Romance/Feel Good Fics

[snarry_reader]

The fics on this list tend to be romantic stories where the main obstacles that stand between the two lovers are primarily in their heads: misunderstandings; prejudices; obstacles set up by third parties, which can be overcome, etc. There can certainly be some angst and dangerous situations along the way, but a happy resolution in the end is a must.

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Abbybanks
•A Necessary Condition, R, 4,000 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None listed.*
Summary: When Professors Snape and Potter have one argument too many, the Headmistress resorts to magic to make them behave. Now they are working together to lift her hex, but there's something that Harry's forgotten..

Alexandra Dane
•Peripheral Vision, PG-13, 27,271 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Disability, post-war non-magic AU, romance, mentions of past relationships.*
Summary: The war is over, Hogwarts is no more, Albus is deaf, Minerva's round the bend, and Harry and Severus are trying - despite their visual handicap and the occasional treachery of their friends - to find a way of living together.

Alisanne
•The Best Laid Plans, PG-13, 9,300 words.
Warnings: (Chan) (highlight for spoilers) *AU, student/student relationship.*
Summary: After all these years, Severus is determined to discover why Harry named his son the way he did.

Anya Elizabeth
•An Awkward Customer, NC-17, 10,000 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *EWE*
Summary: Snape can't figure out why Potter is hanging around his shop.

•Remedial Potions, NC-17, 15,199 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None listed*
Summary: It turns out Harry probably shouldn't have spent his sixth year cheating, because now he needs Remedial Potions for real...

Aucta Sinistra
•Bottoms Up, NC-17, 11,056 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *humor*
Summary: Harry-in-disguise meets Snape-on-holiday.

•Beech Hall, NC-17, 29,481 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance*
Summary: This time, Dumbledore sends Snape to Harry's manor for his own safety.

•Quid Pro Quo, NC-17, 29,837 words. Read review here
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, romance*
Summary: Harry is cursed, and comes to Snape for the cure.

Chazpure (Also known as Chastity Pureheart)
• Water Lilies and Lotus Seeds, NC-17, 11,800 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *frottage, semi-public sex, oral*
Summary: When his godson recommended a "fascinating" Muggle establishment for a relaxing experience, Harry was intrigued, but he was unprepared for finding the owner fascinating as well.

Chiralove
•Lust Potion Number Nine, PG-13, 14,000 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Het (not explicit) and non explicit/mention of non-Snarry Pairings (Harry/Ginny, Harry/Viktor, Harry/unspecified male)*
Summary: Harry Potter was the last person Severus expected to need this particular potion, but the Ministry's Propagation and Restoration Emergency Guidelines have them both trapped in lives they don't particularly want to lead.

Clymer
•Mutually Beneficial, PG-13, 3,741 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Chan, romance, drama*
Summary: Snape makes Harry a calculated offer.

Dementor Delta
•Between the Lines, R, 22,723 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (Chan, 16) (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, chan,*
Summary: Harry discovers a secret in his Potions text and a friend in the Half-Blood Prince.

•I Dream of Harry, NC-17, 33,665 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Magical AU, romance, first-times*
Summary: Severus Snape finds a magical object, or does a magical object find Severus Snape?

•Dumbledore's Folly, NC-17, 47,606 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, first-times, courtship, some angst*
Summary: Snape courts Harry, according to an ancient Wizarding courtship ritual.

•Parseltongue-Tied, NC-17, 16,158 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Animagus Bestiality, romance*
Summary: Harry Potter makes friends with one of nature's shy creatures.

•The Dreaming Spires, NC-17, 29,102 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, memory loss, wish magic*
Summary: Severus Snape gets on with his life after Voldemort's defeat.

•The Devil Will Drag You Under, NC-17, Read review here.
Warnings: (Chan) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan, AU, bond/marriage*
Summary: AU-Chan. Harry must marry Snape for his own protection. Only a legality for seven years, of course.

Devi the Wynter Wytch
•Just A Few Letters Off, PG-13, 18,804 words.
Warnings: (Chan, 17) (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, humor, chan - 17*
Summary: A misdirected owl leads to romance.

Diana Williams
•The Courtship of Harry Potter, NC-17, 37,232 words.
Warnings: (Chan 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, courtship ritual, chan*
Summary: Another teacher's interest in Harry Potter forces a reluctant Snape to compete for the young man affections.

Dracofiend
•The Cure, PG-13, 8,203 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *romance*
Summary: After the war, Harry needs eight months in St. Mungo's and Professor Snape's cure.

Eledhwen
•In Want of a Wife, R, 37,715 words
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None listed.*
Summary: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Emynn
•Forget Me Not, NC-17/PG-13, 36,560 words. Art by vividescent
Content/Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *EWE, some violence*
Summary: A story in which the world remembers Severus Snape, Severus remembers that he will never be free of Harry Potter, and Harry remembers pretty much nothing at all.
Review: You can find a review for "Forget Me Not" here.

•Playing with Matches, NC-17, 13,264 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *EWE*
Summary: Harry Potter finds no greater happiness in life than helping others fall in love. But he can’t quite seem to summon that same joy when Severus Snape shows up and asks him to find his match.

•The Interrupted Kiss: A Fairy Tale, NC-17, 24,795 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *A brief kiss during a flashback between 17-year-old Harry and a not-17-year-old Severus. Other than that, nothing except for a plethora of clichés and what you would expect from the rating.*
Summary: Once upon a time, Severus Snape shared a kiss with Harry Potter. Then Harry had disappeared after killing the Dark Lord, leaving Severus the reluctant darling of the Wizarding world. When Dumbledore insists on throwing a ball in Severus’s honour, Severus is convinced the world has gone completely mad. But when he comes across an ashy-faced young man whose half-answers about his identity haunt his every thought, Severus realizes that a ball might be the least of his worries.

•This Time of Ours, NC-17, 35,491 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Multiple timelines, déjà vu, sloppy potions, silly girls, a wee bit of dub-con, and good old-fashioned man-on-man sex.*
Summary: Severus Snape wasn’t supposed to die. Neither was Harry Potter.

Entrenous88/Entrenous
•Wishful Thinking, NC-17, 9,600 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *wish magic*
Summary: Severus Snape never wishes to see Harry Potter again. Why, then, does he keep seeing him at Hogwarts?

Femme/Femmequixotic
•Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, NC-17, 50,840 words.
Warnings: (Chan, 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan, STD, angst, romance, hurt/comfort*
Summary: Harry gets a mysterious present and an STD--both in the same week.

•Praemedicatus, R, 7,663 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance*
Summary: Harry wants to protect his lover...who doesn't want protection.

•Gladly Beyond Any Experience, NC-17, 32,000 words, and an outtake Nobody, Not Even the Rain, PG, 3,000 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Past relationships, non-Snarry pairing, domestic violence, minor character death, futurefic*
Summary: Sixteen years after the war ends, Snape is found.

Gingertart
•Echoes, NC-17, 17,676 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None*
Summary: Everyone has been given perfume for Christmas, odd things happen as a result and Harry finds himself juggling match-making children, senile household appliances and two very fraught relationships.

Icarus
•Cursed Artefacts For Sale, PG-13, 6,362 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *humor, romance*
Summary: Severus drags Harry to a Wizarding auction. "Collecting Cursed Artefacts is a registered form of madness in the Compendium of Wizarding Mental Disorders and Other Things That Make You Twitch," Severus said, "like most compulsions to collect. But it's very a popular one and I plan to beat everyone else to it." Part of the Primer to the Dark Arts universe

Imkalena
•Clause and Effect, R, 7,100 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Snape-flavored fluff, holiday fic.*
Summary: "A modified [non-apocalyptic] Last Night scenario where time is running out. Partner A has a long list of things to do and wants partner B to help him. Partner B only has one item on his list, and won't tell what it is."

Jadzialove, NC-17, 23,622 words.
•Humbug, NC-17, 23,622 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Mentions of non-Snarry pairings, Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance*
Summary: Four meddling spirits offer one cranky Potions Master a Christmas gift of insight, and a second chance with the man he loves. SS/HP mentions SS/RB

•Puzzled Together, NC-17, 11,301 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None*
Summary: At forty-two, Harry Potter finally felt it was safe to relax and enjoy his life, until his own life-long inability to resist a puzzle gets him into the sort of trouble only Severus Snape can fix.

•Dystopiary Deluxe, NC-17, 5,986 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance*
Summary: With a satisfying new life, Severus Snape thinks he's content. Leave it to Potter to disabuse him of that notion.

•Persona Non Grata, NC-17, 12,972 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, rimming*
Summary: After traveling the world, Harry figures he's seen it all. His first stop back in London proves that notion wrong, then sets him on a mission to help. Whether Snape wants it or not.

•Lost and Found, NC-17, 24,451 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, rimming*
Summary: Severus Snape wakes to find himself in the oddest situation he'd never imagined.

JoanWilder (Also known as RaeWhit)
•Anniversary, NC-17, 30,486 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Drama, First Time, Romance*
Summary: After Voldemort is defeated on Harry’s eighteenth birthday, the Headmaster makes a deathbed request: that Harry and Snape spend the anniversary of that victory alone together, every year, until they are magically released from the obligation. This is the story of the seven anniversaries that follow, and of the mutual animosity that was transformed into something altogether unexpected.

•Second Best, NC-17, 23,275 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, Drama, First Time, Romance*
Summary: Two lonely men find each other in an internet chat room, and ultimately discover that it is, indeed, a small world after all.

Julia the Younger
•Sunrises, NC-17, 73,552 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *First Time, Romance*
Summary: Harry’s eighteen, he’s just destroyed Voldemort and saved the world and now he’s returning to Hogwarts, this time as the new Assistant Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Unfortunately he’s still not quite over the events of the summer and, stuck at Hogwarts without his friends, with a Professor who seems to resent Harry for breathing, a developing awareness of his horny eighteen year old sexuality and some rather disturbing nightmares, Harry’s not feeling the best.

•Happily Ever After, NC-17, 26,491 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Drama, Established Relationship, Romance*
Summary: Sequel to Sunrises. Harry Potter has returned to Hogwarts as assistant Defence teacher after destroying Voldemort in the summer. Severus Snape on the other hand has finally been given the Defence Against the Dark Arts position, albeit with Harry as his assistant. Both of them have a few issues to deal with, not withstanding their developing feelings for each other. At the end of Sunrises, Albus' helpful little conversation made Severus realise that he wasn't afraid to risk being with Harry and told him so. Now they can live happily ever after.

Kai
•Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger, R, 27,704 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Action/Adventure, First Time, Humour, Romance*
Summary: The difference between History and What Really Happened.

Klynie
•Whispers, NC-17, 22,500 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *DH spoilers; rimming; light spanking with a tiny bit of bondage; implied voyeurism involving nearly the entire wizarding world; happy ending;mystery*
Summary: Auror Harry Potter infiltrates "Whispers" – a Slytherin-owned gay wizarding sex club – to uncover a Galleon laundering scheme.

Leni Jess
•Alliance, NC-17, 8,835 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance*
Summary: A few years after the war, Harry (now Seeker for the England team), invited back to Hogwarts, finds unexpected common ground with Professor Snape. Each regrets that in some areas the wizarding world has not changed, and does what he can to remedy that.

Lydia Lovestruck
•The Medean Curse: A Romantic Comedy, NC-17, 38,993 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, humor, implied non-Snarry pairing*
Summary: Harry's impotent. Snape's got the cure. But. he wants something in return!

Mahaliem
•Potion Commotion, R, 16,500 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None listed.*
Summary: Post-Hogwarts. To deflect Lucius Malfoy's unsought for attentions, Harry pretends that a love potion has caused him to be attracted to Severus Snape.

Melora98
•Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, PG, 7,531 words. See review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *AU, no magic, and I made them American. Sorry. Romance, Harry is deaf.*
Summary: The town of Normal, Illinois lived up to its name.

Meri Oddities/Meri
•Sanguis-Vinculum, NC-17, 68,033 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (Chan, 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan - 16-18, angst, romance*
Summary: A potions accident creates a blood bond between Harry and Snape. It takes them 68,000+ words for them to work it out.

•The Courtship of Severus Snape, R/R (NWS), 25,100 words. Art by vividescent
Content/Warning(s): Chan, 15 (Not Snape or Harry) (highlight for spoilers) *Brief Albus Severus/Scorpius*
Summary: Severus Snape was not going to be the half-blood who made a mockery of the most respected pureblood courtship ritual. Even if Harry Potter was participating.
Review: You can find a review for "The Courtship of Severus Snape" here.

•The Same Coin, NC-17, 50,940 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Hurt/Comfort, angst, romance*
Summary: After being injured as an Auror, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts to teach Defense Against The Dark Arts.

•Courtship Rituals, NC-17, 56,180 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (Chan, 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18, courtship ritual, angst, romance*
Summary: Snape is ordered to court Harry Potter.

Minx/Miraminx
•A Good Buy, NC-17, 9,171 words.
Warnings: (Chan, 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *humor, romance*
Summary: The Gryffindors hold a slave auction. Guess who buys Harry?

•The Love Charm, NC-17, 6,823 words.
Warnings: (Chan, 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18*
Summary: Response to snape_slash_improv challenge #1: Snape catches/watches someone masturbating and hears an unexpected name (not his own). OR Someone catches/watches Snape masturbating and hears him say an unexpected name.

Miriam Heddy
•What Dire Offence, NC-17, 18,617 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None listed.*
Summary: Harry told himself that he didn't want anyone coming into the lounge to see Severus look so very human, though as he sat back in his chair and let his own eyes fall shut, he suspected that he might be the very last person at Hogwarts to come to that conclusion.

Nimori
•The Pandora Complex, R, 9,867 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Humor*
Summary: Some boxes, once opened, are impossible to shut -- as Snape discovers when a student brings fanfiction to class.

Predatrix
•The Love Song of Bastard and Idiot, NC-17, 24,901 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Addiction/Drug Use, romance*
Summary: Pomfrey thinks she's detected usage of a Potion that suppresses the libido. A reverse-aphrodisiac love-story.

Resonant/Resonant8
•The Familiar, NC-17, 5,539 words. Read review here See illustration by Morskaya here
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Animal transformation, humor, hurt/comfort*
Summary: A potion goes awry.

Roozetter/roozette
•Catch and Release, R, 5,561 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Potential trigger - miscarriage, not Snape or Harry.*
Summary: Harry has a “tell,” when he needs affection. Ron never realized Severus had the same one.

Rushlight
•Rite of Passage, NC-17, 12,644 words.
Warnings: (Chan 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18, first time magic rite*
Summary: When Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, he has to find someone to aid him in the passage to adulthood.

Rycolfan
•A New Leaf, a New Page, and the Beginning of Always, NC-17, 14,928 words.
Content/Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *None*
Summary: As part of his New Year resolutions, Harry vows to turn over a new leaf, let go of old grudges. When Snape shows up at the Burrow as their First Footer, Harry takes that as a sign to see what kind of relationship he can have with Severus. How does Severus react?
Review: You can find a review for A New Leaf, a New Page, and the Beginning of Always here.

Scheming Reader
•Train Songs, NC-17, 16,000 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, rimming*
Summary: After the war is over, Harry and Severus meet on the train from Paris to Istanbul. Since neither has anywhere to go, should they go together?

Tara Tory
•No Place Like, NC-17, 38,043 words.
Warnings: (Chan) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan, romance*
Summary: Severus Snape gets to deal with one of the least magical places on earth when Voldemort's clever plan takes a wrong turn. Kansas, it turns out, handles magic pretty well.

TheMadScriptor
•When Cars Fly, NC-17, 7,900 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Fluff. EWE, AU in that Snape is alive.*
Summary: P-n-W Flying Motor Works relies on Slug and Jiggers for certain vehicular potions—after all, that Muggle oil is rubbish, really. (Don't even get Harry started on the antifreeze.) When Jiggers goes on sabbatical, Harry learns that Snape isn't dead, knows a bit of Italian, and gives a really good blow-job.

Tira Nog
•Whispers of Intent, NC-17, 30,549 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Past implied non-Snarry pairings, romance*
Summary: Auror Harry Potter has a surprising encounter in a gay bar.

Torino10154
•Esse Quam Videri, NC-17, 17,574 words and all Outtakes from the Esse Quam Videri Universe, G - NC-17, 10,615 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Non-magic AU, first-times, Homophobia, Rimming, Romance*
Summary: In a small town in North Carolina in the 1950's, Harry James works for his father, does chores for his mother, and finds romance in the most unlikely of places.


(Updated June, 2013)