A/N- This is a seven part story told in 150 word pieces.
Disclaimer- I don't own Harry Potter, I just play with the characters.
Chapter One: Beginnings
It had started simply enough.
Just a single derogatory comment muttered under the breath of a faceless man in a crowd. Greasy traitor, or something equally uninspired. Severus could honestly say that he didn't care.
She, however, was not so dismissive. Almost immediately and completely out of nowhere the man was brought before Severus- by his ear no less- and was hastily apologizing.
"Idiot," Spat Hermione Granger. As if she herself had been personally offended.
But Severus hadn't heard. He was much too busy analyzing the surge of warmth spreading through him like fatal disease. Dissecting it as if it was a rare ingredient to be stored away in the darkest corner of his heart and brought out only in the most desperate situations.
He felt feverish. Flustered. Protected.
Vaguely Severus wondered what would have happened if that man had said something actually offensive.
And that was how it started.
End Note: R&R!