Hi all! Thanks for the great reviews, and for the constructive critisms, I didn't realise that I'd done that, thanks for the advice!
Anyway, to continue on!
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Chapter Two – Couldn't Know That
Snape stood back and watched the Seventh years creep into the dungeons. He wore his usual sneer upon his face, though he did not have the usual heart behind it. But the students couldn't know that.
Swooping to the front desk, he felt the lasting effects of the Crucio curse twinge, almost causing him to stumble. But the students couldn't know that.
His lose robes fell around his skinny frame. He'd never been largely built, but now he was thin to the point of illness. Some days he just could not stomach food, and when he tried, he just threw it up all over his private rooms. But the students couldn't know that.
His days were wrecked by fatigue, his little sleep by horrible dreams that pushed him to stay awake. He was nightly driven to his private potions lab, searching for something, anything to occupy his mind. He could not dream, wouldn't allow himself to remember. But the students couldn't know that.
It had been almost ten months since his return. He'd spent the year working, pushing his students, using classes to run from the world and what happened. No matter how many times he was assured that the Dark Lord had been destroyed for good, he couldn't allow himself that hope. He could never allow himself to feel safe. But the student's couldn't know that.
No one could.
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Okay, so that was a pretty short chapter, just to give you an idea of the anguish, hope it's worked!
As for your reviews!
Not mad mentally unstable: first of all, great name! ;-) Thanks for the comments, I hope you've enjoyed this second chapter!
Nastygurl666: yeah, I think I've been caught up in the excitement, you'll probably say the same things about this chapter, lol. I didn't realise I'd done that, and it's hard to change, hope you stick by me anyway and see what I can do!
Velvet Storm: Yay, I'm going to be on someone's story alerts! Lol, I'm not easily excitable, I swear, lol. Hope you continue to enjoy this story!
SlyGriff: Here's an update here for you, hope you like it, thanks for reviewing!
Severus-Fan: Yeah, it could take a turn that way. I really hope that doesn't put you off this story! For some reason, it won't show up under that category, could anyone tell me why?
Thank you all!