((AN: Characters are not mine, song is not mine, but I just thought it all fit so well together.))

It's five o'clock this morning, and the sun is on the rise
There's frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes
The stars are fading quietly, night is nearly gone
And so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come

And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go.

It always came to this. Their nights were spent loving each other, with a hot passion that seemed only obtainable by being with one another. The war was coming to an end, and the light was winning.

Hermione and Severus had spent the majority of the war together, alone at night. In the bedroom, there was no talk of good or evil, only what felt right. However, the regrets would surface every morning, excuses were made. Every morning he would leave her. Each of these mornings, she would cry and begged herself, "Never again."

It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm
I long to lay me down again, to hold you in my arms
I long to kiss the tears away, and give you back the smile
But other voices beckon me, and for a little while

It's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go

Severus would always wake up several times during the night, looking down at his young lover. She seemed so young and innocent while she slept. It was during these times that he thought it easier to just leave while she slept, so they didn't have to deal with the tears in the morning. He could never convince himself to do it though. He would always lie back down against and pull her tight against him, his hands stroking through the wild mane of hair. Give him a few minutes, he would leave.

He said that to himself every night as he held her, and every night would turn into dawn and he would still have her in his arms.

And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame
You think if I were always here, our love would be the same
As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone
And lying by your side, the greatest peace I've ever known

But it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leavin' you
Goodbye again, as if you didn't know
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me
Why do we always fight when I have to go.

Every morning she whispered how much she hated him, and how she'd not let him return. None of it was true of course, he'd show up on her doorstep, and she'd just melt into him. One night, he just never showed up.