which somehow led to last night and Severus knocking on Lupin’s door with a toddler half-asleep in his arms.

Spymaster: Former spymaster and one time headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Severus Snape left the house just once a week on a Tuesday. Wherein Snape wears tracksuit pants and smokes too many cigarettes and Lupin is into it.

Well They're No Friends Of Mine: Whenever his friends pull a prank on Snape, Remus always looks the other way. But what if there's another option?

The Other Side of the Mirror: I haven't read this, but it's a 'what if Remus bit Snape.' 60000 words.

Artemisa Absinthium: The Rat and the Snake: AU set during the First Wizarding War. Severus has defected from the Dark Lord, and become a double agent for Dumbledore. When he learns of an informant it sends the Order into disaray. Can he uncover the identity of the traitor before his own true loyalty is revealed? What price is he willing to pay for his redemption? And can a man like Severus Snape ever be worthy of love?

Capnolagnia: Three times Remus caught Severus Snape smoking.

About Wolves and Snakes: Unfinished. Remus Lupin woke up being fifteen years old again, having no idea how or why. Upon learning that he could not return, he decided that he would try to change the way things happened.

One Thousand Galleons: It's been six years since Remus Lupin, age 25, left England after the death of his father and the slow dissolving of his friendship with the Marauders. A letter from James finds him in Canada at an opportune time, asking him to come home to meet his soon-to-be-born son. Remus never expected that his time away would give him the perfect resume for teaching at Hogwarts, nor did he expect that his return would spark both conflict and resolution. If only he could get the Potion's Professor to understand how sorry he is for the way things turned out. “What is the price for your forgiveness?” --- “One Thousand Galleons.”

Living Legend: Marauders-era fic, Snape decides he needs some "hands-on" experience and chooses Remus as his very special study partner. But there's more to these extracurricular activities than meets the eye.

Lily's Boy: With help from unexpected places, Harry starts on a journey to end the war, and reshape the wizarding world. With how much he looks like James Potter, people have forgotten one important thing about him - he is Lily Evans' son, and she was one hell of a witch. Side Snupin.

It's Not Over Til It's Done: Unfinished. Severus did not expect to survive the Second Wizarding War, but survive he did. Remus didn't either, yet due to unforeseen circumstances, Remus finds himself taking care of Severus in the wake of surviving Nagini's venom.

Ten Aprils: Severus must find a way for Harry to defeat Voldemort. Remus must find a way for Severus to free himself from the past. The Dark Lord is about to attack Hogwarts, and Harry needs to get over his rage, hate and despair in order to learn to summon the phoenix needed to defeat Voldemort. Snape must find the answers, then teach Harry how. In the next thirty minutes. Like it would ever happen.

A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love: A story in which Severus Snape is unable to sleep; a certain werewolf is impersonating Celestina Warbek and cauldrons are used as prevention, sort of.

the week that changed it all: It’s Christmas break in Remus’ 6th year of Hogwarts. Sadly, his parents aren’t home so he has to stay over at Lily’s house for the week. He makes a discovery he didn’t know was possible. The first one was that apparently, Severus lived not far away, the second one was that he started to like the boy.

A Prince By Early Frost: While preparing his chamber for the Philosopher’s Stone, Severus encounters the dark fae borne by a black glass mirror, buried deep beneath the castle. He is chosen, but unsure by what, until over a year later, when a figure from his dreams takes the Defense position, asking for a favor.

Chocolate Cake and Other Intimacies: Remus Lupin is spending his birthday alone in the hospital wing. Severus brings him his homework to cheer him up.

That Awful Snape Boy: It had all happened on Wednesday 3rd of September 1973; Minerva committed the date to memory. She would always be amazed that this discussion could happen in the first place. If the boy hadn’t been unconscious, would they even have learnt anything before it was too late? Guardian fic but Snape is the ward in this one. AU set in the Marauders Era. Rated T to be safe.

Basically anything by McKay on AO3.

Snape/James:

Knowledge of the Gods: Severus was either in a coma and dying, already dead and trapped in some purgatory, completely and utterly insane, or living in the body of his past self. And, perhaps most suspiciously, why did James Potter keep looking at him like that?!

A Touch, A Kiss, A Whisper of Love: After Severus Snape and James Potter find themselves stuck in an awkward detention together, an unlikely friendship forms. As their newfound friendship develops, James discovers something new about himself while Severus tries to fight his growing attraction to the Gryffindor boy.

Cake, Please!: Slight SA gives me the ick, but vaguely fun to read. A story of blackmail, the wonderful world of sexuality, and lots of cake.

Revenge is Sweet: A teenage Snape plots his revenge on James Potter for making his life hell, but little does he know that James has plans of his own that will send both their lives spiraling irrevocably out of control.

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

Absolution: What is it that draws James to Severus? A disease? A curse? A secret wish... a need? Try as he might to ignore the Slytherin, in the end, to Severus is where James always finds himself. **SLOW BUILD** Rated M for... certain kinds of scenes later on.

The Dreamer in the Well: James got the girl....finally. She even stopped being friends with Severus, whom he absolutely hated. But one day, his curiosity changes everything.

Love Is Strange: At the start of his sixth year, James Potter decides to finally stop ruining Severus' life. His friends agree to stop the bullying but what they do not know is the reason why James decided to put an end to it. They think he just matured or grew tired of it but the truth is a little more complicated than that.

A Fickle Thing: James Potter's marriage is failing- What a perfect time to disguise himself as a muggle, follow Severus Snape to what is either a makeshift dance club or a party for gay muggles, and then do a series of things he really should not do.

Rise: Severus Snape was tired of his fate, to be a lowly snake. Luckily, fate was kind to him this time and the arrival of a tournament had come. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, a moment of weakness and strength that led Severus to put his name in the Goblet of Fire. But he was chosen now, and he had no choice but to play in the game, maybe he will live or die, but either way he wasn't going to become what everyone said he would be.

Apocrypha: Two can keep a secret, if one of the two is dead.

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): Long, loved it, well written. James Potter starts his seventh year with a secret. He has amazing friends, Sirius is always right by his side, Lily is finally starting to warm up to him. His life is an endless cycle of partying and drinking. So what if the Wizarding World is on the precipice of war? So what if Severus Snape has disappeared from Hogwarts? That's not James's problem. Life is beautiful, and even if it's all an illusion he wants to hold on to that dream for just a little bit longer.

Colours of Redemption: Severus Snape was meant to die. Instead he was placed into hell. Trapped in timeloops, Severus tries to make sense of the future knowledge he suddenly had. If he made one bad move, everything is reset for him to try again. Being placed into a new house and everyone being nice to him, Severus is doing his best but it is hard. Especially when James Potter is noticing him in a different way.

Goeey Melting Hearts: In their 5th year James, Sirius and Remus over hear a conversation that makes them reconsider their opinions of the ‘future Death Eaters’. The Marauders stop bullying, but guilt eats at James until he decides to apologize. That summer James tracks down Severus, but sees something that crushes him.

Regulus/Snape:

Burning Doves: The first Snape/Regulus I ever read. Regulus needs help with potions and Snape tutors him. Not much Marauders, they're just offscreen assholes. Narcissa and Severus friendship which I always enjoy. It's done, but I haven't finished it yet. Whoops.

Severus and Snape: Severus Snape finds Lily dead in Godric's Hollow, her son's screams echoing in his ears, and decides to end his life with hers. Fate has other ideas. Next thing he knows, he's facing an 11-year-old Lily Evans, on their way to their first year at Hogwarts.

Snape & or / Narcissa:

Seven Days: Severus knows a lot can happen in seven days. Slash.

Living A Lie:  All of her life, Narcissa Black has had to live as the perfect lady, and witch; to never reveal one's inner heart, nor ever go against the wishes of one's family. After being forced into an engagement she does not want during her sixth year at Hogwarts, Narcissa has kept the desires of her heart on ice; particularly, for a wizard her family would never in a million years have approved of: Severus Snape. Even after the birth of her son Draco, she has harbored these desires deep in her heart for the enigmatic Potions Master. But when she comes to Spinners End to ask Severus to watch over Draco at the start of the school term of 1997, she finds that she cannot keep her heart on ice for the wizard of her dreams any longer...

What Lies Beneath: "Please, Professor, I saw him-I saw Snape," Harry said, struggling to breathe, "he's hurt...we've got to find him-we've got to find him right now or he's going to die!" Severus Snape's redemption story told in the span of three books from multiple perspectives.

Snape/Others:

Redemption: Severus died that night at the hands of the Dark Lord, the man he "worked" for and was "loyal", at least that's what the Lord believed him to be, an impeccable servant.  Even so, he ended up dying for his master's snake.  He knew it would happen, he was sure his time was coming, just like the manipulative old goat's plan. However, what would he do when he found out that he wasn't the only one who had the memories of his past life?  How would his life turn out?  Better or worse?

Breaking the Mould: Everyone knew Severus' future. Everyone knew he'd become a death eater, maybe get his mastery in potions and eventually die at his master's hand. But what if they didn't know Severus as well as they thought they did? Rather than conform to the role people expected him to play, Severus takes action. During 6th year he leaves Hogwarts, joining an apprenticeship overseas that guarantees not only a future but his own happiness. Meanwhile the Marauders (minus Peter) are left regretting what can never be. They each had a secret, something none of them were willing to admit. Only now it's too late. But what happens when Severus re-emerges during the war? Not a death eater, not a teacher even. But a strong, independent and most importantly a free man. How will the marauders react?

Dinner and a Show: James takes Lily out to dinner, an unhappy evening made more difficult by the arrival of Severus and Lucius Malfoy at a nearby table.

Snape & Others: 

O Mine Enemy: Severitus, long. When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good. Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!

I Know Not, and I Cannot Know; Yet I Live and I Love: Severus Snape has his emotions in check. He knows that he experiences anger and self-loathing and a bitter yearning, and that he rarely deviates from that spectrum… Until the first-year Luna Lovegood arrives to his class wearing a wreath of baby’s breath. Over the next six years, an odd friendship grows between the two, and Snape is not sure how he feels about any of it.

Second Life: What happens when two men are given a second chance. Snape & Sirius. 

Not Entirely Tedious: Young Professor Severus Snape shows up for a meeting, but the only other person there is the Deputy Headmistress. He wants to leave and return later, after the other participants will have arrived, but Professor McGonagall explains why that is impossible. Cross about having his plans for the day disrupted for a meeting that’s not taking place, Snape resents having to spend the afternoon with McGonagall. She doesn’t seem very pleased, either, but is content to relax and wait. Snape isn’t so patient, and soon manages to annoy his companion.

The Young Potions Professor: The staff avoided him like the plague, ignored him, or straight up left when he went into the staff room. And the worst thing was that they didn't even try to hide their collective disgust for him. If he got into the staff room in the morning and any of them were there, they would immediately get up and go sit on the furthest side of the room, as far from him as possible.

Slytherin Career Day: The student of Slytherin House were born with everything: wealth, prestige and pure wizarding blood. Now it's Severus Snape's job to help them find the one thing they don't have: careers.

In Another Lifetime: HP AU. In a world where Tom Riddle was slaughtered, the wizarding wars did not occur, and Albus Dumbledore promoted peace in Hogwarts, Lily Evans and Severus Snape did the impossible: they remained lifelong friends. Snape meets his potential, and has a shot at happiness along the way.

immortalists with points to prove: The Snape kid is hardly a hero. Then again, neither is Alastor.

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Grieving over ex–girl best friend’s death ≠ Romantic obsession

No, but seriously, if Sirius grieves, it's fine because they love each other as brothers, but Severus can't because his friend is female. I thought we could get stuck with the platonic female—male friendships. Apparently, Harmione can be platonic but Snily can't? It isn't even confirmed that Severus loved Lily more like a lover than a sibling. Patronus is light magic hence most death eaters can't do the charm, obsession will not be involved in it. Severus left her alone even when she dated his SA'er and bully, he's the complete opposite of a harasser and obsessed git, he gives the girl some space. Snaters need to make better arguments istg.🧐