Severus and Lily
Snily = Severus Snape x Lily Evans-Potter
Here is where I can keep a collection of my top favorite Snily fics from Harry Potter. This may include Severitus fics and others with friendships and side pairings, but all of them focus solely on Severus x Lily.
(Open, Unmoderated)
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Lily and Severus reconcile after her marriage to James, beginning an affair that will have long-lasting consequences. Canon compliant until "The Half-Blood Prince". Eventual Severitus.
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The Half Blood Princess by Batlantis
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Snily - Fandom
03 Oct 2025
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On Hallowe'en night 1981, Severus Snape found his best friend, a body, and a baby in a small cottage in Godric's Hollow. Despite all his begging, he had not expected the Dark Lord to keep his promise.
But he did.
This is the story of the day Lily Evans Potter lived, and how Severus, Lily, and Harry found their places again in the new wizarding world.
Updates will be extremely sporadic, possibly based on kudos, so follow at your own risk. I promise nothing.
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Voldemort chooses Neville but the Potters do not escape unscathed.
Regulus Black survives the war and establishes a Foundation in an attempt to repent for his sins.
Five years later, new Foundation employee, Lily Potter, walks back into Severus Snape's life.
Things are about to get complicated.
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How Harry Potter becomes the Chosen One, despite everyone involved trying to stop it from happening.
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The Post-Grad Prince by Bol_Stark, JaySM, The_Gestalt_Prince
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
31 Oct 2024
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It's June 1978, and Severus Snape has just boarded the train from Hogsmeade to King's Cross for the final time. Although free to carve his own path, he has much to think about; not only has Lucius Malfoy given him a year to sort out his affairs before taking the Mark, but there are rumors that Lily is engaged to be married to James Potter next summer. Much to think about, indeed.
Series
- Part 2 of Always Snape Round Robins
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thunderstorms beneath our skin by MeldigoTheGreenYeti
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Jul 2026
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Nothing was same once Lily graduated from Hogwarts. Everyone around her seemed to have a plan, a direction. She was stuck in between of everything—too old to cling to childhood, too lost to step into adulthood. Everything was changing to quickly for her to even grasp the moments around.
But the summer of 1978 doesn't go as expected. Old names return. New alliances form. And somewhere between restless nights, unopened letters, caught against the haunting weight of everything unsaid, Lily finds herself drawn back into a story she thought had ended.
They manage to find their way back into one another's lives, over and over with no proper direction as the war tries to cut through endlessly in a continuous loop.
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When Severus Snape was asked to find a solution to the aftermath of a Dark Magic ritual Voldemort was using to enhance his magic, he could have never imagined this would reopen old wounds and bring him face to face with the catalyst of his redemption; with the woman that had haunted his sweetest dreams and his worst nightmares for the past thirteen years.
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Severus had been ready to die, he hadn't expected to find himself back to a time when he was still to commit his greatest sins. He had not expected Lily to talk to him again.
After two decades spent fighting in a war, it's not immediately apparent to him that somewhere along the way he must've forgotten how to live. With a looming war on the horizon, he doesn't have much of a choice if he wants to protect her.
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so long, we’d become the flowers by Anonymous
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies)
08 Aug 2022
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“Hello? Hello? You fucking-“ His voice breaks again, it’s agonising, but he can’t help but continue to scream, “after all this time, all I ask for is a quiet death, all I wanted was to close my eyes and never open them again, but no. It seems as if fate can’t even grant me one fucking wish-“
“She’s here, Severus.”
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Her remains exhumed as part of Voldemort's grotesque resurrection ritual, Lily Potter is inadvertently brought back to life by unknown magic. She is twenty-one, a widow, and mother to a reckless teenage boy. Bafflingly, her ex-best friend, Severus Snape, is said to have worked tirelessly to protect her son over the years, yet wants nothing to do with her. For his part, Harry Potter, at first overjoyed to have his mother back alive, begins to chafe under her authority and worry she has feelings for the teacher he so despises.
Part One (OotP) Chapters 1-20
Part Two (HBP) Chapters 21-38
Part Three (DH + EWE) Chapters 39-52