Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing of Harry Potter but love it.
This is set in an AU in which Snape survives and as the title says reflects on himself
A Reflection
He got up from bed and slipped on his sleeping robe and walked out to get some fresh air. He had had the same dream again. He had been in a green flower and there she stood, Lily, just like when he had first met her and when she had shown him the trick with flower petals. He looked up at the sky where an almost full moon hung with a few stars showing through the fog that seemed to eternally hang over the sky, here in the city. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and let himself relax a bit.
It had been three years since the war had ended and he had finally been rid of the Dark Lord, two years since he had returned home here from 's after recovering from the poison and wounds the damn snake had inflicted him with. After he had woken from the coma the snake bites he had suffered he had learnt all that had occurred in those six months and how much the Wizarding World had changed.
He still remembered the time when Potter had come to visit him and how he had proposed the compromise to end their conflicts once and for all and compromise. He had accepted and was soon after released from there and he came home and had stayed here, cooped up in his safe-house, half afraid that the world would turn against him for the smallest thing.
Snape opened his eyes and looked out on the landscape of London presented from his house which was basically road after road of houses similar to his, but he thought to himself often
"Only physically my house and theirs look alike, in what made the house a home theirs were filled with families who strived to the best they could and get through life. Unlike mine, where I am alone and with no purpose in life that I can see."
Snape released a deep sigh and returned to bed and lay under the covers and went to sleep looking at the picture of Lily Potter had given him. It was to be another day tomowrow with the mundane routine he had established for himself but it was going that routine that had kept him sane. And thinking so Snape fell into another fitful sleep hoping not to get up again during the night.
A/N: Readers, I would love all the reviews as this is my very first fanfic and would love to hear what you have to say, the good and the bad. so please comment ;) Thanks!