"I'm not teaching. He's the second person to claim I was their professor, but they must be mistaken," Severus replied. It made no sense, unless the Death Eaters took over Hogwarts somehow. Dumbledore would have never let even a suspected Death Eater into his sainted school. Never. Unless they won this idiotic war and Dumbledore was dead.
He pursed his lips as he fell into his own thoughts, distracted until he realised Lily was looking at him. "Good. This time without the wand," he said reaching forward to take her wand from her. He hesitated, knowing how much trust this would take as he wrapped a hand around the piece of wood. He dropped his hand almost instantly. "Put it away."