Gaaaah, only FIVE?
This is basically impossible to narrow down. :) In order to try to do so, I've omitted things that were written as gifts for me, because I always loved those to itty bits, and also, there would be more than 5, so how to pick? :) Have also omitted stories already recc'ed here (although several have been listed already that I love), and authors who have already been listed here.
BUT STILL. THIS IS TOO HARD. Okay, my best effort, in various categories but no particular order:
Darkfic: Between the Lines of Fear and Blame by hogwartshoney (SS/RL, Greyback/Lupin, NC-17: non-con, slavefic) For the request: A mid-war/post-war fic where Voldemort is winning/has won, and Lupin is captured by Death Eaters and given to Snape as a slave.
Electrifyingly hot fetish/kink: Power Play by islandsmoke (SS/RL, NC-17: explicit BDSM, bestiality, violence) Lupin was surprised to learn of Snape’s submissive side, and stunned when the Potions Master offered that submission up as a gift to him. He grabbed it without thinking, but did the werewolf bite off more than he could chew?
DH-compliance: A Season in Aberdaron by rufus (SS/RL, cameos by many other dead characters, PG-13) Severus Snape and Remus Lupin (and others) meet up on the way to heaven.
Angst: Methods of Suicide by jedirita (SS/RL, PG: dark themes) Snape has little reason left to live accompanied by mental/emotional/physical infirmities, and now the holiday season and everyone else getting on with their lives is making it worse. Lupin is one of few who notices.
I know, I know: those who watch my recs regularly have already seen me yammer on about these stories. I am entirely predictable, I'm afraid. :) Like them? Or any others in this post? Leave a few words of feedback for the author or artist! It will totally make their day. :)