For Werewolf Vampire Mistress -
I had a dream last night:
Autumn 1979
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When Lily leaves the flat to go to her shift with the Order, a large barred owl is perched in a tree at the side of the building. As soon as the door closes behind her it swoops down, hooting softly, and drops a rolled up parchment in front of her.
Lily Evans, it reads in jagged, scratchy letters. Potter now, she thinks irritatedly, but unfurls it just the same. Her heart skips a beat.
It's from Severus.
Dear Lily, it begins. I've been thinking about you a lot lately. What I said to you; what happened afterwards; how somehow, in the past year or so, we've seemed to slip away from each other entirely. Well, I had a dream last night, and we were friends again; talking and laughing like old times. Do you think we could ever get back to that?
I don't want to say 'I'm sorry' again, because you never seemed to accept that. So, how about we meet sometime? At the Three Broomsticks or the Leaky Cauldron; talk things out. Get reacquainted.
Owl me no matter what? Yours, Sev.
For a minute or so Lily stands there stunned, the letter clutched in her hand as her past with Severus rushes back to her. Her head swims with memories, and uncertainty of how she should reply.
James wouldn't want her to at all; that's for sure. Nor would Sirius, Remus, or Peter—but they were James' friends first, she tells herself. And Sev's enemies second.
Marlene would grin and say to go for it. Moody would scowl and mutter that he was probably working for the Dark Lord, and was setting up a trap for her. And Dumbledore's eyes would twinkle and he'd say something cryptic about old friends, and how you should hang onto them.
On second thought, maybe that was what Lily herself would say. She takes a deep breath and refolds the letter, sliding it into her jacket pocket to reply to when she returns to the flat.
But there's a skirmish that day and a trip to Saint Mungo's the next, then a pregnancy charm, a conversation with Dumbledore—and after that there's no question about it; she can't possibly contact Severus while in hiding.
Lily vows to herself that as soon as the war ends, she'll owl him; meet with him; forgive him. That she'll somehow orchestrate a peaceful existence between him and the Marauders; that he'll be able to be her child's godfather. But the war ends, and Lily is sprawled lifeless across her son's crib.
And Sev isn't forgiven.
And I've crossed the twenty chapter mark! ... Eighty more to go xD I've posted quite a few requests and am working on the rest, but feel free to ask for any others! Don't limit yourself to the obvious characters either; I'd be happy to do random first order members and such too, although *grins* I have quite a few of those prewritten already.