Jun. 10th, 2024

Snarry-a-Thon 2018

Snarry-a-Thon is an annual fest of Snarry goodness that always brings so much creativity and joy in the Snarry community. I am forever blown away by how much talent and passion Snarry-lovers have. With that in mind, I wanted to create some special recs for a fest near and dear to my heart.

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2018 fest! But first...

Disclaimer: my rec lists are created based on my personal experiences and preferences. There are plenty of other stories and authors who are quite good and deserve just as much love. This is not meant to be an objective “best of the best” list, but the subjective opinion of a longtime reader and fangirl.

Worth Watching

by accioslash. Rated: E. Words: 3,784. Muggle AU. Drunk sex. Established relationship.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.

Grim

by Acid (ac1d6urn). Rated: E. Words: 17,240. Spinner's End. Grief/Mourning. Romance. Hurt/comfort.

After the war, the house on Spinner's End is a shelter, but not a home. Then Snape lets in a pair of strays.

Surfacing

by avioleta (avioleta). Rated: E. Words: 24,861. Panic attacks. PTSD. Student/teacher. Hogwarts 8th year. First time.

Harry’s back at Hogwarts. Severus is back in the Potions Lab and everyone is just trying to find some semblance of normal after the war.

Prompt #113: Old school 8th year fic.

Little Monkeys

by Lilian. Rated: T. Words: 15,756. Past character death. Grief/mourning. Children.

"There might be a chance that maybe, perhaps, Severus went too far this whole ‘exile far away from the Wizarding World’ thing. Because however he tries to frame it, it comes down to this: after nine years of being completely alone, the first time he stays with another person, he’s plotting to steal said person’s children."

Afloat (on a Sea of Love)

by suitesamba (suitesamba). Rated: G. Words: 8,334. Humor. Old men in love.

In their autumn years, Harry and Severus finally find each other and, though Harry’s kids object, decide to take a cruise to celebrate their budding relationship. Back home, Lily, Al and James have ample time to discuss just exactly why they object to Severus as they sit through a Hogwarts Quidditch game. When their old headmistress Minerva McGonagall joins them in the stands, she opens their eyes about their dad and Severus. Featuring old men in love (and in Speedos), a Quidditch game that will not end, Minerva the match-maker, and a seven-year old wedding planner.

Snarry-a-Thon 2018 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2019

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2010 fest! But first...

Amortentia

by avioleta (avioleta). Rated: E. Words: 21,057. First time. Past relationships. Non-consensual drug use.

A few years after they married, Harry discovers Ginny has been dosing him with Amortentia the whole time. He goes to Snape for help to reverse the effects.

Cutis Fame Morbus

by Lilian. Rated: T. Words: 11,897. Hurt/comfort. Bed sharing. Dub-con cuddling. Naked cuddling.

Sometimes, redemption comes with the face of a deadly wizard-disease and its only cure: forced cuddling.

A Snake's Story

by pluperfectsunrise. Rated: M. Words: 8,472. Animagus. Healing.

After the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter finds an injured snake and nurses it back to health. It’s Severus Snape, of course.

How We Were Warriors

by Writcraft (writcraft). Rated: E. Words: 51,567. Queer themes. Implied/referenced homophobia. Emotional hurt/comfort. Getting together. Slow burn. Falling in love. Healing. Past relationships. HIV/AIDS. Queer history. Pride parades. Happy ending.

A homophobic attack in London’s Soho brings Harry to New York City to discover more about the past. Still haunted by love and loss in the eighties, Severus just wants to forget. In Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, past and present collide, and in one another Severus and Harry find hope for the future.

Hero Worship

by zalil. Rated: E. Words: 14,051. Past relationships. Light dom/sub.

When Snape meets Potter a few years after the war, he is surprised to see that the little brat has come to be a strapping young lad with the muscles of an Auror and a command over his magical powers that makes Snape want to fall to his knees and worship him.

Snarry-a-Thon 2019 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2020

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2020 fest! But first...

a scratch for every itch

by bleedcolor (bleedcolor). Rated: T. Words: 11,478. Pining. Humor. Friends to Idiots to Lovers. Magical Maladies. Getting together.

Severus Snape is an itch that Harry just can't scratch.

The Unforgivables

by cruisedirector & Dementordelta. Rated: E. Words: 13,558. Reconciliation. Auror Harry Potter. Magical Artifacts. Discipline. Spanking. Sex toys. Dark Magic. Morally Gray Harry Potter.

Harry thought he was entitled to use an Unforgivable Curse here or there. After all, he was an Auror. But someone familiar, someone he missed, seemed to know exactly what he was up to.

Payment, rather than affection

by hippocrates460. Rated: E. Words: 3,382. Sex work. Sugar Daddy. Dubious consent.

“You wanna live fancy? Live in a big mansion?
Party in France?
You better work bitch”
Britney Spears

M WLTM FELLOW LNLY PERSON FR DINNER & WINE. WELL-COMPENSATED.
Who could be lonelier than still-recovering Snape? Who could be more alone than newly-divorced Harry?

Red As Blood

by Likelightinglass (likelightinglass). Rated: M. Words: 9,942. Vampires. Fairytale retellings. Mild gore. True love.

Once upon a time there was a strange and magical land. One filled with ordinary villages and ordinary people, a dark and forbidding Forest, and a castle shrouded in mist. In the castle lived an Evil King, whose court of Death Eaters did his evil bidding. And there was a curse. There was a curse, and a magic mirror, and a boy as white as snow.
But first, there was a Huntsman.

The Detective's Ballet

by pluperfectsunrise. Rated: E. Words: 18,151. Fairytale retellings. Adventure. Mystery. Double narrative.

Harry Potter’s two best friends have been kidnapped by a man called the Snow King. He sets out on a dangerous quest to get them back.
Meanwhile, another Harry Potter goes to the ballet in search of Severus Snape.

Snarry-a-Thon 2020 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2021

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2021 fest! But first...

Forever Yours, Severus

by maraudersaffair (maraudersaffair). Rated: E. Words: 10,583. Pining. Curses. Sexual tension. Some humor. Fluff & smut. Love letters.

Severus is cursed and can't stop writing Harry love letters. Severus is nothing but cold and distant, so Harry is more than a little shocked when he learns his old professor has feelings for him.

In the Mist He Was Standing

by ImpulseFunWritinAnon. Rated: T. Words: 2,282.

Severus, a Catholic shepherd, starts to dream of a mysterious figure. He prays that the dreams go away.

Lost and Found

by JocundaSykes. Rated: E. Words: 38,646. Angst with a happy ending. Memory loss. Brief Harry/OMC.

Harry only has one New Year’s resolution: to move on from his life with Severus.
The only thing Richard wants is for customers to stop disturbing him so that he can be alone with his books.

Reveal Your Secrets

by pluperfectsunrise. Rated: E. Words: 14,839. Bathing/washing. Some humor. And lots of feelings.

Harry Potter has a secret.
The secret is how much—how very, very much—he would like to wash Severus Snape's hair.

Hawthorn Branches in Spring

by zalil. Rated: T. Words: 37,569. Hogwarts 8th year. Pre-slash.

Harry returns to Hogwarts to finish school properly and sit for his NEWTs. He doesn't expect Snape to be back teaching, nor their old animosity to resurface. When it is pointed out to him that he is responsible for it, he sets out to change their relationship for the better. The results have more of an impact on him than he expected.

Snarry-a-Thon 2021 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2022

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2022 fest! But first...

Foundations (or, Where Do We Go From Here?)

by avioleta (avioleta). Rated: E. Words: 17,788. First time. Hogwarts 8th year. Jealousy. Angst with a happy ending.

After the war, Severus retreats to the solitude of his dungeons. There are potions to brew, repair work to be done, and lessons to plan. But then Harry Potter begins turning up at all hours, wanting little more—it seems—than to irritate Severus. Severus doesn’t know what Potter wants. But he doesn’t know what he wants, either. From the original prompt: Severus knows it’s not love or even affection that brings Harry Potter to his rooms at night.

The Potter Phenomenon

by ines_iz. Rated: E. Words: 31,548. Romance. Internalized homophobia. Angst. Eventual fluff. Idiots in love. Professor Harry Potter. Pining. Jealousy. Coming out.

When Harry Potter, queer star of the Wizarding World, returns to Hogwarts as the new Defence professor, Severus Snape is not happy. In fact, he is positively outraged. Not only does Severus have to endure the man's obnoxious behaviour (not to mention his ridiculous sense of fashion), but he also ends up being dragged into Potter's attention-seeking plans — and, ultimately, is forced to face a few demons of his own.
Or: Harry Potter Goes Gay (and the entirety of Hogwarts Goes Gay with him)

A Trick of the Mind

by PinaNaponi (vulnerasanenturmyprince). Rated: E. Words: 40,585. UST. Postwar. Scars. Pining. Legilimency. Brief Harry/Ginny.

Ever since the horcrux in his head is gone, Legilimency comes easy to Harry. It’s nearly laughable how easy it is, considering how much he used to struggle with it back in his fifth year. But he reckons half of that had been Snape’s fault anyway. Who on earth would enjoy the nasty git invading their mind?
But as life as Harry has known it changes, Harry’s opinion on the matter changes with it ― rather drastically so if he’s being perfectly honest.

With Aloha

by silvereye5 (silvereye5). Rated: E. Words: 26,793. Fluff. Drinking.

Severus and Harry are booked on the same gay singles cruise.

No Defence Against the Dark

by zalil. Rated: E. Words: 1,732. Established relationship. Demonic possession. Body modification.

After handling his DADA material, Harry might have changed a bit lately. Severus doesn’t approve. Or does he?

Bonus: Shameless Self-Rec

Listen...it's okay to celebrate oneself, too, okay?

Contempt

by danpuff. Rated: E. Words: 20,400. Enemies to Lovers. Virginity loss. Cheating. Love/Hate. Harry/Ginny. POV Harry Potter.

Harry hates Snape, and he always will. (He will, won’t he?)
Playlist | Podfic

Snarry-a-Thon 2022 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2023

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2010 fest! But first...

Loose Ends

by Arrisha (arrisha_ao3). Rated: E. Words: 9,856. Heavy angst. Dark. Psychological horror. Unhealthy relationships. Trauma. Mystery. Angst and Romance.

I love you, Severus wants to say. But the timing is never right.

The Want of You

by Ephemeral (fleetingdesires). Rated: E. Words: 7,377. Hogwarts 8th Year. POV Severus Snape. Clubbing. Virginity loss.

On his night off, Severus unexpectedly realises that Harry has grown into quite an attractive man.
He's just not going to think too hard about it. No, he's not going to think about him at all. It's fine. He's fine. Everything is fine.

Nocturne

by Necromanticnoir (necromanticnoir). Rated: E. Words: 54,090. Fairiytale retellings. Creature fic. Dual POV. Horror. Heartache. Mutual pining. Angst and feels. Self-hatred. Dark magic. Dreams and nightmares.

A Gothic Snarry version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, inspired by the dark and sensual tale from the Czech film version, ‘Panna a Netvor’. I follow some of the plot, but then diverge and do my own thing. Got to make it even weirder, right? An eerie, erotic, brooding, bloody, batty, haunting fairytale.
‘Underneath my skin there’s a human. Buried deep within there’s a human. Despite everything, I’m still human.’ - ‘Human’ by Daughter

Line by Line

by SerenaEW (serenaew). Rated: T. Words: 7,836. Romance. Poetry. Librarian Harry. Artist Harry. Calligraphy. Light angst.

After an involuntary exile from the Wizarding World, Harry is now Assistant Librarian at Hogwarts and part-time artist. Who is the poet of the Hogwarts-inspired verses he is creating art for?

Luck of the Draw

by Writcraft (writcraft). Rated: E. Words: 11,857. Romance. Getting together. Minor injuries. Auror Harry Potter. Humor.

Severus is enjoying the quiet life when his participation in a Ministry raffle forces him to go on a date with Harry Potter. During a weekend filled with drag queens, hiking, a twisted ankle and a dog named Paddington, Severus begins to wonder if the quiet life is really all it’s cracked up to be.

Bonus: Shameless Self Rec

Devotion

by danpuff. Rated: E. Words: 25,843. Enemies to lovers. Cheating. Unhealthy relationships. Self-hatred. Mental health issues. POV Severus Snape. Open/ambiguous ending.

Is there anything more undignified than needing someone so much?

Sequel to Contempt

Snarry-a-Thon 2023 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2024

Another year of Snarry-a-Thon has just wrapped up! What a fun season this has been. There was a lot to love, but as usual, I've narrowed it down to my Top 5 favorites! But first…

Cat-astrophe

by blackwhitelight (loneamaryllis). Rated: E. Words: 13,972. Fluff & humor. Cat!Harry. Cat!Severus. Idiots in love.

"It's a door," Harry said. "I killed Voldemort. I can manage a door."
"Can you?" Snape said, with such smugness it was dripping off his whiskers.
Or the adventures of Harry and Snape as cats after an unfortunate potion accident.

Turning Back Time

by cruisedirector, Dementordelta. Rated: T. Words: 8,455. Time travel. Domestic. Established relationship.

Harry and Snape are equally sure about who made the first move. They just disagree about which of them it was.

Symmetry and Murder

by salizarinadress. Rated: T. Words: 21,795. Murder Mystery. Severus has OCD. Trust issues. POV Severus.

Severus has been going steady with Potter for six months now, taking what pleasure he can from what is clearly a sting operation to uncover his non-existent illegal brewing enterprise. Then Harry confesses his love. He insists that he really did retire as an auror, and that he thought they were dating for real this whole time, and he's willing to go public to prove it. He organises a last-minute Murder Mystery night and invites Severus as his official date. Hijinks ensue.

The Bubbling Brew

by Trueliarose (trueliarose). Rated: T. Words: 35,540. Coffee Shop AU. Muggle AU. Fluff. Idiots in love. Mutual pining.

Harry works at a café. Everyone warns him about the grumpy regular who always occupies the table in the far corner. Except, Harry doesn't know what everyone is on about; he likes the sarcastic man.