Title- My Greatest Gift, My Greatest Curse
Author- DarkRemembrence
Beta- animelovernumber1
Warnings- Slash. Yoai. Character Death.
Pairings- Harry/ (Someone).
Summary- Given the power to heal, he has been given the decision to either let the sick die or live. His gift is also his curse...
Disclaimer- I do not own Harry Potter and co. Story line is mine and OC's are mine. Slight AU with magic.
When he turned sixteen, he never thought he'd be able to save someone from death but it happened. His Uncle, Vernon Dursley, one of the people who made his life miserable was dying from a heart attack due to his extreme obesity. Without thinking he tried to heal him but even he didn't know how. At least that was until he saw something, a girl in white and black clothing with white and black feathered wings.
"Hello," she had said. "You can save him if you think to stop it and want it to heal and it will. Just place your hand over that area. It's a gift and a curse you're receiving and it's given t only a few."
'Who are you?' he thought.
"I am the angel of healing and pain," she replied. "I am good and evil. I choose once every three thousand years to give a gift to and then a curse. The third thousand years gets both. You have been chosen by Fate's will. You will be able to heal all but the one you love the most. Technically you can heal him or her but it would cost you your life. That is all." And she disappeared.
He followed her instructions and his uncle lived. They decided to be kind and generous to him for saving his uncle's life. Things got better in that household and he was happy... Well... He was content with living there.
It was four years since that day. The one he loved the most was recently found to be terminally ill. He had loved him secretly for the last three years but never got the courage to pursue his heart's desire. There was no cure for his love's illness.
There was one and it was he. His greatest gift was healing but his curse was that he should heal the one he loved at the cost of his life as the angel of healing and pain told him four years ago.
He made his decision. He pursued him for three days before it was supposed to be his love's last day. It was the best three days of their lives. He gave everything from love to kindness, to virginity, and just about everything else. When it was time, the last day had finally come.
"I love you, Sev," Harry whispered sweetly, giving him a kiss.
"Love you too, Severus smiled.
"Forgive me for leaving you behind," Harry said sadly.
"Don' cry... Wait... What do you mean? I'm the one leaving you behind," Severus said brokenly.
"No, my love," he corrected.
Everyone was there to say goodbye but they didn't know what Harry was talking about.
"My Greatest Gift is My Greatest Curse," he said cryptically. "From the angel of healing and pain."
He made his choice and he stuck by it, healing Sevrus. Collapsing to the ground, his love held him close, stronger than ever before.
"My Greatest Gift is to heal but there's a downside," he explained. Drawing his final breaths. "My life is the price to heal the one I love the most. That's you, Sev. I'm sorry for leaving you behind but live for me. I love you, Sev." And he breathed his last with the last thing he saw was the love of his life's eyes shining with pain and love.
She was an angel of healing and pain but she was also the angel of reincarnation. It was one of the bigger things that she doesn't usually mention. She decided to do something nice for them as she had always done when the curse took effect and only for those who gave up their lives like Harry did. She brought upon them to be reborn again and in this lifetime, they would truly be together for a lifetime.