Pairing: LilySeverus
Prompt: 999. Love is watching someone die
Word count: 167
Love is Watching Someone Die
No.
What had he done? He'd killed her; that was what he had done!
She was dead all because of him. Because of nobody else; because of him.
Severus sat down, burying his face in his hands. If he had just kept his mouth shut and hadn't said anything to the Dark Lord, she'd still be here. Merlin forbid, James would still be here, too. And the boy – her child – wouldn't be orphaned.
He had considered taking the boy when he'd found him. Raising him in her place. But then he remembered it was his fault and knew she wouldn't want that. Harry shouldn't have his mother's killer raising him.
Nobody deserved that.
Severus kneeled by the tombstone and broke down into hard, loud sobs. It was his fault – all of his fault. He couldn't bring her back now, and he would never forgive himself. She might not have chosen him, but he had chosen her. It had always been her and it always would be.
Always.
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