For Hogwarts online prompt of the day "Pride". This is a James a Lily fic, but about how hurt Severus was when he found out. So I hope it works ok.
Pride
"Why won't you go out with me?" James asked angrily as Lily once again made a move to walk away from him when he came near.
"Why would I give you a bigger head then you have now?" she asked not making the slightest effort to turn around. They were practically alone walking around the castle and James wanted to use this to his advantage.
"So you won't go out with me on pride?" he asked and Lily smiled, even James could tell from the back of her that she expected this sort of reaction.
"I won't go out with you because of the Pride your big, narrow minded head has," Lily said slowly and calmly as if to let every word sink into his mind.
"SO you would rather go out with a slimy Slytherin?" James asked a smirk on his face now as he knew he was about to cause a big stir. Lily stopped and turned around now, if their was anyone that deserved to be stood up for it was Severus.
"Don't talk about him like that!" she warned, her voice was calm and steady but full of venom. "It doesn't matter what house you are in and what clothes you wear. Severus is a great person and who I go out with is my business!" Lily snapped and then turned around leaving a stunned James behind.
Unbeknown to them, Severus stood in the shadows of the walls, his heart was practically leaping with happiness. He almost danced down to the common room. He had decided that tonight was the night he was going to ask out Lily, he dressed up in his nicest clothes, which is fair to say wasn't much and conjured up a small red rose. He was so excited he was practically bouncing with every step. He wandered don to the great hall and checked the time. Lily would be in the library now so that is where he was going.
"It was his seventh year of school and he was so excited that he finally worked up the courage to ask her he was really running out of time now. He wandered up and through the giant beautifully doors of the library and their he saw her, her beautiful red hair flowing down against her back. Hey beautiful face away from his and her lips-
Kissing James Potter!
Severus felt his heart sink as he watched the two make out, after the big fight they just had he could barely believe his eyes. She Severus decided to run, run back down stairs to the common room and into his dark dorm room. When he was there he went straight to bed but he did not cry, he was better then that, and what if someone saw. Instead he was wishing, wishing he had more Pride like James, assuming that was what Lily loved about him. All the while a red rose burnt in a smouldering ball on his bed side table.