If Wishes Were Boggarts
One: Like Her Mother
Wanted By: I m lil miss perfect
Pairing: Severus Snape/female!Harry Potter
Prompt: "just like Lily/her mother"
Rated: T
Warning: het; implied sexual content; and age (37/17)
Severus Snape grew up wanting everything and receiving very little. He wanted a loving family, though he wouldn't admit it today, and he was neglected by both his parents. He wanted Lily Evans and he received heartache watching as she fell in love with and married James Potter.
So, when Holly Potter came to Hogwarts, Severus decided he would settle for her. After all, she was the child of Lily Evans, his one and only love, and James Potter, his enemy. She looked just like her mother, which helped, only with her father's dark hair color and paler skin.
While Holly grew up, Severus remained in the shadows, playing his double role of protector and least favorite professor. He wanted her to grow to depend on him to save her, which she slowly did. She also grew to despise him, like he had her father.
As Holly entered her sixth year, Severus' lust for her grew as well. She was the spinning image of her mother, only different coloring. Her hair was ebony, though it had a red tint in the torch light, her eyes were darker green and her skin was paler, closer to an ivory color in appearance. He found her to be perfect.
That year, in her sixth year, he was the Defense professor. He knew all too well that Defense was Holly's best subject. He finally had a chance to watch her at her finest. He had been surprised to hear Slughorn talk about her "remarkable" potions abilities, which he later learned were from his notes. A fact that made him proud, for some reason.
The best thing that happened, which he didn't even plan, was when Holly bonded her life energy to his when they were in the Shirking Shack as he was slowly dying. The bonding meant their very life forces were bound together and when one died so did the other. That stupid hero-complexity of Holly's was finally put to something useful.
Later that night, as Severus slept with Holly, he couldn't help but realize how much she was like her mother. Severus Snape finally had something he had wanted and he knew she would never leave.