1. Soulmate AU with a sad ending
Word count: 530
Hermione looked around after Severus trying to locate him. Her only assurances that he was alive, that somehow he had survived the fire was that the sign on her left hand, the one identical with his hadn't faded yet and the part of her head that belonged to him wasn't empty.
She was sure she would feel if he were soulmates, they belonged together and she couldn't even think of her life without him. No, it was something impossible.
What hurt her was the fact that she couldn't hear him. He hadn't contacted her ever since the attack on their Headquarters. That had been a major blown for the Resistance. And Severus, as their spy couldn't warn them. He had found out too late and by the time Hermione had told everyone about the attack it was already happening. So many good people had died.
Somehow she had survived and so had Severus. Then something had happened because she had stopped hearing him in her head. The feeling was horrible, but at least he wasn't dead. Yet. But that wasn't any consolation for her. And she was afraid. Afraid of what was to come. Afraid that next time they won't be as fortunate. Or worst that one would be and the other won't. The person who loses his soulmate is condemned to live half a life for the rest of his life.
Hermione remembered the day she had found out she and Severus were soulmates. She had kissed him, tired of him evading her and trying to find excuses as to why they shouldn't be together. It was a magical feeling.
Little did she know that in the enemy's camp a bloodied Severus was thinking about the save thing. Their connection may have been severed, but still they were one.
And the thought of the day he had found out his other half...kept him alive. He remembered the light that had surrounded both of them,the feeling of her in his mind and soul...and then the matching drawings that had appeared on their left hands an S and an H together with a little red heart. They had been married that day.
"Up! Get up traitor! It's judgement time!"
Severus looked at the man and felt tears at the corners of his eyes. There was no denying the fact that he was going to die and leave Hermione alone. At least, by severing their connection she won't hear him gone. She would feel just empty. And his heart broke.
"Move! We're going to make an example out of you! You've got matching drawings with the Resistance leader and you told us you are loyal to our cause? How stupid do you think us to be?"
'Pretty stupid, considering that it had worked for years.'he thought. But out loud he whispered
"I love you Hernione. Always."
And that were his very last words before the blade hit him.
On the other side Hermione screamed, tears in her eyes. She had felt the blade braze her skin and her heart had felt the same. Her other half was gone.
She would make them pay for their crime.