Stories by Ms. Anthrop

Struggling to come to terms with life post-Voldemort, Hermione Granger goes to work in the Department of Mysteries. To her shock, she is assigned the most unlikely of mentors- a Portrait of someone she thought lost and gone forever. As the years pass, it becomes clear that not everything is set in stone... even death. Created for the 2017 SSHG Gift Fest, now rewritten.

Memory is only half the story when it comes to the bonds uniting love and family; when Severus Snape learns that Hermione Granger lost her parents due to the war, he steps in to help her restore their memories. But not all goes to plan, in ways both beautiful and terrible. Written during the 2019 SSHG GiftFest for Cabepfir.

"Merlin's saggy ballsack, since when has Granger had decent tits?" Their affair started in a ballroom, centred on a series of jewellery heists, migrated to a closet, and became very complicated in the process. Being stuck between a rock and a hard place didn't begin to describe it, especially when Hermione's rock was a blood magic curse and the hard place was Severus Snape. Rated M

Professor Hermione Granger long ago decided that Headmaster Severus Snape was the bravest man she had ever met, but not for the reasons that most people thought. On the evening of his forty-eighth birthday, he finally starts to see it her way. Written for the 2019 Snape Showcase on LJ. PWP/Rated M for explicit situations, language, and taking the piss out of literary tropes.

As the 10th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts approaches, Minerva McGonagall decides to exercise her inner Slytherin with a spot of plotting. The result? Snape and Granger are forced to chaperone a year-long exchange trip to Beauxbatons. What could possibly go wrong? Written for Gemini Sister as part of the 2015 LJ SSHG GiftFest. Rated M for violence/adult situations. COMPLETE

Severus Snape has always dreamt of the impossible: a Sunday kind of love. When a DMLE raid goes terribly wrong, can something good come from the ashes? An expanded and edited version of the story written for the 2018 round of the SSHG Prompt Fest on Live Journal. Contains adult language and situations, as well as mild violence. COMPLETE.

Severus Snape was never one to lose a bet, but then, neither was Minerva McGongall..."Are you willing to increase the wager?" she repeated, and he was startled to see that her emerald eyes gleamed with a cunning, predatory anticipation. "That depends," he answered slowly, not above dragging it out a bit. "What are you offering?" Written for the 2017 LJ Snapecase; very much rated M

"Oi, 'Ermione... why are you talking about pricks like that? And whaddya mean you're beatin' the Headmaster?" It was a fair question... but the answer proved to be anything but simple. For Headmaster Snape and Mistress Granger, a pub night spent together turns into something else entirely. Written for Toodleoo as part of the 2016 LJ SSHG Gift Fest. Rated M for Adult Situations.

'Pity we can't stun them, strip them, and shove them into the nearest broom closet. That ought to sort out matters rather quickly, don't you think?...' The Hogwarts Staff gets creative when dealing with a frustratingly stubborn Headmaster and Muggle Studies Professor. Written for AdelaideArcher as part of the 2016 LJ SSHG Prompt Fest. Rated M- a flangsty PWP.

"And even though it all went wrong/I'll stand before the Lord of Song/With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah…" For Severus Snape, playing music held as just much enchantment as performing actual magic. But how & why did he learn to play the piano? A life told through song as an homage to the greats Leonard Cohen and Alan Rickman. Written as part of the 2017 Snapecase Fest on LJ.

Severus Snape gave Minerva McGonagall the cold shoulder for twenty-two years… until he finally gave her a much-needed shoulder to cry on. Written for the 2017 Snapecase Fest on LJ.

"Be careful, Severus. Tonight is Samhain. The dark half of the year has begun, and you know better than to think it's all cheerful fairy tales and bobbing for apples." Severus and Lily sneak out to a travelling fun fair, and discover that the division between Muggle and Magical isn't always so clear. Written for the 2017 Snapecase Fest on LJ.

A child never understands the entire story. Sometimes, neither does the man. A tale of the last days of the Snape family. Written for the 2017 Snapecase Fest on LJ.

Eight years after the Fall of Voldemort, a mystery illness is stalking the wizarding world. Hermione Granger was the most brilliant witch of her age until she ran away. Even in death, Severus Snape was a reviled and polarizing figure. What happens when they return to face all they left behind? EWE, SS/HG; rated M for violence and adult situations.

It was supposed by be called "Swimming with Squids" until a blood-thirsty Basilisk decided to go on a rampage. Three diary entries from one of Hogwarts' most infamous Defence against the Dark Arts Professors.

Minerva McGonagall is in a killing mood. Join her for an evening full of dirty limericks, dead bodies and the inappropriate use of brooms. It's probably a good thing the students have departed for the summer hols.

An archaic danger is rampaging through the Hogwarts Library, and it's up to Headmaster Snape and Mistress Granger to solve the mystery in the stacks. But can they overcome their contentious history to fix the problem, or is history doomed to repeat itself? An expanded version written for Irishredlass as a part of the 2014 LJ SSHG Giftfest. Rated M for violence & adult situations.

It's a truism that nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition... even if you are the Muggle Studies Professor.

"The black haired boy reminded Alice rather strongly of a snarling gargoyle; his face was a study in hard, angry angles, and his body was hunched protectively over a study carrel like the numerous chimera that lurked high upon the outer walls of Hogwarts." The unlikely friendship between Alice Longbottom & Severus Snape; a prequel to 'Hallelujah'. WINNER, JUNE 2014 FAN FAV AWARDS.