Designs on The Heart | By : snapeswife Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 1316 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 6: An Unwise Vindication
Sunlight peeked through the dark curtains of the window and into Severus' bedroom he groaned and rolled over covering himself with his blanket once more. He had given into the pain the night before, unshed tears had fallen for Liz, for her loss, and Severus had realized that even upon her death he had never once cried for Lily. After that he had drank himself into oblivion. Now all he wanted to do was to sleep and someone was knocking on his damned door. He snarled and flung the covers back and grabbed a robe to cover his nudity, stomping down the stairs he growled again as the person on the other side of the door began yet another round of annoying knocking. As he finally reached the door he ripped it open ready to tell whoever was on the other side to bugger off, but the words died on his lips as he saw Liz standing in front of him. Severus stood with his hand on the door shaking; he had no idea what to say, what to do, until he was suddenly filled with an all consuming rage. Reaching forward he grabbed her arm suddenly and hauled her inside slamming the door behind him.
"What the hell do you want?" He yelled at her, his face mere inches from hers. "You disappear for three months, no one knows where you are, you lease out your house, quit your job, and none of your friends will tell me anything; now you're here at my house after I've been searching ,frantically I might add, this whole time. I had to find you to make it better, but you obviously didn't want to see or talk to me; so why are you here now?" She made no response she just stared at him quietly, letting him rage at her. He moved forward suddenly and grabbed her arms hauling her against him, looking into those deep moss orbs he felt tingly all over, desire rising in him; he forced it down, concentrating on his anger instead. "Why must you torture me so?" the last came out as a whimper more than a whisper.
Her cool hand was suddenly on his cheek, cooling the heat of his angry blush. Her eyes were tender but something was hiding beneath it. Severus released his grip on her arms and she walked past him, removing her cloak as she went. She sat on the couch quietly looking at the fire place absently, not knowing where to start no doubt, so he went and sat in his usual chair, which happened to be almost directly across the room from him. He watched and waited in silence as the witch before him tried to find her words. As she sat there he took in her image, she had changed since he had last seen her, her formally brilliant black and blue tinted hair had dulled and was frizzy sticking out in different directions, her curves while still ample had lost some of their definition and her clothes were hanging loose, but ever so slightly. Was it possible that she was taking this situation harder than he could have imagined? She had professed her love to him the last time that he had seen her and he had basically thrown her away by telling her that she was too good for him, that he was unworthy. He was a fool and now that he knew it he needed a chance to be able to tell her, but now was not the time. It was her time to talk; she had come here to him, which made it clear that she had questions that needed answering.
"Why did you do it Severus?" Her question was quiet and if he hadn't been staring at her so intently he would have missed it had he not seen her lips moving. "When I came to Hogwarts days before the battle, why did you do it? Was it because of the Carrows? Merlin knows I hope it wasn't because of them. I came to tell you then how I felt Severus, the magical world in America didn't know of the things going on here, Hell I hadn't even read a Daily Prophet in years. If I would have known I would have stayed away but why did you do it?" Her voice was louder now, full of emotion, and torment; it shook violently as she was on the brink of tears. Severus didn't reply, he couldn't, how could he tell her the truth?
"Severus Tobias Snape if you never loved me then why in Merlin's name did you make love to me in the dungeons while I was your prisoner? Why did you hold me close in your arms while I cried knowing what was coming? Why was it Lily Potter's name on your lips when you woke in the hospital, when it was me who saved your life?" The last part was more of a screech than a question as she stood to her feet, tears falling freely then dripping of her chin. "Why did I have to fall for you?" she fell to her knees and began to violently sob, and all he could do was sit in his chair and watched as she fell into pieces.
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