Sudden Relation
Prelude: Can't You Read?
'Children learn to smile from their parents.' – Shinichi Suzuki
Severus Snape was a very private man who liked to keep his personal life as distant from his work as possible. Unfortunately, being a spy 24/7 for the headmaster of the school he taught at made that a bit difficult.
But still, Dumbledore (the afore-mentioned headmaster) didn't know everything about his life. So when Severus discovered that he had a fifteen year old daughter that would be attending Hogwarts for the first time in her life…well, it should be a bit more difficult to keep his private life exactly that: private.
It had started when Severus was at his home at Spinners End, reading through one of his many books and absently thinking up his lesson plan for the year (which honestly was probably exactly the same as it had been for the last fourteen or so years). He expected it to be a quiet night, with him and maybe a glass of wine, when there was a knock on the door. With a scowl, he sat his book aside and stalked angrily towards the door, wondering who on earth would bother him period. He didn't care what time it was.
When he opened the door, he was surprised to see a fifteen year old girl standing on his doorstep in a black rain poncho and black jeans, the hood up and hiding her hair and half of her forehead from view. She had black eyes that glittered with annoyance, and in her hands was a piece of cardboard with the words 'Hello, I'm your Daughter' written on it in permanent marker.
"Sup?" she asked with an American accent; slightly southern, he thought absently, "Are you Severus Snape?"
"…yes," he said hesitantly. The girl sighed in what appeared to be a mixture of annoyance and relief.
"Do you realize how hard it is to get good directions here?" she asked with a raised eyebrow, which he noticed had a silver hoop piercing, "I've been to about every single house on this block, so for kicks I made this sign," she lifted the cardboard slightly, indicating that was the sign she was talking about, "I'm surprised that half the people fell for it before I said anything; thought I was a mute, or sumthin'."
Right now, Severus wished she was a mute.
"What do you want?" he asked blandly, really thinking that the glass of wine sounded good right about now. She scoffed.
"Can't you read? I'm your daughter."
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Disclaimer: I own nothing save for Noel Black (of no relation to Sirius Black). Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, and I claim nothing save for my characters and the plot.
A/N: I wanted to give a try at a 'ZOMG SNAPE HAS A DAUGHTER' story while simultaneously keeping him in character and making the plot somewhat believable. Meaning that Snape never stopped loving Lily, never got married, and never intended on having a kid. Tsk, Tsk, Professor Snape! Keep it in your pants! ::muahahahahahahahahaha::
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