Challenge: Seven Deadly Sins
Word Count: 100
Note: this is a Motherless Child fic, wherein Snape and Lupin marry and adopt a young werewolf.
“And if you don't tell them the truth, how do you think they'll write about you?” Remus dug his thumb into a pressure point, and before Severus could react he'd snatched the vial out of his hand. “Or your Slytherins? Draco Malfoy might be pardoned. Madam Crabbe might be allowed to bury her husband and son. You refuse - “
“ - and what? Do you really think the public will listen to me?” Severus yanked free, teeth bared as he teetered between rage and grief. The War had been over for years. Why was he still so upset?