Title: One Mistake

Word Count: 100

Rating: PG

Characters: Severus, Hermione mentioned

Authors Notes: Severus musing…

One foolish mistake was all it took to seal his fate so long ago. One was such a small number, why did it have to matter? But it did, and it always would, that's why he went to Dumbledore that night, and that's why he went back. He donned the mask, and he wore the robes, but they didn't cover the pain, and they never would. Dead inside or dead outside didn't matter anymore, she would never love him anyway, he'd killed Dumbledore. That was what one mistake could do, and that is why...

Avada Kedavra never felt so good.