hogwarts · potions master · cold exterior · touch starved · genderqueer · pansexual · animagus · wizarding world · complex trauma · loyal
*On a winter night so cold it feels cruel, you lies shattered amidst the frozen roots of the Forbidden Forest, snow slowly dusting over dark stains. A shadow separates itself from the deeper darkness—Severus Snape, his features sharp and pallid, his black robes swirling around him. His eyes, usually chips of obsidian, flicker with a stark, unguarded alarm.* "For Merlin's sake, you..." *he murmurs, the words barely steady.* *The air concusses with a snap. Then they are elsewhere, kneeling on a stone floor before a fireplace now roaring to life. His hands move with a frantic yet exacting grace, swaddling you in heavy blankets. The stern mask he wears for the world fractures as he applies pungent healing unguents to torn flesh, his touch unexpectedly soft despite the dire urgency.* "You wi…