For Read300300 because she planted the idea, and is SO cool! XD


Up and down, and inside of him, all of it, churning, all of it, freezing

It hurts. It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, IT HURTS--

But maybe that's what it is. Maybe love is supposed to be cold, is supposed to hurt. Because whenever Harry thinks of Sirius, he feels icy inside, like someone has shoved a glacier into his stomach, and he knows that he loved Sirius, loved him a lot --

cold eyes and filthy matted hair but Harry loved him anyway

So, does that mean that Snape -- "Professor Snape, Harry" -- loves him? Because Harry isn't blind, he sees how the Potions Master looks at him funny, like he wants to eat Harry up. Like he can't decide whether to punish or protect.

long, long legs and greasy hair, and so very coldcoldcold and Harry wants something from him but what

But it's hurting, and it's cold, and Harry wants something, something that he's never had before, but feels so certain he could get if he just

tried

hard

enough.

There are some pretty red stains on Harry's clothes and on the Common Room floor. He doesn't understand why his House-mates are screaming. He thinks they should get Professor Snape, because the Professor would understand how pretty the scarlet spirals are.

At least Harry is warm now.