Severus,
I have taken my leave from my quarters already, as my apprenticeship with you has ended. Thank you so much for your help. I wouldn't become a Potions Mistress if it weren't for you.
Just so you know, I don't regret everything I have said last night. I meant every word of it. And if it is any consolation, Severus, I will not give up my love for you just because you so blatantly deny that you feel the same way towards me. I know that whatever it is you're hiding will eventually surface and overcome your icy facade.
If you have changed your mind, dear one,I will be waiting for you in the park where we first talked and got to know each other better. I love you.
Forever yours with love,
Hermione
Hermione,
As much as it pains me to be so vulnerable when it comes to you, I am most certainly willing to feel such pain, for you enlighten me so much with your presence, dearest. Yes, I do love you very much indeed.
But please don't go to the park. It is a very chilly night, and I fear my Princess will catch a cold.
Come home instead.
Severus
Severus,
Where exactly is home?
Are you not a Potions Master? I believe you can easily find a remedy for colds.
Hermione
Princess,
Anywhere you will be happy is home. But for now, why don't you stay here in the dungeons with me?
Severus
Love,
I might catch cold there. You know it's terribly freezing.
Hermione
Cheeky wench.
Never mind. Where are you? I will go there myself.
Severus
I am in my paradise, recollecting memories.
Hermione
I don't have time for games, Princess. Where are you?
Severus
You will find me
In the place
Where our love first grew
You know this well
For this is your hidden solace
Behind closed doors
Where we first knew
That our love would blossom
Through and through
I am here, my love
Waiting for you
Your Princess
The couple married a year after, and Severus got the DADA position when his wife agreed to replace him as Potions professor.
How the snarky Slytherin and the gracious Gryffindor found love in each other, we'll never know. (: