Other Slash Pairings, Gen & Het Recs

 

SLASH FICS - Snape/Dumbledore
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And Never Been Kissed
Rating: M (R)
Type: Romance
Complete
Summary: There's time enough for love.
Notes: Heart-wrenching. Amazingly beautiful.
Dana Phearson

The Christmas Robe
Rating: R
Type: First Time, Drama, Angst
Complete
Summary: A young Severus and a skeptical Dumbledore realise that enemies are often better than friends.
Notes: A sharp character study of Snape and Dumbledore. Oh, young Severus is painfully mean!
Dancing Moon (Jadeite no Miko)

Would You Ask Me (FF.net)
Rating: PG
Type: Romance
Complete
Summary: Late at night, we find the Headmaster and the Potions Master wandering the halls of Hogwarts.
Notes: This short story is almost gen, and if you are a Snape fan, I think you'll like it. A beautiful Snape's PoV. Quote: "Manipulative and powerful they might be, but where it counts, my two lords are different like night and day. One forces me to my knees with mind-numbing pain. The other drags me to my feet with heart-wrenching gentleness."

Delphi

Winter Kept Us Warm
Rating: R
Type: Drama, Angst
Complete
Summary: For the SSFF's Third Wave - challenge #1. Snape discourages his suitor.
Notes: Severus's heart and soul are at stake. An agsty story, very evocative, with beautiful images.

Diana Williams

Make a Wish
Rating: NC-17
Type: Drama, Angst, Romance
Complete. Part of the Wishes and Dreams Arc.
Summary: Snape receives the gift of a wish, and decides to use that wish to give a special gift to his lover. Part of the Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest, Challenge #7 While looking for a cufflink dropped in the heat of passion, Snape (or his lover) finds something surprising.
Notes: A poignant story about "first times" and real love.
Josan

Forever
Rating: NC-17
Complete
Summary: Voldemort has won. Or has he?
Notes: Perhaps soppy, and if SS/AD squicks you, it will squick you. But I liked this story because it epitomizes the battle for Snape's soul between Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Lady Dien

The Hallelujah Series
Pairings: Snape/Voldemort, Snape/Dumbledore
Type: Angst, Darkness
WIP
Notes on the entire series: A masterpiece of angst, one of the most beautiful series in the fandom. Dien's writing is poetic and exquisite. My favourite pieces are "Hallelujah" and "Unforgiven Part Two", but all the stories are worth reading - if you like angst.

Death of Me
 Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: A prequel/companion piece to the events of "Hallelujah," covering a much younger Severus's Death Eater-ness.

Nightshade, Hemlock, Monkshood
 Rating: PG-13
 Complete
Summary: A little vignette of young Severus's experiences as a Death Eater-- and a reminder that even You Know Who can be over-confident.

Unforgiven, Part One
 Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: Another part to the Severus/Albus angst rockfic.

Unforgiven, Part Two
 Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: The next little vignette of Albus, Severus, Voldemort, and rock fic. Severus is now sixteen, as this is a few months after Unforgiven Part One.

Hallelujah
 Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: A Severus Snape (and Albus, for that matter) major angst piece. After the Potters' death, Dumbledore and his spy talk.

Bother
Pairings: Snape/Voldemort, Snape/Tree
Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: The long-awaited sequel/next installation to Death of Me/Nightshade, Hemlock, Monkshood/Hallelujah. Severus, perhaps, comes to some sort of absolution.

Kiss the Rain (Glycerine)
 Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: Events post-Hallelujah as seen from Albus's POV.

When I'm Gone
 Rating: R
 Complete
Summary: Let's do the Time Jump! This is a skip ahead from the rest of the Albus and Severus Songficcin' Dark Romance. Set after Goblet of Fire.

 

SLASH FICS - Other Pairings
Amalin

Still Life (PSA)
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Rating: PG-13
Type: Angst
 Complete
Summary: The portraits at Hogwarts always seemed happy. Harry wonders if he is the only one with such an annoyance at being half there after his body has gone.
Notes: How is it to be a portrait? How does it feel? I'm not fond of this pairing at all, but this is a very original and wonderfully crafted story!
Bernice Russell

First Kiss
Pairing: Snape/Dementor
Rating: PG-13
Type: Angst
 Complete
Summary: Snape's first kiss. Part of the Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest. Response to scenario # 1 Snape discourages his suitor.
Notes: A beautiful short fic, terribly sad.
Beth H.

In From the Cold
Pairing: Snape/Shacklebolt
Rating: NC-17
Type: Romance, Angst, Drama/Adventure
 Complete
Summary: Begins immediately after HBP. What good is a spy without someone to report to?
Notes: A poignant portrait of Snape post-HBP. A lot of tension and a well-constructed plot.

Carol

Close to my Breath
Pairing: Harry/Zacharias
Rating: Adult Content
Type: Character Study
 Complete
 Notes: Exquisite style, and wonderful characterisations. Mildly dark. It's a short story. If you liked it, take a look at her other H/Z fics in the same timeline.
Diagonalist

Dream of Thyself
Pairing: Snape/Snape
Rating: NC-17
Type: Darkfic. Character study. Warning: mention of attempted rape.
 Complete
Summary: Severus Snape fantasizes about the only person he really trusts...
Notes: It's a very short story, a flashfic, but it's a perfect character study of Snape! Amazing.
Icarus
A Moment of Sin
Pairing: Snape/?
Rating: R
Type: Romance
 Complete
Summary: Severus Snape slips into the smarmy, sleazy part of Hogsmeade for a little illicit fun. Well he does deserve it, doesn't he? Unfortunately his date turns out to be a piece of work.
Notes: A story with a picturesque scenery, a touch of mystery and darkness, and an interesting character study of Snape.
Josan & Kai

A Matter of Trust (Part I)
Pairing: Snape/Kingsley, Snape/Lucius (implied)
Rating: NC-17
Type: Romance, Angst
 Complete
Summary: Shortly after the events in Goblet of Fire, several new members join the Order. One of them takes an unusual interest in Severus, but to what purpose?
Notes: A very well-written story, altenating humour and angst. It's very long, but I didn't even notice the time passing while I was reading it. Join me in the waiting for Part II!

Prequel: Justice for All (See "Gen Fics" below)
Kalena

Back in Black
Pairing: Snape/Black
Rating: NC-17
Type: Drama
Warning: Mpreg
Complete
Summary: Sirius Black is back from the dead. He's not alone.
Notes: I'm not fond of Mpreg stories, but this is not a typical one. This story turned out to be my fave SS/SB ever, and I've read a lot of SS/SB! A very moving characterisation of Snape. Also: rich, funny details about Snape's house.
McKay (ex-Jay Kay)

Mortal Coil
Pairing: Snape/Bloody Baron
Rating: PG
Type: Drama
Complete
Summary: The Bloody Baron can't figure out how to terrify a particular someone, and he wants to know why. A ghost story in the tradition of "The Canterville Ghost" and "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", written to the Snape Fuh-Q Fest.
Notes: Sad story, very well-written; one of the best stories I've ever read in the fandom.
Predatrix

Sans Merci
Pairing: Snape/Lucius
Rating: NC17
Type: Drama, Angst, Romance
Complete
Summary and Comments by Ptyx: A sad, heart-wrenching story of Snape's childhood and adolescence - his sexual discoveries and disappointments -, with Lucius (a very ambiguous character) as the seducer. Includes some brilliant quasi-fascist rhetoric written by Dolores Crane, which gives political depth to Voldemort and his ideology.
Rushlight & Ella Bane

The Pendulum of Choice
Pairing: Harry/various
Rating: various
Type: Drama, Angst
WIP
Summary: In a world torn apart by war, Harry is given a rare medallion that allows him to travel between alternate realities.
Notes: Very well-crafted time-travel series. The sixth story is my fave (SS/HP, of course).
Sparrowhawk

The Skin Deep Trilogy
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Rating: NC17
Type: Angst, Drama, Romance, Adventure
Complete

Skin Deep
 Summary: Snape's brewing a potion and Lupin offers to help, but he gets much more than he bargained for.

A Lesser Light
 Summary: The sequel to Skin Deep. Snape and Lupin must deal with shadows of the past.

That The Night Come
 Summary: The sequel to A Lesser Light. Snape's relationship with Lupin is threatened by his role as a spy.

Notes on the entire trilogy: Ingenious plot, witty humour, heart-wrenching angst, delicious style and hot sex all in one package! Some of her characterisations are questionable, but her Snape is perfect. (And remember, this is all subjective, folks!)
T'boy (Lynda)
Weeping Willow
Pairings: Snape/Voldemort, Snape/Tree
Rating: R
Type: Darkfic, slash, violence, S/M and adult themes.
Complete
Summary: A brief history of a damaged man. Part of the Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest. Written in response to Tricky Pairing 57: Whomping Willow.
Notes: A heart-wrenching story!

 

GEN FICS
Bernice Russell

Out of the Bag
Characters: Snape, McGonagall
Rating: G
Type: Drama, Angst
 Complete
Summary: Severus learns a lesson. Part of the Severus Snape Fuh-Q Fest (original scenario number 86).
Notes: Oh, young Severus... Beautiful story. Good character study.
Watching Candles Melt
Characters: Snape&Lupin, Lucius/Narcissa
Complete
Summary: Lupin watches Snape who watches Lucius and Narcissa on the dance floor.
Notes: Yes, it's a drabble. And a gem. Like a Dementor, Bernice captures the characters' souls, but instead of keeping them with her, she reveals them to us.
Bored Beyond Belief
Never Alone, Never Again
Characters: Almost all Harry Potter characters.
Rating: PG-13
Type: Drama, Angst
Complete
Summary: Harry's holiday reaches it's lowest point. Will Harry finally be able to have the kind of love everyone else seems to take for granted?
Notes: A lot of adventure and hurt/comfort, and it's not slash, but if you like Sirius/Remus I think you'll like this one. If you want to know the truth, I recommend it because her Snape voice is brilliant!!! Snape only appears later in the story, but he totally steals the scene. And there's a Snarry bonding!

Folly
Characters: Snape, Harry, Dumbledore
Rating: PG-13
Type: Angst
Complete
Summary: Severus Snape POV of who Harry Potter has become Post OotP.
Notes: A sombre view of Post-OotP!Harry. By Guilty!Snape. Oh, bloody angst!
Jennifer Oksana

Footnotes
Characters: Hermione, Snape
Rating: PG-13
Type: Angst, Drama, Character Study
Complete
Summary: Hermione in the kitchens
Notes: A very intriguing story.

Kai

Justice for All
Characters: McGonagall, Dumbledore, Snape, Black
Rating: PG
Type: Gen, Drama, Angst
 Complete
Summary: Why Severus trusts Minerva and how Severus came to be a spy for the Order. Sequel: A Matter of Trust (See "Slash Fics - Other Pairings" above )
Notes: Poignant and lovely!
Lady Dien

Teatime with Albus (FF.net)
Characters: Snape, Dumbledore
Rating: PG
Type: Drama
Complete
Summary: Friday afternoon tea between Severus and Albus.
 Notes: Very clever: Snape and Dumbledore in one of those glorious and tortured tea times.
Luthien

Waiting
Characters: Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape/Harry (yes, slash implied!)
Rating: PG
Type: Angst, Character Study
Complete
Summary: Dumbledore watches over the school late one night.
Notes: Luthien captures a moment, a very crucial moment in the lives of our heroes, and wow, this is magic, her writing pulls us into the scene.

The Pas de Deux Series
Pairing: Snape/Mc Gonagall (it's Gen so far)
Type: Gen, drama with a touch of humour.
Summary: A series of five planned stories, charting the development of the alliance, friendship and more between Snape and McGonagall over a fifteen year period.
WIP

1981: First Steps

1984: Adagio
Notes: Witty dialogues, wonderful characterisations. Written for the Severus and Minerva Mini-Fest.

Morgan D
The Christmas Sitcom
Rating: PG
Type: Fluffy-Angst
Complete
Summary: Christmas dinner at the Potters' in 1980. Bad-boy Father Christmas, a little drummer baby, some raised hackles and cruelty to vegetables.
Notes: A well-crafted and multilayered story, with a good character study of MWPP + Lily, humour, Baby!Harry fluffiness, a little bit of angst and even political discussions.

Parting Ways
Rating: PG
Type: Drama, Adventure
Complete
Summary: Strange revelations lead Remus and Harry to an attempt to bring Sirius back, which leads them to more and even stranger revelations.
Notes: One of the most intelligent and well-crafted Gen stories I ever read. At first you might be confused. But trust me, everything fits in the end.
Morgan D & Teka Lynn
Hogwarts Letters
Rating: PG
Type: Letters
Summary: A series of letters exchanged by various HP characters, from the 1970s to 2004.
Notes: Almost always humourous, these letters show the PoV of some of our favourite HP characters about canon events. The letters aren't slashy, but sometimes there are slashy hints (McGonagall/Hooch, Sirius/Remus and even a flirt between Snape/Remus). A delightful reading.

 

HET FICS
Grace

Docet Minervam
Pairing: McGonagall/Snape (Really? Well, go read the story!)
 Rating: PG
Type: Humour, Character Study
Complete
Summary: (by Ptyx, because the author hasn't written one) Lockhart thinks he has discovered Minerva's secret.
 Notes: Some mispellings and a weird format, but it's short and funny, I think you can give it a go.
Luthien

In Whisky Veritas
Pairing: Hermione/Snape
 Type: Humour, Sexual Content, Angst
Complete
Summary: Hermione is forced to face the truth. One part alcohol, one part smut, with a twist of angst.
 Notes: Funny and... strange. I love the characterisations, and the strange quality of the story.

Only Her
Pairing: Snape/Mc Gonagall
Type: PG
Summary: At the end of the Order of the Phoenix, Snape considers the state of things.
 Notes: Sweet, witty, angsty... My favourite Snape/McGonagall ever.
Morrighan

The Long Road to Damascus
Pairing: Snape/Lily
 Type: Angst
WIP, and apparently abandoned
Summary: Late in 1980, nearly a year before Voldemort's downfall, a chance meeting forces Severus Snape to make a life-changing decision. This fic covers his attempt to live with the consequences - as Dumbledore's spy.
 Notes: The story is not completed and probably will never be, but... it doesn't matter. It's a a very deep insight into Snape's Death Eater days, full of violence and angst, and so well written that you can hardly breathe while you're reading it! I'm not fond of Snape/Lily, but there isn't really any amorous interaction between them here.

VerityEmory

Switch
Pairing: Hermione/Snape
 Rating: R
Type: Dark Fic, Angst, Romance
Complete
Summary: What is drama, after all, but a slew of ill-made decisions? Hermione Granger and Severus Snape discover the side affects of lust, love, and everything in between.
Notes: A dreamy style, painfully dark!