Puzzle
Severus Snape had always been a mastermind of sorts, figuring out things that even the smartest of his house couldn't, and he prided himself on that fact. He had made countless spells, completed even the hardest of potions, and he was usually the one to come up with the best answer to a problem, no matter how major or minor that problem was.
But there was always one thing he couldn't manage to figure out, something—someone, or maybe more than one someone—that managed to confuse him to no end, like an excellently made puzzle—an excellently made, extremely annoying, hard-to-crack puzzle.
But this puzzle was not Lily Evans, not really, but moreover their whole relationship, with the lovely little bonus of Potter and his crew of imbeciles. He had finally found out why she had chosen Potter over himself—she was either extremely vain and chose him for looks, or…she was still that sweet, insightful girl that he had fallen in love with, and she had seen the beast inside the snarky, greasy boy that he tried so hard to suppress, and she had seen something good, something valuable, in James Potter.
On the outside, he was completely convinced that it was the former and nothing else, but he knew that Lily Evans would always be Lily Evans, no matter her surname, and Lily Evans had that odd ability to see someone's soul. She had seen nothing but blackness in his soul, he thought, but what did Potter have? A heart of gold? He snorted at the thought, but really, he knew from eavesdropping on her chatter with her friends that he was undeniably close to the truth.
Snape let an agitated sigh, his head hurting in synch with his heart, and he wondered sadly how he had managed to capture the attention of such a jewel, even if it was only for a short time.
A/N: I enjoyed this one. :) Though I'm more of a Sirius/Lily shipper than a Severus/Lily shipper…I liked it. Anyway, the word count for this is 318 words. I hope you enjoyed as much as I did, and do drop a review. ;)
