Hey guys! Well, it's finally here! My first serious attempt at a fan fiction! Ummmm, let's see, I'm trying to make this an angsty one, so give me tips if you've got any. So yeah, enjoy!
Severus rubbed his eyes wearily. They were stinging from the long hours of homework grading. Not only that, but his eyelids were beginning to droop. He sighed and pulled open his desk drawer. After taking out an eyedropper bottle filled with a lavender- hued liquid, he squeezed two drops in each eye. Getting up, he shut his desk and walked to the kitchenette. As he waited for his coffee, he walked over to the small adjoining bedroom next to his own. He slowly moved to the twin sized bed and gazed tenderly at his sleeping daughter. Aria had recently turned thirteen, and in her father's opinion, was growing up to be a beautiful young woman. Even now, in her third year at Hogwarts, older boys were showing interest in her. She, however, refused them, preferring instead to stay with her own group of friends. From the kitchenette, the coffee machine beeped. He gently pushed back her brown hair and kissed her forehead gently before going back to take his coffee.
As he sipped the hot brown liquid, his mind drifted to another boy, who if he were alive would be sixteen already. He closed his eyes and brought up memories of the black haired, green eyed baby that had been taken from him when he was no more than a year old. As he bowed his head, tears leaked out from under his eyelids, something that the stoic Potions Master only allowed in private. If only he were here, he thought.