Severus Snape has an esteemed reputation to maintain, so he often spreads himself too thin. He becomes so overworked that he is assigned an assistant. You're kind and polite, but will not tolerate disrespect...definitely his kind of helper. Soon enough, potions aren't the only thing brewing between the two.

{ 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈'𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥, 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦. "𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟." } started in march 2017; finished january 2021; word count: 32,205 (TIMELINE ISN'T ACCURATE TO THE BOOKS/MOVIES) Hogwarts, the best wizarding school-no doubt. Any young wizard would be lucky to be enrolled there. Especially you. Don't get me wrong, you're a great student....but not so much in potions. You shouldn't worry though! Professor Snape will help you! ....Just make sure he doesn't find out your secret.

You're a seventh year at Hogwarts and Severus Snape can't figure you out. There's no reason he should hate you, nothing you said or did, but he does. His anger soon begins to spiral into something else, but he struggles to accept it. The main focus of this story is on the relationship between you and Severus Snape, with some twists and turns throughout. disclaimer: this story contains vulgar language, sexual themes, mild bdsm, toxic relationships (18+) this is a work of fanfiction and I do not claim to own the characters or world created by J.K. Rowling