Decisions - A Snily One Shot

Decisions

The winter night was cold.
Severus wandered lonely
through the streets of
Hogsmeade, looking for
somewhere to stay.
To make sure no one was
following him, he glanced
behind him.
There was no one
there, just as he
expected, but he ran faster
than ever before.

Trembling, he suddenly
stopped in front of a familiar
door. Severus had probably
read this sign with the
inscription "to the Hog's
head" thousands of times.
But each time the boy made
sure he was right.

As he entered the round,
roughly sawn, wooden door, a
few shrunken heads began to
shout at him: "Get out! Minors
are not allowed to enter!" But
when they saw the Slytherin's
killing look, they fell silent on
the spot.

It was loud and crowded in
the Hog's Head ,even though it
was already evening, a lot of
people were sitting there
talking about their families
and friends and laughing,
everyone except Severus.
Tired, he went to the counter
and ordered mulled wine.
Without even looking at the
bartender, the boy took the hot
cup.
As he often did, he drank
slowly while he thought.
Whether that helped him
wasn't out of the question "for
now" the Slytherin boy
thought and slowly closed his
eyes. Suddenly everything
was quiet, he seemed far
away from the crowd and it
was just Severus and his
thoughts.

He would have the
opportunity to simply run
away to his true love...to Lily.
Would she come together with the shy boy from 'Spinners End'?
And what would even happen if Severus confessed his love to her?
Would she say this back?
He could finally put an end to that swine James Potter!
He wanted to talk to Lily right
now and tell her what he had
been carrying on his already
broken heart for so long.

They would be Severus and Lily against the rest of the world.
Just as it had always been. Right?

He exhaled deeply and buried
his hands in his pale,
emaciated face. Finally he
opened his raven black eyes
again. Only a few seconds
had passed in the real world,
but to the Slytherin it felt like
hours, even days, that he had
spent in this wonderful dream.
Then he made a much simpler decision and raised his glass of mulled wine to his mouth and sipped,
then he sank tiredly on the bar table  and fell asleep.

-thank you for reading <3