The Overlooked

Title: The Overlooked
Author: ChristineX
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/OFC (Celeste), Voldemort, Dumbledore
Warning: PG-13, character death (Snape), child, war
Length. Novel
Status: Completed



Snape discovers the existence of a magically gifted young woman who never received an invitation to Hogwarts. But as the final confrontation with Voldemort approaches, can Snape protect her from those around her...including himself?


FF


Another OFC story. Can't believe it. Well, the story deserves the rec. It highlights how Snape is torn between making a life for himself and the war effort. I thought the end was a bit depressing. He never got to know his son. I'd have loved it if the end diverged from canon.

Snape's Worst Memory

Title: Snape's Worst Memory
Author: Darkglare
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters:Snape/Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Dumbledore, Regulus
Warning: R, School, war, illness (Snape, Lily), alcohol abuse (Eileen), character death (OC Helen, Peter, Mr Evans, Eileen, Tobias), eating disorder (Snape), het, werewolf injury (Lily),pregnancy
Length: Novel
Status: Completed


FF


The Marauders have more enemies than just Severus Snape, who's rotten luck is about to change. His friendship with Lily will continue past fifth year.



This is a story not for the faint of heart. The word count will blow you away before you even get to the good part, the writing.
Lily is very immature, and almost disturbing in her careless ways. On the other hand, Snape's infatuation with her -  strong, then waning with his own fortunes shifting - is fiery and very in character. He is deeply flawed in his scheming ways, and certainly dark(ish).
And if you like the Marauders, stay away.

Severus makes his way into the world.

The only criticism I can bring up is the end. It just lacks a sort of... closure.

Hermione Granger and the Intended Vessels

Title: Hermione Granger and the Intended Vessels
Author: Severely_Lupine
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Hermione, Dumbledore, Remus/Tonks
Warning: NC-17, dub-con, pregnancy, illness (tumor), war, school
Length: Novel
Status: Completed

 Sometimes all it takes to change the world is one small, simple choice. On the night the Death Eaters attack Hogwarts, Hermione Granger makes such a choice. Her life—and her world—will never be the same.

The guilt from killing Draco is bad enough, and knowing she saved Dumbledore doesn’t help it, but when a Ministry decree forces her to marry Professor Snape—a cruel, cold man who’s apparently hated her since she was a child—in order to be used as a breeder of superior wizards, Hermione doesn’t think her life can get any worse. But, of course, she’s wrong.

Soon, Voldemort’s after her and her friends (again), her life is in grave peril, and all her hopes for a future at all, much less a happy one, rest on her own shoulders—and on Snape, her unwanted husband, whose heart still belongs to a woman long dead.

AO3


It takes some time to like the plot. I never was very impressed with the pairing, but the story makes it a bit more believable how Snape could fall in love with her. Or in which ways he could not.

The Warehouse

Title: The Warehouse

Author: Loonymoon
Fandom: Harry Potter

Characters: Snape/James, Remus, Lily(/James, /Snape), Sirius

Warning: NC-17, het, slash, drug abuse, war
Status: Ongoing

Length: Novel

This jumble of emotions could be called love. I never expected it to be this cruel or complicated or humiliating. Love that’s not… convenient.

FF

Snape and James re-meet in very different circumstances. And this leads to a severe crisis for both of them.

Love triangle, well, but not the way you'd think.

Obsession

Title: Obsession

Author: Kerrymdb
Fandom: Harry Potter

Characters: Snape/Tonks, Remus/Tonks 

Warning: R, het, pregnancy, war

Status: Completed

Length: Novel

In her heart, Nymphadora Tonks knows that Remus Lupin is the only man for her. Then why can’t she get Severus Snape out of her head?

FF

A rare pairing, indeed. Not only this is one of the fine points why one should read it, but also because Snape is shown from his best, worst, kindest, meanest side. 

In Shining Armour

Title: In Shining Armour
Author. coffeeonthepatio
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/OC, OC (Emma or Burgundy), McGonagall
Warning: PG-13, het, post-hogwarts
Length. Novel
Status: Completed


Snape's only saving the unborn child of a strange woman. He never signed up for having his house invaded and a stranger and her child caring for him after the snake bite.


FF

Snape with a child - even if it's not his own, could we ask for more?
It takes some time until you get to like the OC female, but you will. Her pride is similar to Snape's, and that is why their relationship is interesting. They tend to fight a lot. Very snarky.

Absolution

Title: Absolution
Author: Ginny R.B
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character: Snape/James, Sirius, Lily
Warning: R, slash, school
Length: Novella
Status: Ongoing


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.



FF

Difficult pairing, but the story makes it (half-way) plausible. But the relationship is complex, too, not only the pairing itself. Well-written.

A Fool's Choices

Title: A Fool's Choices
Author: Morphea
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Severus Snape/OFC (Remus' sister), Remus Lupin
Warning: R, het, school, war
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


FF



Snape hated his life. Not only had he been denied the DADA position for the 16th time in a row, but he was risking his very life spying for the Order without any recognition from his peers. They were all such a bunch of ungrateful illiterates..



Well-written OC story. And I quite enjoyed it, even though I am by nature wary of OCs. Here, the relationship between the teachers is at the center of the story, as well as Snape's war effort.

If You Want Something Done Right

Title: If You Want Something Done Right

Author: Rukiie
Fandom: Harry Potter

Characters: Snape/Lily

Warning: M, het, mention of non-con, Horkrux, magical creature (Basilisk)

Length: Novel

Status: Ongoing

...you have to do it yourself. In their 6th year a mysterious disappearance forces Lily and Severus to work together despite their falling out and puts them on the path meant for a certain bespectacled boy but if you want something done right...

FF

This is huge. And brilliant. Lily is sometimes a bit nuts, but the author claims it will make more sense in the end. Also, everything is told from Snape's perspective. In a way, it's normal that Lily would appear nuts to him at times. You can really overlook that part, because the story is full of riddles, sentimental parts, puberty issues, angst, hope, redemption, trust issues, friendship, and more. This is THE story to go for if you a) like the pairing b) are not sure about the pairing but want Snape to be happy c) don't care about the pairing but like clevver stories d) like confusing stories. It will confuse the hell out of you. But it's worth it. Every chapter is worth the read.

St Petersburg

Title: St Petersburg
Author: redherring
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Victor
Warning: PG-13, illness (Victor)
Length: Short
Status: Completed

It’s been so long since you’ve seen him, and in two weeks he would have been back in London, in your flat, in your bed, in your arms. You would have protected him then. He is all you have left, the one piece that can never be allowed to go missing.

And yet he had been.

AO3

A one shot which may make your heart bleed. In the end, "everything is gonna be alright", to quote another story I love.

A Dream Carved in Stone

Title: A Dream Carved in Stone
Author: diadelphous
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Lily, Dumbledore
Warning: M, het, pregnancy, war
Length: Novel
Status: Completed



When an unmarried Lily Evans joins the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore gives her a simple mission: meet with the Death Eater Severus Snape and tell him what she's done.



FF

Beautiful story in which Snape "got" the girl. A few years later, but he did. Lily is independent and head-strong. They fit together very nicely. I quite enjoyed their dynamic.

Give Your Heart to a Wild Thing

Title: Give Your Heart to a Wild Thing
Author: kenopsia
Fandom: Sherlock / His Dark Materials
Characters: Sherlock/Victor, Mycroft, Mommy Holmes
Warning: PG-13, slash, character death (Father Holmes), AU, crossover
Length: Medium
Status: Ongoing


Mycroft is just hoping he doesn't have to kill Sherlock's daemon in her sleep to help Sherlock live to see adulthood. It might as well be his prime directive, because nobody else seems capable of doing it.


AO3


Bloody brilliant story. This has just hit my all time favorites! Last time I was as impressed with a story as right now was when I read Chrysalis by starcrossed_lover or Mad Lori's Performance in a Leading Role.

Not Quite the Shilling

Title: Not Quite the Shilling
Author: Annie D
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Snape/Harry, Dumbledore
Warning: NC-17, slash, potion, post-war
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Harry's back to teach at Hogwarts. It's mostly boring, but he likes it that way. Snape likes it that way, too.


AO3


Young(er) Snape and Harry. Not quite in character, but nonetheless a very enjoyable reading experience.

Grownups

Title: Grownups
Author: emmyAngua
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/(John), Archie, Mary
Warning: PG-13, mention of slash, character death (Mary)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Somehow - without anyone ever being sure how it happens - Sherlock becomes Archie's mentor. At least he *thinks* he's the mentor.



AO3

There's something very melancholic about this work. I like how time creeps up on the reader. The skips are not linear, and thus it seems random. Frightening in a way. It's quite easy to let yourself fall into this narrative. I like the writing style, too.

Sun that Burns on a Cloudy Day

Title: Sun that Burns on a Cloudy Day
Author: InsaneTrollLogic
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Mycroft, Sherlock, John, Lestrade
Warning: AU
Length: Short
Status: Completed


Sherlock and John are rebels in a dystopian world.

AO3


AU with Mycroft who has taken over the world. Very in-character but darkish. He is still Mycroft, and Sherlock and John are Sherlock and John. Mycroft is simply guided by other moral concepts. His brother, however, will always be his world.

Reinvent, Rediscover

Title: Reinvent, Rediscover
Author: kenopsia
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Victor, John
Warning: PG, amnesia (Sherlock)
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Sherlock wakes up after a nasty head wound demanding someone fetch him his Victor. John has no idea who he means. Victor is on the first plane back to London.


AO3


A beautiful story which explains Sherlock and Victor's backstory. And it brings him to 221B Baker Street.

Fairy Tale of Regent's Park

Title: Fairy Tale of Regent's Park
Author: Basingstoke
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Lestrade, Mrs Hudson, Jim
Warning: PG, AU
Length: Short
Status: Completed


There is a swan, and he's not named Sherlock. And there is a duck, and he's not named John.



AO3

Utterly cute story of Roadblock (Sherlock) the Swan, and Johnny the Duck. And Norbury, their peachick.

Rats in the System

Title: Rats in the System
Author: GarrulousGibberish
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John(/Sherlock), Mycroft, Jim, Anderson
Warning: R, murder (Sherlock, John), illness, character death (Mrs Hudson, Lestrade), injury (John, Lestrade, Sherlock)
Length: Medium
Status: Ongoing


No one knows where the virus started. No one knows how to stop it, either. But Sherlock will find a solution. He always does. Or he'd better, because otherwise he's going to be short a flatmate.


AO3


That's one story to enjoy angst at its finest. The characterization is superb, and the setting just screams challenge. I did not have high expectations when I began to read it, but this story captivated me after the first chapter.

The Smart One

Title: The Smart One
Author: Basser
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock, Mycroft
Warning: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed


And this, Mycroft thinks, is why sitting vigil at his brother’s bedside was a terrible idea. A conversation in the hospital.


AO3


Lovely one shot that shows their brotherly ties very well.
And this from an author well-known for rather dark scenes.


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What's in a Name

Title: What's in a Name
Author: Clara
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Lestrade
Warning: PG
Length: Short
Status: Completed


 In a misguided attempt at altruism, Lestrade sets John up with some bloke named Sherlock. Only, he doesn't know anybody named Sherlock. In fact, he's not entirely sure that the name Sherlock even exists.


LJ

Brilliant oneshot, I especially loved how Lestrade went on to shout "Sherlock" in public because he was that desperate to find him. Or rather, "one."