Patronus
Christmas Day, 1997, Hogwarts
Severus Snape's Christmases had always been lonely.
Before Hogwarts, Christmas was just another day spent in his room, avoiding his parents. After Hogwarts, he had nothing, nobody to celebrate with except his fellow Death Eaters. Some Christmas.
And at Hogwarts… The only four years in his whole life he had actually been happy at the prospect of Christmas. First year, she had gone home. But when she later learned how he had spent the holiday, she chose to stay at Hogwarts in later years. Until…
But he refused to think about those two dark years, when he would pass her by in the corridors and she wouldn't even notice. He had noticed how she changed herself, gave in to Potter and his friends. She insisted she was happy, but he knew she wasn't. His Lily could never be happy with Potter.
But he wouldn't think about that. He would think about second year, the night they had snuck out after hours and feasted on cookies and cake in an empty classroom. He would think about third year, when they had spent all day out in the snow, having snowball fights and building snowmen. He would think about fourth year, when they had sat together in the Three Broomsticks, talking and laughing. And even fifth year, which he had spent in the Hospital Wing thanks to Potter, but was endeared to him simply because it the was their last.
"Expecto Patronum."
The silver doe nuzzled him, and he petted her head. Memories weren't much in the way of providing company, but they were better than nothing.
A/N;; See? I told you I'd finish! Now just two more left… One will probably be added tomorrow, the end Saturday or Sunday. And, as always, review!