Cry Your Eyes Out!
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snarry_readerIn the mood for a good cry? The stories on this list will feed that hunger. Make sure you have a box of tissues handy.
Warning: Many of these stories include a major character death.
Accio Snape
•Something to Live For, R, 32,917 words. Art by Mieronna at these links: In the Quiet Morning, Open to Interpretation, Constant Vigilance, and Need to - Want to - Must not.
Warnings: (chan) (highlight for spoilers) *Hurt/comfort, suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, chan, angst, major character deaths in alternative ending.*
Summary: Harry knew he ought to talk to someone.
Amand R
•Odysseus's Last Days, PG-13, 17,375 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Major character death (Harry), suicide, twist*
Summary: He certainly hadn't predicted that the happy ending he'd dug out of the dirt, the blackness of his own self, the one he'd compromised so much for, would have dissipated with something as harmless as a plunge from a low bridge. Because it's not the fall that would have killed him. It would have been the sudden stop, or the rushing water, or a sharp stone to the skull, things that any wizard worth his salt could have got out of, if he'd wanted to.
Amanuensis
•Crazy Man Michael, NC-17, 4,712 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama*
Summary: "O, where is the raven that I struck down dead?"
Anino
•First Christmas, PG, 1,083 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Implied character death, angst*
Summary: Snape woke up and found himself alone.
Cybele
•If You Are Prepared Series, NC-17, 193,814 words.
Warnings: (Chan 13-15, Chan 16-18)(highlight for spoilers) *Major character death, angst, rape, chan, violence, dark*
Summary: A task he can't refuse. A boy he doesn't want to refuse
Dayse
•Knockturn in the Rain, NC-17, 5,213 words. Read review here
Warnings: (Chan, 11-13) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan, major character death, AU, prostitution, implied violence*
Summary: Severus Snape meets Harry Potter in Knockturn Alley.
Empathic Siren
•At the Heart of Things, NC-17, 12,256 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Infidelity, miscarriage, non-Snarry pairing, angst*
Summary: After being forced to bond five years ago, domestic tranquility does not reign in the Potter-Snape household. Severus thinks he's found something better, only to realize everything he's lost. He decides to prove himself to Harry one day at a time.
•The Thief and the Sorceress, R, 5,992 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *High-risk pregnancy, discussion of abortion, childbirth, angst*
Summary: Sequel to At the Heart of Things.
Flora/Florahart
•A Matter of Intent, R, 7,300 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Character death*
Summary: I don't know how much more I can tolerate. It must be nearly at an end, but one thing is certain: by the time this is done, I will be broken.
GMTH
•Time Passages, NC-17, 406 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst*
Summary: Things change as time goes by.
JoanWilder (Also known as RaeWhit)
•The Sensible Garden, NC-17, 139,487 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Original character death of a child, rimming, angst, drama, mentions of past relationships*
Summary: What if Harry had not been given the entire prophecy by Albus Dumbledore? Years later, forever changed by that second part of the prophecy, Severus and Harry are pulled together again, this time by a common love of flowers and gardens.
Kat Reitz and Tzigane
•Precious Illusions , R, 153,750 words
Warnings: (Chan)(highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18, Character Death, Dark, Rape, Violence/Torture, Suicide, Unrequited love*
Summary: Harry feels lost after Voldemort's demise and seeks a comfort Draco doesn't want him to have.
Kulfold
•The Return, PG-13, 8,120 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama, major character deaths (natural)*
Summary: Harry and Severus have spent a long life together. Now Severus is weakening, he is dying. One day they receive a seemingly disrespectful owl from Ollivander that asks for Snape's wand to be returned. Harry is indignant on his lover's behalf, but it turns out that even at the age of sixty he doesn't know everything about how the Wizarding world works.
Lucius Complex
•Between Constellations, R, 16,860 words.
Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *Magical AU set during the war, character death (not Snape or Harry), frottage, sexual biting*
Summary: Under the longest snowfall in memory Harry finally comes of age, between cycles of ice and adversity.
Review: You can find a review for "Between Constellations" here.
Luthien
•The Rain Keeps Falling, PG-13, 13,000 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, sad*
Summary: Harry listens to the rain falling on the roof after everything has ended.
Majenta
•Say It Properly, R, 4,471 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst*
Summary: His name finally cleared, Snape returns to Spinner's End following the aftermath of the war. An unexpected visit leads him to believe that his life may not be quite as empty as he had thought.
Mandy/geneticallydead
•Möbius, NC-17, 15,500 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Drama*
Summary: Ten years after the fall of Voldemort, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, celebrated as the saviour of the wizarding world. In the history books, Harry Potter stood over the hollow corpse of Lord Voldemort, vibrant and triumphant, and incinerated that withered old body to the depths of hell. The real truth was, Severus Snape killed Voldemort.
Not Harry Potter.
Merri Todd-Webster
•Guilty Pleasures, NC-17, 1,829 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *BDSM, character death not Snape or Harry.*
Summary: It started with sex, just sex, but where will it end?
Milgarion
•At the End of All Things, M, 57,050 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Terminal illness, major character deaths, angst*
Summary: When Harry's life is turned upside down by a life threatening illness, he goes to the only place he has ever called home.
Mosh
•All Just Photos, PG, 940 words. (Site registration required)
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, implied character death*
Summary: Severus is reminded of someone he used to know.
Nimori
•Thyself a Memory, R, 4,731 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, mental illness*
Summary: Snape must remember himself before he becomes a pawn in another kind of war.
Resonant
•Down, You Lie Down Too, NC-17, 1,010 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Hurt/comfort, PWP, angst*
Summary: A brief interlude of peace.
•Bruise, 238 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Major character death, angst*
Summary: Someone wrote me an LoC on Down, You Lie Down Too and said, "Please write a sequel?" And I thought, What? Write a sequel about what, exactly, that wasn't included in the original story? The only way you could write a sequel would be if you did something like ....Hmm. So that's what I did.
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.
Sioniann
•Grey-Green Backlit Morning, NC-17, 2,244 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *angst, voyeurism, non-con, character death, implied necrophilia, moral ambiguity, dark themes, non-Snarry pairing*
Summary: It was foolish to let him go looking for Snape on his own.
Sushi
•The Last Dance, NC-17, 37,641 words.
Warnings: (Chan 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18, major character death, angst*
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Harry Potter. He died...
Switchknife
•Prisonnier de Guerre, NC-17, 4,614 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Explicit sexual content, rape, violence, slavery, starvation, neglect.*
Summary: The experiences of a prisoner of war.
Telanu
•Hard Liquor 1: War Begets Quiet, PG-13, 3,208 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama*
Summary: You can't always get what you want.
•Hard Liquor 2: Noise, PG, 3,060 words. Prequel to Hard Liquor 1: War Begets Quiet.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama*
Summary: A prequel to my fic "War Begets Quiet", from Snape's POV.
Toft
•Three Months, PG-13, 1,479 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, semi-deathfic.*
Summary: Harry is dead. Then he isn't. Snape struggles to cope.
White Cotton
•Seven Steps to Heaven, NC-17, 16,863 words.
Content/Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Major Character deaths; DH compliant, minus the epilogue.*
Summary: Severus should have died in the shrieking shack and gone on to enjoy a relaxing death in hell - or heaven. However, although he managed the first task, he fell short at the second. Now he's stuck in the land of the living, invisible to all but one person: Harry Potter.
Review: You can find a review for Seven Steps to Heaven here.
Zillah
•I Stop Somewhere Waiting For You, R, 2,751 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, hurt/comfort, character death, suicide*
Summary: Snape ends up at Ron and Hermione's to die.
(Updated June, 2013)
Warning: Many of these stories include a major character death.
Accio Snape
•Something to Live For, R, 32,917 words. Art by Mieronna at these links: In the Quiet Morning, Open to Interpretation, Constant Vigilance, and Need to - Want to - Must not.
Warnings: (chan) (highlight for spoilers) *Hurt/comfort, suicidal ideation, attempted suicide, chan, angst, major character deaths in alternative ending.*
Summary: Harry knew he ought to talk to someone.
Amand R
•Odysseus's Last Days, PG-13, 17,375 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Major character death (Harry), suicide, twist*
Summary: He certainly hadn't predicted that the happy ending he'd dug out of the dirt, the blackness of his own self, the one he'd compromised so much for, would have dissipated with something as harmless as a plunge from a low bridge. Because it's not the fall that would have killed him. It would have been the sudden stop, or the rushing water, or a sharp stone to the skull, things that any wizard worth his salt could have got out of, if he'd wanted to.
Amanuensis
•Crazy Man Michael, NC-17, 4,712 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama*
Summary: "O, where is the raven that I struck down dead?"
Anino
•First Christmas, PG, 1,083 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Implied character death, angst*
Summary: Snape woke up and found himself alone.
Cybele
•If You Are Prepared Series, NC-17, 193,814 words.
Warnings: (Chan 13-15, Chan 16-18)(highlight for spoilers) *Major character death, angst, rape, chan, violence, dark*
Summary: A task he can't refuse. A boy he doesn't want to refuse
Dayse
•Knockturn in the Rain, NC-17, 5,213 words. Read review here
Warnings: (Chan, 11-13) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan, major character death, AU, prostitution, implied violence*
Summary: Severus Snape meets Harry Potter in Knockturn Alley.
Empathic Siren
•At the Heart of Things, NC-17, 12,256 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Infidelity, miscarriage, non-Snarry pairing, angst*
Summary: After being forced to bond five years ago, domestic tranquility does not reign in the Potter-Snape household. Severus thinks he's found something better, only to realize everything he's lost. He decides to prove himself to Harry one day at a time.
•The Thief and the Sorceress, R, 5,992 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *High-risk pregnancy, discussion of abortion, childbirth, angst*
Summary: Sequel to At the Heart of Things.
Flora/Florahart
•A Matter of Intent, R, 7,300 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Character death*
Summary: I don't know how much more I can tolerate. It must be nearly at an end, but one thing is certain: by the time this is done, I will be broken.
GMTH
•Time Passages, NC-17, 406 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst*
Summary: Things change as time goes by.
JoanWilder (Also known as RaeWhit)
•The Sensible Garden, NC-17, 139,487 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Original character death of a child, rimming, angst, drama, mentions of past relationships*
Summary: What if Harry had not been given the entire prophecy by Albus Dumbledore? Years later, forever changed by that second part of the prophecy, Severus and Harry are pulled together again, this time by a common love of flowers and gardens.
Kat Reitz and Tzigane
•Precious Illusions , R, 153,750 words
Warnings: (Chan)(highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18, Character Death, Dark, Rape, Violence/Torture, Suicide, Unrequited love*
Summary: Harry feels lost after Voldemort's demise and seeks a comfort Draco doesn't want him to have.
Kulfold
•The Return, PG-13, 8,120 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama, major character deaths (natural)*
Summary: Harry and Severus have spent a long life together. Now Severus is weakening, he is dying. One day they receive a seemingly disrespectful owl from Ollivander that asks for Snape's wand to be returned. Harry is indignant on his lover's behalf, but it turns out that even at the age of sixty he doesn't know everything about how the Wizarding world works.
Lucius Complex
•Between Constellations, R, 16,860 words.
Warning(s): (highlight for spoilers) *Magical AU set during the war, character death (not Snape or Harry), frottage, sexual biting*
Summary: Under the longest snowfall in memory Harry finally comes of age, between cycles of ice and adversity.
Review: You can find a review for "Between Constellations" here.
Luthien
•The Rain Keeps Falling, PG-13, 13,000 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Romance, sad*
Summary: Harry listens to the rain falling on the roof after everything has ended.
Majenta
•Say It Properly, R, 4,471 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst*
Summary: His name finally cleared, Snape returns to Spinner's End following the aftermath of the war. An unexpected visit leads him to believe that his life may not be quite as empty as he had thought.
Mandy/geneticallydead
•Möbius, NC-17, 15,500 words. Read review here.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Drama*
Summary: Ten years after the fall of Voldemort, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, celebrated as the saviour of the wizarding world. In the history books, Harry Potter stood over the hollow corpse of Lord Voldemort, vibrant and triumphant, and incinerated that withered old body to the depths of hell. The real truth was, Severus Snape killed Voldemort.
Not Harry Potter.
Merri Todd-Webster
•Guilty Pleasures, NC-17, 1,829 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *BDSM, character death not Snape or Harry.*
Summary: It started with sex, just sex, but where will it end?
Milgarion
•At the End of All Things, M, 57,050 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Terminal illness, major character deaths, angst*
Summary: When Harry's life is turned upside down by a life threatening illness, he goes to the only place he has ever called home.
Mosh
•All Just Photos, PG, 940 words. (Site registration required)
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, implied character death*
Summary: Severus is reminded of someone he used to know.
Nimori
•Thyself a Memory, R, 4,731 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, mental illness*
Summary: Snape must remember himself before he becomes a pawn in another kind of war.
Resonant
•Down, You Lie Down Too, NC-17, 1,010 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Hurt/comfort, PWP, angst*
Summary: A brief interlude of peace.
•Bruise, 238 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Major character death, angst*
Summary: Someone wrote me an LoC on Down, You Lie Down Too and said, "Please write a sequel?" And I thought, What? Write a sequel about what, exactly, that wasn't included in the original story? The only way you could write a sequel would be if you did something like ....Hmm. So that's what I did.
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.
Sioniann
•Grey-Green Backlit Morning, NC-17, 2,244 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *angst, voyeurism, non-con, character death, implied necrophilia, moral ambiguity, dark themes, non-Snarry pairing*
Summary: It was foolish to let him go looking for Snape on his own.
Sushi
•The Last Dance, NC-17, 37,641 words.
Warnings: (Chan 16-18) (highlight for spoilers) *Chan 16-18, major character death, angst*
Summary: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Harry Potter. He died...
Switchknife
•Prisonnier de Guerre, NC-17, 4,614 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Explicit sexual content, rape, violence, slavery, starvation, neglect.*
Summary: The experiences of a prisoner of war.
Telanu
•Hard Liquor 1: War Begets Quiet, PG-13, 3,208 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama*
Summary: You can't always get what you want.
•Hard Liquor 2: Noise, PG, 3,060 words. Prequel to Hard Liquor 1: War Begets Quiet.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, drama*
Summary: A prequel to my fic "War Begets Quiet", from Snape's POV.
Toft
•Three Months, PG-13, 1,479 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, semi-deathfic.*
Summary: Harry is dead. Then he isn't. Snape struggles to cope.
White Cotton
•Seven Steps to Heaven, NC-17, 16,863 words.
Content/Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Major Character deaths; DH compliant, minus the epilogue.*
Summary: Severus should have died in the shrieking shack and gone on to enjoy a relaxing death in hell - or heaven. However, although he managed the first task, he fell short at the second. Now he's stuck in the land of the living, invisible to all but one person: Harry Potter.
Review: You can find a review for Seven Steps to Heaven here.
Zillah
•I Stop Somewhere Waiting For You, R, 2,751 words.
Warnings: (highlight for spoilers) *Angst, hurt/comfort, character death, suicide*
Summary: Snape ends up at Ron and Hermione's to die.
(Updated June, 2013)
