#snupin fic rec

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@hprecfest Day 21: A Fic Rated M

Creature Comforts by @bunny-bopper [Severus/Remus, M, 46k]

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.

This fic is another of my all time favorite Severus/Remus fics. The writing is fantastic and vivid and the characterizations are great. Truly one of my favorite fics!

[dewitty1]

we'll keep the king

BlueSundayCake  @bluesundaycake

Chapters: 26/26 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Remus Lupin/Severus Snape, Remus Lupin & Harry Potter, Harry Potter & Severus Snape Characters: Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Harry Potter Additional Tags: Advent Calendar, 25 days of snupin, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Getting Together, Enemies to Lovers, Post-First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), 1980s, Pre-Hogwarts, Harry Potter was Adopted by Other(s), Remus Lupin Raises Harry Potter, Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent, Severus Snape Adopts Harry Potter, Snupin adopts and raises Harry Potter, Christmas, Angst, Happy Ending, Grief/Mourning, Depression, Falling In Love, Family Feels, Spinner's End (Harry Potter), Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, no beta we die like the potters, Jewish Severus Snape, LGBTQ Jewish Character(s), Severus has a complex relationship with his Jewish heritage, Sitting Shiva (Judaism), Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Pining, Hanukkah

Summary:

On a cold December morning, Remus Lupin shows up on Severus Snape's doorstep with a child with very familiar eyes.

(੭ˊ͈ ꒵ˋ͈)੭* . * ･ ｡ﾟ☆

 Excerpt:

“What’s the real reason, Snape?” Remus pushes.

He doesn’t expect an answer, not really. Or if he gets one, it’ll be acerbic and another bit of avoidance. He doesn’t want to think it’s a hopeless endeavour; this is for Harry, and he has to try his best to get Snape on board. He doesn’t want to think of having to send Harry back to a group home.

But then Snape answers in a voice quiet enough that Remus only hears it because of his enhanced senses. 

“I have no wish to become what I hate.” 

He takes a gamble. “Then don’t be like him.” He doesn’t know much about Snape’s childhood, but he remembers enough and this neighbourhood smells like misery and poverty. “Do you really think I’d let you treat Harry any less than with care and affection?” 

Snape bows his head but still doesn’t say more. 

“Listen.” Remus sighs and rubs his eyes. “We don’t… have to see each other, if that’s also part of the issue. I’ll stay away. We only need to agree to rules for Harry, right? Make sure we’re consistent with discipline and the like. He’s a good boy, clever and eager to please. I’m sure he’ll test our limits, but…” Remus looks up from his fidgeting hands to see Snape looking at him over his shoulder. “No matter our past, I trust that you’d never hurt him, just as I would never hurt him. And before you even try to say any rubbish like how Harry is just like James… No.” 

“No?” Snape repeats, voice too silky for Remus’s own good. 

He shivers but shakes his head. “James… I love him like a brother, but I’m not blind to his faults. He was a spoiled brat, and Monty and Ephie raised him to never want for anything. He never had to doubt if his parents loved him, never had to go hungry, never had to wonder if he was good enough to be around others.” Remus tries, tries to keep the bitterness out of his voice. He’s not bitter about James’s golden childhood. Yet — Remus shares more with Harry’s upbringing and probably Snape’s too, than he does with James. He refuses to think about Sirius. 

Snape scowls but returns to his potions. “You mentioned… bruises.”

“Yeah.” He clears his throat, glancing away. “On his arms, and his cousin who’s at least three times his size gave him such a beating earlier this year that he sported a black eye for a week. While he’s never going back to that house, he’ll still be going to the same school if he’s put into a group home.” 

“A magical child in a Muggle group home…” Snape sighs, shaking his head. “Once his accidental magic begins to manifest, it will be hell.” 

“Actually, er,” Remus grimaces, “it’s already manifested. Quite frequently, might I add. From what Harry’s told me, it’s why he was punished so frequently.” 

“Bloody hell.” Snape pinches the bridge of his nose with his free hand. 

The conversation peters out from there. It replays over and over in Remus’s mind; is it too optimistic to think that Snape had seemed almost… favourable towards adopting Harry with him? 

He doesn’t want to get his hopes up. And he certainly won’t be telling this to Harry, not yet. The boy already feels unwanted by nearly everyone in his life, and Remus absolutely refuses to make him feel this way too. 

Harry wakes up some time later. Snape glares at him when he makes to stand, taking three vials and a small bowl of the soup they had for supper to Harry’s room himself. Remus doesn’t mean to eavesdrop, but it isn’t his fault that he can hear them talking without much difficulty.

“Take this one first, swallow in one go.” 

“Ugh!” 

“Silly child, this is why I told you to swallow in one go. Here, take a sip of water. Potions are not meant to taste like pumpkin juice.” 

“Pumpkin juice? Do wizards drink pumpkin juice instead of grape juice, professor?” 

“Hogwarts only serves pumpkin juice. Now, take this one. Don’t dawdle.”

“Ugh! It tastes like Dudley’s old socks!”

“Don’t be ridiculous.” 

Remus hears Harry giggling, though, and Snape’s tone is gentle and dare he say — amused. 

“Do you have a favourite juice, sir?”

Snape is quiet for long enough that Remus thinks he won’t answer, but then he hears Harry gag again from the taste of the third potion. 

“Here, finish your water, then you’ll eat your soup.” Clinking noises, likely Snape putting the vials away. “I am partial to apple juice myself, if I must choose.” 

“I love apple pudding!” 

“Do you, now?” There’s humour in Snape’s voice. 

“I never had pudding before Remus saved me from the Dursleys. I love pudding!”

“If you’re healed by tomorrow, perhaps we can convince your keeper to get some more apple pudding for you.” 

Harry squeals in delight and Remus has to bite his lip to stop himself from grinning. Maybe this won’t be so difficult, after all.

♡✧( ु•⌄• )

[shrimpalbuspotter]

underrated severitus recs?

ACHACHEMMM... I AM HERE

Okay so I had to do some deep searching since I wasn't 100% sure on what underrated implied so instead here is just a drop in the bucket of some of the wonderful severitus fics I've read... some VERY popular some NOT. I am not gonna put summaries, you'll have to click the link to see... let's treat this like a lucky dip.

All on ao3 (if it's slash, I'll put a star next to it)

Digging for the Bones by Paganidd

The Guardian

Harry Potter and the Echoes of Alchemy

The Potions Masters Apprentice

According to Our Agreement * (Snupin, Snirius)

"a world in which he could live a happier life" * (Snupin)

Harry Potter and the Slytherin Ideal

Resonance * (Harry/others)

Better Together * (Jeverus)

I Cant Find The Best in All of This * (Jeverus)

Hold on to Happiness

James potter: The crazy fucker * (Jeverus)

May make a part 2 because there's more i couldn't find which upsets me. Please enjoy this short list for now

[snilys]

snupin fic recs!

i was asked in the tags of a recent post if i can share some snupin fic recs, and i'm very much obsessed with this ship, so the amount of fics i've read is big. but i tried to recall some that might make the experience of reading of this couple pleasant for anyone who isn't into it very much. i hope it helps ♡

conspiracy theory by arionrhoad rating: mature genre: humor/parody, romance summary: severus and remus join forces to foil albus dumbledore's plot to get them together. or do they?

time in a bottle by arionrhoad rating: mature genre: action/adventure, romance summary: a grieving remus goes looking for answers about the betrayal of severus snape, and finds something that changes his entire world.

illusion of transparency by bunnybopper rating: mature genre: hurt/comfort, humor, romance summary: when it is clear that remus is struggling under the weight of being his spy, dumbledore once again enlists a begrudged severus snape to help him. under the pressures of war, the two become closer. but why is remus the only person whose thoughts severus can't hear? and when the dark lord decides the werewolves are more trouble than they are worth, severus has a choice to make.

creature comforts by bunnybopper rating: mature genre: hurt/comfort, fluff, romance summary: 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.

not really here by owlswithfins rating: mature genre: angst/drama, fluff, romance summary: 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.

still life by the treacle tart rating: mature genre: drama/angst, romance summary: severus snape takes some pictures and sees things for the first time.

midnight in the owlery by the treacle tart rating: mature genre: drama/angst, romance summary: on a sleepless night, remus lupin finds himself alone in the hogwarts owlery. he scribbles a note on a spare bit of parchment and sends it out into the dark night. what happens when someone answers?

the very air he breathed by the treacle tart rating: mature genre: humor/parody, romance summary: this potion could save lives, but it needed to be tested. severus needed a guinea pig, he simply failed to tell lupin that he volunteered for duty.

the cat's paw by mckay rating: explicit genre: humor/parody, angst, romance summary: remus learns his pet is even more special than he imagined.

a number of quiet attentions by mckay rating: explicit genre: romance summary: severus didn't realize he was being courted at first.

[a-sunset-outside-my-window]

fic rec friday

The Meaning of Mistletoe

by Endrina on Ao3

“Just… tell me. Tell me what is going on, Snape.” 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.

so time totally got away from me this week so I'm a tad bit late with the fic rec but I hope the fic makes up for it

when I first read this I couldn't stop reading until I was done and I love love love this fic so much! It is part of a series and I recommend setting a weekend aside to read all the works in it in one sitting because you won't be able to put it down (at least I wasn't lol) this is also one of my rare snupin fic recs but since romance isn't the main focus of the fic I feel like it can be enjoyed by most everyone.

favourite tropes included are:

remus raising harry potter

heavy angst

but also hurt / comfort

found family

domestic cuteness

severus is sort of an uncle to harry

getting over prejudice

harry is the sweetest little bean

werewolf lore

feels

sort of friends to lovers

some lore

fluff

so many more things but they happen in other fics in the series

some drarry and platonic wolfstar in later installments

as always leave lots of love and kudos to the author and have an amazing rest of the day <3

[siobhanhazel]

Survivor's Guilt - HP Rec Fest 2024

Survivor's Guilt by carmick

Remus/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 7,600. Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Trauma, Grief/Mourning, Virgin Severus Snape, Mental Health Issues, Suicidal Ideation, Sexualized Violence, Failed Attempt at Rough Sex

Day 7 Prompt: the best of your OTP READ THIIIIIS. If you have any love for Snape dipped in angst, read this!

**As a Rare Shipper, "OTP" is kind of "OTP of the week" haha, but I've been super into Snupin the past 6 months. Also "best of" for me has to be something smutty and angsty and hurt/comfort, because that is the best sort of fic for me.

Anyway! This is exactly the sort of rolling-around-in-the-dirt angry sex that turns tender that the Enemies to Lovers trope should be. The author weaves so much depth into the story by pulling emotions Remus and Severus have been dealing with out of their past, getting them both tangled up in it and leaning on each other. It's so beautiful! The writer doesn't fuss around, and the direct style of writing really lends to the punch and pain. There's such a mix of emotions, and tenderness and longing win through in the end.

Just, chef's kiss, perfect meal, 5 star review. Excerpt:

Even Severus, who hates the person in front of him almost as much as he hates himself, cannot stomach the profoundly cruel indifference of that. Lupin has no one. Not even Dumbledore. Severus barely has Dumbledore. Who does Lupin have? The friends he clung to through adolescence all cannibalized themselves. Ha. All Lupin has now is Severus Snape. The only person in the world who even cares that he exists, right now. Severus almost laughs. “Hey!” Severus shouts, like Potter would shout across the Hogwarts grounds to announce the start of a chase. To let Severus know a pack of wolves was advancing. Lupin whips around, startled, glancing side to side and then, glancing guiltily down at the cliff edge, turns to walk towards Severus, meeting him several yards away from the edge. Severus stands before him, fists clenched. All those words he wanted to say piling too high in his throat, choking him.

★★★ Check out my other HP Rec Fest 2024 recs ★★★ @hprecfest

[souryam]

does anyone have a recommendation of a severitus/snupin fic of severus and lupin taking care of baby harry? like an AU in which they take him right after lily dies and he never goes to the dursleys

[sneverussape]

recently read @bitterarm ’s WIP don’t let the light go out and 🥲🥲🥲

these practically drew themselves!!!

[puuvillaa]

More @ficreadingchallenge

2. Short fic

Infuriating by @lupinmoonlight

snupin, G, 667

The news about Neville's boggart spread quickly. Severus Snape is furious, and Remus Lupin is in love.

This is both humorous and cute

[uncannycerulean]

Day 13: A rarepair (for @hprecfest)

One of my favourite rarepairs is Remus/Severus (Snupin!), and now that I think about it, it's probably because I am a sucker for a redemption arc (who knew, lol).

The fic I'm recommending is set in the marauders times, and I loved it for many reasons:

First of all, what an amazing take on forced proximity -- Severus is invisible to all people at Hogwarts. Except Remus.

Second, I think the friendship between Lily and Severus is absolutely wonderful in this: nuanced and vulnerable and a lot more *real* than in canon.

And lastly, I love the way this fic plays with canon events, gives these characters time to be moping angsty teenagers and imagines other possibilities for them. That's what fanfic is about for me.

Not Really Here by OwlsWithFins (M | 55k words | Severus/Remus)

Summary: 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.

Snippet:

Severus wanted to scream.  Then he realized nothing was stopping him.  Severus screamed.  No one noticed, of course, not even the owls perched or swooping around the Owlery. Apparently they could find him to deliver a letter, but they had no idea where he was when he needed them to take one from him. Against his better judgment, Severus was starting to reconsider the validity of [his theory that this might be a prank]. The idea that someone had managed to convince, not just the professors and students, but the fucking owls to ignore him was laughable, but he couldn't think of another explanation. Instead of laughing, Severus glared at the insolent birds in the hopes that they could feel it even if they couldn’t see him. He wondered if he could disintegrate them with his stare alone. At least then he wouldn’t be the only one not really here.  The birds didn’t disintegrate which meant Severus’ trip to the Owlery was a complete waste of time.

[hp-fanfic-archive]

@hprecfest Day 15: A Fic Over 50k

Not Really Here by @owlswithfins [Severus/Remus, M, 53k]

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.

This is the fic that really and truly sold me on the Remus/Severus ship dynamic. Oh my GOD it is amazing. I love love love the way it tangles with the many sides of characters--Marauders and Severus alike. It's some of the best writing I've read, and it's certainly one of the best pieces of marauders era fanfiction I've had the pleasure of reading as well. Fantastic writing, excellent portrayal of all the characters (especially Severus), and a fascinating concept.

[dewitty1]

Fic Recs Wrap Up January 2024♡(੭ˊ͈ ꒵ˋ͈)੭*･:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･*☆

The Wake-up Kiss by Justlikewriting

This time, when Harry found himself without a date for the Ministry Yule Ball, Parvati Patil was unable to step in. So, he was left with the only other viable option: to ask Draco Malfoy. Which would be fine, of course: it had been twelve years since the war after all. And they saw each other regularly now, meeting up with the same group of friends almost every Friday night. Harry, however, obviously hadn’t taken into account just how insufferable Zacharias Smith could be. Rec Post

The Binding and the Loosing by TheGoblinMatriarch @thegoblinmatriarch

Draco Malfoy is a reclusive academic who works on layered generational magic under the pseudonym Scholar Griseo. When he is contacted by a ‘James Black’ for help with a tricky situation with a magical House, he can’t help but notice the similarities between his potential client and Harry Potter. Since he can’t exactly refuse to help the Saviour of the magical world, Draco girds his loins and visits Grimmauld Place, where he ends up involved in what he must presume is one of those classic Harry Potter misadventures. Bonding, sentient Houses, domesticity ahoy! Rec Post

A True Entanglement by Booktopus @thebooktopus

One moment, Harry was minding his own business, going about his workday, and the next, he found himself being dragged across the Ministry by a red string that had somehow curled up in a pretty little bow around his wrist. A story of fate, smut, falling in love, and a string named Harold. Rec Post

Fire Meet Gasoline by lettersbyelise @lettersbyelise

When Draco’s anger management issues land him in St Mungo’s, he thinks his Quidditch career is over. But Harry, A&E Healer and notorious workaholic, is faced with a similar predicament. To save their jobs, the two of them decide to fake a relationship. All they have to do is convince their friends and employers… and not fall in love in the process. Simple, right? Rec Post

Everything is Relative to You by honeybeet @thehoneybeet

Potter was supposed to have lived. Draco is certain of this. That Potter would no longer walk the earth was tantamount to the sun moving west to east across the sky. If only he could have stopped this from happening, if he’d have known… It comes to him as ideas often did: too late. Or, Harry dreams of his past lives, and Draco is in every one. Rec Post

we’ll keep the king by BlueSundayCake  @bluesundaycake

On a cold December morning, Remus Lupin shows up on Severus Snape’s doorstep with a child with very familiar eyes. Rec Post

Evitative by Vichan  @k-vichan

In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn.

Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts, and he needs to be sorted again. Everyone is confident that he’ll go straight back to Gryffindor, but with what he’s been learning, Harry’s not so sure. Rec Post

The White Pawn by Soupy_George @soupy-george

When eighteen-year-old Draco Malfoy finds himself back at Hogwarts on the eve of Voldemort’s infamous return, he is confronted with the most difficult decision he’s ever had to make: Relive the 6th year at school he’s tried so hard to forget, or do the unthinkable and ally himself with Potter’s lot… Rec Post

Howlr by partialtopotter @partialtopotter

Howlr is the new dating application enchanting Witches, Wizards and Everyone in between. Are you looking for the one or a one-night stand; it’s all here folks. Howlr is sponsored by Weasley Wizard Wheezes, the same team that brought us the Spellular just two years ago. Ginny Weasley, famed chaser for the Holyhead Harpies, swears by the app, ‘guaranteed to make sparks fly,’ she says. The magic awaits you! Rec Post

Here are a few more fics I've read recently that y'all might like to check out as well!(ノﾟ∀ﾟ)ノ━☆ﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･.*･｡ﾟ*:・ﾟ✧

Inevitable [Drarry] by violenttulips

After the war, Harry Potter becomes a talented Senior Auror with a penchant for injury in defense of his colleagues. Draco Malfoy leaves the country for five years and becomes an accomplished Specialty Healer. He comes back after he accepts a job at St. Mungo's Hospital. When they meet again, it's clear that Draco has changed significantly in the years since they attended Hogwarts together, and Harry finds himself strangely attracted to his former rival. But things never come easy for the Boy-Who-Lived, and that's not about to change now.

Learn To Fly by Ladderofyears @ladderofyears

January 2004: Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter are two of the finest Seekers in England, deadly rivals and secret lovers. As far as Draco is concerned, that's how it'll stay forever. He is betrothed to beautiful heiress Astoria Greengrass, and they are due to have a big summer wedding. Everything changes during a hotly fought Arrows versus Wimbourne game when Draco falls from his broom. To his huge shock, when Draco awakes in St Mungo's, he discovers he is pregnant. What will Draco do, now everything in his tidily compartmentalised life has to change?

He Comes Like a Thunderstorm by korlaena @korlaena

Draco is doing his best to balance the life he wants to live and the life he’s forced to live. He’s nearing the tail-end of a long, post-war probation when Harry Potter crashes back into his life with all the grace of a charging Erumpent, breaking through his carefully constructed rules and routine. Caught up in a whirlwind of sex and lust, Potter unwittingly shows Draco that his life as an Incubus doesn’t have to be as lonely and unfulfilling as he thought, but how long can it last?

Denouement by the_never_was 

Pale face in paler hands, he is devoid of color. He is only the moonlight. And he wonders if he'll find the sun. A story about Draco entering a period of change that will either shatter him or enfold him into Harry Potter's world.

( •ॢ◡-ॢ)-♡ I hope you enjoy these fics as much as I have! Happy reading, y’all! xoxo Carey  (◍•ᴗ•◍)♡ ✧*💜💙💚💛❤💗💕💖

[shrimpalbuspotter]

Me on my way to read my fifth severitus fic of the day (sigh) my life is so hard (sigh)

[snilys]

snupin fic recs

hi! i decided to make a second part for this post and share more fic recs in case anyone is interested! ♡

almost too late by arionrhoad rating: mature genre: drama/angst, romance summary: when severus finds out remus is close to death, he is driven to confront his feelings and to do something about it.

poor substitute by arionrhoad rating: mature genre: drama/angst, romance summary: remus' favorite cardigan is missing. is severus to blame?

gethsemane by arionrhoad rating: pg genre: drama/angst summary: after the events of hbp, remus visits severus

determined by mnemosyne1 rating: pg genre: humor/parody, romance summary: a may almost-proposal, then june, july, august and september almost-proposals. then finally, a proposal and an answer.

stand still by mnemosyne1 rating: mature genre: action/adventure, alternative universe, drama/angst, romance summary: set in historical period, early 1800s england during the time of jane austen and the napoleonic war.

get stuffed, snape by mnemosyne1 rating: pg genre: humor/parody, romance summary: several months after the battle of hogwarts, severus wakes up. unfortunately, he's not quite himself.

a kind of redemption by musigneus rating: pg genre: drama/angst, romance summary: after his death, sirius is unable to move on until he has corrected some of the mistakes he made while alive. the worst thing he did was to keep snape and lupin apart...

love unspoken by shadowycat rating: g genre: romance summary: severus wishes things were different.

on again, off again by azure_rosa rating: pg genre: drama/angst, romance summary: severus and remus have been an on again off again couple since their school days. they both love each other but they never get the chance to tell each other before they get torn apart again. but neither can they seem to leave the other alone…

the fine line by mysid rating: pg genre: drama/angst, unrequited love, character death summary: they say there is a fine line between love and hate, and in a person as bitter as severus snape, i imagine it must be true. a tale of severus snape's unrequited feelings for remus lupin.

weight of memory by carfiniel rating: explicit genre: action/adventure, drama/angst, hurt/comfort summary: post-hbp. one is a murderer, the other is a spy. but when dire circumstances force them to turn to each other, can remus and severus overcome their history enough to work together?

[safeplacesnupin]

Snupin Fanfic Year in Review

Hey friends! So I really want to start promoting more amazing Snupin fanfics and I thought this might be a good way to start. I'm going to go through my bookmarks and select one (or two, or three) Snupin fics I read for each month and bookmarked and recc it in this thread :D Sorry if I don't tag every author but if you know their tumblr PLEASE tag them! *disclaimer* I didn't get an AO3 to bookmark until July so the first few months are just ones I had favorited in my browser until I got an AO3 LONG post ahead! A bunch of Snupiny goodness!

🦔 January - Triquetra by Contrarian_Hedgehog 🦔

Summary on AO3: With the war fast approaching, Snape is forced to rely on Lupin and Black in order to secure his place in Voldemort's circle. Can they get past two decades of hostility? After a month of cohabiting, being around each other gets easier yet so much more difficult. Notes: This is actually a Snackin fic! A poly relationship between Remus, Severus, and Sirius. It has such a fantastic 'I don't want to do this but I have to' into a full blown relationship and it comes with such spicy art and scenes. 16 chapters total. Read: Triquetra

⚔️ February - Lily's Boy by SomewheresSword ⚔️

Summary on AO3: Before his third year of Hogwarts has even begun, Harry faces three whole weeks of unsupervised time in Diagon Alley. In that time he takes a trip to Gringotts - and that changes everything.

Burdened with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic, and manipulating far more than he ever thought possible, Harry doesn't know who he can trust; but he knows he can't keep going that way. There's a whole world of lore and politics and history to catch up on, and the more he learns, the more Harry realises his true place in the world, and how much is being kept hidden from him. All the while, Dumbledore's twinkling eyes are constantly watching, and Harry can't let on how much he knows.

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.

Notes: Buckle up for a long, fantastic fic my friends! Lily's Boy is 109 chapters! This focuses a lot on Harry as I'm sure you could guess (Drarry specifically), but Snupin is a huge focal point in this fic and I would not call it background. It's brilliant worldbuilding earn it this February spot!

Read: Lily's Boy

🧁 March - Have Your Cake and Eat It by Cunegonde 🧁

Summary on AO3: 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.

Please be advised, this one contains Adult Themes. Just, not so much in the fun flirty way, more in the midlife existential crisis way.

Notes: Primarily following Remus around as he gets transported back in time to his school days?! And how he falls for our lovely Severus Snape while trying not to mess up reality. YOU WILL CRY. Bittersweet ending warning on this one but so worth the read. 33 chapters

Read: Have Your Cake and Eat It

🦡 April - For Once Seen by diandrastrikesback 🦡

Summary on AO3: “Get the shutters,” he said stiffly. 

“Want to see you,” Lupin whispered into his hair. 

Snape’s panic rose. He fumbled with his words as his heart beat up his throat. “No. Erm…oily hair…you know, bad skin,” he stammered quietly. 

Notes: A short drabble and first ever time something of mine inspired anything. ToT <3 Set in the summer, Remus sneaks over to Sev's house to have some fun. Sev isn't confident in his appearance though.

Read: For Once Seen

🐍 May - The Heir to the House of Prince by A_LoveUnlaced and elphi13 🐍

Summary on AO3: 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.

Notes: Back to the long fics; 87 chapters AND this is a part of a currently ongoing series. Sev is actually Harry's father and wow is that a shock to Harry! This fic features Snupin and a Theo/Harry pairing and does a brilliant job focusing on both. Extremely compelling read. Severitius.

Read: The Heir to the House of Prince

🩺 June - Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered by Arionrhod and McKay 🩺

Summary on AO3: Severus Snape is a brilliant diagnostician, but it turns out that Remus Lupin is a very difficult case, in more ways than one.

Notes: I'm not usually one for super AU fics but this one takes the cake. Severus is charactarized fantastically and the story is so very good! This is completely non-magic and the relationship between these two is just chefs kiss! 4 chapters.

Read: Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered

🥇 July - With Every Step I Rise and Fall by @miffmiff 🥇

Summary on AO3: After the war, Remus thinks that all hope is lost of ever reconnecting with Severus. He may be in for a surprise though.

Notes: So I have this secret extra ranking I call 'The Golden Shelf.' It's the best of the best, and while many of these fics in this list hold that rank, THIS is the fic that inspired me to make that ranking at all. The very first fic on my golden shelf! This takes a look at how Severus and Remus grapple with the past and embrace each other. Charactarization feels real and so spot on. 1 chapter.

Read: With Every Step I Rise and Fall

Honorable Mention for another fic I read in July: Because He Really Knows Me by flyfreewithme776 is an AU fic where Remus is a cute barista and Severus is pining even if he keeps making his drinks wrong!

🎁 August - The Great Hogwarts Christmas Gift Exchange Debacle of 1996 by Snegurochka 🎁

Summary on AO3: Ron wants Luna, but Luna wants Ginny, and Ginny wants Harry, and Harry wants Hermione, but Hermione wants Lupin, and Lupin wants… Snape? Oh, what tangled webs we weave, when Dumbledore sets up a little seasonal fun for a group of hormonal teenagers spending their Christmas at Grimmauld Place – with two angsty thirty-somethings who have quite enough of their own problems to be getting on with.

Notes: This was a very long 1 chapter fic that was such a delight to read! The summary doesn't do it justice and I'm not sure that my little notes can either, but please give this a shot! In August like me, or right now; perfect for the holidays! Hilarious misunderstandings and a wonderful ending await you.

Read: The Great Hogwarts Christmas Gift Exchange Debacle of 1996

Honorable mentions for a few other fics I read in August:

Batten Down the Hatches by @diandrastrikesbackk is a heartbreaking, fantastic little fic that pays homage to many other Snupin fics. A look at the life of the Snupin fandom as seen by the duo themselves <3

Drifting Satellite by the_throwaway_account is a slight AU with an angsty Remus trying to cope with his lycanthropy with no supportive family or friends. Enter: Sev

🛶 September - I Lie In Your Charms by KALA @kalainthecanoe 🛶

Summary on AO3: When Severus Snape banked on being dead at the end of a war, it was as much of a shock as a burden to find out he was very much alive. He'd rather welcome oblivion and be known as a hero, than watch himself become a listless ghost of his former self. He never expected his Life After Death would contain much but living an isolated, quiet, life. Instead he somehow ended up returning to Hogwarts to teach, becoming involved in student affairs he'd rather stay far removed from, and most importantly, having copious amounts of sex with his old childhood enemy- Remus Lupin.

Recovery is a fickle and long road, and he certainly didn't expect his would involve accepting Remus as part of it.

Notes: KALA is an incredible writer in every fic they craft, but this is one of my favorites. As the summary suggests, spice fest! But this is no plotless hotness by any means. Who doesn't love using sex as a distraction from trauma? Wonderfully written 12 chapters.

Read: I Lie In Your Charms

🎂 October - October 1984 by @bluesundaycake 🎂

Summary on AO3: Severus knows something is wrong at Hogwarts, but he can't quite figure out what.

A story built from the daily prompts for Snapetober 2022. Accidentally snupin.

Notes: So I loved this one so much I had to draw art for it. Seriously I can't say enough good things about this fic! Snape has an adorable crow friend and has to figure out what the heck is going on at Hogwarts while also pining for Remus. Rumored by BlueSundayCake to be a part of a series! :o 32 chapters.

Read: October 1984

Honorable Mentions for fics I read in October:

A Door Left Ajar by Hera_Invictus takes a great look at Sev and Rem's past when Remus comes to Hogwarts to teach during POA. I don't know if they invented the word sexpilogue but uh, yeah...

Fuel the Pyre of Your Enemies by DivinityInMotion took the 'paired for school project' hook and sunk me in a fantastic story with slow burn Snupin.

🐺 November - Artemisia Absinthium: The Wolf and the Moth by Gertrude_Crow @princeandcrow 🐺

Summary on AO3: When Severus Snape uncovered Peter Pettigrew as a traitor before Voldemort attacked the Potters, it changed the course of many lives - his own included.

Relationships are forged and broken, as those that survived the war now have to learn to live, find new paths, and build new futures. And though their leader is gone, not all of the Death Eaters are willing to accept defeat.

Notes: Part 2 of Gertrude_Crow's Artemisia Absinthium series; READ THEM ALL! This is an AU during the first wizarding war focusing on Snupin with intriguing other relationships. Drama, intrigue, and a few dark spots make this series an incredible read. Part 2 is my favorite, coming in at 30 chapters.

Read: Artemisia Absinthium Series

💰 December - The Inheritance by Shadowycat 💰

Summary on AO3: Things hadn’t gone well for Remus Lupin since the end of the war, so he didn’t think he could afford to pass up an unexpected inheritance from someone he’d never met. Of course it turned out there were a few strings attached, including having to share his surprise windfall with Severus Snape. Not that Snape was particularly happy about that...

Notes: It's a 'we have to live together and go on a treasure hunt and now we love each other' fic! Not going to lie, the writing reminds me of a modern day Jane Austin and the story line is so compelling. A little mystery and some great reading! 24 chapters.

Read: The Inheritance

Horoable Mention for another fic I read in December:

Ne'er-Blue-Well by @diandrastrikesbackck was written for a prompt I gave, but it took my usually serious, not a fan of comedy self and had me laughing out loud with a truely genius string of puns said by Severus Snape himself after a potion accident.

WHEW! Hope you find a new fic to enjoy! This was just whenever I read the fic, but did you have any you read this year that should be on next years list? -or- are you a writer working on one?! Leave them in the comments please! Here's to many more in the new year!