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.

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. 

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.

Something New

Title: Something New
Author: Aithilin, Wind_Ryder
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Lestrade/Victor
Warning: PG-13, threesome, pregnancy, omegaverse
Length: Short
Status: Ongoing


Sherlock and Lestrade spend Sherlock's heat together while their partner, Victor, is out of the country. Sherlock becomes pregnant, and they decide not to tell Victor until he comes home. They don't realize that the shock might be a bit too much for him.



AO3

Very sweet compilation of short stories from a specific universe. I quite like the characterizations. They just... fit.

Wind_Ryder also wrote:
Brother Mine
Finally

The Sustain Stories

Title: The Sustain Stories
Author: maybe_amanda
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Molly, John, Mycroft, OMC (Edmund - baby), Daddy Holmes, Mommy Holmes, Jim
Warning: NC-17, het, pregnancy, cheating ( Daddy Holmes)
Length: Novel
Status: Completed


"So now you're behaving like a six year old 'cause he didn't take you along on his honeymoon?" Lestrade said. "Grow the hell up." 


AO3

Second instalment has got a rather gruesome crime.

Actually this is less about Sherlock and Molly than about Sherlock growing into the role of a father. The couple relationship actually develops slowly, it comes to the front of the story at the third instalment.

For You and For Myself

Title: For You and For Myself
Author: soulofair
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Irene, OFC, OMC, John/Mary
Warning: R, het, pregnancy, character death (Adele, OFC), illness (Sherlock), marriage (OFC)
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


Irene's role in Sherlock's life doesn't just fade away. Fading isn't her thing. Instead, their relationship flourishes.


At FF


Almost epic Sherlock/Irene story. A bit on the light side of style but it's a story woven over decades.
As much as I love this story: I have one major problem with it.
Adele's death did not become real for me. I could not feel it. Not grasp it through Sherlock's and Irene's grief. The closest I came was with Sherlock breaking apart. But I never got to the point where you acknowledge a character's death. It was more like she was away. Thus, the second child seemed like a very bad idea, I couldn't come to terms with that. To me, Sherlock and Irene never really dealt with the loss, they always behaved like Adele was simply 'gone' for an undetermined time. They were sad but not mourning, not grieving. The author didn't manage to induce this magic moment when the reader simply cries because it's too much.

Diets Are Made to Be Cheated, as Are Marriages to Work

Title: Diets Are Made to Be Cheated, as  Are marriages to Work
Author: IronicNarwhal
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock,
Warning: R, het, genderbender, pregnancy
Length: Medium
Status: Completed

Sherlock Holmes is a strong woman, but love can bring the strongest to their knees. This is precisely why she is scared to fall in love.

At AO3


Another fem!Sherlock story. Guess I'll go through the ones I can find, not like it's such a popular theme.
This one shows snippets of the "episodes", so it's kind of an alternate timeline to the actual series. And of course Sherlock returns from the dead.


Same Author as:
What You'll Never Expect When You're Expecting

What the Body Betrays

Title: What the Body Betrays
Author: shenanygans
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, Jim/Sherlock, OMC (baby Hamish)
Warning: NC-17, rape, het, genderbender, pregnancy, injury
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Sherlock has been acting stranger than usual. She's been throwing up at crime scenes and leaving the flat at strange hours, not telling John where she's been going or why. John's worried and begins to wonder if their friendship will survive whatever Sherlock is hiding from him. And Sherlock knows that she won't be able to hide her secret for very long.....



At AO3

I liked Sherlock in here. She's just.... BAMF, and reckless, and yet caring, and intriguing... yeah.
It's not exactly the genderbender part that I loved about this, it's rather the her depiction. It sends just this lovely message: no matter which gender, Sherlock will always be... Sherlock.

What Comes Undone

Title: What Comes Undone
Author: Songlin
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: John/Sherlock, OFC (Rosalind)
Warning: NC-17, het, pregnancy, genderbender, self-harm/injury (Rosalind), mention of femslash
Length: Novella
Status: Completed


Sherlock Holmes was not the kind of woman a man brought home to meet the family. She wasn't even the kind of woman most men brought home, full stop. But that never seemed to stop John.


At AO3


A cute story about fem!Sherlock and John living together, falling in love together and... staying together.
Pregnant!Sherlock was nice, too, bitchy, loving and yet brilliant.

And than there Were 3

Title: And then there Were 3
Author: Aussieflower
Fandom: Sherlock
Characters: Sherlock/Irene, John, OMC (Nero)
Warning: R, mention of het, pregnancy
Length: Medium
Status: Completed


Irene and Sherlock have new obstacles in their way that test their relationship more than before.


At FF


This is actually the sequel to Him and Her. I am currently reading that one. Shame on me, I started out with And than there Were 3. While they seem a bit OoC, Irene and Sherlock are portrayed beautifully as a couple in a functional dysfunctional relationship. I rather liked daddy!Sherlock.