And she was gone
***Disclaimer: Anything you recognise as JK Rowling's, Microsoft Word didn't recognise at all, therefore it is also not mine (***
Silently, he stood, staring out into the darkness of the forbidden forest. The howling gale only added to his already fearless stature, his robes whipping around him as he stood. The astronomy tower was the one place where he could be himself, be at one with the world, but it was a world of darkness and loneliness. And she was gone.
Before that night he had hidden his loneliness behind his temper knowing that if he was to open himself up, he would be no use to anyone in the fight against the Dark Lord, and people had stayed away from him, making his task easier. That night he had been given hope of love only to have it so cruelly snuffed out as soon as it lit. These days he vented his anger over the injustice of it all through his temper. Understandably, no one noticed the difference.
As the wind raged on, he thought he saw movement at the edge of the forest. He tried to get a better look, but if something had been there before, it was gone. Severus sighed. The movement had triggered his memory of that night and as his only comfort, he let it play on. Perhaps it was masochistic, but he couldn't hurt anymore than he already did.
***Disclaimer: Anything you recognise as JK Rowling's, Microsoft Word didn't recognise at all, therefore it is also not mine (***
Silently, he stood, staring out into the darkness of the forbidden forest. The howling gale only added to his already fearless stature, his robes whipping around him as he stood. The astronomy tower was the one place where he could be himself, be at one with the world, but it was a world of darkness and loneliness. And she was gone.
Before that night he had hidden his loneliness behind his temper knowing that if he was to open himself up, he would be no use to anyone in the fight against the Dark Lord, and people had stayed away from him, making his task easier. That night he had been given hope of love only to have it so cruelly snuffed out as soon as it lit. These days he vented his anger over the injustice of it all through his temper. Understandably, no one noticed the difference.
As the wind raged on, he thought he saw movement at the edge of the forest. He tried to get a better look, but if something had been there before, it was gone. Severus sighed. The movement had triggered his memory of that night and as his only comfort, he let it play on. Perhaps it was masochistic, but he couldn't hurt anymore than he already did.