Hey Everyone! This is a little piece I wrote when I was in a particularly sad mood…It is a sad story and brought tears to my eyes as I wrote it. I hope you think it's as good as I do! Please read and review!!

**Implied Slash…

The Wind Beneath My Wings

Everyone stands in silence; to shocked to speak…there's no noise at all except the quiet whisper of the wind. No one dares to move… no one except me. I fall down upon my knees and gaze into your lifeless eyes. I gather you in my arms and cling to you as the last bit of warmth fades from your skin. How did we come to be here? How did this happen? We were so happy…

~~~~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~~~

"Harry? What are you doing here?"

"Now, Sev. You didn't think I would let your birthday go by without visiting you, did you?"

"Well…not really, but then you didn't show up."

"I got caught up in the common room, people were staying up later than I had thought they would."

Harry crossed the room and stood before the taller man. He gazed into the older mans eyes before opening his mouth…

"It must have been cold there in my shadow,

To never have sunlight on your face?

You've always been content to let me shine,

You always walked a step behind…"

Harry paused for a moment to take in the look of surprise that was gracing his lover's face.

"I was the one with all the glory
While you were the one with all the strength,
Only a face without a name,
I never once heard you complain.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?
And everything I'd like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'Cause you are the wind beneath my wings!

You really are my hero, Sev. I don't know what I would do with out you."

As Harry finished this last little part he looked up at Severus' face and was surprised to see his eyes glistening.

"What's wrong, Sev? What did I do?"

"What? You didn't do anything. I've never had anyone care for me before…and I've never loved anyone before," he replied, the last part said in a whisper.

Harry embraced his lover and buried his face into his neck… "I love you too, Sev. And you have me now."

~~~END FLASHBACK~~~

As he snapped back to reality, he realized that he was still staring into the lifeless obsidian eyes, those eyes which he had seen hold every emotion possible to man. An anguished cry filled the air. It was a cry of pain, completely devoid of anything other than heart wrenching sadness. Everyone on the battlefield watched in silence as tears rolled off the young man's face. No one was left untouched by his pain. Finally Madam Pomfrey went over and tried to lift the man from Harry's clutches, but this only made him cling tighter.

"No! He's not gone yet…You can't take him away from me! You can't…please…," this last part was filled with so much desperation that she couldn't do anything other than grant his request.

"Alright, Harry. I'll give you one more minute."

She bid everyone to back away and give him a chance to say goodbye…one last chance to hold the one he loved.

"Sev…please don't leave me. I can't live without you…I can't do it. Please don't go…please…I'll do anything if you'll come back to me, anything! Just please come back. Sev, I—I love you so much. Please…"

"Harry, dear, it's time to let go, please let me take him," Madam Pomfrey said as she began to lift Severus from Harry's arms.

This time Harry allowed them to do so, only resisting at the very end. He grabbed on to his hand and lightly kissed the back of it. And as they carried away the body, he quietly hummed a tune to himself, tears falling from his face…

"Did you ever know that you're my hero…."

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