Ugh, I'm sorry for people who read Professor—I'm only about 300 words into the next chapter. I've (finally) started reading The Life and Times… I've been at it for two days straight now. It's practically all I've done today.
I should have enough material for this to be updated every so often until I finish TLAT and manage to finish spewing out a chapter for Professor, though. I hope.
NOTE: This one is set in fifth year, before Snape's Worst Memory.
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Summary: Severus bid her good-bye, watching with a sinking feeling as Lily reached Potter and greeted him with a smile.
Rating: T
Genre: Romance
Warnings: None.
Hate
Spotting the last person on the face of the earth that he wanted to see at that moment, Severus Snape came to a halt and reached out to grasp Lily's elbow.
Lily ripped her arm out of Severus's grip, whirling around. "God, Sev, what do you think you're doing?"
He looked taken aback, shuffling his feet for a moment before he cleared his throat.
"Potter's over there, waiting to ambush you."
Her eyebrows travelled up her forehead, casting a glance over her shoulder. Sure enough, James Potter was standing by the Grand Staircase, watching them with a curious blend of contempt and anxiety on his face. She turned back to Severus. "Sev, I told you—Potter and I have a Charms assignment to work on. Flitwick paired us together." Her nose wrinkled at the thought.
Severus's face clouded over in an expression of intense dislike. "Why didn't you try to get out of it?" He demanded.
Lily looked away, her cheeks dusting with a light pink blush. "Well, Potter does well in Charms. And I need a partner who knows what they're doing, Sev. The only other person in my class who could possibly keep up with me is Black, and—quite frankly—I'd rather eat glass than work with him."
Severus paled at the strange look on Lily's face—where was the disgust? The passionate hatred? "You're not… you're not looking forward to working with him, are you?"
Lily rolled her eyes. "No Sev, I'm not." She bit her lip. "Look, I have to go. We agreed to go to the library for our free hour."
Severus bid her good-bye, watching with a sinking feeling as Lily reached Potter and greeted him with a—somewhat strained—smile. He felt his lip curl as Potter greeted her jovially, and ignored the unpleasant squirm in his gut when Lily laughed lightly at something he said as they disappeared around the corner.
She hated Potter, he told himself. She had to.
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