Title: Pure hope Author: gingertart Word Count: 100 Rating(s): G Warnings: none Challenge: 45 Pure
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Harry dives into the lake that burns copper-red in the summer sunset. He relishes the purity of physical exertion; no thoughts save the pull of breath and the surge of muscles. His pale body cuts through the looking glass water and sends ripples to the shore, where a man watches unseen.
Tonight, Snape’s desire is less for Harry’s flesh than for the will to persevere. Harry’s continued existence against the odds gives him hope, as magical as lumos in the dark. The spy fades into the dusk with one pure conviction to sustain him; Harry still lives, so hope endures.