"Look after the boy," he said, "Look after him with your life. For me,"
And he did too. Black and red, soaked through and through with blood and gasping for air, Severus Snape lay down his head and waited for death.
"Guard him from danger. He needs to be alive in the end, and you're the only one who can do that. Look after him,"
The battle raged on around him, footsteps pounding along the ground. Bodies thudding as they hit the ground beside him. This was the war they had been waiting for, and it was more horrible then they could have ever imagined.
"Look after him for me Severus, please look after him. I know you never liked him, or his parents. But he means a lot to the world. We need him,"
His lips were going cold, his hands were numb beneath him, and the wound in his back stung as it was pounded on by the filthy smoke of burning buildings. This was the war, and this was what happened.
"Please,-" gasp "- Severus, please take care of him-" coughing, wracking the air out of his lungs.
Somewhere off down the street, the war came to a head. Harry Potter, saviour of the world at only seventeen, met his enemy in a fight as cataclysmic as the War of Heaven. The Angels fought in this war too, and hopefully, Heaven would prevail again.
"Severus-" gasp "-please-"
"I'm here. Be still, I'm here,"
"Severus-" more coughing "-I love you…" And his last sigh. And his last breath.
The Last Angel fought his fight. The enemy released his howl and died at the hands of Justice.
Severus Snape lay on the ground, weeping. Finally it was over. And so was he.
He had done his all, protected the Last Angel, and now… he got to rest… He closed his eyes and hoped he had done enough. They would find him soon, hopefully someone would cry for him, and he would be buried with all the rest.
And his reward… He would see his lover again. I Heaven and in Peace.
"I love you too…
"Remus."
-FIN-
