Snapedom

I love my Snupin, but sadly, I have to agree that Lupin really needs to grow a spine. In Book 5, he talked about regretting his past behavior, so I was hopeful that he'd learned from his mistakes, but in the end, it felt like he took a huge step backwards in character development by Book 7, as I was saying to Red Day Dawning in the comment above. Most of the Snupin fics I like show a Lupin who's grown a lot stronger than the one we see in canon, so I guess it has to be AU to really work.

Maybe I have to try reading more Snarry. It's far from canon, but I really loved "Home Fries Nazi." ^_^

Other pairings: Draco and Regulus seem like compatible pairings; I've read some good Severus/Sirius fics, but as with the Snupin, the author has to really work to resolve their issues, unless it's just hate-sex.

I know there's a Snape/Dumbledore category on Ink Stained Fingers, though I don't read that pairing, so I'm not sure how many fics there are. Theoretically, I could see Snape with the kindly, compassionate Dumbledore that I thought existed early in the series, but I agree that the pairing takes on a much darker tone with the manipulative Dumbledore of DH--I don't see any way that such a relationship could be healthy or loving.