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The two of you had first met at the age of eleven, both being sorted into Slytherin house and sitting side by side at the dining table. You instantly started up a conversation with him, talking about how excited you were to finally be at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and how both of your parents had told you stories about how they had met at Hogwarts and all the interesting and hilarious things they’d done during their years as students. Severus, or the gothic looking boy as you called him in your head, seemed completely uninterested in your conversation and was hardly speaking to you at all. Instead his eyes were focused on a certain red haired girl who had been sorted into Gryffindor.

“I’m (y/n) (y/l/n) by the way, what’s your name?”You asked him, “Hm?”He said, finally looking away from the Gryffindor table and turning to look at you, his obsidian eyes staring into your (e/c) eyes, with an almost bored, yet not particularly rude expression. It didn’t seem like he’d even heard anything you’d said, so you decided to repeat it. “Snape, Severus Snape.” He said, before turning his head away from you again and back to the red haired girl.

You turned your head to look in the same direction he was, “Why are you staring at that girl? Isn’t that a little weird?” You asked, raising an eyebrow at him. His pale face instantly turned a dark crimson and he quickly turned his attention to the food on the table. “I-I wasn’t staring. And for your information, she’s my friend.” He said. You didn’t talk for the rest of the meal after that.

Over the years you’d actually grown quite close to the gothic looking boy named Severus Snape, although nowhere near as close to him as Lily Evans was. You could tell, even if he had never said anything to you or anyone else, that he loved Lily Evans, but she didn’t love him back. Instead she fell for another boy, James Potter, a Gryffindor just like her. Not only was he technically Severus’s rival since they both liked the same girl, he was also his bully. Every single day, James never failed at humiliating or hurting Severus.

One time you’d tried to stop him, but that had only made Severus mad at you, he screamed at you to leave him alone and told you that he didn’t need yours, or anyone else’s help. From then on you silently watched as the boy you’d grown to love, grew farther and farther apart from you, until you both graduated from Hogwarts, and you no longer saw him.

You hadn’t seen or heard from Severus since you both graduated, that is, until you read about Lily and James Potter’s murder, and knew that Severus would be crushed. Even if over time he’d ever managed to get over her, learning of her death would break him. A couple years after that you decided to enroll at Hogwarts as a teacher, and were surprised to actually be hired. Many witches and wizards wanted to teach at Hogwarts, and it was highly prestigious school, therefore making it important when someone actually did get hired.

You would be teaching Herbology, along with Alchemy, Alchemy was only running if enough students choose it, and luckily this year it would be running. Your first day as a teacher at Hogwarts was hard, to say the least. Not only were you new to teaching, so for your first few classes you stumbled your way through lessons, but you also ended up getting lost when trying to find the dining hall from one of your classes.

“First day, barely even lunch time, and I get lost, way to go (y/n).” You sighed to yourself, you were about to say something else when you bumped head first into something, or more so, someone. “Oh! S-Sorry! I wasn’t paying attention and -....Severus?” You began apologizing as you turned your head up to look at who you had bumped into. You let out a gasp and spoke the name you hadn’t said in years. He was different from what you remembered, he looked, almost sad, yet more so grumpy, his black hair hung down in his face, and his entire wardrobe was black.

This caused you to remember the first thing you had called him as a child, the gothic looking boy. “And who might you be?” He asked, raising his eyebrow at you, his obsidian eyes, looking at you with annoyance, never leaving your (e/c) eyes. “Seriously Severus? You don’t remember me? Wow I feel hurt. I guess I’ll go cry in the girls bathroom now.” You said, your voice full of amusement as you looked him up and down. “ (y/l/n), your appearance may have changed, but your snarky and sarcastic attitude sure hasn’t improved. Now, what’s this about getting lost?” He asked, his voice remained the same, monotone, the entire time.

You frowned slightly when he addressed you by your last name instead of your first, and you shyly scratched the back of your neck for a second, “Well...I may have gotten lost looking for the dining hall on my way out of my last class. Now I seem to be lost entirely.” You said, laughing nervously and looking anywhere but at him.

“Still as dimwitted as always too I see.” He sighed, “Seeing as I am also on my way to the dining hall, perhaps I could allow you to tag along.” He said, and without another word he turned his back to you and began walking down one of the many hallways. You had to speed walk to keep up with his long strides, he had always been taller than you, only now he was so much taller than you that he could see completely over your head. “Severus, could you slow down a little? It’s hard to keep up with you when you walk so fast, and your legs are longer than mine.” You pouted, you knew he heard you, although he didn’t respond, and didn’t slow down either.

When you finally arrived at the dining hall you gasped in amazement, it was exactly as you remembered it, just the sight of it brought back so many memories for you. Some good, and also some bad. You followed Severus to the teachers table and sat down beside him. “Hey Severus, do you remember our first day at Hogwarts after we’d both been sorted into Slytherin?” You asked, turning your head to look at him, he grunted in response, “You kept looking over at a certain red haired girl, and rarely spoke anything to me, even though I was obviously talking to you.” You began, “I was wondering, did you ever get over your crush on her?” You asked.

He turned to you sharply, his dark eyes boring holes through you with his glare, it was almost as if you could see fire behind them, he seemed so angry, yet also, sad. “It would be wise of you to stay out of business that isn’t yours (y/l/n).” He said coldly, before turning his attention away from you, and to his food.

Many months had passed, and through your best efforts, somehow you and Severus had become friends again, well, as close to friends as you could be with someone like Severus Snape. He didn’t treat you really any differently than he did anyone else, except for being a little less harsh on you than he was on any of his students. To that you were grateful, for as much as you tried to do your best, and tried not to annoy him too much, you were nowhere near perfect. You knew you got on his nerves, maybe not all the time, but most of the time. And although you two would speak about your classes, different kinds of ingredients, spells, and all other types of things, you still had yet to see him smile.

Not even a twitch of the lip.

And though with your best efforts, as much as you tried to keep your feelings at bay, and forget about them, you couldn’t deny your love for the potions professor.

You decided to finally confess your feelings to him, even though you knew he didn’t feel the same way about you, and it would most likely ruin the friendship you’d worked so hard to rebuild after all this time. You had to do it. Your feelings were eating you up inside, your heart would race everytime he looked at you for longer than a second, and his cool, yet usually annoyed, voice was like music to your ears. You couldn’t take it any longer, even if it left you heartbroken in the end.

Classes were over for the day, and you knew he would be in his classroom marking some work he had just gotten back from students, after all, he could never let it just sit there collecting dust. You knocked on the door and heard his tell you to come in from the other side, slowly opening the door you quietly walked in. “To what do I owe the pleasure (y/l/n)?” He asked, not looking up from the papers he was marking.

“Um..Well...Severus you see...I…” You began nervously, you hadn’t been very confident before, but now any confidence you actually did have, seemed to crumble and blow away like the wind. He looked up from his papers, quill stopping, dark eyes looking at you standing there in the doorway. “Quit beating around the bush and say what you came here to say, if not leave. I have a lot of work I need to be doing and I don’t appreciate my precious time being wasted.” He said, although he didn’t turn back to his work, and kept looking at you, his expression becoming one of boredom, with a tad bit of irritation.

Your eyes wandered anywhere that wasn’t him, finally settling your gaze on the floor as you took a deep breath and finally let out the words you’d kept locked in your heart all these years. “I have feelings for you Severus.” You said, as soon as the words were out of your mouth you began to regret it. His eyes widened a tiny amount and for a split second he looked shocked. You didn’t notice him standing up from his chair and making his way over to you until he was a couple inches away from you.

“Feelings? What sort of feelings could you possibly have for me?” He asked, crossing his arms and staring at you, doubting what you had just said to him and daring you to continue. “I-I...I love you Severus...I have for a very long time, and I know you don’t like me, and that’s okay, well it’s not exactly okay, but I understand, I mean…” You began to ramble but were cut off by a pair of warm, slightly chapped lips being placed against your own.

Your eyes widened in pure shock, and just as quickly as it had begun, it ended. Severus pulled away, his pale cheeks dusted in a light pink, “It’s possible, that I perhaps may have grown to….love….you as well.” He said quietly. “But if you think that this….love...is going to change the way I treat you, you are wrong.” He said, trying to keep up his usual behaviour, although you saw right through him. You quickly kissed his lips, causing his blush to darken slightly, and began to giggle.

It didn’t take long for everyone at Hogwarts to know the two of you were together. Your students would ask you questions about Severus, and how you could possibly like him, you just giggled and brushed them off. Severus’s students would whisper to one another about how he could have used some kind of potion to make you fall for him, and every time he heard he would deduct points from their houses, even if it was a Slytherin who had said it. He often found himself wondering why you had fallen for him too. Which was the exact same thing you asked yourself, wondering how he could have possibly fallen in love with you.