The day Sirius Black realized Severus Snape was human was the day he watched the poor boy bleed. It wasn't a broken nose or a bad cut, he really bled. Snape had taken a solid hook to the jaw on more than one occasion, most of the time he'd done something to deserve it somehow anyways. But this time…. It was just different.
"S-She is okay…Lily," Severus struggled with the words, tears pouring down his face.
Sirius would probably be crying too if his shoulder was broken bad like that, the skin broken and the muscle exposed. His robe had been torn, his white undershirt exposed though the dark ivory was now drenched red and stuck to his flesh, drying.
"She's fine… James is with her."
Severus closed his eyes, still panting. Still in pain. It was different, watching a human being suffer like that.
It wasn't funny anymore.