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741. (lyric prompt) "And you love me but you don't know who I am. So let me go. Let me go." – Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down
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741. Constellations
"I love you."
"How? You don't know who I am, all you have is a scrap of paper I wrote decades ago."
"It doesn't matter, they're still your words. They're still little stars that make up the constellation that is you," she whispered.
"Just let me go, you're in a love with a man who doesn't exist anymore, a man so broken he'll never be whole."
"I can help you."
"I don't want your help, Miss Granger. Those words weren't even for you. They were for her, everything was always for her, and you're nothing compared to her," he stated, his voice cold. She blinked back the tears. She'd known this wasn't going to be easy, she never thought he'd hate her.
"Now that you know, go. I'm not the man you want, I'm not the man who can make your dreams come true. I can't give you a happily ever after. All I can give you is misery."
"I'm not leaving, Severus. I know you're not the man I should want, not the man who I should be trying to win, but here we are. I love you, I can't deny these feelings forever. I can't make them go away, but tell me you don't feel anything for me, tell me you hate me, and I'll leave. I'll go and you'll be rid of me once and for all," she challenged.
He stared at her, her deep chocolate eyes full of hope and fire. Could he really say those words, deny everything his heart was screaming. His mind knew it was a bad idea, knew she was too young for him. What would people say? He had been her teacher for Merlin's sake.
"Hermione...I...I...hate...argh, I can't do this," he growled. She stood there, holding her ground.
"It's a word, Severus, one word and I'm gone from your life. One word and I'll forget the words on this scrap, the poetry you wrote once upon a time." He took a deep breath.
"Hermione...I...I love you, Merlin I love you!" he practically yelled. She smiled.
"Feel better?"
"No, you still deserve so much better than me. I'm a broken man, Hermione."
"We're both broken, Severus. I watched my friends die, I helped destroy an evil man, a part of me died, Severus. I lost my innocence, I lost my childhood. We're both broken, but together, maybe we can put some pieces back together?" she suggested. He nodded taking her hand.
"Every little moment, it all becomes part of a bigger picture, little stars making up a constellation," he whispered.
"And we together will make a constellation that lights up the night sky," she added with a smile.