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A/N: Written for the grangersnape100 blood challenge.


Blood.

There was so much blood.

It covered her hands as she placed them over the wound, trying to stop the bleeding.

"No, you can't die," she cried out.

The blood was everywhere, staining the floor and her hands.

The blood.

She felt someone shake her awake. "All right?" his deep voice asked.

"Nightmare," she replied to her husband before snuggling into his side.

"It wasn't real, Hermione, we're fine."

"But the blood…"

"I'm alive, Hermione." He took her hand and placed it over his still-beating heart. "I'm here with you."

"Severus," she whispered into the dark, clutching him tightly.