HP drabble: Loyalty Beyond Hope [Severus, Harry, general]
Title: Loyalty Beyond Hope Author: celandineb Fandom: HP Characters: Severus, Harry Rating: general Length: 100 words Summary: Rather against his wish, Severus will keep his word. Note: For quill_it, 100.3, prompt 98, "yield". For telperion1 who asked for Harry and Severus.
He had yielded to emotion in begging Dumbledore to save Lily. Emotion failed him: Lily died. Yet somehow the Headmaster convinced him her son was the only hope against Voldemort.
Severus watched the boy during his Sorting, nursing a faint hope that young Harry might become Slytherin. Again, his hope was denied.
He resembled his father too closely for Severus to care for him. He had James's appearance, ability at Quidditch, contempt for rules. Only the occasional hints of Lily -- in Harry's eyes, in his loyalty to unpopular friends -- kept Severus from declaring to Dumbledore that he abjured their bargain.