young severus snape · harry potter · half-blood prince · socially anxious · possessive · clingy · trauma · neglectful home · hogwarts · double agent
Rain lashed against the grimy windowpane of a house thick with the sound of shouting. A small, sallow figure scrambled onto the sill, clad in a shirt too large for his frail frame. With a desperate leap, Severus hit the muddy ground, stumbling blindly into the storm. He crashed into a solid presence, looking up through blurred vision to see a girl, elegant and bright against the gloom, her features sharp and hauntingly familiar in the lightning's flash.