At the behest of Lord Voldemort, Severus Snape is forced to commit a deplorable act against one who should have been under his protection. Bound by Dark Magic, he and Hermione Granger must learn to trust one another and themselves as they work together to thwart the dark plots surrounding them.

Hermione has a life-debt to pay to Harry Potter and will do whatever she can to pay it back. Harry has no idea. She'll go through the fires of hell to repay him, and he won't even notice. It helps when a spy notices. An unlikely partnership is forged to fulfill their debts. Slow burn. HG/SS Contains: Slash, violence, angst, swearing, and love.

Dumbledore decides that Hermione will be instrumental in aiding the war effort at the start of her fourth year. Using her time-turner, she might manage to find the time to make his plans work, but she will come to need the guidance from her growing friendship with Snape. Disrupted by a marriage law in 1997, how will events unfold? A story with a slow burn romance.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger makes the decision to go back for the severely injured Severus Snape, saving his life and setting them both on a new path for the future.

Dumbledore wouldn't have left trouble magnet Harry Potter defenseless for years at Hogwarts. At thirteen Hermione becomes his protector, working and training with Severus, giving up her childhood to ensure Harry's safety. As times passes, Severus becomes teacher, mentor, friend, and eventually lover. A story of spies, plots, and love. M in Part Three. Winner of SSHG Best WIP Award.

Her pale skin and silky blonde hair was incandescent in the afternoon sun, making it look like spun gold. Severus wondered what it would be like if that sunlight were to kiss his skin as well. This is a (completed) work in progress - rating for later chapters.

2020 rewrite and update! When Hermione Granger and Severus Snape are thrown together by the ill-conceived Marriage Law, no one doubts they'll make a good undercover team for the Order. No one suspects that they'll find mutual respect, love, and a plot to destroy the world. A story in 3 parts.

Hermione's first introduction into the magical world is by two very different men, one light, and one dark, but the one she is enamored with is the one everyone fears. A story of fate, intrigue, and undying love.

Hermione's plans to spend her seventh year on the run with her friends are shattered when Severus Snape shows up with a proposal she cannot refuse. *AU 7th year with Hermione attending Hogwarts. Eventual SSHG. M for reasons. ***COMPLETE***

Hermione's abuse of the time-turner during her Third Year means she's starting the summer before her 5th Year already free of the Trace. The Order doesn't know. What will Professor Snape do when he comes upon the young Gryffindor one night? Why is Hermione's magic so strange now that she's 17?

Haunted by her lack of action towards Severus Snape in the Shrieking Shack, Hermione Granger decides that the best place to intervene and work on the problem of restoring her parent's memories is Hogwarts - over twenty years before the battle.

Takes places during the summer after OoTP, the Golden Trio is forced to stay in hiding at Grimmauld Place. Hermione (who is of age!) begins gravitating towards Snape without knowing why, and he attempts keeping her at arms length, but will be able to remain doing so? AU

Severus Snape is hit by a nasty curse by Bellatrix which has a very specific counter. Can Hermione help him while they try to end the war? Post-Hogwarts, AU, alternative story from 7th year onwards including a few details from the Trio's 6th year. Unexpected complications and unexpected allies appear along the way. Complete - epilogue up!

What if Harry wasn't the one who spotted the doe that night in the forest of Dean?**A/U story that follows DH story line** Rated M for a reason!

The marriage law trope with a twist: SSHG involved in a would-be scandalous relationship kept secret for decades, only to be exposed with the enactment of a marriage law. (An experiment in non-linear storytelling.) Rated for a bit of smut and some foul language.

Devsgma and Darnedchild have combined their talents to tell you the story of what has happened to our favorite pair. It starts with a few letters from one extremely grouchy potions maker to the manager of a used book store.

PostDeathly Hallows. While Harry is immured in the headmaster's office viewing Snape's memories, Hermione takes action of a different sort. (Pre-romance)

Complete. In post-war England, Severus Snape has one responsibility left: the shell of a woman in St. Mungo's. Who is she, and why does he visit every day? AU. HG/SS. Marriage Law.

Hermione seeks knowledge from a reluctant Snape in order to help the War effort. What she receives is more than either of them expected. Set beginning in Hermione's sixth year, continuing into a slightly AU post-DH era.

In her sixth year, Dumbledore makes Hermione a key figure in a plan to help Harry defeat Voldemort. (It's difficult to summarize this without spoilers— HG/SS; there's a Time Turner involved but probably not how you expect; the story really gets started in Chapter Three.)

Severus Snape has been pardoned by Ministry decree, but not everyone is pleased that he has returned to teaching at Hogwarts. (Written for the SSHG Exchange on LiveJournal 2008).

In which Severus receives an unexpected visitor and learns that even after graduation Hermione Granger is a diligent student. (My real first SS/HG, written in 2004, well before HBP)

It begins the summer after Seventh Year, when the war is raging on, with an unexpected moment of tenderness. What is this inexplicable feeling Hermione experiences? And how can she get Snape to discuss it with her, when all he wants to do is avoid her? Alternate Universe.

Hermione is cursed by the Death Eaters, and Dumbledore believes Professor Snape is the only one who can help her and keep her safe. Hermione is 18 years old in this story, but she is still a student.

When the Marriage Act is repealed, will it be marked by the end of a failed marriage or will it inspire the beginning of something better? This is a story about politics, portraits, priorities, and perseverance. Most importantly, this is a story about love. 3RD PLACE WINNER FALL-WINTER 2013 HP FANFIC FAN POLL AWARDS: SS/HG BEST ROMANCE.

The battle against Voldemort is over, yet little has returned to normal. Once again, Severus Snape finds himself reluctantly cast as the protector of the wizarding world, with Hermione Granger his tireless ally. Part III of the Phoenix Trilogy.

Hermione overhears something she shouldn't concerning Professor Snape and decides that maybe the House-elves aren't the only ones in need of protection.

After miraculously surviving Nagini's attack upon his life, a reluctant Severus Snape finds himself entrusting the help of a certain know-it-all to reclaim his life. AU, Post-Hogwarts. WINNER FOR SSHG - "BEST ROMANCE" IN THE FALL/WINTER 2013 HP FANFIC FAN POLL AWARDS!

Post-Hogwarts, Hermione is the Potions Apprentice, and Severus is still Headmaster. If they don't hex each other first maybe they'll find comfort in one another.

AU, from Order of the Phoenix onwards. Hermione only wanted to learn Healing; she discovers that Professor Snape is a human being after all, and his actions dramatically shape the course of the war as events unfold. Complete.

A detention gone wrong. Snape unknowingly drags Hermione into a situation she has little hope in surviving, and must deal with his guilt about the torment of such a promising mind.

Hermione slowly touched her lips with his, letting her professor experience his first kiss. He was unpracticed and unsure of himself, awkwardly not touching her, afraid of her shying away from him. He then broke from the kiss hastily, "Get. Out."

“The boy is a Horcrux. In order for Voldemort to be truly gone, the boy must die.” But his deal had never been with Dumbledore, it had always been with Lily. By teaching Granger the Dark Arts, he could corrupt Potter's soul and save his life. SSHG

The only thing keeping Hermione out of trouble and Harry Potter alive is... the Professor's Discretion. AU.

HGSS WARNING: DH SPOILER. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BOOK SEVEN. A very interesting turn of events concerning a certain Potions Master. Rating will change if story is continued.

"After Darkness, Light." A chance meeting ten years after the war may not be just a coincidence, and may prove to have very far-reaching consequences. A story of many things, but primarily of healing. SS/HG; rated M for later chapters. Complete.

As Hermione, Harry, and Ron are about to begin their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, they learn some surprising and dangerous information regarding what it means to be Pure in the wizarding world. HG/SS with H/D. AU after OotP.

COMPLETE. At the Battle of Hogwarts not only Voldemort but also Harry and Ron die. Four years later Hermione still struggles with grief and self-reproaches when she suddenly meets Snape again.

Sequel to Phoenix Song or, Hermione Granger and the H-BP . By the time of Dumbledore's death, Hermione and Snape had worked together for a whole year. Now, however, they both have very different and very difficult tasks ahead of them. **DH SPOILERS**

MLC-Seventh Year student Hermione Granger decides to marry the one eligible wizard who did not ask for her-the horrid but powerful Severus Snape. Angst, humor and lemons. Award Winner COMPLETE

The Marriage Law, challenged. Complete in six chapters.

The war is over, though Hermione Granger's life is no less complicated or dangerous. Severus Snape makes a miraculous return from the dead and everything Hermione thought she knew comes crashing down around her. HG/SS *Nominated for the Quibbler Awards*

He had watched as the thin wood snapped across her knee with a violence he had not known she possessed. He had been her teacher for seven years and had never seen this girl give up at anything. Voldemort wins, Hermione leaves, Severus waits.

COMPLETE. HGSS story which ignores the events of HBP and DH. Hermione returns to Hogwarts as a teacher and tries to establish a new relationship with Snape. As if that wasn't hard enough, Voldemort is still at large.

Hermione GrangerWeasley turns to a familiar source of comfort when her marriage runs into trouble.

Rec'ced by Know It Alls! Alternate book 7-written after HBP. Severus Snape and Hermione Granger pairing. The trio begins the search for Horcruxes, but disaster strikes when Hermione is captured by Death Eaters! Enter Snape - but whose side is he on?

The war is over. Hermione Granger's life, while safer, is no less complicated. Victory has had unintended consequences which affect not only Hermione, but all those around her.

Hermione returns to Grimmauld Place, looking for answers. She wasn't expecting to find Severus Snape. PostHBP. WINNER, QuilltoParchment Round 2: Best Fanon Het. RUNNER UP, QtP Round 2: Trio Era & 2006 OWL AWARDS: Best HGSS, Best Original Character.

Fifteen years after Voldemort's fall, Severus Snape thought he'd finally found peace. Then he received an unexpected visit, and discovers that he's not the only one needing to make peace with the past.

HBPconcurrent and compatible, SPOILERS, COMPLETE! It was the longest, shortest trip back from Hogwarts ever. Nominated in Fifth Multifaceteds

COMPLETE! There were likely to be enough cross words when they finally met. For seven years of his teaching, Hermione had had nothing but cross words from him... Life was a puzzle sometimes. SSHG, Nominated for 4th Multifaceteds and Moste Potente Passions

HGSS OOC The story of a disputed relationship that seemed too frivolous to last... pre sixth book, j.k.: breaker of hearts! This story won't be taken down after all.

Epilogue now added! “Just because a marriage is not a love match does not mean it is loveless consideration turns to respect, respect turns to admiration, and admiration turns to love.” HGSS

Potions, sarcastic familiars, spies, lessons, and redemption. Snape's forced to a new direction fighting Voldemort, and Hermione's discovering a Gryffindor's courage. 7th year, eventual SSHG Book 1 of 2