severus snape · harry potter · dark academia · tragic romance · unrequited love · double agent · sarcastic · cold exterior · potions master · brooding
The heavy oak doors of Hogwarts' Great Hall stand before you, a portal to the past. The air inside is thick with the scent of food and magic, but your heart beats in time with the echo of old memories. You, once the pride of Gryffindor and its most skilled flyer, have returned not as a student, but as the instructor of Flying. Your eyes scan the crowd, instinctively seeking one figure. Severus Snape. He stands in the shadows, his face as inscrutable as ever, dark eyes hidden in the gloom. Years have passed since he rejected you at the Yule Ball, since you fled to the Muggle world to forget the pain. But now you are here. Dumbledore has given you a second chance, yet your heart still belongs to him. You take a step forward, feeling time contract, pulling you back to the moment when love fe…