What could have happened between Lily and Severus if he had said the right thing outside the Gryffindor Common Room. This story is AU. Everything you recognize belongs to JKR everything else is me. Rating is for violence, language and some adult content.

It'll never work, they said. Slytherin & Gryffindor, Muggle & Wizard. But sometimes the irresistible chemistry of the heart overrides everything. AU, LE/SS, PE/JP, Marauder era & beyond!