The Lily That Poisons The Snake

Chapter 1

Author: Enimsaja Snape

Warnings: Very OOC Snape, Non-magic, AU, Abuse, Language, Slash

Rating: M for angst, abuse, language

Summary: Growing up in an abusive home affects children, boys and girls alike. But that doesn't necessarily mean that boys become the abusers and girls become the abusees. SS/LE, AD/MM, RL/SB, eventual SS/LM

Disclaimer: Yeah, I own Harry Potter. That's why I'm posting on here and begging for reviews. *note sarcasm*

AN: Now this may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I got this idea and I just had to go with it. Don't think I get any pleasure from torturing poor Sev because I don't.

"Severus, I'm starving! Why haven't you started on dinner yet?" Lily Evans-Snape demanded as she stormed down the stairs and into the sitting room where her husband, Severus Snape sat at his desk near the window grading papers. He tucked a lock of silky, black hair behind one pale ear as he looked up at his wife with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry. I was trying to finish grading these papers. Do you think you could start it and I'll come help you when I finish?" he asked, knowing he had made a mistake when he saw her emerald green eyes flash angrily.

"Excuse me?" she said, placing her hands on her hips.

"It's just…I really need to finish…" Before he could finish his sentence, she stormed over and slapped him across the face, leaving a red, hand-shaped bruise on his cheek.

"I told you to make dinner! You fix dinner in this house, not me. And don't you ever tell me that you're too busy to cook dinner. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Lily," he said quietly.

"Good. Now get off your arse and go make me dinner," she said, grabbing him by his hair and dragging him into the kitchen, "And don't let me hear you sniveling like a baby over one little slap." Severus watched the red-haired woman leave the room before reaching up to massage his scalp where she pulled his hair. Tears threatened to fill obsidian eyes, but he immediately blinked them away and set about starting dinner.

Their marriage hadn't always been that way. It had been happy at one time. They had been in love at one time. But it all changed four years ago. Lily had been almost nine months pregnant. She was a few days away from her due date. She and Severus had been lounging around the house.

Severus was kneeling on the floor beside Lily, his hands pressed against her belly as he spoke to his unborn daughter when Lily suddenly jumped up from the sofa to run to the bathroom for the sixth or seventh time that day. She froze in the hallway as she felt her pajama bottoms become wet.

"Sev!" she called out, realizing that she had mistaken her water breaking for having to use the loo, "it's time!"

"Time?" Severus said, his eyes widening in shock, "You mean…you're…" He jumped up from where he was perched on the floor and immediately fell backwards over the coffee table. He quickly picked himself up, tripping over his own feet in the process as he rushed over to his wife. "It's really time?" he questioned anxiously.

"Yes," she said, smiling at her clumsy husband.

"Oh my…we're about to have a…I'm about to become a…" He gasped and nearly collapsed, but Lily grabbed his arm and forced him to remain upright.

"Severus T. Snape, pull yourself together and get me to the hospital."

Severus quickly pulled himself together and rushed his wife to the hospital, where she was immediately taken to a private room. Severus was the perfect supportive husband, coaching Lily through each of her contractions, and soon encouraging her to push.

"I can't…I can't push anymore," Lily gasped, staring up at Severus with tear-filled emerald eyes.

"Yes, you can, Lils. You can do this," he said, pushing her sweaty, red hair away from her face, "You have to push so we can see our little girl." Gripping her husband's hand tightly, Lily pushed as hard as she could.

"Okay, I'm starting to see a head," the doctor announced, "…oh goodness. This isn't good."

"What?" Severus demanded, "What's not good?"

"Lily, I need you to push harder. We need to get her out of there," the doctor said urgently.

"What's wrong? What's wrong with her?" Lily demanded frantically.

"Her umbilical cord is wrapped around her neck and it's suffocating her. Now I need you to push as hard as you can so I can save her." Lily gathered all of her strength and pushed as hard as she could, giving birth to little Erin Delilah Snape. But Lily and Severus could not be happy because of the lack of newborn baby cries. The doctor immediately cut the umbilical cord and removed it from her neck, but it was too late. Little Erin was dead before she even came out of her mother's stomach.

After losing her daughter, Lily went into a deep depression for almost two years, leaving Severus to grieve alone. And once she came out of her depression, she wasn't the same kind, loving, fiery red-head that he fell in love with. She became cold, bitter, and worst of all, abusive.

"What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to burn the bloody house down?" Lily demanded, startling Severus from his reminiscing and causing him to notice the burning pot on the stove.

"I'm…I'm sorry," he stammered, quickly reaching out to grab the pot, but yelping and dropping it when it burned his hand.

"You're ruining my bloody floor!" Lily snapped, shoving him out of the way and causing him to burn his forearm on the burner, which was still very hot. He whimpered and cradled his arm as she grabbed a potholder and picked up the pot. "Quit sniveling before I give you something to cry about," she sneered, swinging the still steaming pot and hitting her husband in the face. He immediately fell to the floor as a pained sob escaped his throat. Tears fell from anguished obsidian eyes, irritating the large burn on his cheek. "Since you can't seem to do right, I'm going out," Lily said, tossing the pot into the sink and walking out. Once Severus was sure his wife was gone, he pulled out his cell phone and called one of the few people who knew about how Lily treated him.

"Hello. Is everything alright?" Albus Dumbledore asked, answering the phone on the second ring.

"No…C-can you come get me, dad?" Severus sobbed into the phone.

"Of course, I'll be right there."

Well there's the first chapter! I know some people are very angry with me for doing this to Sev, but eventually things do get better for him. It'll take a while before things get better, but it will get better. Just stick with me! And pleeeease review! Please! Some people get up to like a thousand reviews and I get like eight. What, are they like paying you guys or something? Come on, people, please! I really want to know if you guys like this or not.

Enimsaja Snape