"Don't wake Me Up"
The Hush Sound
You came to me
in seamless sleep
and slipped right in
behind my eye
on the back of my mind
There he was, he always came around the same time each night. He always showed up the same way: smiling clothed in those old ratty shorts of his. He would quietly slip in the bed with me, so slight of a movement I could barely feel any pressure on the mattress. Then he says what he always says "mind if I join?" in that smart arse way of his that only I could ever stand.
We swam a sea
of pretty sights and chandelier skies
I swore I could feel you breathe
It was all so real to me
It always felt real. It always felt like he could reach out and touch James' cool, firm flesh and still feel that reassuring heartbeat and all those steady breaths. But like they say 'life goes on' and so it did. Every time I finally got up the nerve to reach out and touch my former lover the morning light would drip in through the only tiny window in my flat and ease all signs of potter's company in my bed.
The light had slipped through the window
the morning ripped you away oh
don't wake me up
I am still dreaming
the story's undone
Unraveled at the seams
don't wake me up
Death is misleading
And when I fall asleep
I Sleep with a ghost
Every night Severus Snape slept with a ghost, the ghost of the one and only James potter. But he had always been more than that, when they were children he was Severus's nemesis, and as they got older he turned into his best friend, and once more as they each got comfortable with their sexuality, he was his partner.
I moved in the dark
the room calm and cold
A quiet hollow
I am such a haunted soul
your ghost is gone
the bed is so cold
Every night when Severus dragged himself to their room and convinced himself to sleep in that bed, even though he knew deep down that James would never truly ever lay with him again; he could feel deep in his bones and soul how very cold the bed was without his partner's warmth.
The light had slipped through the window
the morning ripped you away oh
don't wake me up
I am still dreaming
the story's undone
Unraveled at the seams
don't wake me up
Death is misleading
And when I fall asleep
I sleep with a ghost
All night, every night Severus sleeps with the ghost of James potter and it's slowly killing him. Seeing James appear before him just as he was before the accident was wearing on the fairly young man. And every morning that James left him just as the light of dawn slipped in and stretched warm fingers over their bed, Severus was slowly slipping away with him.
Oh you were a fire caught in a storm
Memories like embers keep us warm
You will leave me in the morning
leave me
The light had slipped through the window
The morning ripped you away oh
The next morning crept upon the deathly quiet apartment and finally revealed the devastating scene to the rest of the world. There Severus Snape lay peacefully on that bed. He looked almost majestic in all his pale beauty. It almost made up for the garish red slashed upon the linen sheets that originated from his delicate veins. Severus Snape always gave the world a dangerous warning "Don't wake me up" and now he will never wake again.
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