Never Again
Her green eyes still taunted him. Every time he closed his eyes, he could see them staring straight back into his soul. She always seemed to be able to see into his thoughts like that, that's why they were such great, close friends. But it was never enough for Severus. He wanted more. He'd always wanted to be more than friends with the beautiful Lily Evans.
James Potter was the only reason why he did not get his wish. James seemed to be the better man for Lily, while Severus lashed out in anger and lost his friendship as well as his chance with her in one word, 'mudblood'.
Potter took away from him the only thing he ever wanted and it became too late. Now, nearly eighteen years later, it was way too late. Lily had been killed along with her husband James due to a bad decision that Severus had made. However, their son, Harry James Potter, somehow lived. He looked nearly identical to his father, with the same hero attitude which Severus despised. The green piercing eyes of Lilly Potter/Evans were passed down onto Harry and surprised the Professor when he first saw them. However, it wasn't hard to pass by the young boy's eyes and see that he was more like his father, James Potter, the man whom Severus hated.
But then, there was another student in Harry Potter's year that was able to hold his attention. Hermione Granger. She had been absolutely horrible to the eyes in her first year, but now as a seventh year, she had become what many would call beautiful. Instead of piercing green eyes, she possessed warm chocolate brown irises which held all of the knowledge in the world, but still had room for emotion.
Severus didn't know how it happened, but it seemed that somewhere at the beginning of her seventh year, he had taken up the habit of looking at her as she did her work in class. He watched her as she ate at her table in the Great Hall. It was a disgusting habit, one that he knew he must dispose of with all haste, but that was easier said than done. It's not that he liked her or anything, he just found her to be a very fascinating, beautiful young woman.
Then it happened. She came down to breakfast one morning with Harry Potter latching onto her hand, a huge smile on both of their faces. Anger slowly began boiling up inside of the Potions Professor and he left the Great Hall quickly, turning the heads of a few of the other Professors at his sudden exit.
He made his way down to his potions classroom and began brewing who-knows-what, adding ingredients here and there. Severus Snape finally let his anger get the best of him in the confines of his potions lab. He threw the cauldron containing many dangerous ingredients to the ground in a rage, casting a quick cleaning spell so he didn't have to worry about any explosions. He almost yelled in frustration but ended up slamming is fist onto his desk.
James Potter had been the loath of his life ever since he took his beloved Lily away from him. At that moment, Severus vowed that never again should another Potter steal what he wanted, no matter what it took.