It's All in the Past | SSxOC

For fifteen years, they had all but erased each other from their memories. Yet life, in its cruelest fashion, would bring them together once more... If only, this time, they could keep themselves from derailing.

"As the sun gave way to the silver moon, hundreds of voices filled the castle. Students, brimming with energy - or utterly lacking it - crossed its threshold to begin another year of their education. The teachers were in varying spirits, though none wore their mood quite as openly as Professor Snape. Clad in black robes and wearing a sombre expression, he was the very embodiment of the winter that lay ahead.
Yet his expression changed the moment he stepped into the staff room and caught sight of a familiar brunette, her sea-blue eyes fixed upon him."