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Green Eyes
Xielle

"There are green leaves, green grass, green lights… but there's nothing,
Nothing as green as those damned eyes."

Series of Oneshots.

" "After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape. "
- Deathly Hallows; Chapter 33 – The Prince's Tale

Chapter 2: Severus on Lily

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Green vapors, Green potions, Green…

Time and time again, it's those damned Green-like-no-other Eyes.

Green grass, Green leaves, Green sparks…

Too light; too dark; too… too green!

Green Eyes…

And so, I watched, with growing horror and morbid fascination as a Green Avada Kedavra sliced through what would've been a peaceful night.

Those Green Eyes…

I stared, immobile as your eyes shut tight, refusing to see death – your death; your failure as a wife, as a mother – even as you fell.

Her Green Eyes…

I closed my eyes, refusing to acknowledge the nightmare I know all too well to be true, even as you fell, – as I know you had – fell to your knees, Green Eyes glazed over; empty; dead.

Dead – as dead as the curse that struck you down.

Dead – as dead as your Green Eyes that I'll never forget.

… But not quite as dead that it will stop haunting me – awake or otherwise.

Oh, no – Time and time again, it's those damned Green-like-no-other Eyes.

On Harry Potter.POTTER.

I can't – shouldn't – see him as Lily. Not with Potter's features, and simply for the reason that it's wrong.

I can't – won't – let myself get attached to him, - her – not even with those Eyes.

Green Eyes that has haunted – still haunts and will – until I die –

I… I… Look at me… Potter. Harry. Look at me.

"Look… at… me…" I whispered. (1) Harry… Lily…

Look at me – those eyes that haunt me, even as I die.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Time and time again, it's those damned Green-like-no-other Eyes.

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02.20.08

Again, sorry for any mistakes I might have made. This wasn't gone over by my beta, but I posted it anyway, for sentimentality's sake. The date 2.23.08 is important to me.

Severus Snape and Lily Evans. SSLE.

And since I haven't forgotten one dear friend of mine, there's also HPSS (or Harry Potter/Severus Snape, or as she prefers it, Snarry) if you squint really, really hard. Don't try too much though – it wasn't really intended to be obvious for I support HPTR or HPLV.

Yes, that's Harry with Tom or Voldemort – either way.

Huh. I actually finished this one before Shades of Green and intended this for Chapter 1 – but I changed my mind, obviously. I have no reason why, really. It just felt right. Or maybe that's just because Snape died here. Oh well.