Too Little, Too Late Challenge #225: Snape Speaks Title: Too Little, Too Late Author:bluestocking79 Rating: PG Word Count: 100 Notes: An out-take of something I'm working on right now.
Severus glared disdainfully from the podium, quelling the audience's applause.
"I once dreamt of this moment. Tonight marks the recognition of my talents, the appreciation of my efforts, the approval of my—ah—peers.
"Yet I cannot forget how recently those who sing my praises condemned me as unworthy—an afterthought, even in my hour of need. But now you eagerly offer me an Order of Merlin, all on the say-so of Harry Potter, himself a past victim of your fickle favour.
"Keep your useless trinket. If I am a hero, it was my deeds that made me so, not your approval."