A / N : This is for the "Hated Ships" challenge on xoxLewrahxox's Forum. It's Bellatrix / Snape, which I hate, to put it bluntly. I don't think it would happen at all, and I understand if it's totally awful – but I couldn't be a coward and avoid hated fanon ships forever in the challenge. This is my best serious attempt. Let me know what you think of it, please, and where you're coming from (hate / like the ship) as it'd be interesting to me.

(For anyone who reads my other fics – this isn't connected to them, at all. Think of it as total AU.)

Prompt: Write a drabble featuring a character/ship that you despise. This is NOT an opportunity for character/ship bashing. Instead it should be a serious attempt to portray the hated character(s) in a positive light.

This one is 103 words. I couldn't cut it down. Sorry about that. :)


He is the Dark Lord's favourite - an unwelcome title.

The favourites of Lord Voldemort do not fare well.

Malfoy . . .

Crouch . . .

Bellatrix.

She watches him ceaselessly, eyes dark with resentment.

She has been punished for failures not even her own, her pride repeatedly wounded. This time, she leaves her master white-faced.

Bleeding.

And then she sees Severus - the next to enter the room, the one to soothe the Dark Lord's ire.

Her eyes blaze, and she slams him to the wall, and kisses him - a brutal, snarling thing.

"Half-blood," she hisses.

And she spits at his feet.