Severus Snape (delicate_power) wrote in ridgewayresort, @ 2010-08-05 23:14:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, severus snape |
WHO: Lily and Severus
WHEN: Thursday evening
WHERE: Cabin 13
WHAT: A much needed talk.
RATING: Low
STATUS: Complete
Probably the bravest man he ever knew. That was what her son had said of him. Quite an accolade, coming from a Gryffindor, though Severus didn't feel especially brave, at the moment. On the contrary. His legs felt like jelly, and his mouth was very dry. That was in stark contrast with his palms, however, which were so sweaty he wasn't certain that he would even be able to turn a doorknob. Thankfully, he wouldn't have to, since Lily would answer the door. And his stomach roiled inside him as if it housed several exceedingly agitated snakes.
All in all, he'd never felt less brave in his life. Apart, possibly, from the night before. He really ought to have told Lily all this then, but even he hadn't known the entire story, until he'd finished that book. Now he knew, and now she deserved to know. Before she labored too long under the delusion that he was some sort of hero. He was nothing of the sort. All he had ever done was attempt to correct the mistakes that he himself had made. It was the furthest thing in the world from whatever glorious acts of heroism she might have been imagining.
When he reached the door of number 13, he took a deep breath to steel himself and wiped his palms on his robes. Then he knocked and waited. Lily would more than likely never want to speak to him again after this, but at least she wouldn't have wasted her time cooking for him, this way.