Severus intended to end his life but Albus Dumbledore intervened. Can Severus do what he needs to to rescue the person he loves most? Even if that means saving them from themselves? Or will they be once again lost to Severus forever? Rated M for suicidal thoughts. AU. Severus/Lily ***This story was previously posted on an old account...and has had a pretty big overhaul***

Voldemort chooses Neville but the Potters do not escape unscathed. Five years later, Lily Potter walks back into Severus Snape's life. Things are about to get complicated. AU.

His life had been a mockery to itself, as too his death it seemed. For what kind of twisted humour would force Severus Snape to relive his greatest regret? To return him to the point in his life when the only person that ever mattered in his life had already turned away.

DO NOT READ BEFORE READING THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR OPTIONS! Severus has made his choice. He has come home at last. He has his new life. But this new world won't repeat all the same scenarios as before. What new challenges await Severus and Lily Evans, or is their biggest challenge going to be...one another?

With the theft of a time turner and only one thought in mind, Severus returns to a time before everything went so very wrong, a time when Lily was still alive. He can only hope it's enough to stop Lord Voldemort before Severus' life falls apart...again.

Severus Snape is trapped. Trapped between his father, his mother, and his House, being driven into the Dark. Until Sixth Year, when all his secrets are revealed, to the people he least wanted to discover them. Enemies become friends, relationships are remade...and changes occur that could affect the fate of the entire Wizarding World.

After his death, Severus makes the decision to return to the world of the living, starting in the summer of 1975. With his adult knowledge on the upcoming war hidden inside his 15 year old body, he finds his way back to Lily, and his new position in the wizarding world. / This is a pro-snily story. (No character bashing) STORY: COMPLETE

Muggleborns are disappearing and being killed off. 19 year old Lily Evans is kidnaped and finds herself a slave in a living Hell that tests her fighting spirit. Death Eaters and atrocities around every corner; a sinister plot that would shake the world of magic; and an unlikely alliance emerges. Is Severus capable of protecting her? Was it ever meant to be?

AU. Lily chooses forgiveness and mercy. Severus chooses to become worthy and honorable. With one choice, the chasm that Dark Magic created between them is no more. Together, they choose what is right, instead of what is easy – and a new path lies ahead of them. Destiny remains the same, however, no matter which path is taken. SeverusLily. Part I of III. Edited as of 12/2019!

Sometimes all that's needed for enormous differences is a small change, as small as the order of a few sentences in a heated row. Lily Evans unconsciously makes one such change while arguing with her best friend, and the magnitude of consequences her actions cause holds the potential to reshape not only herself and the people around her, but their world's very future. A What-if AU

The night Voldemort attacked, Lily Potter had found a way to enhance an ancient magic that would protect her son as well as the caster from the killing curse. Almost 15 years later, after being rescued from the Dursley's by Snape, Harry comes across a letter and necklace that will change everything. AU, OOC...

Mistletoe and Christmas trees, kisses stolen beside them, in the dark beneath a snowy sky. These were things that Severus' holidays had never had. This year, Lily insisted on changing that. On giving him all of those and more.

Muggleborn Lily Evans has two boys interested In her, The show-off James Potter and the dark arts boy, Severus Snape. Lily Is best friends with Severus, after all they met before Hogwarts. But James really wants the girl and keeps bullying Severus. Who will Lily pick or will she even pick?

(Adopted this story from riusOrionBlack1. Sebastian Snape is Harry Potter. I don't think Severus will name his son Harry if he had a son.) Meet eleven-year-old Sebastian Severus Snape, son of Severus and Lily (nee Evans) Snape. Lily picked Severus while they were still at Hogwarts instead of the git, James Potter. This story will be about the Snape family.

This is a family story, a what if Snape knew Pettigrew had turned the potters into Voldemort and Snape had chose to act, one small change affects everything. ABANDONED AND BEEN ADOPTED

Severus finds out that Peter is the spy and warns James and Lily that fated Halloween night. How can one action change the course of young Harry's future?

A Father's betrayal lead to an attack on his newborn son on the eve of his first birthday, how will his childhood be growing up in the wizarding world. Part 1 of 8

Just my take on what could have happened if he had only known.

The story begins in the summer before their sixth year. Some plots have been changed to fit with the story. Rated T for now but will be updating to M for future content

What happens when a chance of fate pushes Severus Snape and Lily Potter together, more than once, after so many years of separation? Will the two make amends or will it go up in flames? Set eight years after the first war has ended. AU. Rating will change to T eventually.

Severus made a grave mistake by joining Lord Voldemort and he paid for it with his body. Lily lost the man she loved to the war, James Potter. With both of them missing pieces of their lives they find themselves relying on each other to fill the holes they've created. Chronic illnesses, sick!Severus. Major rewrites coming soon

Lily Evans made a mistake and she had to stop herself from making an even bigger one. Follow her as she rights the wrongs of her childhood and sets course on a future with the man she should have chosen.

Lily Potter believes her son Harry is dead, yet when a tall, dark and handsome stranger tells her otherwise they get closer.. Lily Evans / Severus Snape- Main focus but mentions of: Harry P / Ginny W and Hermione G and Draco M

"This train will take you where you have to be. Severus, listen to me, this is a rare occasion." Albus held his shoulders and he realized he was shorter than the headmaster. That couldn't be, he'd been taller than Albus ever since he was nineteen and finally stopped growing.

It's the start of a another school year & a new one for the Snape triplets. However this year proves tough when Harry is suddenly thrust into the Tri-Wizard Tournament & Eileen has an unsettling vision that sets Severus & Lily on edge. Sequel to SeverusxLily story, Coming Back to You.

Written for Round International Schools Competition: Lily has seen a difference in Severus Snape, he walks taller, no longer smells of mothballs and no longer kowtows to his Slytherin buddies. Since returning to Hogwarts, it seemed the school was trying to play matchmaker. Amortentia, Ancient Runes and Arithmancy and he saves her twice in one day leaves her to question her heart.

Lilly spends twelve years as a cat, until Hermione buys her at the Magical e then goes to Hogwarts and convinces Severus that she's human and he figures out how to transfigure her back. While she was a cat, she was owned by a member of the Pureblood elite and learned their customs,as well as powerful magic. She kills Voldemort teaches magical etiquitte and falls in love

This one will keep you guessing. Rated M for future smut.

What if the Dark Lord hadn't been defeated that Halloween night eleven years ago? Hogwarts is now refuge to those targeted by death eaters and Severus is torn between two sides

What if Severus accepted the position as Potion Master at Hogwarts only to find that Lily Evans, James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were teaching there too? Warning: AU and NOT canon-compliant! Dumbledore and Marauder bashing. Good Reg, Lucius, and Narcissa. Please read and review. Image courtesy of archiburning at Deviantart.

Did James really take off Snape's pants at the end of Snape's Worst Memory? What would have happened if Lily had given him another chance after the "Mudblood" comment? Would Snape have treated Harry differently? Read to find out!

On that miserable Halloween night, a more incredible and interesting thing took place than anyone imagined. The world believes the Potter line has been erased, but in reality, its heir and matriarch survived. And the first person to meet either of them upon their return, is none other than Severus Snape.

This is the fall of our secrets / Harry and Severus share, discover, comfort and trust eachother and work together to uncover an important secret. Will they succeed? Will they survive? Will they have faith in each other? Will they have a second chance? / No slash. M for mentions of rape.

Harry Potter has a twin sister who is believed to be the girl who lived. Lily tries to get James to love Harry, but whenever she speaks against Rose and in favour of Harry James gets mad. Lily is getting hurt and now fears her husband. The twins are now off to Hogwarts. can they be saved? Book 2 is after book one doesn't have space to leave a better summary! Lily/Severus FF enjoy!

Having sent his wife and son to live with his childhood nemesis James Potter, Severus Snape left to be a part of the biggest war in the wizarding history. Now, after 14 years, Harry realizes that Voldemort is not just a part of his past, he is back now, to make Harry's life a living hell. And who is this mysterious girl whom Albus is trying to defend? Severitus! 4th year!

When Voldemort attacked the Potter's he's defeated by none other than Lily Potter, thus both she and Harry lived. No one has any clue how this is even possible; but Dumbledore has a very good idea how it happened. Based on the Two Who Lived challenge on Potions and Snitches. Harry/Daphne and Severus/Lily.

Three years after Voldemort visited Godric's Hollow, Lily now lives under the protection of loyal Death Eater Severus Snape in a world by ruled the Dark Lord's conquest. But the Order of the Phoenix is not completely eradicated, and two names are beginning to return to her: Harry and James. COMPLETE

It's the First Wizarding War. Snape has turned sides, but Voldemort has found out his true alliance. How? And who will save Severus Snape?

Voldemort decides to spare Lily and Harry both on that Halloween night. With James, Sirius and Remus all dead at the hands of Death Eaters and Voldemort at the height of his powers, Lily knows she and Harry are all alone...until a certain Potions Master decides to set things right and comes to her aid. Together can they raise Harry to be Voldemort's match? (POSSIBLY a Snily story)

Lily Evans' story of her journey through Hogwarts and after. Fair warning: This might get a little dark into depression. I can't imagine Lily not going through some sort of teenage/young adult depression. Please, PLEASE review! I'm curious to know what you guys think. Suggestions are more than welcome.

Harry and his sister Eleanor are going to Hogwarts along Ron, and Hermione. They're going to figure out secrets from their parents, teachers, and school. They thought that it would be a normal year, but they were wrong. (Snily)...LEVEL 2 IS HERE.

Helen Snape Evans is the self-reliant, cunning, and ambitious daughter of Lily J. Evans and Severus Snape, but there's more than this to somebody with her disturbing past. Raised like a Muggle. They thought that she was a Squib. But when she turned eleven years old, everything changed. Something obscure inside her would become an unstoppable force.

Severus discovers a book that could possibly assist in his quest to catch Lily's special attention. AU. Chapter 1-4 rewritten.

1976 and nightmare visions of the future are plaguing Severus Snape. With Lily's help, he will need to figure out what these glimpses are trying to tell him, to change their future to a better one for all of the wizarding world. Although the future is not set in stone, not everything Severus sees can be changed, sometimes the inevitable will reach them sooner than they expected

A story that asks questions like how important is espionage to warfare and what could inspire you to kill your friends. But mostly it wonders what things might have looked like if Lily was sorted into Slytherin…? Honestly, it's not that deep really, I just thought it would be interesting to play around with. Plus, Harry proved you can request your house and she is his mother, so...

After calling her a Mudblood, Severus struggles with his intensifying desire for Lily Evans. But his fight to regain her friendship and earn her love is hindered not only by James, who takes up Dumbledore's special defence class with Lily, but also by himself. Can he succeed as the tension heightens between Lily and her two admirers? Or will Severus' mistakes spiral out of control?

It was amazing, how one color could be a source of bliss and happiness, yet at the same time a source of pain and regret. Following a discussion with Dumbledore in the afterlife, Severus Snape is given a chance to return and face those regrets. Severus x Lily. A rewrite/retooling of "Tempus Vita". Cover image "Always" belongs to ExothermicEX on DeviantArt.

Severus Snape died in the Shrieking Shack and wakes up to a curious little girl. A short story inspired by fan-art created by Lily-Fox on Deviant Art.