Tell
because everyone needs to share their secret sometimes
How do you tell someone that you love them? How do you tell someone that you long to touch them and hold them and kiss them so much that it hurts?
And, most importantly, how will they respond?
He has to tell her, because his secret is torturing him, it's slowly eating away at him from the inside.
"Lily," he mumbles, the words tumbling from his mouth like water from a waterfall, "I … I love you."
Lily looks up, removing her head from her book and tossing her fiery red dresses over her shoulder. Severus allows a small flicker of hope, like a candle flame, to wash over him as her delicate pink lips part.
"Really," she says, with just the tiniest hint of surprise in her voice, and the moment is lost. "Well, look Sev, you're a great friend, one of the best, but I … I don't love you."
He nods, and it feels like he's pulling on a mask to hide the fact that his heart is shattering into millions of tiny, fragile pieces.
After it all though, he's glad he told her, glad he's not keeping secrets anymore.
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Because it's raining, and I felt productive