As Severus stalked from the Great Hall, he nearly fell flat on his face as he walked fully into Lily, who was accompanied by none other than James Potter. James's face exploded like a firework into a fit of laughter, watching Severus stumble around trying desperately to regain his composure. Lily fumbled with Severus's robes before Severus tugged himself from her grasp. Her face contorted with hurt and he threw her an apologetic look before striding out of the castle and into the grounds. Autumn had reached Hogwarts, much like that annoying aunt that arrives at your house much earlier than planned and insists upon staying much longer than expected. Severus spotted Lucius walking by the lake and set a pace to catch up with him; anything to try and seize his mind back from Lily…
He watched her with her sister Bellatrix, twirling together in the shower of leaves, happy and free and laughing without a care in the world. Sometimes he hated her, loathed her even, for how she encapsulated him and made him suffer; he couldn't live his life while he was trapped like this…while he loved her. Admitting this to himself nearly made his wretch. She managed to haunt his dreams and now every waking moment but the thought of her with anyone else made him impossibly angry, like lava bubbling in a volcano precariously close to eruption.
He closed his eyes tightly, restraining the urge to curse everyone in a twenty-metre radius. The wind whistled through the trees, making the leaves rustle around Lucius and causing his hair to fly like it was possessed and then it wrapped itself around his neck, holding on for dear life.
Severus reached Lucius tapping him lightly on the shoulder and waiting for a reaction – Lucius was in his own little world and he had been all day, which had slightly begun to worry Severus, where was the domineering and arrogant Lucius he knew so well? He was lost, deep inside his own mind and there was nothing Severus could do. From nowhere appeared James Potter, wand in hand and obviously ready for a fight. But as usual, no such fight was needed.
James cast a wordless spell causing Severus to fly into the air and hover while Lucius sat there, immersed in a fantasy world where Narcissa confessed her undying love for him. James taunted Severus, showing off to Remus and Sirius until –
BANG! James fell to the floor suddenly and Severus was lowered gently to the floor. Out of the confusion ran Lily Evans, pointing her wand to James's throat and prodding him with it, hard. Severus sat up, shocked to silence by what he was seeing as James began stuttering and pleading while Lily stood her ground firmly. He couldn't believe what she was doing for him. The look in Lily's eyes was a dangerous one, they flashed with malice and resent towards the boy who she had been arm in arm with not ten minutes ago.
"Leave, James. Go. And don't ever treat Severus like your toy again, he's worth ten of you" Lily spat, ferociously.
James scrambled to his feet, making a run towards the castle with Remus and Sirius in tow. Lily looked down sympathetically at Severus, offering him her hand, which he took gratefully.
"…thanks," he managed.
She smiled and Severus thought he saw tears beginning to creep into her eyes and he longed to brush them from her cheeks…but he couldn't. She walked away. Lucius looked around quickly to see Sev standing beside him, staring after the girl that slowly disappeared from their eye line.
"That Evans again Severus?" Lucius's mouth curled slightly, she was all right looking for a mudblood, he admitted, maybe I could hire her as a slave.
Severus mumbled something before sitting down next to his friend. Lucius leant back on his elbows, surveying the grounds and acres of lush green grass that surrounded them. He thought of Narcissa. She turned him into a mess of a man like no other woman ever had. He really didn't appreciate not being in control, especially because of some egotistical girl. He stared daggers at his love, she was now playing with Bella's hair while he sat watching her with a deep desire burning in his heart. Lucius turned to look at Severus.
"Silly mudbloods. That Evans deserves to end up with someone like Potter. People like them should be sterilised, lest their children infect the perfect pureblood society," he spat.
Severus held his tongue, this time Lucius was wrong. And he saw no reason to remind Lucius that he was a half-blood.
"I wonder why she saved you…" Lucius continued, "maybe she has a little crush on you! Imagine the children – oh I think I'm going to vomit."
Severus chuckled falsely, the fakeness of it blatant but his friend's words seared a hole through his chest. A shadow distracted him as it loomed above him and he quickly tilted his head up to see a Slytherin girl stood in front of them.
"Hello, Lucius. Who's your friend?" she asked.
"This is Severus Snape. Severus, Narcissa Black. Narcissa, Severus."
Severus nodded in acknowledgement. She turned immediately back to Lucius. Her long, obsidian hair twisted like snakes in the air, her glittering eyes focussed upon Lucius's grey one and holding them like only a Slytherin could. Lucius fell into her stare, drowning in the dark pools that were her eyes and then learning he was unable to swim.
"Bella told me you were staring. I came over to tell you to stop."
Lucius blinked a few times, like waking from a gripping dream and focussed upon her flawless face. He remained speechless, the arrogance and usual pompousness of his attitude leaving him helpless.
"Just because you are a Malfoy, doesn't mean you can have any woman you like. Some of us have morals." At this, she stalked off to rejoin Bella.
That evening there was a special meal for a new member of staff joining Hogwarts. Lucius used this distraction to plan a way of making Narcissa his; the more she tried to push him away, the more alluring she became. He stood in the shadows outside the Great Hall until she walked past, he knew she would be alone, Bellatrix was due in the Charms classroom for detention.
When she finally stalked past, he pounced. He wrapped his arms around her from behind and pushed her against the wall. Then he twisted her around to face him whilst holding her securely in his strong arms. She struggled underneath his grasp.
"Malfoy! What are you doing?"
Lucius sneered, the feeling of power flooding through his body like a new found energy.
"My dear, we both know how much you want me."
She wriggled beneath him.
"You must be joking! Lucius get off me! I'm warning you –"
"What will you do to me Narcissa, my love?"
He tightened his grip on her arms and then forcefully kissed her lips. She wrestled her mouth from his, turning her head to the side and attempting to push him from her but he was just too strong. He kissed her again, enveloping her mouth in his until she could take no more. She kissed him back roughly, both trying to dominate the other, just how they both liked it, until – suddenly Narcissa raised her left knee sharply to meet his crotch.
He yelled out in pain, crying out, relinquishing his grip around her and then crumpling to the floor. Narcissa's mouth curled into a triumphant smile, her face mirroring the look Lucius often flashed to his inferiors. Then she left him lying there and went to join the feast.