Severus Snape and the Siren: A Snily Tale

Chapter 8 - We'll Be Us

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"Mr. Snape......."

Severus didn't even hear Madam Pomfrey call his name.

"Mr. Snape......."

The frown on his pale face deepened as he gazed down at Lily with sad worry in his dark eyes.

"Mr. Snape!"

Severus started violently as Madam Pomfrey shrieked.

He turned his attention from his darling to stare at Hogwarts' healer with a pleading expression.

"Visiting hours are over, Mr. Snape." Madam Pomfrey nodded as she cleared her throat, "You can leave Miss Evans in my care and report to the Great Hall for dinner now."

"I'm not hungry." Severus answered honestly. His low voice conveyed a heavy sadness as he asked pitifully, ".....May I please stay with her a moment longer?"

"Mr. Snape....." Madam Pomfrey began as she scowled and crossed her arms.

"Please......" Severus begged, "I....I can't bear to leave her alone. A moment more.......allow me a moment more....please?"

Madam Pomfrey's stern resolve melted as she frowned at the genuine sentiment she saw in Severus's dark eyes.

"Very well, Mr. Snape, a moment more, but that's all I can allow." Madam Pomfrey nodded.

".......Thank you." Severus answered in a tone barely above a whisper.

Madam Pomfrey mirrored Severus's sad frown as he turned back to Lily and held her pale hand in his while he stared down at her mournfully.

Severus's lamentful display earned him more than a moment longer at Lily's side.

Madam Pomfrey thoughtfully let another hour slip by before she finally shooed Severus away for the night.

As he walked down the hallway to head to his dormitory, he gnashed his teeth as he worried that Lily would wake to find herself alone.

The possibility turned his stomach.

Severus Snape never wanted Lily Evans to know the pain of loneliness.

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To Severus's dismay, Madam Pomfrey declined to release Lily from the Hospital Wing the next morning.

As soon as he had managed to swallow down a few bits of bacon and a couple bites of waffle at breakfast, he scurried out of the Great Hall with the Marauders' eyes following his every move.

Severus paid no attention to his watchful tormentors as he rushed out into the stone hallway, raced up the stairs, and threw open the doors to the Hopsital Wing.

Madam Pomfrey blinked at his sudden appearance.

"Back so soon, Mr. Snape?" She asked incredulously.

"Is she awake?" Severus replied, "I know that visiting hours start sharply at eight o' clock."

".......Will classes not begin soon?" Madam Pomfrey retorted as she narrowed her eyes.

"I have twenty minutes to linger without being tardy." Severus hastily explained.

"Very well, then.......Follow me." Madam Pomfrey replied as she frowned, turned on her heel, and led Severus down the long room that served as the school's infirmary.