Shoutout to Patronus12 for inspiring me!

Severus Snape sat hunched on his dark-as-night bedspread, hands clutching a wrinkled photograph.

Inside, a young boy and girl stood, grinning, on the Hogwarts Great Lawn, arms thrown around each other, his black hair gleaming in sharp contrast to her fiery red.

His body shook, wracked with sobs so deep that they could have come from only one place: the heart. Tears dripped onto the photo, obscuring the beaming faces that grinned out at him, lost in the joyous world of friendship and magic.

Exactly ten years ago today, Lily Evans lost her life.

Exactly ten years ago today, Severus Snape's world ended.

Never again would her shining smile light up a room, never again would her green eyes meet his brown ones. Never again would he hear her tinkling laugh, wrap her in a hug, inhale the perfume that hinted at roses.

Never again would he see the passionate fire that burned behind her eyes, fueling everything she did.

Never again.

She was gone.

R&R! Please?