Severus Snape pushed the door to the dungeons open, hoping the class wouldn't notice his entry. Of course, the nosy brat of a Potter did. "Snivilus, are you... crying?"
The class burst out in maniacal laughter- all except the girl, small and petite, with green eyes and long, auburn hair. She just looked at him sadly, knowing from the look on his face he had been.
It was years later he remembered this, driving him to go to the place, meet the person he had promised her he'd never visit again.
"My servant returns to me," a voice from the darkness chided. "You want him dead? The baby, too?"
Slowly Severus took a deep breath, and nodded. "But not the girl. Leave the girl, please, my lord."
"Very well," the voice replied coyly, "but as her guardian, you know you can't protect her if she refuses to let the boy or his father be taken by me."
"She will give him up to you," he said, with more hope than confidence in his voice. "Tell her... even when her husband dies I will be there for her, I can be with her then."
"Very well, Severus. Just remember- you made this choice."
And Severus hoped, with all his heart, he had made the right one...
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Love Potion
FanfictionAn unlikely romance... A dangerous concoction... A deadly disease. Trouble is brewing at Hogwarts, and it's only a matter of time before the broken pieces of a shattered heart devastate the losses and heartache of a beautiful girl and a lonely man. ...
