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Green Eyes
Xielle

"There are green leaves, green grass, green lights… but there's nothing,
Nothing as green as those damned eyes."

Series of Oneshots.

" "After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape. "
- Deathly Hallows; Chapter 33 – The Prince's Tale

Chapter 1: Shades of Green

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… Your laughter and twirling green leaves –

It's a wonderful sight, your eyes; it's a wonderful sight, you are.

My happiest memories from a time ago (has it really been that long?) are in various shades of green.

… Your final words and a flash of green light –

Green spells… Green Eyes…

My nightmares are in various shades of Green.

– Last pleas and a burst of a green spell –

Avada Kedavra – a burst of Green death; disturbingly almost as Green your – now dead – Eyes.

My all-too-real nightmares begin, and end, in a flash of green.

It starts, and it ends, only to haunt me all over again – so soon, too soon…

… Because all too soon, I see it all over again:

Again, it's Green eyes – Lily's Eyes – and Potions, and one Harry Potter. Harry Potter and Green Eyes.

Green like your Eyes; Green like the curse that left you for dead.

– Desperate wishes (that you knew could not be) for your son; his son with your Eyes –

I loved you, once, but you forgot.

I loved you twice, but you loved him more.

I love you still, but you're long dead and gone.

Dead and gone – but your memories, your Eyes – continue to haunt me.

But if they continue to do so, I might not –

I won't forget, but I could do so much worse –

Your Eyes – I couldn't help myself –!

He has your Eyes; your depthless Eyes, that seem to be in various shades of Green.

Shades of Green I see – I dream of – it's there, the way you used to be; the way you could never be again.

You're long dead and gone, but he isn't – and he has your eyes.

I'll love you, always.

And so I don't let myself get too close, but…–!

My patience was never quite that much, to begin with.

And my temper, like yours, like his – it is not something to look forward to.

"Always."

I show emotion the only way I can – the only way I could – because I love you.

And I remember your eyes.

But my control is thinning, and I don't know how long I could keep it up.

He's there – the way you used to be, but only so much closer, yet so much farther – the way you could never be again.

I try, but it's difficult.

I try because it's wrong to do so otherwise.

His Eyes that seem to be in various shades of Green… so much like yours. So much like you.

Those damned Green Eyes.

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02.20.08

Sorry for any mistakes. This hasn't been gone over by my beta yet, but I posted it anyways, for sentimentality's sake (of the date today, that is).
It's purposefully left ambiguous because it's not something I usually write about – it just came out that way and I won't edit it anyway because it, at least, keeps a friend happy (and proud of me, I think). And really, it's past time to return the favor.

Note: "Green Eyes" will be a series of oneshots. All of them involve (obviously) either Harry and/or Lily with someone they love, or who loves them, or both. Because really, I know they want to antagonize over the lovely eye-color of their loves.

And I know that maybe making the first chapter SsxLE (Severus Snape and Lily Evans) might make the story seem to revolve more on them, rather than the following pairings, I'll still keep it this way.

It's because I love Snape. Or rather, he's the first character that became my favorite, even before Tom Riddle.

So, I kept him and his love first for Chapter 1 for sentimentality's sake.