The Anonymous Letter
by Dearlady2002
Severus Snape survived Nagini's attack, though it left him irrevocably damaged in some ways. Can an anonymous letter show him that someone cares, that he was worth saving?
Bright, nearly blinding white lights flashed by overhead, forcing Severus to snap his eyes shut against their onslaught. They continued to flash by as red flares seen through his eyelids. He heard several voices speaking above him urgently, but could not make out any of the words. He coughed again, and winced against the additional pain.
"Bloody hell, that hurt," he said, but what his ears heard sounded like drowned Goblin, not the Queen's English. It didn't matter; it seemed that none of the voices above him heard his complaint anyway. He braved the harsh lights and opened his eyes again as he heard a new, beautiful voice above him.
He nearly died from shock.
An attractive, blue-eyed woman, her face framed in long blonde hair, was looking down at him with a worried expression. When she saw that he had opened his eyes, the woman smiled and spoke to him. His drug-addled mind could not understand the words, but her tone and the inflections were beautiful and calming. The bright lights behind her blocked out everything else in his field of vision, until all he could see was her haloed face. She was an angel, surely..
"An..gel.." he managed to gasp out hoarsely, before he lost consciousness.
"Merlin! Another one? I hate Death Eaters."
"They thought he was dead. They just found him; McGonagal and Kingsley brought him here as soon as they could."
"Just take him to the Dementors now, he's a Death Eater! Look at his arm!"
"Oi! We're saving him, the Ministry can sort 'em all out later."
"Fat lot of good it does us to save 'im, if they're just going to give 'im the Kiss, later, innit? Where is that girl? They said 'e is to be 'er responsibility!"
"What's this bag he has with him?"
"Don't touch that! We're not sure what are in the vials, and as this man is a Potions Master, it could be some very ghastly things, indeed. We've already Geminoed the set and sent it down to the labs. Glaswell should be able to tell us by morning what they all are-"
"By morning he might be dead," a woman's voice interrupted as she matched her pace to the levitating gurney's. "We don't have time to wait to find out what he's already taken; my bet would be a Blood Replenishing potion and Dittany, at the very least. How are his vitals?" She looked down at the black-haired man and ran some diagnostic charms over his form. "Stabilizing, but we could still lose him." She was running a second set of tests, focusing on his bleeding neck, when the man's dark eyes snapped open and immediately widened when they met hers.
"Hello, there, Sunshine," she told him, having not yet read his chart to find out his real name. "Just hang in there and everything will be okay."
The man's gaze swept over her face for a moment, before he managed to find what was left of his voice.
"An..gel.." he managed to gurgle out around the blood, just before passing out again.
The other Healers looked at the woman, who had gone very white.
"Do you know this man, Angelica?"
"No," the woman shook her head.
Author's Note:
This isn't a beta'd story, but it is a COMPLETED story- it's all written, start to finish, and I'll be posting it in full as soon as I can (probably within a few days). I'd love to hear what you think, so please review!