Title: The
Token
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings:
Snape
Author's Notes: This is my first time writing Snape
in anything. I hope I got him right. Originally posted to
hp100 on 12-16-2004.
Severus may have had a great deal of disdain for Muggles themselves, but he found their culture fascinating, in the same way a Muggle boy might watch an ant colony. On this assignment, one of the Muggles had a large quantity of irregular golden coins scattered across his dresser.
Severus picked one of them up to read the words around its edge. "This token may be redeemed for cash and prizes."
The Muggle, when he appeared, was slaughtered without guilt, but those words haunted Severus for weeks. If my life were a token, he pondered, what would it be worth?