I have read a few of these and thought I would attempt one myself. Since Snape is my favorite character...

Please let me know what you think!

10 Little Things...

Severus Tobias Snape

1) He always hated his name. Severus sounded so, so 'severe'.

He often wondered why his mother gave him a name that was so harsh. After he became Potions master at Hogwarts, he began to realize that his name could entice fear in his students. He quickly changed his mind about disliking it.

2) He never felt himself to be an outcast.

He knew he was different, and he always knew that people looked at him in an odd way. This however, was confirmed when he stepped onto the platform at Hogsmeade Station his first day at school. His only friend was Lily Evans, who like him was very smart, but was popular. Despite her efforts to bring him into her circle of friends, he kept to himself. It was ultimately his downfall.

3) Someone once told him he was handsome.

He never believed it. James Potter was handsome. James' two best friends Remus and Sirius were handsome. He had a crooked nose, hair that he couldn't clean no matter how much he washed it, and his clothes always seemed to mis-matched. He always hated that.

4) He knew that he owed a debt to James Potter.

Not for the reasons anyone would think, either. He was grateful to James that he saved him from the Whomping Willow that night, and vowed that he would ease up on him for that. Just a little.

5) He knew how to feel.

Not how to feel when you physically pick something up, but he had emotion. He never showed it, except the anger, discontent and resentment.

6) From Day One, he regretted becoming a Death Eater.

He realized, as soon as the wand was inserted into his arm that he had made a very big mistake. The only thing that he thought of when he received his mark was of Lily, and he knew how disappointed she would be in him.

7) He really wanted to be good.

Not good in the sense of being good in school, because he was already brilliant with his studies, but he wanted to be 'one of the good guys', and knew that if he was maybe, just maybe, he would have a chance with Lily. He never got to find out.

8) He wanted his Mother back, for one day.

Just to be able to see her, to let her know that he had made something of himself. He was successful, he was brilliant, and he was everything that she and his father thought he would not be. He proved them wrong.

9) He wished he was more courageous.

If he had been, he would have gone to the Potters' house that night and stood in front of Lily and taken the green blast for her. At least she would be alive and he wouldn't be forced to look into those green eyes every day and remind himself of what could have been.

10) He had a penchant for sweets, particularly chocolate frogs.

He never let anyone know how much he loved these little things, but he remembered it as the first gift that Lily gave him. They were on the Hogwarts Express and the trolley lady came by and she bought the lot for them to share. She gave him a chocolate frog, and it became his favourite sweet. He keeps the card that was inside the package in his pocket.