Legilimens
A/N: I'm not in the habit of writing drabbles, but I'm beginning to think they're a pretty good opportunity to explore the Potterverse in quick, different ways. Written for the Snape100 LiveJournal Community Challenge – The Mating Habits of the Snarky Potions Master First drabble ever. Feedback always appreciated.Skeletal fingers slid into his mind, probing, rough and cold, searching for naked images of disloyalty, digging into the mask of reverence and leaving only the humiliating pain of exposure in their wake. He lay panting and flushed on the wet stone ground, trembling at the brink of hopelessness, grateful for the darkness that hid them from the hungry eyes of the surrounding Death Eaters.
Denied the comfort of physical closeness for so many years, Severus Snape shivered, leaning into the Dark Lord's arcane embrace with all the trust of an abused animal – the most intimate touch he could remember.