I wanted to create something magnificent. . . A gift, just for you. . .
"No, Severus, don't do this! Don't give up"
I couldn't afford the necessary materials though, so I thought, well maybe since I couldn't make what I originally wanted, perhaps I could give you something a tad more. . . Personal. . .
"Please, there's still time, you can get out as well! I can get you out!"
So I gave you my heart and a promise that no matter what happens, I would always be there for you. . . To love you. . . To shelter you. . . To protect you. . .
"Come on, Lily, the building's going to collapse, we have to go!"
Seems as though I won't be able to do that any longer. . . Our time remaining is short and I feel myself slipping further and further from you. . . Oh, if only I could just tell you these things, maybe then you could understand. . . My sacrifice. . .
"James, we can't just leave him like this!"
"There's no time to perform any kind of spells, Lily! We have to go!"
He'll be there for you now. . . In ways I could only dream. . . Goodbye Lily, may you have a grand and happy life, and go on many many adventures. . . The adventures we had planned for we two on those long dreary days when the rain seemed to never cease or let up just enough for the sun to shine through. . . I will love you. . . Now and always, and perhaps we shall meet again in another life. . . Goodbye, dear friend, I'll take you and keep you with me. . . Here in my heart. . . Always. . .
James Potter and Lily Evans barely made it out of the fire, and as they stood on the hillside, watching as the structure that had once been the Shrieking Shack burned to the ground, they wept and lamented for their fallen classmate. Lily's dearest friend and James' greatest rival. Severus Snape. The bravest man either of them had ever known.