Where Your Loyalties Lie - {Severus Snape x Reader}

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Back in the forest, I'm standing stunned look on my face what I have just discovered. Severus... It's him! First, my mind goes completely blank - like I lost my hearing at this point. All I can see how his mouth is moving, but it's like he has gone on mute. This can't be real. It just can't! All this time... He's the mystery Death Eater. Then, my eyes goes to his side that is bleeding. The blood is increasing. My head starts shaking on it's own and let out under my breath:"No...". What do I do?! Quickly, I kneel down beside him and ignore everything he's muttering weakly under his breath. With shaky fingers, I try to unbutton his black vest as fast as I can. But there are too many buttons, it frustrates me. C'mon... C'mon..! After five buttons, I end up hissing:"Damn it! I'm sorry..-", then, with strong move, I rip the vest open by using both of my hands, revealing the white bloody shirt he has underneath it. The buttons goes flying. Now I can see the wound better.

Some of the blood gets into my hands, but I don't care. I can just feel how my nose starts to tinkle as the tears wants to come up, but I keep brave face and pull out my wand again. Then, I take a deep breath and gently place it above the bleeding wound. "Vulnera Sanentur, Vulnera Sanentur, Vulnera Sanentur, Vulnera Sanentur..." I keep repeating under my breath like a song. The wand keeps shaking, but I do this as carefully as I can. Slowly - but surely, the blood starts going back in and the deep wound starts to knit close. At this point, I don't care what the situation is between us. I don't care if he killed the Greatest Wizard of all time. I don't care if he's a traitor. I don't care if he'll hurt me after I have healed him. I don't care if the feelings he showed towards me were fake... All I care now is to safe him. I can't let him die. I won't.

The wound is no near healed when all of sudden, Severus grabs my wrist I'm holding the wand in. My head snaps right to look at his face. He's gritting his teeth thru the pain:"You dumb badger... Didn't you hear what I said? Leave..! For this instant.". My eyes flutter as the tears raises on my (e/c) eyes. He then shoves my hand away in angry manner, but I can tell that the sudden movement hurt the wound. Before I can say anything, I feel a hand grabbing me tight and I get yanked on my feet. What the..-?! Quickly, I turn to look over my shoulder. It's Mad-eye Moody! "Let's go." he hisses annoyed and starts leading me away. "Wh..-Wait..! Alastor!!" I protest, but for vain. He won't listen to me and keeps on walking while having his big hand around my arm. Severus's breathing keeps shuddering as he watches us go while laying on the ground. He's too weak to do anything.

No matter how I try to talk to Moody we need to go back and make sure Severus is alright, he won't budge. He only tells me to shut up and keep on walking while yanking me deeper into the woods. "No! You don't understand, Alastor..-!" the more I talk and make resistance, it annoys him more and more. But I don't care. I want to see he's alright! We walk a while like that until I have enough and rip my hand out of his reach:"Enough!!!". Moody quickly turns to me and brings his face very close to mine while hissing his index finger up:"I am not letting that insignificant, unfaithful coward take the credit for bringing you to the Dark Lord!". What?! Then, he does this weird tongue movement, like snakes do. Never seen him do that before. My whole face is written by confusion what he just said:"Wha..?". I don't understand anything what's he saying.

Moody then takes a step away from me, but I keep the stern stare:"Are you saying that Severus was just using his injury... To trap me?". That... Can't be right. Moody won't say anything. It angers me. He then picks up the flask from his pocket and is about to drink from it, but I quickly snatch it from his hand:"Hey! I asked you a question here!". He isn't happy what I just did and reaches his hand:"(Y/N)... Give that back.". I take a step back to create distance and snap:"No! I'm done with your little riddles and constant alcohol consumption! You don't need it!". Then, I turn around and with strong move throw the flask somewhere in the forest. There! Maybe I cross a line here, but I don't care. Not right now. I'm too upset to care if he's going to get angry with me for not giving him his alcohol.