Severus Snape?? He fell in love?? With Lily Evans's Cousin, who is a Slytherin?? His only real academic rival since their 1st year?? Severus Snape did not intend to fall in love, especially not with Jasmin Vane, the talented and stubborn Slytherin witch who has been battling him for the position of the best student from their very first day at school. Neither of them ever thought that their competition would turn out to be much more complicated than it seems when Professor Slughorn tells them to work together on their Potions project for a whole semester. It may well happen that the one who knows you better than anyone else is precisely the last person you could ever expect to encounter. NOTE: This is a fanfiction set in the Wizarding World, and it is not official or for profit. Characters and elements from Harry Potter belong to their copyright holders ie. Rowling and WarnerBros. The original characters, plotlines, and additions created for this story are mine. Cover note: The cover artwork is partially AI-generated, specifically the OC's face. I edited the generated image and changed some of her features to better match the character as portrayed in the story. I also edited and composited the rest of the cover myself. The handwritten title on the cover is my own handwriting. I wrote this story for creative and transformative purposes. It is not connected to or approved by the original creators. PS: Forgive my spellings and punctuation errors.