Angst

Vain Wisdom All and False Philosophy

by Battle of Lissa

With the climax of the next great battle drawing near, the key players who have the ability to halt or bring about potential destruction take center stage, as they always have in every great war since time began. And Dumbledore knew all this, but not when it truly mattered. Eventual SS/HG. Alternate Universe, HBP death disregarded.
2007 OWL Awards Nominee: Fire & Ice Category (SS/HG), Romance Category, Angst Category, and A/U Category.
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2008 TNL Awards Winner for Best SS/HG AU Category

215,199 Words,  Started 03/14/2007,  Updated 09/05/2010

The Life Unlived

by sshg316

While sorting through Severus Snape's belongings, Hermione makes an intriguing discovery that changes her life forever.

47,370 Words,  Started 04/19/2009,  Completed 05/01/2009

And Two Must Love

by Drivelicious

After one desperate night together, Hermione and Harry create a new life. In order to save their child, they turn to the only person who can help. By giving their baby his name, Severus Snape gains more than he ever expected.

40,682 Words,  Started 01/07/2009,  Completed 08/26/2009

A Secret Worth Keeping

by Red Writing Hood

Hermione has left Hogwarts during her sixth year. Secrets and desperation brings her back.

36,104 Words,  Started 09/09/2008,  Updated 01/20/2009

Broken

by potterbrat

Draco Malfoy has changed sides. When he decides to leave Malfoy Manor, he needs help packing. While at the Manor, a surprise arrival changes everything. The warnings show abuse and violence, but I promise that nothing will be bad. It really is more of a romance, but the other stuff is necessary.

67,874 Words,  Started 02/09/2007,  Completed 08/17/2007

Wicked Game

by shalimar1981

After the events in the Department of Mysteries, Hermione finds it hard to cope and receives help from someone unexpected. When a friendship of a sort develops, will it survive the events of the Lightning-Struck Tower? Will an ancient ritual help the Light win the war or will it destroy everything? An HG/SS romance. Not DH compliant.

56,128 Words,  Started 07/02/2006,  Updated 04/10/2009

Shelter

by averygoodun

AU. Fatigued, Snape makes a mistake that could cost the wizarding world everything.

74,097 Words,  Started 05/06/2011,  Completed 11/24/2011

Power of the Mind

by gersknightlady

Now a professor at Hogwarts, Hermione Granger begins to experience fierce migraines and voices in her head. What is causing these headaches or who?

77,984 Words,  Started 07/13/2012,  Completed 04/28/2014

Deception

by Pyttan

Her forced, unhappy and loveless marriage had ended when Draco Malfoy was lost at sea. Now he's back.

22,908 Words,  Started 06/25/2012,  Completed 11/02/2012

Resurgam

by ayerf

Darkness never dies. Sequel to Redivivus.

55,870 Words,  Started 04/15/2007,  Completed 08/27/2007

Droxy's Folly

by TeddyRadiator

In a world where Lord Voldemort defeated Harry Potter and the Order, the Minister for Magic makes Hermione Granger an offer she cannot refuse - become a spokesperson for the new regime, or rot in prison. But Hermione has her own, dangerous agenda. Can she complete her appointed task without running afoul of the law, or the man she despises most - Severus Snape?

Written by stgulik and Teddy Radiator for Droxy. This story was originally commissioned as a TPP Every Flavour Auction gift, but was actually written for the 2012 Summer LJ het_bigbang fest.

71,959 Words,  Started 08/31/2012,  Completed 09/23/2012

The Swing of the Pendulum

by beaweasley2

Many people were affected by Voldemort—his followers, his victims, and the innocents who had been caught up in the war. After the war is over, how are they dealing? As the Wizarding world recoups, rebuilds, reorganizes, and adjusts to the social and economic changes caused by the aftermath of war, there are still people fighting to correct the wrongs that are out there. Hermione is one, so is Draco. Lucius is another.

70,544 Words,  Started 05/03/2009,  Updated 10/20/2009

Looking and Seeing

by Fawkes_07

A Non-HBP, Non-DH, AU DM/HG fanfic.
(Acronyms: The Next Parseltongue.)

Set in a world where HBP and DH never unfolded, this AU plot bunny leapt out and throttled me last night, after perusing some DM/HG "Head Boy and Girl" fics. I really hope to keep it short, and of course all my other fics are screaming for endings, but what's another unfinished project? :) Rated for future chapters.

29,809 Words,  Started 10/23/2007,  Updated 03/15/2008

Yea, Though I Walk

by Aurette

After the Final Battle, everyone has their demons to wrestle...

50,961 Words,  Started 06/08/2011,  Completed 07/22/2011

A Second Chance For Happiness

by star_girl

Life does not always turn out the way we want it to. Ten years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Severus Snape, thought by everyone to be dead, is living out his days in solitude on the edge of the wizarding world. Ginny Potter, meanwhile, is juggling a high-profile career, three small children, a Kneazle and a workaholic husband. A family crisis within the Potter household unwittingly brings Snape out of hiding and his and Ginny's lives are changed forever, with both of them ultimately offered a second chance for happiness. This story is mostly canon compliant but discounts the epilogue in Deathly Hallows.

54,687 Words,  Started 04/25/2010,  Completed 06/10/2012

Wonder Witch Love Potion 69

by beaweasley2

Sometimes your life simply turns upside
down when you least expect it to. Hermione thought her life was all mapped out and going according to plan. Nevertheless, one night at the opera and a mysterious romantic dream may have changed things for her forever.

32,562 Words,  Started 06/15/2008,  Completed 08/22/2008

Morgaine's Story

by morgaine_dulac

A canon compliant version of the last fourteen years in the life of Severus Snape. Canon compliant but with one important difference: in this story, Severus Snape has a friend. A friend who offers him her hand in the dark and will stay by his side until the bitter end.

93,256 Words,  Started 05/22/2008,  Completed 06/24/2009

Framing Hermione

by Pyttan

Ending up as one of the more prominent portraits at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a dull thing indeed, for a former double-spy. But there are ways to amuse oneself when boredom gets the better of you.

22,797 Words,  Started 03/21/2013,  Completed 07/21/2013

A Slant-Told Tale

by Squibstress

Before she was Professor McGonagall, she was Minerva Macnair. After an arranged marriage forces her into an impossible situation, Minerva does what she must to survive. When she makes a new life for herself, her secrets follow and threaten everything, including the only love she has ever found. The tale of a woman, her secrets, and how she keeps them.

Winner - 3rd Place, Best Drama-Angst WIP - Fall/Winter 2012 HP Fanfic Fanpoll Awards

171,469 Words,  Started 01/19/2012,  Completed 06/23/2018

Agoraphobia

by silverdoe

Agoraphobia – The abnormal fear of being helpless in a situation from which escape may be difficult that is characterized initially by panic or anxiety and finally by avoidance of open or public places. As a result, severe suffers of agoraphobia may become confined to their homes, experiencing difficulty traveling from this “safe place.”

30,282 Words,  Started 05/11/2008,  Updated 11/15/2008

And Ye Shall Find

by Ladymage Samiko

Injured and exhausted after the battle, Severus conceals himself, only to be found by someone who is also running away… from her memories. Written for the grangersnape100 'hide & seek' challenge.

8,938 Words,  Started 06/01/2008,  Updated 07/24/2009

To Beget an Heir

by GinnyW

**COMPLETE** Hermione and Severus are both after one thing, money. There is one way that they can both get it. Based on the WIKTT Surrogate Mother Challenge.

96,519 Words,  Started 04/11/2005,  Completed 03/31/2006

Three Options for Ginny

by Bettina

Severus Snape has just arranged himself with Draco Malfoy, when he gets yet another task: a young, charming female with flaming red hair and a fierce will to survive.

The Dark Lord sees the chance to add a set of little Snapes to his Death Eater offspring.

The story starts half a year after HBP.

243,895 Words,  Started 05/19/2007,  Updated 08/17/2014

Heart With No Companion

by michmak

"Well, Miss Granger, even incapacitated as you are, you are still causing me trouble."

Snape-Hermione angst/romance with a twist.

86,200 Words,  Started 06/29/2006,  Completed 07/18/2007

A Lesson in Friendship

by HermioneWeasley1972

Now that the trio is over, they are facing new challenges. Can their friendship be saved?

9,779 Words,  Started 05/05/2008,  Updated 10/21/2009