Written for:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Creative Collection
Character - Sirius, Paired Character - Severus, Prompt - "You don't love him/her. Just the idea of him/her."
Pathetic Farce
Characters: Sirius, Severus
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Sirius shook his head at the eyes Snape was making at Evans. Despite their mutual animosity, Sirius couldn't help feeling bad for him. After all, Sirius knew what it was like to live a lie out of fear. In fact, he'd bet his most precious thing, his friendship with the Marauders, that he shared the same fear with Snape.
And that shared fear is what made him approach Shape. "Did you know it's pathetic? The way you follow Evans around?"
"Shut up, Black!" Snape growled, tearing his gaze away from the red-headed Gryffindor.
Of course, Sirius didn't listen. "Don't you have any self-respect? Evans doesn't want you."
"It's none of your business."
"Maybe not, but I thought I should say something anyway. Especially when I see what others don't."
Snape stiffened. "See what?"
"You don't love her. Just the idea of her. You definitely like the idea that she's a girl. That way, you can keep lying to yourself and no one will ever be wiser."
Snape glared. Good thing looks couldn't kill. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Sirius wasn't fooled. "Of course you do. Evans is a pretty female. It's almost easy to let her distract you from the truth."
"What truth?" Snape bluffed.
Sirius could almost admire the way the Slytherin refused to give up with the lie.
"The truth of the fact that you have to force yourself to not look at men. Evans is easy. She's safe because you know she'll never look at you in that way. It's easy to use her to hide from the fact that you're attracted to men."
Snape's laughed harshly as if it was being ripped from his throat. "You have no idea what you're talking about."
"Actually, I do. I really do. It's easy to pretend. Maybe it's even preferable to you. You might even be lying to yourself. But sooner or later, the truth will come out. It did for me."
"Do you have any idea what you're admitting to? I can ruin you," Snape threatened.
Sirius crossed his arms over his chest. "You really can't. My parents might have kicked me out of the house, but my best friends accepted me."
Snape looked at the floor. "It must be nice."
"Well, maybe if you had the courage to be honest-"
"It doesn't matter," Snape interrupted. "It doesn't matter," he repeated quieter before hurrying away.
Sirius shook his head. Oh well. He tried to do his good deed for the day. It's not his fault it didn't work.
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